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Friday, April 30, 2021

Questions Asked in the 1950 U.S. Census

 According to the U.S. Census bureau, in 1940 every household was asked 34 questions. However, in 1950 they were asked just 20 questions. In reviewing the questions between the two, let's go through the questions and see what we will learn . 

Questions Asked on the 1950 U.S. Federal Census Questionnaire

The following questions were asked of everyone in the household.

1. Name of street, avenue or road where the household is located

2. Home or apartment number

3. Serial number of dwelling unit

4. Is this house on a farm (or ranch)?

5. If no, is this house on a place of three or more acres? (New question for 1950 thanks to the expansion of suburbia.)

6. Corresponding agriculture questionnaire number

7. Name

8. Relationship to head

9. Race  Census takers were instructed to assume that all members of the related household were the same race. For unrelated people they were to ask. And if you see a description you are unfamiliar with, consult the 1950 census enumerator instructions.)

10. Sex

11. How old was this person on his last birthday?  It was expected that there would be some folks who either didn’t know their exact age or didn’t care to share it. Census takers were instructed to try to zero in and get as accurate as possible. If age wasn’t known, they were instructed to enter an estimate as the very last resort, and footnote that it was an estimate.

12. Is this person now married, widowed, divorced, separated, or never married?  Marriage codes found in this column: MAR = married; WD = widowed; D = divorced; SEP = separated; NEV = never married. People under the age of 14 were automatically labeled as never married. Also, common-law marriages were reported as Married, so while marital status can be an indicator to look for marriage records, it is possible that there may not be any.

13. What State or country was the person born in? This is important to keep in mind when hunting for birth certificates.

14. If foreign born, is the person naturalized?  yes or no. But if you see “AP” it means the person was born of American parents abroad or at sea. Also, if born at sea they were an American citizen if their father was, or if they were born after 5/24/1934 and either parent was American.


Before we get to the last six questions which were asked only of people 14 years of age and older, let’s take a look at the questions you might have expected to see that were asked in the previous 1940 census but were not.

The last 6 questions were asked of people over the age of 14.

15. What was this person doing most of last week – working, keeping house, or something else? WK = working; H = keeping house; U = unable to work; OT = other

16. If the person was “keeping house” or “something else” in question 15, did the person do any work at all last week, not counting work around the house? (work-for-pay, working on a farm or unpaid family work)

17. If the person answered “no” to question 16, was he looking for work?

18. If the person answered “no” to question 17, even if he didn’t work last week, does he have a job or business?

19. If the person was working, how many hours did he or she work in the last week?

20. What kind of work does the person do? What kind of business or industry is the person in?

Class of worker the person is. Enumerators were to mark “P” for private employment, “G” for government employment, “O” for own business, or “NP” for working without pay Here’s an example of an entry you might see for someone’s employment: Banker, Salesman, P. Armed forces was used for all types of military service.

"Reversing the Negative: Focusing the Narrative of the Carlos Vierra Scrapbooks." May 6, 2021 4:30pm PDT

 



Here is the link to our May 2021 virtual People and Places lecture via ZOOM.

Shawn Evans and Garron Yepa, AOS Architects, Santa Fe, NM.  "Reversing the Negative: Focusing the Narrative of the Carlos Vierra Scrapbooks." 

Thursday, 06 May at 4:30pm (PDT).  (Room will open at 4:15pm)

https://unm.zoom.us/j/99201791181 

Meeting ID: 992 0179 1181

One tap mobile

+12532158782,,99201791181# US (Tacoma)

+13462487799,,99201791181# US (Houston)

Tomas Jaehn, Director

Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR)

tjaehn@unm.edu 





Wednesday, April 28, 2021

History Colorado has added more online to their archives

 Ku Klux Klan membership records made public in Denver

History Colorado has debuted an online archive this week of 1,300 pages of original Ku Klux Klan membership records from 1924 through 1926, previously on public display at the History Colorado Center in downtown Denver.

To Read more of this article from in ABC News, hit here: https://apple.news/ARsFcbNyJSCahN83d2AuOrQ

History Colorado digitized the hate group's ledgers, which include 30,000 people, to highlight the widespread racism built into the city's political and cultural history, The Denver Post reported. (Though the subject is non related to Hispanic research, some may not be aware of this archive.)

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanics in North America-- May 2, 2021 1PM PDT

To listen to this past podcast, please hit here  


What do we mean when we talk about “Hispanic history” in the US? Juan de Oñate’s arrival in New Mexico in 1598, or the Pueblo Revolt in 1680? Colonization or resistance? Or both? Over the past few years, there has been a growing public debate about what is – or should be – publicly commemorated and what has been left out of the official version of the nation’s story. Such questions are at the heart of El Norte and this lecture will consider where the Hispanic past sits in the larger public memory of the United States, and how it has been celebrated – or not – in more recent times. To register for an online presentation, hit here

How to organize your DNA matches

 To watch the video, hit here 

Dinah Southard explains how to use learn how to use the group dot feature to organize your DNA matches.

Monday, April 26, 2021

Legacy Tree Webinars on sale until April 30, 2021

Take advantage right now and through Friday, April 30 — you can get a new one-year subscription at 50% off a full year membership, using the coupon code of 1500. This is a great way to educate yourself on everything from DNA, to new techniques in researching, organizing and education on software.

Legacy Tree webinars is celebrating that they have produced over 1500 webinars. Thus the discount code.

To access their website, hit here




Sunday, April 25, 2021

Latest news from Panes.info


  

Update:

View a recent census at Panes.info transcribed and recently added by Sylvia:>San Francisco de Conchos Muestra de Soldados y Sus Armas 1707 & 1723<-

Great News

Carlos just recently returned from spending a week working with volunteers at the Colegio de Michoacán. They were setting up a project to index the Mexican Spanish Inquisition records that are online at FamilySearch.org. While there, a couple of professional videographers made a fundraising campaign video featuring Carlos. You can see it here.


Friday, April 23, 2021

GSHA-SC General Meeting and Zoom Presentation May 1st, 2021 11am PDT

 Please join us for our May 1st General Meeting and Zoom presentation from Collen Greene on "Improving Your Research With the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS)" at 11am PDT. General Meeting to follow the presentation. Members will receive their zoom invitation and passcode. Non members need to request via RSVP by emailing gshasocal@gmail.com For more information, please see the flyer below.



Wednesday, April 21, 2021

The Making of Borderlands of Southern Colorado: A Conversation with Dawn DiPrince on April 27, 2021 5:30 PM PDT


 

To register for this event, hit here


Join lead developer of the Borderlands of Southern Colorado initiative Dawn DiPrince for a conversation about the exhibit currently on view at the History Colorado Center. Presented in English and Spanish, this talk explores the shifting geopolitical history of southern Colorado. This area, framed by mountains and rivers, is naturally conducive to unique and resilient forms of cultural connection. An international border crossed over the people in this region, changing their lives forever, when the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo moved a portion of the US–Mexico border from the Arkansas River—which flows through the middle of Colorado—down to the Rio Grande in 1848.


This talk is presented in partnership with the Mexican Consulate in Denver.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

New Episode of Finding Your Roots – Anchored to the Past – On PBS Tonight!

 TONIGHT! Finding Your Roots with journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon Tuesday, April 20th, 2021


The 8th episode of Season 7 of Finding Your Roots is entitled Anchored to the Past. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines how journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon were able to overcome biases in their careers, drawing parallels to relatives who met profound challenges of their own.

Monday, April 19, 2021

National DNA Day by wiki

It is time to take advantage of the lowest cost for DNA tests. Check out the many vendors and take advantage.


National DNA Day is a United States holiday celebrated on April 25. It commemorates the day in 1953 when James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, Rosalind Franklin and colleagues published papers in the journal Nature on the structure of DNA. Furthermore, in early April 2003 it was declared that the Human Genome Project was very close to complete, and "the remaining tiny gaps [we]re considered too costly to fill."

In the United States, DNA Day was first celebrated on April 25, 2003, by proclamation of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. However, they only declared a one-time celebration, not an annual holiday. Every year from 2003 onward, annual DNA Day celebrations have been organized by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), starting as early as April 23 in 2010, April 15 in 2011 and April 20 in 2012. April 25 has since been declared "International DNA Day" and "World DNA Day" by several groups. Genealogical DNA testing companies and genetic genealogy publishers run annual sales around DNA Day, seeking interest from the public and promoting their services.

Friday, April 16, 2021

I Used DNA Testing to Trace My Identity — Here’s How to Do the Same

 For black people searching for the meaning in our genome, taking a trip based on new-found DNA results can be life-changing — but here's what you need to know first.

For as long as I can remember, travel has always been a way to hold a mirror up to my surroundings, an attempt to locate myself in the wider world. As a child I was lucky enough to experience family holidays in Europe: Long, languid summers in Ireland with wet walks through glossy fields with my Irish mother, sandcastle building on beach-trips in cold and clear waters with my British father and milky-skinned brother. Then there were the weeks spent in Spain, Austria, France, and the Balearic islands. But it was during the leisure time with my white family that I became more attuned to the visual differences between us all, and I started to really question my own identity in relation to those closest to me.

Although my childhood was characterized by the rituals of regular vacations and lots of love and support, I grew up in a white household with no explanation as to why, or how, I appeared black. The absence of discussion on race, privilege, and discrimination penetrated my world with increasing regularity as I grew up, but my questions largely went unanswered by my parents. I realized that race and its meaning remained totally off-limits in our house.

But when we left our white community at home to vacation abroad, the veil of silence was removed. Race followed me beyond suburbia, and there was no escaping its impact amongst new faces — some of which looked more like my own than my parents' did. Removed from our absurd normal, my racial identity showed up in high definition: when I grew a dark shade of brown in the Portuguese sun; when I was spoken to in Spanish on the island of Tenerife; when I was ushered into airport lines with the Jamaican families in front of me; and when new poolside friends in France asked me how I "knew" all those white people. My early family trips ignited a deep-rooted desire to find out more about my place in the world. Travel illuminated new paths of possibility, showing me spaces in which I could also belong, filled with people who looked like me and who could recognize the things in me that I had not yet claimed for myself.

As I got older, the silence around my identity slowly morphed into a deafening roar I could no longer ignore. When I lost my father to cancer at age 22, I thought I had reached rock bottom emotionally. His death had almost destroyed me, but it also gave me permission to seek out the truth about who I was. After paternity testing, I discovered my mother had been unfaithful to the father who raised me, with a black man she now knows nothing of. Although that news completely obliterated the remaining structures of my world, it also freed me from the half-life I had spent much time living. I yearned to see myself in spaces I had been too afraid to venture into, and uncover cultures I had willfully ignored because they were filled with those who often reminded me that we had much in common. As a child, belonging was everything, so I had stayed away from these groups, becoming complicit in the denial of who I was as a result. But the DNA results freed me from the practice of living a smaller, less authentic life and spurred me on in the search for myself.

I left home to live in black-majority countries where I could get lost in the arms of huge, noisy urban spaces and educate myself on what it really meant to be a part of a vibrant, innovative diaspora. Solo travel for me was more than just a jaunt to pass the time, it was totally transformative and educational, working like a tonic on my soul, tired from the grieving and shrinking myself into spaces where I was not fully seen. I moved to New York City's Crown Heights neighborhood for six months while working remotely as a freelance writer and consumed all the literature by black writers I could get my hands on. Then I moved onto Vietnam, for a press trip where I managed to write about the hair extension industry, tracing the route from the heads of Vietnamese women in a factory I toured, back to the shops in London and NYC where they are bought by black women like me. I then went to Havana, Cuba, where I booked home-stays with locals and marveled at the resourcefulness of black Cubans in a place where racial disparities were evident. I also spent one month in the Dominican Republic, three in Nicaragua, and one in Mexico. In Mexico City I finally took an ancestral DNA test and discovered, to my sheer amazement, that half my genetic ancestry is likely from Nigeria. I wrote about all this — and the reliability of the DNA testing industry itself — in my book, "Raceless," which is out now.

Although my story sounds particularly unique, I can situate it within a new wave of black travelers who are driven by genealogical curiosity and the recent explosion in affordable at-home DNA testing. The global DNA testing market is expected to be worth over $10 billion by 2022. And heritage tours, ancestry travel, genealogy trips, or DNA travel has exploded in popularity in recent years. In 2019, 23andMe joined forces with Airbnb so customers could create a travel and rental package based on their DNA results — the same year Ghana declared its "Year of Return" to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first recorded enslaved Africans in the United States. And when travel company Black & Abroad arranged heritage trips to the continent, the phrase "go back to Africa" was reclaimed and used to celebrate the concept of black people reconnecting with their roots.

I've explored the ethics and reliability of DNA testing for black people in my book, and also in my Audible series, The Secrets In Us. I've discovered that ancestral DNA results are accurate to a broad continental level, but that Africa's country breakdowns can often be inaccurate. This is down to the fact that there simply isn't enough data on people of African descent, and that often, country breakdowns change as the databases are updated. But many companies are deliberately targeting black consumers, knowing that we often have a gap in our knowledge of self. Sometimes they have dubious means of obtaining more DNA samples from Africa, and even more worrying links to law enforcement with whom they have a history of colluding with.

So it's important for black travelers to know exactly what they are consenting to before they send their spit off in a tube in the quest for planning a dream trip. But I also realize that for many like myself who have been denied access to their heritage, DNA testing is incredibly tempting, offering a window into a hidden past for relatively little cost and little hassle. The legacy of slavery and the common themes around secrets, silence, and shame in relation to black children raised in white homes means many can't rely on family lore or well-kept records to ascertain where they are from.

For many, there is a visible thread between DNA testing and travel, the impact of which is not just personal, but deeply political and rooted in a very human desire to understand our purpose and place in the world. The movement of the black body was (and still is) heavily policed in many spaces and so traveling freely and for pleasure is still very much a subversive act when you are black — traveling to reclaim a personal history even more so.

I'm hopeful that by combining genealogical research with ancestral results, I can one day track down my black biological relatives and perhaps find out more about the country which provides me with so much of my appearance and sense of self. DNA testing in the context of travel demonstrates that the entire history of humankind spans thousands of cultures and countries, melding to form a rich tapestry of experiences, ethnicities, and genetic clusters, which are no respecter of country borders. For black people searching for the meaning in our genome, taking a trip based on new-found DNA results can be life-changing, offering us a chance to obtain a cultural understanding beyond the percentages. We just need to know exactly what we are signing up for before we send our spit off in the mail.


To read more of this article, hit here

Thursday, April 15, 2021

How a Genealogy Site Used Deepfake Tech and Old Family Photos to Create a Viral App

MyHeritage's new AI-powered tool brings historical photos to life. A genealogy site tool that lets people digitally animate old family photographs has become a viral sensation on social media this week—in the latest example of brands putting AI-powered deepfake technology to creative use.

While deepfakes have made headlines for their potential for fake news and other nefarious uses, brands have also increasingly turned to them as a creative tool in ads.

To read more of the article in ADWEEK, hit here


Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Hispanic Research with John Schmal April 21, 2021 6;30 pm PDT


  Please RSVP to get the zoom link and passcode. If you send in your questions in advance, John will have more time to research on the given subject.

Sunday, April 11, 2021

Early Bird discounts for SCGS 2021 DNA and Genealogy Jamboree is approaching and Mid-week Special Event

 Please note that we like to help our neighbor advertise Southern California Genealogy Society virtual DNA Jamboree on  Friday-Saturday June 4-5, 2021 and Genealogy on Friday-Saturday June 11-12, 2021. These conferences have always been informative and helpful in teaching the genealogist the latest in DNA techniques in tracing to understanding DNA for a new beginner to pinpointing innovations in research. The early bird discount is coming up soon and we are letting you know that you should take advantage before April 26, 2021. SCGS has even offered a mid-week-long series of events, both educational and fun in between that everyone will find the unique showing of specials, prize drawings, virtual exhibitors, product questions and answers, round table research assistance and a social hour. for more information, please hit here.

Genealogy Garage: Armenian Genealogy Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 11:00AM PDT


FOR A SHORT TIME YOU ARE ABLE TO WATCH A REPEAT OF THIS PRESENTATION BY HITTING HERE

Please join in via YouTube and/or Facebook on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 11:00 am PDT

Los Angeles County has a large and thriving Armenian community, but where do we start when it comes to researching where we came from? Tracy Keeney and Mark Arslan, creator of the Armenian Immigration Project, will introduce us to the surprising wealth of information that can provide new branches for our trees. Streaming live on YouTube and Facebook.

For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Para ajustes razonables según la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

Saturday, April 10, 2021

Finding Your Roots in Mexico April 17th 2021 1pm PDT

 WHEN: Saturday,  April 17th 1pm PST 

WHERE: An Online Presentation through the Los Angeles FamilySearch Library

The Lecture: This is a lecture to help people learn about the wonderful diversity of Mexico’s original inhabitants. Using a PowerPoint presentation, genealogist and historian John Schmal will discuss the finding your roots in Mexico today.

About the Lecturer: A graduate of Loyola-Marymount University, John P. Schmal is an historian, genealogist and lecturer, specializing in Mexican genealogy. He is the coauthor of The Indigenous Roots of a Mexican-American Family and Mexican-American Genealogical Research: Following the Paper Trail to Mexico. He is a lifetime honorary member of GSHA-SC and a board member of the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research (SHHAR).  John is a recipient of the 2018 Conference of California Historical Societies Award of Merit in the Scholarship Award.  He was recognized for his "proliferate historic studies in the area of Mexican, Mexican-American and indigenous research.

How Do I Access The Meeting?: Please go to the website, LAFSL.org. Next, go to the tab, ”Online Class Registration and Schedule.”  You will see a calendar with each of the November classes and a Zoom link on that date.  Clicking on that link will take you to the registration page where you register using your email.  You will then receive an email confirming your registration. 

Please consult the following website for John Schmal’s articles and presentations on Finding Your Roots in Mexico by hitting here





"DNA Discovery" by Lenny Trujillo on April 17, 2021 at 1pm PDT on Zoom


The Descendants & Travelers of the Trail Chapter are excited to announce that Lenny Trujillo will give a PowerPoint presentation: 

“DNA Discovery” at the next Descendants chapter Zoom meeting on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 1 PM Pacific Time. He will trace the roots of his DNA in Northern New Mexico and show how that DNA “traveled” to California. He will also look at the DNA results from different testing sites and explain how to understand DNA charts. Please bring your DNA questions. 
Lenny Trujillo, a member of both the Descendants and Agua Mansa Chapter, has a public Facebook page dedicated to the descendants of Lorenzo Trujillo that you can check out at:
 https://www.facebook.com/Descendants-of-Lorenzo-Trujillo. 
For More Information Contact Conchita Marusich at conrik1@aol.com 


Click here on Saturday, April 17th, 2021 at 1pm PDT to join the presentation.

I Used DNA Testing to Trace My Identity — Here’s How to Do the Same

 

For black people searching for the meaning in our genome, taking a trip based on new-found DNA results can be life-changing — but here's what you need to know first.

For as long as I can remember, travel has always been a way to hold a mirror up to my surroundings, an attempt to locate myself in the wider world. As a child I was lucky enough to experience family holidays in Europe: Long, languid summers in Ireland with wet walks through glossy fields with my Irish mother, sandcastle building on beach-trips in cold and clear waters with my British father and milky-skinned brother. Then there were the weeks spent in Spain, Austria, France, and the Balearic islands. But it was during the leisure time with my white family that I became more attuned to the visual differences between us all, and I started to really question my own identity in relation to those closest to me.

Although my childhood was characterized by the rituals of regular vacations and lots of love and support, I grew up in a white household with no explanation as to why, or how, I appeared black. The absence of discussion on race, privilege, and discrimination penetrated my world with increasing regularity as I grew up, but my questions largely went unanswered by my parents. I realized that race and its meaning remained totally off-limits in our house.

But when we left our white community at home to vacation abroad, the veil of silence was removed. Race followed me beyond suburbia, and there was no escaping its impact amongst new faces — some of which looked more like my own than my parents' did. Removed from our absurd normal, my racial identity showed up in high definition: when I grew a dark shade of brown in the Portuguese sun; when I was spoken to in Spanish on the island of Tenerife; when I was ushered into airport lines with the Jamaican families in front of me; and when new poolside friends in France asked me how I "knew" all those white people. My early family trips ignited a deep-rooted desire to find out more about my place in the world. Travel illuminated new paths of possibility, showing me spaces in which I could also belong, filled with people who looked like me and who could recognize the things in me that I had not yet claimed for myself.

As I got older, the silence around my identity slowly morphed into a deafening roar I could no longer ignore. When I lost my father to cancer at age 22, I thought I had reached rock bottom emotionally. His death had almost destroyed me, but it also gave me permission to seek out the truth about who I was. After paternity testing, I discovered my mother had been unfaithful to the father who raised me, with a black man she now knows nothing of. Although that news completely obliterated the remaining structures of my world, it also freed me from the half-life I had spent much time living. I yearned to see myself in spaces I had been too afraid to venture into, and uncover cultures I had willfully ignored because they were filled with those who often reminded me that we had much in common. As a child, belonging was everything, so I had stayed away from these groups, becoming complicit in the denial of who I was as a result. But the DNA results freed me from the practice of living a smaller, less authentic life and spurred me on in the search for myself.

I left home to live in black-majority countries where I could get lost in the arms of huge, noisy urban spaces and educate myself on what it really meant to be a part of a vibrant, innovative diaspora. Solo travel for me was more than just a jaunt to pass the time, it was totally transformative and educational, working like a tonic on my soul, tired from the grieving and shrinking myself into spaces where I was not fully seen. I moved to New York City's Crown Heights neighborhood for six months while working remotely as a freelance writer and consumed all the literature by black writers I could get my hands on. Then I moved onto Vietnam, for a press trip where I managed to write about the hair extension industry, tracing the route from the heads of Vietnamese women in a factory I toured, back to the shops in London and NYC where they are bought by black women like me. I then went to Havana, Cuba, where I booked home-stays with locals and marveled at the resourcefulness of black Cubans in a place where racial disparities were evident. I also spent one month in the Dominican Republic, three in Nicaragua, and one in Mexico. In Mexico City I finally took an ancestral DNA test and discovered, to my sheer amazement, that half my genetic ancestry is likely from Nigeria. I wrote about all this — and the reliability of the DNA testing industry itself — in my book, "Raceless," which is out now.

To read more of this article, hit here

Thursday, April 8, 2021

A new tool hopes to uncover the lost ancestry of enslaved African Americans

 Prior to 1870, records rarely noted names of enslaved and formerly-enslaved people—this database is pooling resources to render a more complete picture.

To read more of this article, hit here

Monday, April 5, 2021

Divided Loyalties: The Indigenous Peoples Who Occupy the US-Mexico Borderlands by John P. Schmal. Saturday April 10, 2021 1:00 PM PST

 


John Schmal specializes in the genealogical research and Indigenous history of several Mexican states, especially Chihuahua, Nayarit Zacatecas, Jalisco and Guanajuato. He is also the author of several books, including Mexican-American Genealogical Research: Following the Paper Trail to Mexico (Heritage Books, 2002) and The Journey to Latino Political Representation (Heritage Books, 2007).


Join us this Saturday for a presentation on Divided Loyalties: The Indigenous Peoples Who Occupy the US-Mexico Borderlands by John P. Schmal.

Saturday April 10, 2021
1:00 PM PST

John P. Schmal will discuss the native groups that occupied the regions adjacent to and on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border over the last three centuries. While some of these tribes are well-known to us today (i.e., the Yaquis, Tohono O'odham, Kumeyaay, Cocopah, etc.), tribal groups that have disappeared as distinguishable cultural entities will also be discussed.

Assessing the meeting is the following:

Meeting Link: https://freeconferencecall.com/wall/shhar.org

If you are using a smart phone or tablet you will be required to download the freeconferencecall app from the app/play store.

We recommend you log in to the service a few minutes before the meeting to ensure that your screen and/or sound is working properly.

Steps to access the meeting:

1. Open your web browser, (chrome recommended)

2. Go to:

https://www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/shhar.org/

3. Select “JOIN ONLINE MEETING”

4. Select “JOIN FROM YOUR WEB BROWSER INSTEAD”

5. Select “USE WEB BROWSER VERSION”

6. Enter your Name and Email and select “JOIN”

** You may be asked if you want to use your own computer/device for audio or if you will be using a dial-in phone number. Dial (727) 731-6995 to listen to the presentation if you do not have speakers on your computer.



Y-DNA Test Part 2 Zoom presentation by FACC-GSHA April 10, 10AM PDT


You can watch the presentation on YouTube by hitting here

 You are invited to a FREE Zoom meeting.

Lee Martinez will present part 2 of his talk on the Y-DNA test. Specifically the Big Y 700. 

When: Apr 10, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time (US and Canada) 


Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvfuyvqzspHdAw4IEhaES0n6O7Qso29ibM 


After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.


If you missed Part 1, it is on YouTube at this link:

https://youtu.be/Q4E6cDF4gmI


Saturday, April 3, 2021

Cousins! What is a Second Cousin? DNA Cousins? Cousin Chart!

 To watch the video, hit here

Cousins? What is a second cousin, once removed? How are you related to your DNA cousins?  Is there a cousin chart to help figure that out? What about, half first cousins, half sisters, half brothers, half first cousin, once removed?  In this episode we’re going to make sense of it all.


Thursday, April 1, 2021

Creating Community at a Global Crossroads April 8, 2021 5PM PST

 

Creating Community at a Global Crossroads / Maria Montoya

. If you missed the talk or if you'd like to watch it again, you can view it on our YouTube channel (private link).

In her talk, Professor Montoya will take a birds eye view of the southern Colorado landscape to talk about how the concept of "borderlands" or "la frontera" has shaped the community in this region. Using examples from the Spanish entrada, the nineteenth century fur trade, and the migration of workers to CF&I industrial empire, Professor Montoya will discuss the complex reasons why people have been drawn to this region and why they stay to make their homes and develop community.

Maria E. Montoya is an Associate Professor of History at New York University and the Dean of Arts and Sciences at NYU Shanghai. She is the author of numerous articles on the History of the American West, Environmental, Labor and Latina/o history and of the book, Translating Property: The Maxwell Land Grant and the Conflict over Land in the American West, 1840-1900.

To watch the podcast, you will need to register in advance. To do so, please hit here.