Castle Rock Colorado Genealogical Society

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The Genealogy Minute

Greetings! Take a look at our upcoming classes and workshops.

SHARE Sharing Help And Research Experience Every Monday 10:00 AM - Noon Zoom and at the Castle Rock Library We are back to at the library! Join us for either an in-person or Zoom meeting. SHARE is a drop-in collaborative discussion for all of your successes and challenges. We welcome all!

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DNA Special Interest Group Facilitated by Chris Hansen and Laura Schuck Wednesday June 1st from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM Zoom Meeting - Registration Required  This session is on third party tools, covered in Chapter 8 in The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy by Blaine Bettinger. We will talk about segment data, DNA painter, DNAGedcom, and review GEDmatch. After June 1st, we will take a short hiatus and resume in October. To register, go to Member Login, then Class Registration

Shaky Leaf Syndrome – Using Website Generated Hints More Effectively Presented by Sara Cochran. Thursday June 2nd from 10:00 AM to Noon Zoom Meeting - Registration Required Indexing, optical character recognition, and computer algorithms make finding obscure records about our families easier than ever! Unfortunately, computers can’t distinguish between people of the same name who lived in different places or at different times. Using real examples, we’ll practice evaluating hints and attaching the keepers to our trees. To register, go to Member Login, then Class Registration

Finding Your Swedish Parish of Birth Presented by Jill Morelli Saturday, June 18th, 10 a.m. MDT Zoom Meeting - Registration Required   Preparation in the US is key to successfully “crossing the pond.” We will identify resources, which may lead to the name of that parish of your Scandinavian immigrant. This session covers techniques, which are critical to Scandinavian research.   Jill Morelli, CG, loves to share her passion for genealogy with others. She is a writer, lecturer and researcher specializing in the US Midwest, Scandinavia and northern Germany. She lectures nationally on topics inspired by her own research and methodology. Read More

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Special Interest Groups Our Special Interest Groups will meet again after a short break. Look for Colonial America in August and DNA in October. FTM will resume if enough interest.

AmericanAncestors.org Courtesy of CRCGS CRCGS sponsors a subscription to AmericanAncestors.org through our local Castle Rock, Colorado library. AmericanAncestors.org provides access to 1.4+ billion records spanning the United States, the British Isles, continental Europe, and beyond. AmericanAncestors.org is FREE to anyone, courtesy of CRCGS, from inside the Philip S. Miller Library at 100 S. Wilcox Street in Castle Rock.

CRCGS Members View video recordings of our 2 most recent programs and classes Log into the website and look for 'Program Recordings' in the Members section.

Shaky Leaf Syndrome: Using Website Generated Hints More Effectively Presented by Sara Cochran Available on June 2nd

Lies, Errors and Bias, Oh My! Consider Your Sources Presented by Sunny Morton Recorded May 21st

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About Us:  The Castle Rock Colorado Genealogical Society (CRCGS) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization of individuals with a passion for the discovery of their ancestry. The society functions through the support of volunteers who contribute their knowledge, time, and effort. The mission of the society is to (1) promote genealogy through education and research, (2) encourage high standards of research, instruction, documentation and preservation, and (3) locate, preserve and index public and private records, and make them available. Copyright © 2022. All Rights Reserved.