10:30 AM - Noon CDT (UTC-5)
Presented by Paula Stuart-Warren, CG®, FMGS, FUGA
$15 for IGSI members (with Discount Code); $20 for non-members
Where might Great Aunt Sadie’s diary be found today? Where might records of the circuit rider who traversed Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan be located? What repository houses the business records of your ancestor? Where might you find the files of a relative who was working on a lineage society application?
You can enjoy this presentation at the live event in Minnesota or as part of our virtual audience. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A and discussion until the scheduled end time, when the broadcast and recording will stop. Attendees at the live event can linger for social time after the program, and have the option of ordering a box lunch in advance.
Registration for the live event is limited to 40 people. Tours of the Research Library and Irish Collection will be offered following the program, during the lunch and social time..There is no limit to the number of virtual attendees. The hybrid program will allow virtual attendees to unmute their microphone and camera for questions or discussion with the speaker following their presentation.
Register here: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/igsi-hybrid-nucmc
The Discount Code will be sent to members via email and is posted on IGSI’s member-only webpage (link). You can reach the IGSI Education team at Education@IrishGenealogical.org
As our families migrated westward (by foot, wagon, or rail), the records associated with them may have lingered in a variety of places. Many genealogists conclude that there may be no records for part of the family. However, there might be substantial information buried away in a manuscript collection.
Many finding aids (online and off) could lead to these nuggets that represent hundreds of years of material. One of the important aids since 1962 is the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) which is a cooperative cataloging effort by the Library of Congress. Almost 2,000 manuscript repositories from all across North America have posted descriptions of manuscripts held in their possession.
Paula is an international genealogical educator, researcher, and consultant who focuses on unusual resources, manuscripts, methodology, and analyzing records. She has special interests in Native American research, and railroad records. She has often been an instructor for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) and the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP). She presents for audiences of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and National Genealogical Society (NGS) across North America. She has served in top leadership of regional and national professional societies, and has been an author for an equally broad array of publications.
