Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society

I will be presenting the following talks for the Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society 

Sunday, December 10, 2017 at Walt Branch Library, 6701 S 14th St, Lincoln, NE, 2 PM to 4 PM.

"How to Get Ready to Search Irish Records"  This session will look at collecting all the pertinent records for one's ancestors and their collaterals and possibly neighbors. Vital, church, census, naturalization, military, newspapers and other records will be discussed and examined during a PowerPoint presentation. It is essential to discover both the place of origin for the immigrant ancestor(county, parish or townland) and the names of parents for the immigrant ancestor. These are best found in American records and their discovery will make finding further information on the family in Ireland a possibility. 

Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Walt Branch Library, 6701 S 14th St, Lincoln, NE, 2 PM to 4 PM.

“Female Connections are the Best Road to Research Success” This session will examine how to discover a family's story through its female members. There may be a dearth of female records from early census or lack of voting records compared to their male counterparts. However, just like today most families maintained closer ties with their mothers and sisters than their fathers and brothers. Too often a family name that is unknown to the researcher is overlooked and later turns out to be a family of a married sister or daughter or other female relative. This session will explore how to review your records and discover female relatives from census, sacramental and court papers among others. These side doors may be the link to success.

Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Walt Branch Library, 6701 S 14th St, Lincoln, NE, 2 PM to 4 PM.

“Follow Your Family Through Their Chain Migration” This session recognizes that few Irish immigrants left home and had no contact with their families ever again. Most did follow a path where they would have familiar faces and jobs prospects. This course will examine the naturalization papers, passenger lists, sacramental and census records among others to find the link between the immigrant and his relatives and neighbors in the home country and the new.