Upcoming Events
March RGS General Meeting - Incorporating Oral History into Your Research
Presenter: Ari Wilkins, Genealogist Lecturer
Oral history can dramatically enhance your genealogical research. Not only can it prov... ...Read More...
DNA Help Sessions
Registration is required for DNA Sessions. Please register and complete the short registration form and if you have any questions, please email DNA@nyrgs.o... ...Read More...Intro to Genealogy Part III - Life Stories
The third session, Life Stories, will look at a number of other types of records or databases that will fill in your ancestors’ life stories. What happene... ...Read More...RGS Writers Group
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Each year, Family Tree Magazine puts together a list of the 101 Best Genealogy Websites. Many websites appear on the list year after year. During this program, ... ...Read More... Incorporating Oral Histories
19 March General Meeting
Our last Winter Zoom-only meeting will feature Ari Wilkins speaking on how oral histories can dramatically enhance your genealogical research. These histories can provide families not only with names, dates, and locations but with motives for your ancestors' actions, personality clues, and explanations for puzzling life events. Oral histories can give us information not found in traditional records. They may even help break that brick wall.
Ms. Wilkins is a genealogist who has spoken nationally at the National Genealogical Society, the Texas Institute of Genealogical Research, the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and RootsTech among others. She is also the coordinator of the African American course for the Texas Institute of Genealogical Research.
In 2023 she was awarded the Lloyd Bockstruck DIstinguished Service Award by the Dallas Genealogical Society for her outstanding contributions to the genealogical community on a national level. Ms. Wilkins is also a fellow of the Texas State Genealogical Society. She specializes in African American research and has been actively working on her own family history for over 25 years.
This meeting may give you research ideas you haven't tried before so register now.