Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking

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1. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   7 years ago

   Lots of good information !\n\nLove Paula's presentation.\n\nLoved her enthusiasm. You can tell she really loves her subject matter! I will have to see this one again!\n\nLoved this webinar. Lots of great information. Thank you!\n\nMy railroad research would be mainly in Canada, but this gave me an idea of how to break down searches; was enjoyable!\n\nnice handout\n\nnice to hear hope that some records do exist\n\nNow I realize how much I've overlooked while researching my great grandfather! I'll use the syllabus & get back to work. Thanks! \n\noutstanding!\n\nOutstanding!\n\noutstanding! \n\nPaula did a great job in explaining and providing an excellent, comprehensive syllabus!\n\nPaula is a great speaker, she speaks so articulately and clearly. I can hear her Minnesota accept maybe that's why I think she speaks so well\n\nPaula is always well informed and entertaining.\n\nPaula is an excellent representative of the genealogy world. She is a great speaker, she can be understood, and heard, good sense of humor. Always give 110% \n\nPaula is an excellent speaker! Always provides a great handout. Thank you! : )\n\nPaula is awesome!\n\nShe is always surperb!!\n\nSO informative - thank you! \n\nSo many suggestions and very well presented, thank you! \n\nSo much hard to find info in this webinar and a great speaker as always.\n\nThank you Paula for the extremely interesting webinar. I asked about the Canadian RRs and am off to start researching.\n\nThank you!\n\nThanks, Paula!\n\nThe examples were excellent to show the information you can find. \n\nThe handout is excellent. The many examples of where to search and what might be found were great!\n\nThe speaker was very knowledgeable. She imparted a lot of information in a short time. Some quite new to me and work in the archival profession. \n\nThese webinars are by far the biggest bang for my buck around.\n\nThis is fabulous! So informative. My grandfather died in a train accident, so I need to learn more about that. \nThank you for such wonderful knowledge!\n\nThis one is a 15\n\nThis webinar was FANTASTIC - I would give it a 10 - because it was much higher than 5. Her style is smooth, easy to listen, chock full of tips, and solid resources. I'm the person who wrote that the stories about relatives working for railroads and tips from listeners added a special caboose to this train story and it was so true. The time flew by just like a speeding locomotive!\n\nVery good information and clear resources provided.\n\nVery good intro to RR Records\n\nVery good webinar. Learned so much.\n\nVery informative\n\nvery informative and motivating\n\nVery informative and very helpful syllabus.\n\nVery informative\n\nVery informative. Thank you!\n\nVery interesting and informative\n\nVery interesting and well presented.\n\nVery interesting! Much information in a short time, but easy to follow.\n\nWealth of information and very interesting \n\nWith such an extensive variety of sources I hope to be able to find more info about my ancestors who were recruited in New York -- or maybe in Ireland -- and worked with a railroad into Ohio. Thanks so much for offering these wonderful resources. Don't you have a magical way to give us more hours???\n\nWonderful webinar! So many new ideas on where to look for railroad records!\n\nWow, information overload. So much to pursue. Thanks!

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2. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   7 years ago

   A lot of info I can use.\n\nAmazing webinar. Thank you so much! Great information.\n\nBrilliant webinar with lots of must see links to some fantastic sources.\n\nCan't wait to explore the RR maps of N America on LOC web site!\n\nExcellent and informative webinar. Now I have places I can look for more information on my paternal great-grandfather's life on the railroad. I have a photo of him in the doorway of some railroad equipment that looks like a BIG shovel, so he may have been in other positions than brakeman. Thank you!!!\n\nExcellent info and search tips.\n\nExcellent presentation with some wonderful resources and research hints. Thank you, Paula!\n\nExcellent presentation, thank you!\n\nExcellent resources - exceptionally knowledgeable and very interesting. Thank You\n\nExcellent webinar - will have to listen to it again.\n\nExcellent webinar with great resources. Thanks!\n\nExcellent!\n\nexcellent, helpful\n\nExcellent. Extremely informative.\n\nExcellent....first webinar I have heard Paula. Will check out her other webinars as well. Thanks!!\n\nfact filled\n\nFantastic information presented in an interesting manner\n\nFantastic presentation and great handout. Hope Paula will be doing another presentation in the future. Thanks \nPaula, Geoff and Legacy Family Tree Webinars for all your great work putting these webinars on.\n\nFantastic webinar! Gave me several new leads to research that I didn't know about before. Thanks so much to Paula, Geoff & Legacy.\n\nfascinating. Thank you.\n\nGood general info on railroad research.\n\nGreat\n\nGreat\n\nGreat\n\nGreat content and presentation.\n\nGreat handout, loved how in her presentation Paula referenced specific points by # in her handout. Really love all of Paula's presentations, she had a great pace and flow.\n\nGreat ideas of resources\n\nGreat information and tips on railroad research. Thank you so much!\n\nGreat information on resources and methodology. Thanks. More, please.\n\nGreat information!\n\nGreat overview. Love how she didn't feel the need to list everything in her handout!\n\nGreat presentation and resources given!\n\nGreat research ideas. I have a number of relatives that worked for railroads so this gives me ways to find out more information.\n\nGreat speaker and very interesting subject. I love railroad history.\n\nGreat webinar with plenty of tips to help me get started with my railroad research! \n\nGreat webinar! I have ancestors that worked for or helped design various railroads and were in multiple states. I can't wait to find even more records and maybe photos. Thanks :)\n\nGreat webinar, lots of great resources to research.\n\nGreat!!! Thank you!!\n\nGreat, as always!\n\n"Hoping to join soon. Your webinars are a wonderful educational experience.\n\nI found it very interesting, especially learning where to find railroad records. My grandfather worked for 48 years, mostly as an engineer, for the C&EI, and before now I didn't know where to look! So, thank you!\n\nI LOVE Paula's seminar's! Her handouts are packed with useful information. Her presentation is well-organized and she knows her subject! I am very grateful that she has expanded her talk into accident reports and court records. Keep up the great work, Paula!\n\nI'm excited to use the handout info to search for pension etc. records. My husband's grandfather, his brother and 2 brothers-in-law all worked for RR in New York state, but I don't know yet which ones.\n\nInformative, good handouts, but the pace was to rapid for me.\n\nInteresting stuff. Thanks\n\nIt was wonderful! Lots of great information. Thanks!\n\nI've been researching a train shooting for a long time. I've found newspaper articles, but didn't know how to look for the railway's records. Now I have a whole new world to search! Thank you.\n\nLearned a lot about this resource which I hadn't considered before this.\n\nLearned several new things, today..... Thank You !!!

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