Along with census information, land records and probate proceedings, school rosters can be helpful in tracing your family line. St. Casimir?s School, 1946, courtesy of Tom Bocek
For every person who is eagerly and actively researching his or her family tree, there are several others who are content to hear their parents? stories about grandparents, great-grandparents and the like. Then there are those who actually are afraid to start researching because they have visions of dusty libraries, old records and incomprehensible paperwork.Cross those fears off the list. The free 2011 Baltimore Family History Workshop, to be presented on Saturday, October 15, is about to make tracing the roots of the family tree a lot easier.
The workshop runs from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and is presented by Baltimore Maryland Stake. It will take place at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 120 Stemmers Run Road in Essex.
According to Tom Bocek, who has worked to help present these sessions in the past, interest remains high in family tree searches.
?We have some new things this year,? he notes. ?We have Scottish Genealogy; we haven?t offered that before.?
Sessions include a wide range of general topics such as the use of census information, Maryland land records or probate records in family history research, how to find obituaries and ways to organize and file information.
At the same time, there are ethnic-specific topics such as African-American research, Eastern European family history, Irish genealogy and more. There are even sessions including ?Reading Old German Script,? ?Discovering Historic Newspapers? and ?Jumping the Pond: Help Find Your Germanic Ancestral Home.?
And while genealogy has been around for years, not all methods of its use have; this year?s workshop will have a session on ?Blogging for Family Relationships,? for example.
Some of the most popular segments of the workshops have been ?Brickwall sessions,? which are designed to help participants overcome what they feel is a dead-end in their research. The speakers at the meeting are adept at finding ways around obstructions and re-opening avenues of research. There are also ?help desks? where individuals at the workshop can sign up to discuss subjects in which a particular speaker has expertise.
Something else new this year? The opportunity to get involved. The Church of Latter Day Saints, which will be hosting the event, is looking for individuals to help digitize their records, which currently exist on film. According to Bocek, no special software is needed, and the project can be done in spare time.
?If you volunteer, they?ll send you a list of records, and all you need to do is index them on a form,? he notes. ?This would be a great thing to do for someone who?s interested. It could help a lot of people find their information.?
Note: Information on the 13th annual Baltimore Family History Workshop is available at http://baltimorefamilyhistoryworkshop.org/. The workshop is free and will be held on Saturday, October 15, 8 am.-4 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 120 Stemmers Run Road in Essex.
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