Category: Scheduled Events (Page 4 of 10)

Join us on Sunday for our monthly meeting featuring guest speaker Dawn Carlile who will share the timely presentation, “Preparing for the 1950 Census – What You Should Do Now.”

WHEN: Sunday, 13 February 2022
TIME: 5:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

Description

The 1950 census will be released on Friday, April 1, 2022. But it won’t be searchable for a while so you will need to find your family by looking at the images one-by-one until you locate them. It isn’t all bad news though. There are things you can start doing now that will make it easy, okay easier, to find your families whether they lived in cities, towns, or rural areas. You will also learn what is and isn’t included in the 1950 census, requirements, and instructions for the enumerators.

A short business meeting will be held prior to the speaker’s presentation.

All are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

Image of a 1950 census enumerator assisting a farmer from the National Archives.

About The Speaker

Dawn Carlile is a native Oregonian, having grown up in Eugene and Springfield, OR, and has been involved in genealogy for more than 25 years. She is a professional genealogist, educator, and lecturer. She has received certificates in Research in Military Records and Land and Property Records from the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, Genealogy as a Profession from Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research, Norwegian, Danish, and Icelandic Research, Researching Like a Professional, Intermediate Foundations, and Pennsylvania Germans & Research in the Keystone State from Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Genealogical Speakers Guild, National Genealogical Society, and several local, state, and regional historical and genealogical societies. She is a graduate of Bushnell University with a B.A. degree in management.

Join us on Sunday for our monthly meeting featuring guest speaker Laura Hedgecock (a.k.a. Laurel Cunningtwig) who will share the interactive presentation “Witness to History, Then and Now.”

WHEN: Sunday, 9 January 2022
TIME: 5:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

Description

Preserving our witnesses to history is a great way to tell our own stories and share our family history. Laura Hedgecock explains why individual accounts of historical events matter and leads participants through practical brainstorming exercises to get creative juices moving.

A short business meeting will be held prior to the speaker’s presentation.

All are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

About The Speaker

Laura Hedgecock is an author, storyteller, speaker, and GeneaBlogger, passionate about helping others tell personal, family, and ancestor stories. She serves as secretary of the Genealogical Speakers Guild and Detroit Working Writers and is President of the 3400+ member GeneaBloggers Organization.

Her book, MEMORIES OF ME: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO TELLING AND SHARING THE STORIES OF YOUR LIFE, guides and empowers memory collectors with down-to-earth, practical advice and creative ideas. Her website, TreasureChestofMemories.com, provides practical advice on preserving and sharing memories and family stories.

Have you made a genealogical breakthrough this year? Have you found a fabulous resource that you think others could benefit from? Or do you need a bit of help crowdsourcing a brick wall problem?

Come to our final round table discussion of 2021 where you can share your successes, ask for assistance from the “hive mind,” and offer help to your fellow genealogists.

Got an ugly holiday sweater? Wear it to the meeting!

WHEN: Sunday, 12 December 2021
TIME: 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

A short business meeting will be held prior to the discussion.

All levels of family history researchers are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

The Second Life Virtual Genealogical Society and the Second Life Chapter Association of Professional Genealogists cordially invite you to attend the annual Just Genealogy Holiday Party!

WHEN: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
TIME: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. SLT (Pacific Time)
WHERE: Just Genealogy (SLurl TBA)

DJ Jaffee Gaffer will be playing a selection of holiday tunes. Hop on a dance ball and enjoy the music (be sure to enable your media player) and conversation with your fellow genealogists.

The dress code is formal or “holiday fancy.”

You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS or the SL APG to attend the party, but we’d love it if you’d join. Please feel free to bring a friend!

Do you have a genealogy question or brick wall that is leaving you feeling “stumped?”

If so, you will NOT want to miss our next meeting, which will feature Craig Scott (a.k.a. Krag Mariner in Second Life) for one of our favorite events, “Stump Craig!”

WHEN: Sunday, 14 November 2021
TIME: 12:00 p.m. PDT / 3:00 p.m. EDT <—- NOTE EARLIER TIME
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

Craig Scott, “a professional genealogical and historical researcher for more than thirty-five years,” specializing in military records, problem-solving, Quakers,  and publishing (see his biography, below), will be available to answer your most pressing – and difficult – family history questions.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to receive FREE research guidance from a seasoned professional (plus, he’s a lot of fun)!

Please use our Contact form if you would like to send your questions to Craig in advance.

A short business meeting will be held prior to the discussion.

All levels of family history researchers are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

About The Speaker

Craig Roberts Scott, MA, CG, FUGA is the author of The ‘Lost Pensions’: Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838 (Revised) and Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Inventory 14 (Revised). His most recent work is Understanding Revolutionary War and Invalid Pension Ledgers, 1818 – 1872, and the Payment Vouchers They Represent. He has authored seventeen books and several articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, and other genealogical publications. He is the President and CEO of Heritage Books, Inc., a genealogical publishing firm with over 9,500 titles in print.

A professional genealogical and historical researcher for more than thirty-five years, he specializes in military records, problem-solving, Quakers,  and publishing. He is a member of the Company of Military Historians and on the editorial board of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. He is a former Treasurer and Director of the Association of Professional Genealogists. He has been a faculty member or coordinator of research tracks in the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford University and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and the Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh. He is currently the Coordinator of the SLIG Guided Research and Consultation Track, helping students solve their brick wall problems. He has coordinated many Heritage Books Genealogical Conference and Cruises. He is a recipient of the Grahame T. Smallwood, Jr. Award and UGA Silver Tray Award. He became a Fellow, Utah Genealogical Association, in 2014.

Join us on Sunday for our monthly meeting featuring an interactive discussion about graveyard symbology!

WHEN: Sunday, 10 October 2021
TIME: 5:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time / 8:30 p.m. EDT)
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

A short business meeting will be held prior to the discussion.

Description

Think you know what all those symbols in the cemetery mean? Show off your knowledge of graveyard symbology during our interactive discussion!

All are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

Join us on Sunday for our monthly meeting featuring a field trip to the Titanic!

WHEN: Sunday, 14 September 2021
TIME: 5:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time / 8:30 p.m. EDT)
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

A short business meeting will be held prior to the speaker’s presentation.

Description

This month we will be chatting briefly about memorials and the commercialization of history.

A field trip to see the Titanic Exhibit in Second Life will follow the discussion.

All are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the SLVGS board has decided to cancel the meeting planned for Sunday, August 8, 2021.

Please plan to join us on September 12th. Details about that meeting will be coming soon, so stay tuned.

You are also welcome to join us on Tuesday, August 24, at 6:00 p.m. SLT for the NGSQ Study Group. Please visit the NGSQ Study Group website for more information.

In the meantime, have a wonderful August!

Join us on Sunday for our monthly meeting featuring guest speaker Dr. Penny Walters who will share “The Psychology of Searching and Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy.”

WHEN: Sunday, 11 June 2021
TIME: 12:00 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time) <— NOTE EARLIER MEETING TIME
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

A short business meeting will be held prior to the speaker’s presentation.

Please note that we will be meeting at 12:00 p.m. PDT instead of our usual evening meeting time. This is to accommodate the time difference for Dr. Walters who will be speaking to us live from London!

Description

Dr. Penny Walters, author of The Psychology of Searching (Amazon, 2020), explains that compiling pedigrees was needed for landed gentry, but genealogy is now a popular hobby. This session will look at kinship, homelands, heritages, race memory, becoming obsessed with searching, and putting all the pieces in our jigsaw. Why do we research ancestors we share so little DNA with? Has social media made us lonely, and we hoard people? How many people do you interact with on your tree? Does your personality influence your interest in compiling your family tree? Are we searching for who they were, or who we are? “I’m just compiling our family tree, what can go wrong?”

The second half of this session will discuss what ethics and morality mean, and what these have to do with genealogy. Ethical dilemmas in genealogy came to the forefront since law enforcement utilized information from GEDMatch to apprehend a suspected serial killer. These issues include exposing secrets and lies, and unexpected DNA results. Many people have to struggle through ethical dilemmas on their own, so attendees at this session will benefit from considering ethical issues with more empathy and sensitivity, as covered in Penny’s book Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy (Amazon, 2019).

All are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

About The Speaker

Dr. Penny Walters has been a University lecturer for 30 years in Psychology and Business Studies. Penny’s interest in genealogy started after having her first child and then wondering about her biological parents, as she was adopted. DNA testing has revealed 94% Irish heritage; and fascinating insights into her children’s heritage.

Penny lectures internationally in-person, presents webinars, and writes articles about a variety of genealogy topics including ethical dilemmas, the psychology of searching, adoption, ethnicity, and identity, Irish heritage, and mixing DNA results with a paper trail. Penny has authored the books Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy and The Psychology of Searching. Both are available in paperback or Kindle on Amazon.

Please get in touch to discuss booking her as a speaker: https://www.searchmypast.co.uk.

 

With graduations, family vacations, and more states reopening after COVID closures, the SLVGS board has decided to cancel the meeting planned for Sunday, June 13, 2021.

Instead, please plan to join us on July 11 when featured speaker Penny Walters will join us! More on that will be coming soon, so stay tuned.

You are also welcome to join us on Thursday, June 22, at 6:00 p.m. SLT for the NGSQ Study Group. Please visit the NGSQ Study Group website for more information.

In the meantime, go outside and have a wonderful June!