ZOOM Genealogy Club - Saturday, July 26, 2025

 

Date:    Saturday, July 26, 2025

Time:    1:30 - 2:30 PM

Topic:    "Hidden in Plain Sight: Using Image-Only Collections Online"

              with Katy Bodenhorn

Sites like FamilySearch contain millions of records that are online, but because they are not indexed and searchable by name, many genealogists miss out on them. From deeds and probate files to military pensions and church books, the answer to your brick wall mystery may well be accessible on your home computer without you knowing it. This presentation will cover the best ways (including the new FamilySearch Full-Text Search feature) to access these treasures hidden in plain sight.

Katy is a freelance genealogist and the former genealogy director for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) in Philadelphia. She received a BA in Family History/Genealogy from Brigham Young University and has over a decade of experience as a genealogy researcher, helping people learn about their ancestry. Prior to HSP, Katy worked for Legacy Tree Genealogists in Salt Lake City, where she spent seven years as a senior editor and researcher across a wide range of geographic specialties. Today she is the owner of Katy Bodenhorn Genealogy Research, LLC, and a contract researcher with Price Genealogy.

Please register by 4:00 PM Friday, July 25. The invite will be sent out on that Friday.

Godfrey Premium members can register for free at the following email: zoomregistration@godfrey.org  If you are not a Godfrey Premium member and want to attend the presentation, you can pay $10 via PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/us/home) with the payment sent to Godfrey Memorial Library.  Then register using the above email.

ZOOM Genealogy Club - Saturday, June 28, 2025

  

Saturday, June 28, 2025

1:30 - 2:30 PM

Annette Burke Lyttle presents "Our Quaker Ancestors: Their History and the Records They Left."

Quakers were among the earliest settlers in North America and, as they moved west, they were often the earliest settlers in newly-opened territory. Quakers were amazing record-keepers. Not only did they record births, marriages, and deaths, they also kept extensive records on those who came into their local meetings and those who left. Transgressions by members of the community were publicly discussed and recorded and, as they came to believe that slavery was evil, their records on Quakers who kept slaves became extensive. Learn about the history of these pioneering Americans and how to find the rich records they left behind.

The Zoom presentation will take place at 1:30 pm (ET). Please register by 4:00 PM Friday, June 27. The invite will be sent out on that Friday.

Godfrey Premium members can register for free at the following email: 
zoomregistration@godfrey.org  If you are not a Godfrey Premium member and want to attend the presentation, you can pay $10 via PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/us/home) with the payment sent to Godfrey Memorial Library.  Then register using the above email.

ZOOM Genealogy Club - Saturday, May 31, 2025

 

Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025

Time:  1:30 - 2:30 PM ET

Since May is a nice long month, we're able to squeeze in another Genealogy Club, even with the 4th Saturday being a holiday weekend. 

You're in for a treat -- we'll be hosting Thomas MacEntee who will be talking about How to Future-Proof Your Research. We can't tell you how many times we hear folks worrying about what will become of their genealogical efforts. It seems the kids don't want our heavy old furniture, nor do they necessarily want to inherit all our hours and hours of painstaking family research. We can hope they'll change their minds, but what if they don't? You may well have seen or heard Thomas before, as he's very well-known in the genealogy world, one of his specialties being things technological. He has recently announced that he will no longer be doing webinars after December, so don't miss this chance to see him! 

The Zoom presentation will take place at 1:30 pm (ET).  Please register by 4:00 PM Friday, May 30.  The invite will be sent out on that Friday. 

Godfrey Premium members can register for free at the following email: zoomregistration@godfrey.org 

If you are not a Godfrey Premium member and want to attend the presentation, you can pay $10 via PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/us/home) with the payment sent to Godfrey Memorial Library.  Then register using the above email.

ZOOM Genealogy Club - Saturday, April 26, 2025

ZOOM GENEALOGY CLUB

Date:  Saturday, April 26, 2025

Time:  1:30 - 2:30 PM (ET)

Topic:  "Back to Basics:  How to Get Started When You're New to Genealogy"

Presenters:  Carol Ansel & Al Fiacre

Carol is the Library Director and Al is the Board Chair and Treasurer of the Godfrey Memorial Library, the host of this event. 

If you're an old hand at doing genealogy, join us at the halfway mark (2:00-ish) to add your two cents to the discussion -- what do you wish you had known when you were first starting out?

The Zoom presentation will take place at 1:30 pm (ET).  Please register by 4:00 PM Friday, April 25.  The invite will be sent out on that Friday.

Godfrey Premium members can register for free at the following email: zoomregistration@godfrey.org

If you are not a Godfrey Premium member and want to attend the presentation, you can pay $10 via PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/us/home) with the payment sent to Godfrey Memorial Library.  Then register using the above email.

 

 

ZOOM Genealogy Club - Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025

 

Date:    Saturday, February 21, 2025

Time:    1:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Topic:    "Paying It Forward"

We will welcome Michael Cassara to talk about rescuing those abandoned family photos and documents you sometimes come across in antique shops and resale stores.  Don't they make you sad?  Michael will talk about how folks are reuniting families with their treasures, something that has become somewhat easier in this digital age.

The Zoom presentation will take place at 1:30 pm (ET).  Please register by 4:00 PM Friday, February 21.  The invite will be sent out on that Friday.

Godfrey Premium members can register for free at the following email: zoomregistration@godfrey.org

If you are not a Godfrey Premium member and want to attend the presentation, you can pay $10 via PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/us/home) with the payment sent to Godfrey Memorial Library.  Then register using the above email.

ZOOM Genealogy Club - Saturday, January 25, 2025

 

Time:    1:30 - 2:30 pm Eastern Time

Diane Boumenot joined us way back in May of 2021 to talk about vital records. It's way past time to have her join us again.

In the last five years, more records of importance to genealogists researching Rhode Island ancestors have been coming online. But these are in multiple places, and access and navigation may not be clear. Let’s explore the wealth of great Rhode Island records now available right from home.

The Zoom presentation will take place at 1:30 pm (ET).  Please register by 4:00 PM Friday, January 24.  The invite will be sent out on that Friday.

Godfrey Premium members can register for free at the following email: zoomregistration@godfrey.org

If you are not a Godfrey Premium member and want to attend the presentation, you can pay $10 via PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/us/home) with the payment sent to Godfrey Memorial Library.  Then register using the above email.

ZOOM Genealogy Club - November 23, 2024

  

Topic:    "We're Not Just Connecticut"

Time:    1:30 pm (ET) 

Godfrey Library Director Carol Ansel will share some of the interesting and helpful resources on the Scholar (online) and at the library (on-site) about places other than Connecticut.

Premium Godfrey Scholar members can register for free at the following email: zoomregistration@godfrey.org

If you are not a Godfrey Premium member and want to view the presentation, you can pay $10 via PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/us/home), then register using the above email.