Find new resources for continuing research and your brick-wall ancestors with Beyond Ancestry: Essential Portals for Genealogy Research. With the specific sites and search strategies in this presentation, you’ll find free US and international portals for digital archives, books, newspapers, maps, and other primary sources for your genealogy research.

After a long professional career in academic archives and genealogy libraries, Nancy E. Loe, MA, MLS, is now a genealogy educator, researcher, and writer. She specializes in U.S. and European research, and provides expert guidance on information management and research skills.

Her website, sassyjanegenealogy.com offers a blog, free monthly newsletter, and e-books on genealogy research.

Nancy has appeared on PBS's American Experience, at NGS, RootsTech, and numerous genealogy conferences and webinars in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Recently, Nancy has been on a genealogy pilgrimage to visit the eight European villages of her great-grandparents.

This presentation will be recorded.

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.