Methodology and Skills,Board for Certification of Genealogists,Places and Ethnicities,United States,BCG
Finding Your One Among Millions: Methods and Tips for Urban Research, a New York City Case Study
Amy Larner Giroux, PhD, CG, CGL
Content
Welcome
59s
About BCG
4m 51s
Speaker's Introduction
54s
Introduction
5m 13s
Methods
3m 44s
Case Study
15m 20s
Map the Data
16m 39s
Which Church?
3m 26s
Other Maps
8m 53s
Announcements / prizes
1m 31s
Questions / answers
7m 6s
About this webinar
Family history research in a large city can be richly rewarding as urban centers typically kept better records. However, when it is your ancestor who does not appear in the vital records, how do you find them? Searching among the plethora of people in a city such as New York can be challenging. This presentation will give attendees some ways to navigate research in urban areas using a case study in 19th-century New York City to illustrate the methods.
About the speaker
Amy Larner Giroux, PhD, CG, CGL, is co-author of the Florida edition of the NGS Research in the States series and has published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly , the New York Genealogic...
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Comments (62)
Thank you great information
Great detailed information for working with city research. I liked the table for analysis of the information.
I loved how many alternative sources were covered and the alternative methodologies that were prexented to tease apart same named people and track down all sorts of neighborhood details! What a way to add texture to family histories! Loved it!
Though my NYC family members were not Catholic, these methods may still be helpful to me. I really enjoyed the presentation!
Great! Many sources I've not thought of before and directions on how to use them.
This gave me new approaches to researching my families in 19th century Philadelphia and Baltimore.
It is inspiring me to use those city directories to try and learn more about my NYC ancestors.
I appreciated the easy to follow directions that Ms. Giroux gave and her slides were very clear and legible. I enjoyed it and found it very helpful.