First Session Almost Full! Put Your Name on the Wait List Today!!!

Estate Settlement Records: 

Even When There is NO will, There's A Way!

"Hamilton County Courthouse, Fifth and Main Streets," slide, Cincinnati History Slide Collection, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County; digital image, Greater Cincinnati Memory Project (http://cincinnatimemory.org/ : downloaded 14 November 2015). Image used with permission of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

Preregistration for the Estate Settlement Series is open and the first session is full! Put your name on the waiting list or contact Liz Stratton at education@hcgsohio.org. If there is sufficient interest, a second session will be added at 3 pm.

The 4-session series will provide a detailed look at the estate settlement process and the genealogically rich records created. This hands-on series will lead you step-by-step through the estate settlement process. Work with your own ancestors or with a provided example to find ancestral wills and estate records. Learn research strategies and glean all the genealogical clues from every record.

Parts 1-3 apply regardless of where your ancestor lived. It is best to attend all sessions but it is not necessary. The final session focuses specifically on Hamilton County, Ohio. Work with records that survived the courthouse fires and reconstruct estate files using other sources.

Saturday, January 30, 1 pm, Estate Settlement Records, Part 1: “Even When There’s No Will, There’s a Way!”  Overview of the estate records and how they answer genealogical questions followed by a hands-on session. Learn where to find the records of your ancestors whether they are on Ancestry or not! Preregistration: http://goo.gl/mEXnKH.

Saturday, March 5, 1 pm, Estate Settlement Records, Part 2. Preregistration: http://goo.gl/HJbY7R.

Saturday, April 2, 1 pm, Estate Settlement Records, Part 3. Preregistration: http://goo.gl/h8XkBL.

Saturday, May 7, 1 pm, “Estate Settlements after the Courthouse Burns,” Part 4. Preregistration: http://goo.gl/PDZDEy.

Updated 22 December 2015.

"ernie," digital image 175966 licensed CC0 public domain (https://pixabay.com/en/ : downloaded 14 November 2015).

Extra! Extra! Read all about it in the NEWS!

What can you learn about your ancestors in the news? Just about anything! Obituaries, announcements of all kinds, court reports, news items and more. All may contain information about your family. Sometimes these news reports may be the only record of an event. Online collections make searching newspapers easier than ever. Indexes, where available, make print or film copies accessible as well. Read about your ancestors in the news!

Local newspaper expert, Jeff Herbert, will lead this hands-on session. There are only a few openings remaining!

Learn:

• Strategies for finding old newspapers where you ancestors lived—in print, online or on film
• Effective use of newspapers in your research
• Strategies for efficient searching in digital newspapers

WHAT:  “Extra! Extra! Read all about it in the NEWS!” with Jeff Herbert

WHEN:  December 5, 1 PM

WHERE:  Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, 3rd Floor Computer Lab

HOW:  Preregistration is required, http://goo.gl/yGxzVg. 

Submitted by Liz Stratton, Education Director, HCGS

Set Sail for New Jersey in this Computer Chair Research Trip!

Did you know there are 1218 sources available for New Jersey Genealogy available at PLCH? Have you explored all of them for your ancestor? What about the many databases available on the New Jersey Archives website? Ancestry.com? Join us next Saturday, September 5, at either 1 pm or 3 pm (duplicate sessions) to explore these sources. Learn techniques for recording your searches so that you never repeat the same search in the same source again!

Itinerary

New Jersey Sources Near and Far

When: September 5, 1 pm OR 3 pm
Where: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, 3rd floor, computer lab
Preregistration: http://goo.gl/RnbZBA  (1 pm) OR http://goo.gl/ppp42s (3 pm)


Submitted by Liz Stratton, Education Director