The July issue of the Ancient City Bulletin is now ready to download. You will find it in the Library at SAGS Support. This is the last monthly issue of the Bulletin. We are moving to a quarterly schedule effective now. A quarterly schedule makes it possible for us to include even more content to support our members. The July issue includes:
Out of the Closet
The Society Page
Editorial Notes: When History Gets Personal
Research Toolbox: Where Families Live Forever
Member Story: The Huguenot Cemetery
Storytellers Studio: The Family News Center
Society Services
The new Out of the Closet section gives our members an opportunity to share an interesting find, an heirloom photo or a family treasure. Send your scanned photo (no originals please) and/or your story to sags.publications@yahoo.com and we’ll include them in the Bulletin.
NOTE: A transcription of the 1892 Huguenot Cemetery inventory was published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1892-1896). A transcription of that inventory can be downloaded at the St. Johns County GenWeb site. There’s also an interesting story involving both the Huguenot Cemetery and the St. Augustine National Cemetery titled First Plots?
The July member meeting is a tribute to Sue Gill. Come celebrate her life and British heritage with a real English tea. See you Saturday at the Southeast Branch Library. Check-in starts at 12:45pm.
Do you remember the Family History Expos? They brought genealogy conferences to places that did not often see conferences. Those traveling conferences are a thing of the past, but that doesn’t mean they are totally gone. James Tanner and others involved with the original expos are at it again only this time they are taking advantage of today’s technology and making them virtual conferences. The first one will be held October 15-20th. If you’re interested, stop by the FamilyHistoryExpos site for more information.
A family blog is an easy and affordable way to capture your family stories. Blogging is as easy as emailing a message thanks to the Posthaven blog platform. Members who would like to learn more about building a family scrapbook and news center using the Posthaven blog service (see article in the July Bulletin) can learn more about it and download a free copy of the Posthaven Primer at the Storytellers Studio blog.
This month’s webinar at the Florida State Genealogical Society will be presented on July 19, 2018. The speaker is Diahan Southard and she is presenting Organizing Your GENETIC Genealogy. This presentation is open to the public, but you will need to register ahead of time to participate. The confirmation message will also provide details on how to connect to the webinar presentation. Only FLSGS members will have access to the speaker handouts. Visit the FLSGS website for details and registration.
NOTE: You will find a calendar of upcoming webinars and online meetings on the Online Events Calendar page at SAGS Support.
What do you need to watch a webinar? You need a computer with an Internet connection and speakers. Most tablets (iPad, Kindle Fire, Galaxy Tab or Google Pixel C) also support webinars with free apps. Follow the instructions included with your registration confirmation to make connecting easier.
Webinars aren’t your only option. You’ll find an amazing amount of useful genealogical presentations on YouTube. These are recorded presentations so you can watch them whenever you wish.
Most of the online archives have channels on YouTube offering news and howto presentations. These include:
You’ll find channels for genealogy apps like Roots Magic, RootsFinder and Mobile Family Tree. Genealogy celebrities like Lisa Louise Cook and Dear MYRTLE also have channels filled with all kinds of genealogical goodness.
There is an amazing amount of freely accessible resources available to help improve our research effort. This week’s focus is on webinars, but it’s not our only option. Next week’s topic is social networks. Stay tuned!
Kenneth R. Marks at The Ancestor Hunt has expanded his site and now includes yearbooks along with newspapers, obituaries, photos and BMD (birth, marriage, death) records. Right now there are 1,500 free online yearbooks available from both high schools and colleges. He is constantly adding to his collections and you can subscribe to The Ancestor Hunt to have each new update delivered to your inbox. You’ll find the Subscribe button in the right sidebar on his site.
This week’s reading recommendations offer creative ideas for documenting your family history. First on the list is A Recipe for Writing Family History [Amazon – $9.99 Paperback, $4.99 Kindle]. Devon describes her book as “This writing recipe will flood your mind with family stories and give you the confidence to put their lives in a readable form. You will move past writer’s block and fill pages with facts and details you never thought possible.”
Devon has a companion book titled
Family History Scrapbooking Simplified [Amazon – $9.99 Paperback, $2.99 Kindle]. This book is focused on those of us who want to publish our research but feel we don’t have enough content to pull it all together. She shows you how to map your heritage with the resources you have then add a bit of creativity to capture your family’s attention.
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