Tomorrow, February 10, 2024, Central Virginia Genealogical Association will meet by Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. We will view a YouTube video called “The Truth About FindAGrave” by Amy Johnson Crow.
Legacy Family Tree Webinars is sponsoring free webinars on each Friday in September. You can go to their website and register for these free webinars on Friday. In order to obtain the syllabus or listen to a recording you do need to be a member and they are running a special membership rate during September.
Here is the URL: https://familytreewebinars.com/
Here are two events that will be happening in October.
Virginia Genealogical Society Fall Conference, October 21 & 22, 2022. Registration is open: https://www.vgs.org/
Fairfax Genealogical Society Fall Fair, October 22, 2022. Check the website: https://www.fxgs.org/
Legacy Family Tree Webinars is presenting “Webtember: All Genealogy. All September Long”.
On each Friday in September there are FREE webinars. You do need to register but the webinars are free. Check this out at https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2022/08/webtember-2022-all-genealogy-all-september-long.html
In our virtual meeting today, the following events were mentioned. All of these events are virtual. You do need to register and there may be a fee.
Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree is from August 19 to August 29, 2022. Registration for this event closes August 18 which is next week. https://www.scgsgenealogy.com/
Virginia Genealogical Society Fall Conference, October 21 & 22, 2022. Registration is open: https://www.vgs.org/
Fairfax Genealogical Society Fall Fair, October 22, 2022. Check the website: https://www.fxgs.org/
Just a reminder that RootsTech is a virtual online event and is FREE. The speakers and the seminars are wonderful. You can access the site 24 hours a day. To participate in all that is being offered, you do need to register which means you will have to establish an account at FamilySearch. It is easy. You provide a user name and password and then register. Here is the website: https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/next/registration/
Here are two fall conferences you might want to check out.
The Virginia Genealogical Society Fall Conference is scheduled for Friday, October 15 and Saturday, October 16. Registration is required. You can see the schedule at their website vgs.org.
The Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia (GRIVA) Virtual Fall Conference is scheduled for Saturday, October 2. Registration is required. The schedule is at their website http://griva.org.
A workshop on Private Papers at the Library of Virginia will be held virtually on April 9, 2021 from 10 am to 11 am. In addition to state and county records, the Library of Virginia holds nongovernment papers such as Bible records, family papers, letters, organization records, and business records. There is a $15 charge and you must register to attend. See the calendar at the Library of Virginia website for additional information and registration.
If you missed RootsTech Connect 2021 — which was FREE and electronic this year — here is an list of the DNA sessions organized by Roberta Estes.