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TIG Meeting - AmericanAncestors.org: Searching the Online Databases with Karen Fortin

American Ancestors, the website for the New England Historic Genealogical Society, provides more than 1 billion records in over 470 databases online. Although m... ...Read More...

Articles and stories submission deadline for Spring 2025 edition of Hear Ye Hear Ye

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February RGS Member Meeting - Finding Scottish Ancestors Online

Interested in ways to research your Scottish ancestors? Join us as Nancy E. Loe helps us discover Scottish resources and maps, and helps us with effective resea... ...Read More...

DNA Help Session

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Family Finders Genealogy Club (Hosted by the Rochester Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division)

A Monthly Genealogy Club facilitated by RGS Historian/Genealogist: John D. Caulfield

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Scottish Ancestors

18 Feb Meeting

Long Program: Finding Scottish Ancestors Online
Short Program: Scottish Heritage Society

Interested in ways to research your Scottish ancestors? Join us as Nancy E. Loe helps us discover Scottish resources, maps, and effective research strategies.

Archivist, librarian, and genealogist Nancy Loe has been helping researchers with their family trees since 1977. She specializes in US and European family history research, presenting at webinars and conferences in the US, Canada, and Australia, including NGS and Rootstech.

Nancy’s genealogy e-books and free monthly newsletter are available at www.sassyjanegenealogy.com.

Elizabeth McDade, Vice President of the The Scottish Heritage Society of the Rochester Area, will be our short program speaker. Learn about our local organization whose main purpose is to perpetuate Scottish traditions and culture.

This meeting will be on Zoom only starting at 6:45 pm. If you have Scottish heritage be sure to hear this program. And even if you don't, effective research strategies can always be applied to other area. Please register here.