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Ancestry Library Edition for Beginners
Friday, August 3,
4:00 pm
SouthShore Regional Library - Computer Lab
Get started learning the many facets of this popular genealogy database. Ancestry Library Edition is free to users at any of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library locations.
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Perfect Together: Facebook & Genealogy
Saturday, August 4,
11:00 am
John F. Germany Public Library - Auditorium
From document translations to connecting with family, Michelle Tucker Chubenko will show you how to effectively use Facebook without getting lost in your newsfeed or overrun by notifications. Michelle is a professional genealogist whose past work has included research for TLC's Who Do You Think You Are. This program is hosted by the Florida Genealogical Society in partnership with the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library.
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Online Genealogy
Thursday, August 9,
1:00 pm
Bloomingdale Regional Public Library - Room 5, Computer Lab
Begin your family history research using Ancestry Library Edition, MyHeritage and Fold3.
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Genealogy - Immigration Phases and Paperwork
Monday, August 13,
12:15 pm
Lutz Branch Library
Learn ways to do research when working with immigration paperwork and the phases to complete that will help you in your genealogy journey. Presented by Kelly Whitelock, Tampa Bay Roots.
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Brandon Area Genealogical and Historical Society Tuesday, August 14, 6:30 pm Bloomingdale Regional Public Library - McLean Community RoomJoin us at this meeting of the Brandon Area Genealogical & Historical Society. The program is open to all interested in genealogy and family history.
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Ancestry Library Edition for Beginners
Thursday, August 23,
10:30 am
Robert W. Saunders Sr. Public Library - Computer Lab
Start learning the many facets of this popular genealogy database. Ancestry Library Edition is free to users at any of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library locations.
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FAMILY HERITAGE FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 20, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
John F. Germany Public Library
Join the Florida History & Genealogy Library as we host the 4th Annual Family Heritage Festival.
Participate in genealogy activities that include presentations by nationally known genealogy experts and visits with local history and genealogy societies. Topics will include DNA, city directories, MyHeritage, history of Tampa churches, and the research that led to the creation of the Fortune Taylor Bridge (formerly Laurel Street Bridge) historical marker.
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NEW GENEALOGY BOOKS in the Florida History & Genealogy Library @ John F. Germany Public Library
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Finding Grandma's European Ancestors: More Details for More Countries by Stephen SzabadosThe author draws from his genealogical research experiences to describe how to find the resources available that will help you discover where your ancestors were born in Europe and locate the records that tell your family history. This revised edition covers genealogical research for most European countries and includes detailed practical steps that will aid you in finding the records you need. Szabados gives tips on what to avoid and what works; how to find and use critical records; and how to use translating guides to decipher foreign language records.
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Overcoming Obstacles That Interfere with Finding Your Ancestors by Anne J. MillerThe first section of this work focuses on some of the obstacles which you knowingly have or create for yourself that hamper your ancestral research, obstacles such as your beliefs and assumptions about your ancestors. The second section provides detailed information regarding numerous genealogical resources as well as suggestions about how to find them and use them judiciously. These resources include poorhouse records, disasters, school records, passport applications, diaries and journals, and road district records.
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From the Mississippi River to the Missouri River and rivers in between, pioneers carved out a home in Iowa. This 410-page book contains chapters on Iowa settlement and statehood; the Mormon trail; ethnic and Native American settlements; Iowa's large repositories and archives; courts and records; religious records; newspapers; transportation to include steamboats and railroads; cemeteries; city directories; orphan trains; institutions and hospitals; wars and military records; maps; and research addresses. There are examples of documents in the book and thousands of URLs, all of which enhance the reader's knowledge of records that can be found pertaining to Iowa.
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Insider Secrets: Mastering Search on Ancestry.com -- 50 Tutorials & Tips for Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Users by Jim MosherThere are over 19 billion records and 80 million family trees on Ancestry.com. Can you find the one you're looking for? If you understand how the Ancestry search system works, you can. With tutorials, tips, and explanations, this book is ideal for budding family historians, experienced tree builders, and expert genealogists. The author distills his seven years of experience as an Ancestry product manager into this comprehensive guide that includes general, intermediate, and advanced search pointers.
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The Very Worst Road: Travellers' Accounts of Crossing Alabama's Old Creek Indian Territory, 1820-1847 by Jeffrey C. BentonThe Very Worst Road contains 16 contemporary accounts by travelers who reached Alabama along what was known as the “Old Federal Road,” more a network of paths than a single road, that ran from Columbus and points south in Georgia for more or less due west into central Alabama and to where the confluence of the Tallapoosa and Coosa Rivers forms the Alabama River. These accounts deal candidly with the rather remarkable array of impediments that faced travelers in Alabama in its first decades as a state. They describe with wonder, interest and, frequently with some disgust, the road, the inns, the travelling companions, and the few and raw communities the travellers encountered as they made their way, often with difficulty, through what seemed to many of them uncharted wilderness.
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Dead Towns of Alabama by W. Stuart Harris This easy-to-use reference work documents the many long-vanished towns, forts, settlements, and former state capitals that were once thriving communities of Alabama. It is not merely a series of obituaries for dead towns; it brings back to life 83 Indian towns, 77 fort sites, and 112 colonial, territorial, and state towns. The author conjures up a wealth of fascinating images from Alabama's rich and colorful past -- images of life as the Indians lived it, of colonial life in the wilderness, of Spanish explorers and French exiles, of riverboats and railroads, of plantations and gold mines, of stagecoaches and ferries. Overall, it presents a thoroughly absorbing panorama of Alabama's early history.
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Buried Treasures in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York: A Pictorial Field Guide by Richard O. Reisem and Frank A. GillsepieThe 375,000 people buried in Mount Hope Cemetery created the history of Rochester. This book resurrects the stories of 500 of these individuals and depicts their monuments and their meanings. The good and the bad, the famous and the notorious, the rich and the destitute, the creative and the eccentric, the lucky and the unfortunate are all represented in these 176 pages filled with mini-biographies and a pictorial kaleidoscope of Victorian funerary art.
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Slavery 1836-1840: Authentic Visuals Showing Names and Details by D. KaltenThese pages offer true history from 1836 through 1840 in the United States concerning slaves as shown in historic text visuals with transcriptions. As you step back in time, the days prior to the American Civil War will unfold before you. In this book you will see slave names with sometimes last names used, and additional information that often provides the owner's name and the height, age, scars, teeth condition, physical problems, and abnormalities of the slave, as well as the names of a spouse and children. When known, a variety of other details concerning the person is included.
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Slavery 1841-1845: Authentic Visuals Showing Names and Details by D. KaltenThe contents of this book contain actual visuals from 1841 through 1845, showing slave names and often the owners at the date shown. Not only will you see names, but often you will find descriptions of the slave, stating information such as height, age, scars, teeth condition, physical problems and abnormalities, specific skin color and other remarks, including the names of a spouse and children. At times, names appear to be spelled phonetically and words/punctuation from the early 1800s are used as is.
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1830 Citizens of Texas: A Genealogy of Anglo-American and Mexican Citizens Taken from Census and Other Records by Gifford E. WhiteOne hundred and eighty-five years ago, Texas was a part of Mexico. In 1830, census takers walked door-to-door in San Antonio de Bexar and Nacogdoches gathering data on the inhabitants. Either they got no further than what was recorded or else their returns were lost. Gifford White has finished the work they began, reproducing every major contemporary public list of persons in, or sworn to be in, Texas in 1830. The result is a document as close as possible to a census of Texas contemporary with the decennial United States census. Among the lists, in addition to head of household, you can find the names of wives, dates of immigration, country or state of nativity or previous residence, and occupation.
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