BCG,Methodology and Skills,Board for Certification of Genealogists,Friends, Associates, Neighbors (FANs)
Uncovering Immigrant Origins Through Cluster Research
Dana Palmer, CG, CGL
Content
Welcome
58s
About BCG
4m 38s
Speaker's Introduction
52s
Introduction
5m 11s
Questions to Consider
6m 48s
Case Study
11m 31s
Government Records
10m 25s
Probate Records
6m 24s
Cluster Research
14m 18s
Announcements
1m 31s
Questions / answers
22m 6s
About this webinar
Descendants of an early Ohio family had no idea of their origins. Following an associated family brought success, even after wading into foreign- language documents. This presentation shows what to do when traditional records fail to reveal an ancestor’s place of origin and how to use cluster research to break through the brick wall. Discussion will include how to determine the place of origin using records found in the United States and what to do when no records exist on your direct line.
About the speaker
Dana Palmer, CG, CGL has been a genealogy instructor at Sinclair Community College since 2010. She has spoken at national, state, and local genealogy events and conferences including RootsTech, NGS, F...
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Comments (94)
My major take-away: contact the local genealogical society for every place that the ancestor lived. Seems obvious now, but I never considered it (I focused on the final location).
I learned a lot! Dana is extremely knowledgeable and offers many options.
Great tips and tricks to find the "hard to find" information! Using the case study really showed the process and the logical paths used to find details on her ancestor. Thanks for a wonderful webinar!
Very interesting and informative.
Very informative
Learned many things and remembered thhings forgotten! Thank you very much!
Great study showing have to move forward with limited information to built a family study. Very much a must watch again webinar!
Excellent job of establishing goals and exploring solutions; outstanding selection of tools and resources