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John F. Germany Library -- Cecil P. Beach Conference Room These meetings focus on discussing ongoing research, assisting each other with challenging research issues, and hosting relevant presentations in the field of genealogy.
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Learn tools and strategies for getting started with family research. Recommended for adults. Registration recommended.
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Learn the many features and uses of this popular genealogy online resource. Recommended for adults.
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Join us for our Read Florida book club to discuss Bubble in the Sun by Christopher Knowlton. Copies of the book are available at the library, or in our library catalog in e-audiobook format. For adults. Registration is not required.
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Are you a dedicated genealogist seeking ways to optimize your research process? Join us for an enlightening webinar, “Efficient Genealogy: Streamline Your Research with TextExpander!” In this one-hour session, we’ll delve into the powerful capabilities of TextExpander and how it can revolutionize your genealogy workflow.
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Many 19th- and early 20th-century German language newspapers were printed in a Fraktur font. And not only that, they were written in a foreign language! This combination of an archaic font and a foreign language creates two significant hurdles for the 21st century genealogist, perhaps with limited foreign language skills, to overcome. But don’t despair. Modern technology has provided solutions. Learn how to “crack the code” and discover where your favorite newspaper sites have hidden the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) text. Translation tools will quickly make those foreign words readable for even the most die-hard English-only speaker.
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Learning something about the languages your ancestors spoke will assist you in your research. Recognizing how names were pronounced can help you find people in indexed records; many name changes entailed translating the name into that of the new country. Online resources available to help you include word lists, alphabets, and translation engines. Co-sponsored by the DuPage County Genealogical Society.
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Do you have an ancestor or relative who just disappeared? Or one who seems to have been deposited by aliens, with no background here on earth? Perhaps his story involved a complete change of name. Using case studies of identity shifts, learn strategies to discover who the young man became in later life, or who Great-grandpa was “before you got to know him.”
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This course teaches “What's New about News!” and where to find archived newspapers.
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Do you feel like you are missing something when searching online newspapers? Whether you are using AI or your own version of hunt and peck, it is easy to miss the rich detail of our ancestors' lives that was once written in black and white. This session will provide tips for searching for details of the lives of our elusive kin in the digital world. Co-sponsored by the DuPage County Genealogical Society.
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Genealogy Online For Dummies, 7th Edition is the perfect book to help you conduct genealogical research. Updated to cover the latest online tools, this new edition shows you how to leverage social networks and the rapidly increasing number of mobile apps to locate family members and trace their histories. You'll discover how to start your investigation, develop a research plan of action, identify sites and resources that will be of the most use to you, get information from government records, preserve electronic materials, and share your findings with the rest of the family.
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How To Do Everything Genealogy by George G. MorganIn How to Do Everything Genealogy, award-winning researcher and genealogy writer George G. Morgan shows how to start and continue your family history research using traditional records and techniques, as well as the full array of online databases, digitized records, social networks, and other tools. Learn how to organize and create your family tree; find documents about your family; research census documents, military service records, and land and property rolls; plan a successful genealogy research trip; evaluate sources; and other vital skills to help you uncover and illuminate your family's story.
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Historical Research Using British Newspapers by Denise BatesHistorical Research Using British Newspapers provides plenty of practical advice for anyone intending to use old newspapers by: outlining the strengths of newspapers as source material; revealing the drawbacks of newspapers as sources and giving ways to guard against them; tracing the development of the British newspaper industry; showing the type of information that can be found in newspapers and how it can be used; identifying the best newspapers to start with when researching a particular topic; suggesting methods to locate the most relevant articles available; demonstrating techniques for collating, analyzing and interpreting information; showing how to place newspaper reports in their wider context.
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Military Obituariesby David Twiston Davies David Twiston Davies's latest, highly entertaining collection of 100 Daily Telegraph military obituaries from the last sixteen years includes those celebrated for their great heroism and involvement in major operations. Others have extraordinary stories barely remembered even by their families. Those featured include Private Harry Patch, the last survivor of those who went "over the top" on the Western Front in 1917; Lieutenant Colonel Eric Wilson of the Somaliland Camel Corps, who learned he had been awarded a posthumous VC in a prison camp; and Colonel Clive Fairweather, who organized the SAS attack on the terrorists who seized the Iranian embassy in London in 1980.
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The African American Press by Derek L. MillerMany important Americans, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Frederick Douglass, had ties to newspapers that advocated for equal rights, discussed issues central to the lives of African Americans, and reported on stories the mainstream press refused to cover. The legacy of the African American press is one that carries on today. This essential volume reveals the black press's role in the abolition of slavery, the establishment of civil rights, desegregation, and today's fight against racism and prejudice.
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The National Tribune Civil War Index: A Guide to the Weekly Newspaper Dedicated to Civil War Veterans, 1877-1943by Richard Allen SauersThis rich, overlooked, and underused source of primary material offers a gold mine of eyewitness accounts of battles, strategy, tactics, camp life, and much more. From generals to privates, the paper printed articles and long serials on everything from major battles such as Gettysburg and Antietam, to arguments about which battery fired the shot that killed General Leonidas Polk, whether Grant's army was surprised at Shiloh, and just about every topic in between.
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The Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide: How to Find Your Ancestors in Archived Newspapers by James M. BeidlerThere are more historical newspaper resources than you think--and they're easier to access than you know. When researched properly, no other type of record can beat historical newspapers in "taking the pulse" of their times and places, recording not just the names of specific individuals, but also the information that was important to the community. This comprehensive how-to guide will show you how to harvest the "social media" of centuries past to learn facts about your ancestors as well as the flavor of the times they lived in.
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Searching for Your Ancestors in Historic Newspapersby Claudia C. BrelandLearn about free newspaper databases, and determine which newspapers are covered in subscription databases. Researchers will also find a state-by-state listing of libraries and genealogical societies that have indexed local newspapers, along with state digitized collections not found elsewhere.
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How to Find Your Family History in Newspapers by Lisa Louise CookeThe author presents information about how to research family history in newspapers, along with her expert advice and tips for both hands-on and online genealogical research in newspapers.
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Check out the Genealogy & History page for other library databases and online resources that can aid you in your research.
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Get free access to a large collection of videos with your library card. Want to learn more about genealogy research and information you find in newspapers? Consider The Great Courses Video BingePass, which provides access to hundreds of (streaming) video courses and may be checked out for 7 days.
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