“Harvest
Time for Genealogists” Genealogy Workshop
TCGHS Society Library
719 N. 11th Street
Pekin, Illinois
Saturday, October 11, 2008
8:00 am-3:00 pm
Our Speakers
Mary Fouts
Professional Genealogist
Founding member of Tazewell
County Genealogical & Historical Society
Has taught genealogy at
Illinois Central College and continues to teach classes at our society.
Has written a genealogical
column for the Pekin Daily Times for many years.
Has served as various officers
and board member of TCGHS
Currently serves on the board of the TCGHS
Foundation
Her entertaining and informative presentations
are designed to provide you with practical tips and ideas.
Mike Dickson
Worked in Information
Technology for over 35 years
Specializes in and has taught
courses in using computers for genealogical research
Past board member and current
webmaster/computer chair of TCGHS
Served as computer assistant
for two years at the Genealogical Institute of Mid-America held at the
University of Illinois at Springfield
Member of the Illinois State Genealogical Society
where he served four years on the board as membership chairman.
His
presentations are designed to provide you with practical tips and ideas
on how to do your research on the Internet - he will be using a live
Internet connection
Registration is $30
per person which includes all lectures, lecture handouts, refreshments,
and a luncheon. Sign up using our Registration Form.
Walk in registrations will be accepted but cannot be guaranteed an immediate copy of the course handouts if demand exceeds supply.
Topics
Join us for the
following lectures, all designed to aid your research:
Understanding
Land Records (Mary)
What can you find out about
your family using land records
How to use indexes to land
records and deeds
Topics will include public &
private lands; bounty land; homestead records; land patents
Researching
Land Patents Online Using BLM General Land Office Records (Mike)
Searching online for land
patents (the original transfer of land titles from the Federal
government to individuals)
How to search to make
effective use of the available information
Probing
Probate (Mary)
What can you learn about your family from
probate records?
Mary will discuss
Categories
and types of wills
Terms
used in wills
What
happens if there is no will?
Document
typesused in the probateprocess
Googling for
Great-Great-Grandpa (Mike)
Using his own great-great-grandfather
as an example, Mike will discuss:
How to effectively search
online (with or without Google)
How the Google
search engine to can
help do your research
