Upcoming Conferences & Workshops

Spring Classes Announced

American-Canadian Genealogical Society
Spring classes

– All classes held at the ACGS Library –
Corner of Elm and Baker Streets, Manchester NH
Free for members, $5 for non-members

Saturday, May 4, 2013, 10:30 am-12 noon – Nelson Disco

Introduction to Genealogy

• How to gather information from Family Sources.
      Interviewing Family Members, Photographs, Bibles,
      Vital Records, Church Records, Town Histories.

• Organizing tools:  Forms and notebooks

• Documenting and Evaluating Information Sources.
      Primary, Secondary and Tertiary sources

• Where do I go now?…..Utilizing gathered information.

 Saturday - May 18, 2013, 10:30 am-12 noon – John Cooke

Introduction to French-Canadian Genealogy

• Canadian references: Church records, Drouin, Tanguay and Jette indexes

• Variation in Names: Spelling and “dit names”

Saturday – June 1, 2013, 10:30 am-12 noon – Muriel Normand

Other French-Canadian Genealogical References

• Fiche:  Female Drouin, Loiselle, IGI

• Fichier,  Talbot and other regional sources

• Family Histories

Sunday* - June 9, 2013,9:00 am-10:30 – Mary Jean Chaput

Online Databases and Searching Techniques.

• PRDH & Dictionnaire

• Le LAFRANCE and Digitized Drouin

*Scheduled for Sunday to provide computer availability

 Saturday- June 15, 2013 10:30 am-12 noon-Muriel Normand

Utilizing US and Canadian Census Records

• Data collected from each census and forms

• Name variations: both given and surname

• Evaluating that data (who said this?) and using it!

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