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• What the Heck Does That Say? Overcoming the Challenge of Difficult Handwriting

  • When
    5 Jun 2021
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    1:30 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Webinar

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  Our speaker will be Pam Vestal

  One of the biggest hurdles to overcome in genealogy is the seemingly illegible handwriting in our ancestors’ records. Whether you struggle to navigate colonial penmanship that doesn’t even look like English or wrestle with contemporary documents that are poorly written, a few good strategies can make all the difference. We’ll look at more than 20 techniques to help you figure out what the chicken scratches on the page say as well as what the style of writing might reveal about our ancestors.  

  Pam Vestal is a professional genealogist and speaker who has lectured nationally for FGS and NGS and regionally from coast to coast. Her articles have appeared in the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly and the FGS's Forum magazine.  Making her home in West Linn, Oregon, Pam is the owner of Generations Genealogy, LLC. 

  Registration is required via the Chicago Genealogical Society website under Events. Registration will close 1 hour prior to the event. The webinar will take place virtually via ZOOM. All people registered will receive an email the morning of the event with log-in instructions and a link. This information is not to be shared.

  
  

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• Open Mic Meet-Up: Share Your Latest Genealogy Discoveries

  • When
    5 Jul 2021
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    7:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Virtual Meet-Up

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  Open Mic Meet-Up

  Our recent Open Mic Meet-Ups were so helpful to our members that many have requested we continue offering the opportunity to share. Join us to share your discovery or watch and listen to others share their successes. 

  This meet-up will have a host to run the Zoom and to give the opportunity for everyone to share as time permits. If you plan to share a discovery please keep it to 5 minutes or less to allows others to also share. 

  Registration is required via the Chicago Genealogical Society website under Events. Registration will close 1 hour prior to the event. The meet-up will take place virtually via ZOOM. All people registered will receive an email the morning of the event with log-in instructions and a link. This information is not to be shared.

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