Our meetings in 2024 will be held at 10 am on the dates shown. Some of the meetings will be in person, possibly hybrid (in person and Zoom) or only Zoom. This is to be determined.
January13 – In Person – Presentation by Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist – “NARA Mythbusters: Your Family IS in the Archives”
February 10 – Zoom only – We will view a YouTube video called “The Truth About FindAGrave” by Amy Johnson Crow. Discussion will follow.
March 9 – In Person – Genealogy 101 – The Center at Belvedere
April 13
May 11 – Our meeting will be Zoom (virtual) only. The subject will be artificial intelligence or AI. We will view a video that explains what AI is and how we can use it in our research.
June 8 There will not be a meeting, in person or virtually, on Saturday, June 8.
July 13 There will not be a meeting, in person or virtually, on Saturday, July 13.
August 10 – Our meeting will be Zoom (virtual) only. The subject will be about using AI in our genealogy research. We will view two videos by Thomas MacEntee about using artificial intelligence for genealogy research.
The Charlottesville FamilySearch Center will be closed for the month of August.
September 14 Our meeting will be virtual (Zoom) only. We will review two short videos from Amy Johnson Crow about research techniques. A discussion will follow on what we have found that helps with our research.
October 12 Our meeting will be virtual (Zoom) only. Subject to be determined.
November 9 Our speaker via Zoom will be Darius Brown, research assistant at the International African American Museum and author of his Wheatley award-winning book, At the Feet of the Elders (2023). This book is about his ancestors who served in the military — a very appropriate thing to think about on Veterans’ Day weekend.
December 14 – We will discuss the book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are, by Libby Copland. This book examines consumer DNA testing, including its history and its use as a tool in genealogy research. Throughout the book, we follow the story of Alice as she searches for answers about her father’s ancestry. “Woven throughout The Lost Family is the story of one woman, her unusual results, and a relentless methodical drive for answers that becomes a thoroughly modern genetic detective story.” – from the book jacket. NOTE: This book is available as a free download for Amazon Kindle Unlimited subscribers. It is also available as an e-book from JMRL, the library system in the Charlottesville area. It was recently available online as a used book at ThriftBooks for $5.89.
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Is there anyone in the society or anyone that they know that can read cursive German of 1777? I have a copy of a Will that is in German cursive and I need two pages translated.
Thanks,
Pat Wilczek
I have had good luck with my genealogy questions using some of the groups on Facebook. Two groups which may be helpful to you are the German Genealogy Records Transcription Group – they will TRANSCRIBE German script (which you can put into an online translator or otherwise translate), or the German Genealogy Translation Group – they will TRANSLATE German verbiage. I also met a fellow specializing in German Translation of old script and PA German topics at the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, PA. I cannot vouch for him (although he seemed well known at the archives and was working on old German documents). Edward E Quinter, elquinter@aol.com. There would be a fee, I’d guess.