Hello, Fellow Genealogists! I'm Howard the Genie (as in Genealogist, too!)
Whether you are a certified, seasoned, genealogist with enough verified entries in your tree to fill a small city, or a brand new genealogist with a fresh set of DNA results and 12 persons in your nascent tree that you started last Monday, or a founding HCGS member from 1976, we welcome you enthusiastically to our group of family historians and this, our site, where we hang out and feed each others’ passion for family history. If you are an expert, we aspire to your level of knowledge and expertise. If you are a newbie genealogist, we’ve been there and we’re glad to help you out. So, join us, won’t you? We guarantee you’ll learn something new that will help you out, maybe today, maybe years from now! Even the best genies are still learning and the newbies teach us things we never thought of. And we are sure that there is something right here on this site, that will help your search, put a crack in one of your brick walls, show you something new, or teach us all a thing or two. And just what, exactly, can you expect to find here? Here are SOME of the featured items:
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*Starred menu items are restricted and reserved for Member Use only in the members area. After all, monthly speakers do cost money, artifacts for sale can be hard to find.
Events
What Are Your Photos Telling You?
Virtual via Zoom
Photos contain valuable family secrets. Whether it is a small detail or an obvious handwritten note, these secrets provide important information about your family and history. In this session, you’ll gain strategies to help uncover these secrets, from ways to date your photos to picking up special details about your family. You’ll learn how to store your images and avoid common photo
Genealogy Help Desk
Miller Branch Library, 2nd floor Ho. Co. Historical Soc. Rm., 9421 Frederick Road, Ellicott City, MD
Using Deed Records to Uncover Your Ancestors
Webinar via Zoom Presenter: Robyn N. Smith. Registration is $10. Seats are limited, so reserve yours today at this link: https://tinyurl.com/3bjybk2e
This webinar is aimed at an intermediate to advanced level researchers, though beginners may also learn valuable research principles. Deed records are one of genealogy’s most trusted and voluminous record sets. But the legal jargon can be confusing, and besides, what if your ancestor didn’t own land? Come and learn how to use deed records in new and exciting ways and unlock brick walls about your family and the communities in which they lived. This lecture also includes content about researching potential slaveholders in deeds and African Americans after emancipation. The first hour will be an introduction to using deeds. After a short break, in the second hour Robyn will demonstrate how to go to FamilySearch and begin using these records. Attendees will receive a link about a week after the broadcast where they can re-watch the content, so if you are unable to make the live broadcast, you can also pay to gain access to the recorded video.
Presenter: Robyn N. Smith. Registration is $10.
Seats are limited, so reserve yours today at this link: https://tinyurl.com/3bjybk2e