Family lore tells a different story than the records for the paternity of a southwest Virginia great-grandfather. Learn how DNA helps solve the mystery! Paula is a professional genealogist who has been researching for more than two decades in primarily southern US states and has been using DNA to solve problems for more than a ... Read more
During tough economic times in the 1930s and 1940s, government programs put many people to work. The Works Progress/Work Projects Administration and the Historical Records Survey created a goldmine of material useful for today's genealogists all across the U.S. WPA record transcriptions, courthouse and manuscript inventories, vital records indexes, city/county histories, and histories of businesses ... Read more
Registration opens 10 March 2025. Scroll down to purchase a ticket. Members be sure to log into the website before purchasing a ticket so your membership discount will be applied. The discount will be applied when you reach the checkout page. The Zoom link to join the conference and the syllabus will be sent approximately ... Read more
From birth, graduation, and marriage announcements to general articles, society columns and obituaries, newspapers provide a rich supply of material for genealogical research. Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s freely accessible and searchable database of over 6 million newspaper pages, contains an immense amount of genealogical information to discover. The Virginia Chronicle webinar will be ... Read more
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