VGS Webinar: Research Plan Writing – Tools to Stay Focused (and Realistic) in your Virginia Research with Kelly L. McMahon, CG®

Register at https://tinyurl.com/VGSAugust2024Join Kelly as she helps walk you through the steps to draft a solid research plan to keep you on-task as you complete your research. This workshop will cover the following topics:How to create (and use?) your own research journalEffective research goalsAssessing prior research/known facts about an ancestorNavigating potential issues with certain localities ... Read more

FREE

VGS Fall Conference 2024

Virtual via Zoom

ZOOM in for two days,18-19 Oct 2024, of immersive Virginia genealogy, sponsored by the Virginia Genealogical Society.

Webinar – The WPA Era: Free Records Boon from the Government with Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA [9 Apr 2025]

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