Mark Your Calendars for the 2015 Virtual Genealogy Fair

Join the National Archives for the 2015 Virtual Genealogy Fair on October 21 & 22. This will be a live broadcast via YouTube so you can ask their genealogy experts questions at the end of their talks. Live captioning will be available.

LIST OF GENEALOGY TALKS

Day 1: Wednesday, October 21 (Eastern Time)

Watch live video stream on  US National Archives YouTube Channel

Session 1 at 10 a.m. ET
Introduction to Genealogy at the National Archives by Claire Kluskens.

Session 2 at 11 a.m. ET
Preserving Your Family Records:  Conversation and Questions by Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler.

Session 3 at 12 p.m. ET
Personnel Records of the National Archives– St. Louis. By Bryan K. McGraw.

Session 4 at 1 p.m. ET
It’s in the Cards: Finding Family Members in National Archives–St. Louis’ Card Series by Daria Labinsky & David Hardin.

Session 5 at 2 p.m. ET
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Personnel Records by Ashley Mattingly.

Day 2: Thursday, October 22 (Eastern Time)

Watch live video stream on YouTube US National Archives YouTube Channel

Session 6 at 10 a.m. ET
Where’d They Go?  Finding Ancestral Migration Routes by Jean Nudd.

Session 7 at 11 a.m. ET
Access to Archival Databases (AAD): Looking Down, From Above, to Look it Up!  by John LeGloahec.

Session 8 at 12 p.m. ET
Finding Your World War I Veteran at the National Archives at St. Louis by Theresa Fitzgerald.

Session 9 at 1 p.m. ET
Women in War Time Civilian Government Employment by Cara Moore.

Session 10 at 2 p.m. ET
Broke, But Not Out of Luck: Exploring Bankruptcy Records for Genealogy Research by Jessica Hopkins.

 

Did you miss National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair?

Did you miss National Archives (NARA) first virtual Genealogy Fair last week? Not to worry as all the sessions are available online on Ustream.
 
Handouts

• Handouts for September 3 Sessions
  
• Handouts for September 4 Sessions

Tuesday, September 3

Time	#	Lecture Title	Presenter
10AM	1	Introduction to Military Records at the National Archives	John Deeben National Archives at Washington, DC
11AM	2	Introduction to Genealogy: Civilian	Rebecca K. Sharp National Archives at Washington, DC
12PM	3	Alien Files (A-Files)	Elizabeth Burnes National Archives at Kansas City, MO
1PM	4	Native American Records	Michael Wright National Archives at Fort Worth, TX
2PM	5	National Archives Online Resources for Genealogy	Nancy Wing National Archives at Washington, DC
3PM	6	Citizenship Matters: Bureau of Naturalization Files at the National Archives	Zack Wilske U.S. Immigration & Citizenship Services, Washington, DC

Wednesday, September 4

Time	#	Lecture Title	Presenter
10AM	7	Genealogy and the Freedman’s Bank: Records of the Freedman’s Savings & Trust Company	Damani Davis National Archives at Washington, DC
11AM	8	Military and Civilian Personnel Records:  The National Archives at St. Louis	Ashley Mattingly & Theresa Fitzgerald National Archives at St. Louis, MO
12PM	9	Union Civil War Pension Files	Claire Kluskens National Archives at Washington, DC
1PM	10	Federal Penitentiary Records	Jake Ersland National Archives at Kansas City, MO
2PM	11	Finding U.S. Colored Troops at the National Archives	Trevor Plante National Archives at Washington, DC
3PM	12	Genealogy Through Navy Deck Logs	Mark Mollan National Archives at Washington, DC
4PM	13	Oh, The Stories They Tell: Chinese Exclusion Acts Case Files at the National Archives & Records	Susan Karren National Archives at Seattle, WA