1995 DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society Workshop
20th Annual Conference
"Roots, Boots & Bytes"

Saturday February 18, 1995

Naperville, IL


Program | Prior conferences


Hotel at Naperville & Diehl Rd., Naperville, IL

Program

Beginning your English research; sources in America and England

Ins and outs of Scottish family history research - including church, cemetery, & civil records, monumental inscriptions and research strategies

Learn what maps, gazetteers and directories are available for British Isles research and how to access them

Learn about the English probate system and how to locate wills both prior to and after 1858

Migration of the Scottish people, the records which have been created & the historical events which have affected family research

Learn how to find your Irish Ancestors using the Irish Householders Index

Boots -- for Computer Genealogy

Beginning at the beginning with MS-DOS. Learn the basic commands to manage disks, directories and files

How to use bulletin boards to access the wealth of genealogical data available through a computer

How scanners can be used for genealogy; hardware and software requirements, demonstration of capabilities; how to tie it in with your genealogical data; Photo Compact Disk, Optical Character Recognition.

Bites -- of Genealogical Miscellany

Learn methods of organizing your research so that you know what information you have, what you need, what you have done and when you did it.

How to get the most out of searching deeds in the county courthouse

Where to look for records and history and tips to aid in Kentucky research


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