Events
Location, Location, Location: Understanding Where Our Ancestors Lived and How it Affected their Lives
ZOOM
Speaker: Drew Smith, M.A. LIS
https://www.ahaseminars.com/cpage.php?pt=14
Places Matter • After names and dates, places are the third essential element in genealogical research.
• Places anchor an ancestor to a specific historical, social, and geographical context.
• Knowing where an ancestor lived helps identify:
- Which records were created o Which jurisdictions held those records
- What community influenced their lives
• Locations often explain migration patterns, economic opportunities, and family connections.
• A precise place can distinguish two people with the same name (in other words, the different FAN clubs).
The ZOOM log in information will also be posted here several days before the meeting.
It will also included in an email sent to all members.
All are welcome, non-members included.
MVGS provides monthly programs with national and regionally prominent speakers, a research library with numerous genealogical publications and computer access to popular databases, education classes, a website, a bi-monthly newsletter, and Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
Volunteer organizations cannot operate without the help of volunteers. Our society has several opportunities for members to help make our Society even better. If you can only donate a few hours a month, your time would be greatly appreciated.
The Mount Vernon Genealogical Society’s Research Library is now officially a FamilySearch Affiliate Library. This means that members using the computers in our Research Library (RL) will now be able to view those digitized images on www.familysearch.org that previously they could only view at a FamilySearch Center, or other Affiliate Library. Those images were the ones in the search results that had a camera with a key over it.
Whether you are new to genealogy or an experienced researcher
we have resources and staff that can help you in your research.