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Pierre Family History Center Classes

 

 

2009 Class Schedule:

May - Organize your research

June - What did Mom say? Writing your memories

July - Food Traditions & Creating Heirloom Cookbooks

August - Special Censuses - overlooked sources

September - Getting started in research

October - Skeletons in the closet? Newspaper finds

November - Blogs and webinars

December - No Class

 

 

Handouts from Classes in 2008

January - Subcription Sites Free at Family History Center    PDF

February - Online Newspapers-Indexes and Images    PDF

April - Preserving Old Photos    PDF

May - Ten Mistakes NOT to Make in Research    PDF

June - First steps in Research    PDF

July - Understanding Sources and Notes    PDF

August - Digitizing Research Finds    PDF

 

Handouts from past classes

What is on FamilySearch.org    PDF

Using the Internet Family History Library Catalog (FHLC)   PDF

Beginning to use the PAF program   PDF

Advanced uses of the PAF program    PDF

Write your personal history in one hour    PDF

20 ways to avoid grief in your genealogical research    PDF

What records lead to what information    PDF

What you can expect to find in certain records   PDF

Questions asked in each US Census, and hints on using them   PDF

Hints about newspapers and obituaries    PDF

Cemetery records on the Internet, also symbols, abbreviations, rubbings    PDF

Reading early American handwriting   PDF

Finding your veterans and their military records    PDF

Archaic words for: Family Relationships, Occupations, Medical Terms    PDF

Organizing your Research    PDF

 


 

 

 

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