Former Whittier Area Genealogical Society President Christine Cohen shows us the ins and outs of AmericanAncestors.org. This database is especially valuable for those of you with early-American British ancestors, and those of you wanting to join lineage societies like D.A.R. or the Mayflower Society.
To watch the video hit here
As Colleen R. Greene stated in her blog, "This is the long overdue second part in a blog series I started last year highlighting my favorite tutorials and tools for learning more about the U.S. federal population census for genealogical and historical research." Our recommendation is for you to read and watch her on how she explains how to become familiar with the 1940's U.S. Federal Census.
You can read and watch certain parts of her informational instruction on her blog and other genealogy tidbits by hitting here
Knowing how to start a journal might seem a bit overwhelming. Maybe your mind conjures up the idea of long handwritten pages, daily written in a leather-bound book. Though that is certainly a way to do it, it is not the only way. There are literally dozens of ways to start and keep a journal. In fact, you can start today!
Why Should I Start a Journal?
Journaling, writing a diary, calendaring, scrapbooking…these are all words and phrases that mean similar things. They are ways to record your daily events, declutter your mind, or keep and share a personal history of your life. Some are created by your written words, some may be a list of activities you have done for the day, and some may be a book of pictures or memorabilia that represent your life’s happenings. But journaling specifically has a special relationship with the mind and body. Starting the habit of journaling can be life changing.
To read the article in its entirety, hit here by Amie Tennant
You're invited to listen to Author James F. Brooks offers personal stories about his three-decades of research on the intercultural slave system of the Southwest Borderlands, with particular attention to the region along today’s Colorado/New Mexico border. He shares his accidents of discovery, heart wrenching stories, and his ongoing efforts to support descendants of the enslaved and enslavers to make meaning of their knotted pasts. If you are in the area there will be a time of reflection, remembrance, and understanding at the Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center to view the new exhibit, Unsilenced: Indigenous Enslavement in Southern Colorado, and participate in activities throughout the day. The in-person events are free and open to the public, but reservation is a must.
IF YOU MISSED IT, HERE IS THE LINK PRESENTATION
First, apologies for the technical issues with the Zoom broadcast of Dr. James Brooks' talk, "The Tomorrow of Violence," at Fort Garland Museum last week. Thank you for your patience and your interest in the program. Luckily, we were able to capture a high quality recording of the talk and it's now available on our YouTube channel.
A portrait of Arcadia Bandini Stearns de Baker, circa 1885. She was known as the wealthiest woman in Southern California. | USC Digital Library. California Historical Society
Announcing another member is speaking at free presentation. Colleen Robledo Greene is speaking at the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research in Houston, Texas. It's "Your 19th & 20th Century Mexican Ancestors in the U.S." on Friday, September 24th at 12 noon Pacific Daylight time. It's free to register and you don't need a library card. To register in advance, hit here
For more information on topic, please see below:
Historical records and social history paint a rich picture of the lives of our Mexican ancestors who were in the U.S. after the mid-19th century. A new border, new laws, a violent revolution, two world wars, and changing economic and political conditions significantly impacted your Mexican ancestors who came to or were born in the United States. Sharing a border, and sharing a long common history in certain regions of the U.S. has presented situations unique to those of Mexican descent compared to other immigrant and ethnic groups.
Please join Rachel Rodriguez for Hispanic Research, Thursday, September 23, 2021 6:30pm PDT. If you are not a member of GSHA-SC, please email gshasocal@gmail.com and ask to join via zoom.
Watch a free past zoom presentation on how the Union Army stopped the Confederate Army at Glorieta Pass, New Mexico. To watch the video, hit here
About the talk:
The Confederate Army of New Mexico, its ranks filled with 2,500 Texans, swept into New Mexico Territory in January 1862, intent on claiming the American southwest for the rebel cause. The invasion’s possibilities seemed endless: arms from captured Federal forts, ore from the Colorado gold fields, perhaps even Pacific Ocean ports for the blockaded Confederacy. But in northern New Mexico Territory, a Federal force largely composed of Colorado Volunteers stopped the Texans’ advance at the battle of Glorieta Pass. Commanding the Coloradans was an inexperienced and unpopular officer, Col. John P. Slough, whose ill-conceived battle plan almost led to Union disaster. Shortly after the battle, Slough abruptly resigned his command, claiming that he feared for his life from his own men. Richard Miller, the author of John P. Slough: The Forgotten Civil War General (University of New Mexico Press, 2021), will tell the story of Colonel Slough, his struggles to discipline the hard-drinking and at times mutinous Colorado Volunteers, and their miraculous victory over the Confederate Army of New Mexico at Glorieta Pass.
Please join one of our members in his presentation Indigenous Chihuahua: Past and Present on Saturday, September 18, 2021 1:00pm PDT. The URL to rsvp to watch the presentation in advance, hit here.
Sat, September 18, 1pm – 2pm
Description
The Mexican state of Chihuahua has been a crossroads between the north and south for many centuries. Dozens of indigenous people inhabited the region, but the silver industry and the mission system transformed the region during the colonial period. However, in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Apaches terrorized the area, and many native people either joined the Apaches or fled to the Spanish settlements for protection. John P Schmal will discuss Chihuahua's indigenous people through five centuries from the early colonial period to the present day status of its indigenous citizens.
Private Investigator and researcher James Wiggins will guide us through the rewarding world of public records. What kind of information is available? What resources does one use to find it? For genealogy and other fact-finding missions, this is one presentation you're not going to want to miss!
To watch the rebroadcast presentation, hit here
GSHA-FACC is inviting you to a Zoom meeting.
When: Sep 11, 2021 11:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
About: Presentation by Manual Romero - Author of "Mi America"
Register in advance for this meeting, by hitting here
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
This is a follow up of the son, Tony, who had his father take a DNA genetic test.
After waiting 5 months (his test was lost in transit so he had to resend another sample), he finally have his dads results! Watch both videos so you can see what was transmitted to his son. To watch the video, hit here
If there is one home truth in genealogy research, it’s this: not everything is available online. Sooner or later, every genealogist has got to make that first trip to the courthouse to check out the original records available there. How to prepare for that trip, the rules of the road, what to expect, what to ask for, and how to be sure you’ll be welcomed back the next time are explored in this lecture. To register for this event, hit here
