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Saturday, March 6
Getting the Most Out of Find-A-Grave (Classes)
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Zoom Meeting
THIS IS A ZOOM MEETING. Please set up your computer with the Zoom client app prior to the meeting, so that you are not delayed getting into the meeting. Set up is simple but is specific to the search engine you use - follow directions carefully.
The ZOOM invite information and class materials will be sent to registered participants 1-2 days prior to the meeting.
Find-A-Grave can be an invaluable tool for providing you with information and clues on your ancestors and their extended family. Think you already know Find-A-Grave? Perhaps not as well as you might believe. This class will cover all you need to know about Find-A-Grave from basic to advanced functions as well as how you can use Find-A-Grave to help others in their research.
Covered in the class will be:
- Getting Started: Community rules, FAQ, support, other links, tutorials, how it works
- Basics: Searching memorials, creating an account, editing and linking memorials, messaging vs email
- Intermediate: Creating memorials, adding photos, requesting photos
- Advanced: Transferring memorials, merging memorials, cenotaphs, formatting entries, saving to Ancestry of FamilySearch
- Other: Leaving flowers, sponsoring a memorial, setting up favorite and virtual cemeteries, paying it forward
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Saturday, March 20
Genealogical Proof Standard (Classes)
1:30 pm to 4:00 pm Zoom Meeting
THIS IS A ZOOM MEETING. Please set up your computer with the Zoom client app prior to the meeting, so that you are not delayed getting into the meeting. Set up is simple but is specific to the search engine you use - follow directions carefully.
The ZOOM invite information and class materials will be sent to registered participants 1-2 days prior to the meeting.
Instructor: Nancy Niles Wehner, CG
Recommended Minimum Experience Level: Advanced Beginner
Class Size: Minimum 5
Restrictions: Open to PPGS members only. For membership information, see the Join PPGS tab in the menu to the left at http://ppgs.org.
Standards help us to do our best work. The Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) provides a guideline for establishing a genealogical conclusion with reasonable certainty. The class will include an exercise in determining if an example conclusion meets the GPS. Included will be:
- Types of proofs and evidence
- The elements of the GPS
- A reasonably exhaustive search
- Complete and accurate source citations
- Analysis and correlation of information
- Resolution of and conflicting evidence
- A soundly reasoned, coherently written conclusion
- Are conclusions forever?
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Saturday, April 17
Genealogical Traps: Are You Sabotaging Your Family History? (Classes)
1:30 pm to 4:00 pm Zoom Meeting
THIS IS A ZOOM MEETING. Please set up your computer with the Zoom client app prior to the meeting, so that you are not delayed getting into the meeting. Set up is simple but is specific to the search engine you use - follow directions carefully.
The ZOOM invite information and class materials will be sent to registered participants 1-2 days prior to the meeting.
Instructor: Nancy Niles Wehner, CG
Recommended Minimum Experience Level: Beginner
Interpreting the information in records is not always as simple as it seems, and a misstep can send your research down the garden path. This class will look at common issues and mistakes that need to be avoided. Included will be discussions of:
- Naming issues
- Location issues
- Date issues
- Handwriting issues
- Calendar issues
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Wednesday, May 19
Introduction to Genealogy (Classes)
12:30 pm to 5:00 pm Zoom Meeting
THIS IS A ZOOM MEETING. Please set up your computer with the Zoom client app prior to the meeting, so that you are not delayed getting into the meeting. Set up is simple but is specific to the search engine you use - follow directions carefully.
The ZOOM invite information and class materials will be sent to registered participants 1-2 days prior to the meeting.
Instructor: Nancy Niles Wehner, CG
Recommended Minimum Experience Level: Beginner
Exploration of the methods and records used in researching your family history. Includes discussions of:
- Why genealogy?
- Setting goals
- Getting organized
- Recording information
- Common record types
- Where to find records
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Sunday, September 19
Introduction to Genealogy (Classes)
12:30 pm to 5:00 pm Zoom Meeting
THIS IS A ZOOM MEETING. Please set up your computer with the Zoom client app prior to the meeting, so that you are not delayed getting into the meeting. Set up is simple but is specific to the search engine you use - follow directions carefully.
The ZOOM invite information and class materials will be sent to registered participants 1-2 days prior to the meeting.
Instructor: Nancy Niles Wehner, CG
Recommended Minimum Experience Level: Beginner
Exploration of the methods and records used in researching your family history. Includes discussions of:
- Why genealogy?
- Setting goals
- Getting organized
- Recording information
- Common record types
- Where to find records
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