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/
Category Archives: Events
No Meeting Saturday January 8, 2022
Happy New Year!
Due to continuing power and internet outages caused by the snowstorm earlier this week, there will NOT be a virtual or in-person meeting for the Central Virginia Genealogical Association on Saturday, January 8, 2022.
Virtual Meeting Saturday, December 11 at 10 am
Our last meeting of 2021 will take place on Saturday, December 11 at 10 am. It will be a virtual meeting.
Shelley Murphy will present a program – Black Patriots in the Revolutionary War. This program will introduce you to several Black Patriots and will provide tips for researching the Revolutionary War period.
The Zoom link will be emailed on Friday.
1950 Census Coming April 1, 2022
Here is some more information about the 1950 census and how the enumerators were instructed to use a map.
Virginia Genealogical Society Fall Virtual Conference
VGS Fall Virtual Conference is October 15 and 16, 2021.
Here is a link to the VGS page with information about the program and cost for this conference. Lots of great speakers and topics.
1950 Census coming April 1, 2022
Differences between 1940 and 1950 census:
Registration needed for Virtual Meeting tomorrow September 11, 2021
You need to register for this webinar. Click on this link to register.
Once you register, you will receive an email from Zoom with the link to the presentation. Tomorrow just click on that link from Zoom to attend the presentation.
The presentation tomorrow is by Thomas MacEntee on “Successful Collateral and Cluster Research”.
Virtual Meeting September 11 Speaker Thomas MacEntee “Successful Collateral and Cluster Searching”
Our special speaker will be Thomas MacEntee of Genealogy Bargains.com. Thomas will present a program about “Successful Collateral and Cluster Searching”. Thomas is a genealogy professional, a “tech guy”, blogger, educator, author and more. Please join us on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 10 am for his presentation.
Genealogy Calendar of Events at ConferenceKeeper.org
One thing the pandemic has done for us is to give us the opportunity to attend meetings of remote genealogy organizations on Zoom.com. ConferenceKeeper.org offers information on a variety of genealogy meetings and conferences and how to sign up for them. Many of these conferences are offered for free!
The African Burial Ground 30 Years Later: Impacts on Black Cemeteries
May 8, 2021 at 12 pm ET
Please join the Robert F. Smith Explore Your Family History Center for:
The African Burial Ground 30 Years Later: Impacts on Black Cemeteries
with Dr. Michael Blakey, Dr. Joseph Jones, and Peggy King Jorde.
In 1991, an archaeological survey at a construction site for a General Services Administration building in New York City revealed intact human remains 30 ft below street level on Broadway in Manhattan. Further research was charged to Howard University, which formed the African Burial Ground Project, directed by Dr. Michael Blakey. This project changed what we know about slavery in the North, how we engage with descendant communities, and led to new understandings about what we can learn from Black cemeteries. Join the Robert F. Smith Explore Your Family History Center as we welcome Dr. Blakey to discuss the impacts and legacy of the African Burial Ground project and National Memorial 30 years later. He will be joined by Peggy King Jorde and Dr. Joseph Jones, both of whom worked on the African Burial Grounds project and have continued to advocate for Black cemeteries and descendant communities.
You can register here: https://nmaahc.si.edu/
Or you can join the event by visiting the museum’s Ustream channel at 12pm ET on May 8.