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Sunday, June 11
Probate Documentation: Don’t Overlook Valuable Information on Your Ancestors!
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Eastern Daylight Time – Hybrid Meeting: Speaker in-person and via Zoom

Experience the Excitement Firsthand! Join us at our free "Hybrid" Program, where the speaker will be physically present and the event will be broadcasted via Zoomallowing you to join us from anywhere. 

Don't miss out on this new and exciting event and help us spread the word!

Pam Ricciardi Paschke

Sunday, June 11, 2023 

Probate Documentation:

Don’t Overlook Valuable

Information on Your Ancestors!

 Eastern Daylight Time

 

 
Prior to the program ​In-Person Only: 
  • 12:00pm to 1:15pm — Open Lab A, 2nd Floor 
  • 01:30pm to 2:00pm — GSBC General Meeting with a members only prize drawing 
Note: In-person GSBC events are held at the Alvin Sherman Library at the Nova Southeastern University Campus)
 
Program: Hybrid, In-person and via Zoom
  • 2:00pm to 3:00pm — Pam Ricciardi Paschke will be present (Room 2053) while the event will be broadcasted via Zoom

Probate documentation can be a goldmine of information on a decedent and his family. However, have you searched for your ancestor in a neighbor’s estate file? Examples from Florida and elsewhere in 18th and 19th centuries will demonstrate what information can be gleaned on the decedent and neighbors involved during the probate process. Get inspired to explore probate records with a new perspective.

   Speaker Pam Ricciardi Paschke has been researching for over forty years. She speaks at national, regional, and local levels on DNA, Italian research, and other genealogical topics. She is the author of The South Precinct of Dutchess County New York 1740-1790 and many genealogical articles, and serves as administrator for five FTDNA projects. Pam is the current treasurer of the Association of Professional Genealogists.

 

     Registration Required:          

          Step 1: Click this link: gsbcfl/jun112023/event/registration

        Step 2:  After registering you will receive a confirmation link to join the webinar.

 

Technical Support for registering and Zoom login:

Email Kimberli Kidd <kkidd@nova.edu> or Sarah Divine sf787@nova.edu 

Call 954-262-5477 or Toll-Free 1-800-541-6682 ext. 5477 The Alvin Sherman Library Research, and Information Technology Center.

 

As a membership benefit, we are happy to inform you that the genealogical event will be recorded and made exclusively available to members of GSBC.




Sunday, July 9
New Developments on MyHeritage
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Eastern Daylight Time – Hybrid Meeting: In-Person or via Zoom

Daniel Horowitz will update participants on the MyHeritage online genealogy platform with web, mobile, and software products and services. Users of the platform can obtain their family trees, upload and browse through photos, search through over 14 billion historical records, and use their DNA testing service. The service supports 42 languages and has more than 50 million users worldwide who have built around 52 million family trees. Exclusive to MyHeritage is the artifical intelligence AI Time Machine™, an innovative and fun new feature that enables you to transform yourself into historical figures using AI technology. The company is headquartered in Israel.

Daniel Horowitz is Genealogy and Translation Manager of MyHeritage.com. Dedicated to Genealogy since 1986, Daniel was the teacher and the study guide editor of the family history project "Searching for my Roots" in Venezuela for 15 years. He was a board member of The International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS) for 10 years, now is involved in several digitization projects, and holds a board-level position at The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA). Since 2006 Daniel has been working at MyHeritage liaising with genealogy societies, bloggers, and media, as well as lecturing and attending conferences around the world.

 

Registration Required:

        Step 1: Click this link: gsbcfl/july092023/event/registration 

        Step 2:  After registering you will receive a confirmation link to join the webinar.

Support: Email Kimberli Kidd kkidd@nova.edu or Sarah Divine sf787@nova.edu

Call 954-262-5477 or Toll-Free 1-800-541-6682 ext. 5477 The Alvin Sherman Library Research, and Information Technology Center.

 

2nd Sunday of month. As a membership benefit, we are pleased to inform you that this genealogical event will be recorded and made available exclusively to members of GSBC. Additionally, any handouts provided by the speaker will be uploaded to our website for members to access.




Sunday, August 6
No Meeting - Summer Break!
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada)
 
Summer Break No Meeting!



Genealogy and Family History: Getting Started
Sunday, September 10
Genealogy and Family History: Getting Started
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Eastern Daylight Saving Time – Hybrid Meeting: In-Person or via Zoom
Not just for beginners!
   The genealogy program at Trucklee Meadows Community College has earned a regional and national reputation for high quality programing and resources. TMCC's Genealogy Lab began four years ago and is affiliated with the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The weekly online lab has hosted over 200 guest speakers, with an average of 40 attendees. Each Genealogy Lab begins with a "Book of the Week" from the library and is made available with online access. Each Friday Lab features a guest speaker who is a regional or national expert in their respective field. Recent speakers include Kristina E. Poznan, PhD, of Enslaved.org; Eric Head, Knox County, TN Archivist; Sarah Patton, Archivist at the Nevada Historical Society; the Smithsonian American Art Museum; Jonathan Dickey, President of American Heritage Partners; and Elizabeth Keating, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. The program has a terrific web site; Genealogy and Family History: Getting Started, A guide to assist those interested in starting a family history project. It also has a YouTube Channel with 84 videos of previous programs.
   Suzanne Malek is the Reference and Genealogy Librarian at Truckee Meadows Community College Elizabeth Sturm Library in Reno, Nevada. She holds an AA from Moorpark College, a BA from California State University, Northridge, and an MLIS from San Jose State University. She has worked on her family history for over 20 years and does genealogy presentations throughout the northern Nevada region. She is currently a member of the DAR, Union Daughters of the Civil War, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, and the Thomas Rogers Society.

     Registration Required:          

         Step 1: Click this link: gsbcfl/sept102023/event/registration 

         Step 2:  After registering you will receive a confirmation link to join the webinar.

Support: Email Kimberli Kidd kkidd@nova.edu or Sarah Divine sf787@nova.edu

Call 954-262-5477 or Toll-Free 1-800-541-6682 ext. 5477 The Alvin Sherman Library Research, and Information Technology Center.

 

2nd Sunday of month. As a membership benefit, we are pleased to inform you that this genealogical event will be recorded and made available exclusively to members of GSBC. Additionally, any handouts provided by the speaker will be uploaded to our website for members to access.




United States and Canadian Newspaper Research Strategies
Sunday, October 1
United States and Canadian Newspaper Research Strategies
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Eastern Daylight Time – Hybrid Meeting: In-Person or via Zoom

   While online newspaper resources are plentiful for United States and Canada research, finding the best websites and tools to collect data can be a treasure hunt. Learn how to find the best historic newspaper sites (free and paid) and how to properly capture images and text to improve your genealogical research. Topics include a review of best newspapers resources, free and fee; using Google Newspapers; capturing images and information; oft-neglected newspaper sections; extracting information and how to look for clues. There will be a four-page handout including a resource list. While this presentation is aimed with a beginner audience level, everyone will benefit from this entertaining and educational event.

   Thomas MacEntee is a professional genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogical research and as a means of interacting with others in the family history community. He is also a blogger, educator, author, social media connector, marketer, network builder and more! Born in New York, after living in Northern California for close to 20 years, he currently resides in Chicago. 

   Laid off after a 25-year career in the information technology field, he started his own genealogy-related business called High Definition Genealogy and has made over 1,000 lecture appearances since 2009. Thomas shares many of his articles and videos for free at GenealogyBargains.com

   “I’m a lifelong learner with a background in a multitude of topics and I’ve finally figured out what I do best: teach, inspire, instigate, and serve as a curator and go-to-guy for concept nurturing and inspiration. I believe in success, and that we all succeed when we help each other find success." Thomas believes knowledge is to be shared and not hoarded and to always give credit and attribution.

   Registration Required:

     Step 1: Click this link: gsbcfl/oct012023/event/registration  

     Step 2:  After registering you will receive a confirmation link to join the webinar.

Support: Email Kimberli Kidd kkidd@nova.edu or Sarah Divine sf787@nova.edu

Call 954-262-5477 or Toll-Free 1-800-541-6682 ext. 5477 The Alvin Sherman Library Research, and Information Technology Center.

 

 

As a membership benefit, we are pleased to inform you that this genealogical event will be recorded and made available exclusively to members of GSBC. Additionally, any handouts provided by the speaker will be uploaded to our website for members to access.




Time Change
Sunday, November 5
Time Change
2:00 am to 12:00 pm
Set Clock Back – Eastern Standard Time Begins
Adjust your clocks Saturday night!
Eastern Daylight Saving Time Ends
Eastern Standard Time Begins
on Sunday, November 5, 2023,
at 2:00 A.M.
At this time, we “fall back” one hour! 


Bringing Your Family History to Life Through Social History
Sunday, November 5
Bringing Your Family History to Life Through Social History
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Eastern Standard Time – Hybrid Meeting: In-Person or via Zoom

   History informs genealogy. It is the means to determine “the meat on the bones,” the authentic context of the past lives that genealogists strive to reconstruct. Many genealogists experience that exciting connection when they find famous, well-documented events and individuals in their family lines. Still more genealogists hope to make such famous “finds” and are frustrated that they do not. Yet the field of history most applicable to genealogy and vice versa is social history, ordinary people’s everyday lives, culturally predictable in their family and social group contexts.

   Using social history, historical resources, with family data and primary sources, you can predict and explain ancestors’ life choices, work and social lives, migration patterns, politics and religion, marriage and child naming or raising customs, and even the most private aspects of life. Learning historians’ skills and resources, how best to find and approach them, opens a new world to the genealogist. Family history can seem more complete and fulfilling. Creating projects to preserve recollections, documents, and artifacts with historical methods makes their preservation in permanent public collections more likely. You will have “brought your family history to life.”

   Katherine Scott Sturdevant is the senior Professor of History at Pikes Peak State College in Colorado Springs. She has BA and MA degrees in History from San Francisco State University and PhD candidacy from UC Santa Barbara. Over her 30-year career she has taught a wide variety of subjects in history (U.S., Colorado, environmental, women's, West, Southwest, Native American, Pikes Peak Regional), as well as public speaking, and writing. Relevant to this presentation, she has also taught family history classes for the college community outreach programs.  Two of her many publications, Bringing Your Family History to Life through Social History (Betterway Books, 2000) and Organizing and Preserving Your Heirloom Documents (Betterway, 2002) reflect her emphasis on applying historical context, sources, and methods to family history research, organization, preservation, and writing. An entertaining speaker, she has presented for many genealogical and historical organizations as well as many classes and workshops on her family history approach.

     Registration Required:          

         Step 1: Click this link: gsbcfl/nov052023/event/registration 

         Step 2:  After registering you will receive a confirmation link to join the webinar.

Support: Email Kimberli Kidd kkidd@nova.edu or Sarah Divine sf787@nova.edu

Call 954-262-5477 or Toll-Free 1-800-541-6682 ext. 5477 The Alvin Sherman Library Research, and Information Technology Center.

 

As a membership benefit, we are pleased to inform you that this genealogical event will be recorded and made available exclusively to members of GSBC. Additionally, any handouts provided by the speaker will be uploaded to our website for members to access.




Kodak Moments in Time - GSBC Participants Share Family Photographs.
Sunday, December 3
Kodak Moments in Time - GSBC Participants Share Family Photographs.
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Eastern Standard Time – Hybrid Meeting: In-Person or via Zoom
Genealogical Society of Broward County 
Special Event, December 3, 2023 
Kodak Moments in Time 

   Do you have a favorite photograph of an ancestor or family event? Perhaps you have an interesting type of photograph (e.g., tintype). GSBC invitesparticipants to share your special photograph during our December 3, 2023, general meeting. This can be from any time period including the present. This will be a hybrid event, meaning that GSBC will be held live at the NSU Alvin Sherman Library and will be concurrently broadcast on Zoom. Presenters can attend live or online or designate another person to present on their behalf.

   To avoid mishandling the photographs, and to make it easier for those at the meeting to enjoy them, please scan your photograph so we can show it on the big screen.

 

The presentation will be recorded and available to members of GSBC.

   In order to submit a photograph, to be used in the presentation, please see the attached entry form.  This form details the steps needed to submit your photograph and provides us with authorization to use your material in the event. Send the file from the scan to us by email (email address is editor@gsbcfl.org  by November 1st. If you can’t scan the photograph, please let us know ASAP so we can assist.

     Registration Required:          

         Step 1: Click this link: gsbcfl/dec032023/event/registration 

         Step 2:  After registering you will receive a confirmation link to join the webinar.

Support: Email Kimberli Kidd kkidd@nova.edu or Sarah Divine sf787@nova.edu

Call 954-262-5477 or Toll-Free 1-800-541-6682 ext. 5477 The Alvin Sherman Library Research, and Information Technology Center.

 

As a membership benefit, we are pleased to inform you that this genealogical event will be recorded and made available exclusively to members of GSBC. Additionally, any handouts provided will be uploaded to our website for members to access.