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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

Open Computer Lab and Social – In-Person Only* (Followed by our program):

  • 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM — Open Lab A, 2nd Floor
  • 01:30 PM to 1:50 PM — Room 2053

Program  – Hybrid  (You choose how to attend):

  • 02:00 PM to 3:00 PM —  Room 2053 or via Zoom
    • In-person* — Members & guests gather to socialize, with a members only prize drawing. View our presentation together on the big screen while enjoying light refreshments.
    • Via Zoom — Our speaker will be attending via Zoom. Please sign in a few minutes early to make sure your connection is working.

*Note: In-person meetings are held at the Alvin Sherman Library/NSU campus for directions, parking and more, please click here.

 

   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. 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! Thomas shares many of his articles and videos for free at GenealogyBargains.com

 

   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.

 

 

The nine page handout including the resource list has been posted. It will be accessible to all attendees in the chat area during the Zoom presentation. As a membership perk, this event will be recorded and both the video and handout will be available in the members only area of our website for future reference.




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

In-Person Only* (Followed by our program):

  • 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM — Open Lab A, 2nd Floor
  • 01:30 PM to 1:50 PM — Room 2053

Hybrid Program (You choose how to attend):

  • 02:00 PM to 3:00 PM —  Room 2053 or via Zoom
    • In-person* — Members & guests gather to socialize, with a members only prize drawing. View our presentation together on the big screen while enjoying light refreshments.
    • Via Zoom — Our speaker will be attending via Zoom. Please sign in a few minutes early to make sure your connection is working.

*Note: In-person meetings are held at the Alvin Sherman Library/NSU campus for directions, parking and more, please click here.

 

   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 – Participants Share Family Photographs
Sunday, December 3
Kodak Moments in Time – Participants Share Family Photographs
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Eastern Standard Time – Hybrid Meeting: In-Person or via Zoom

Open Computer Lab and Social – In-Person Only* (Followed by our program):

  • 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM — Open Lab A, 2nd Floor
  • 01:30 PM to 1:50 PM — Room 2053

Hybrid Program (You choose how to attend):

  • 02:00 PM to 3:00 PM —  Room 2053 or via Zoom
    • In-person* — Members & guests gather to socialize, with a members only prize drawing. View our presentation together on the big screen while enjoying light refreshments.
    • Via Zoom — Our speaker, Suzanne Malek will be attending via Zoom. Please sign in a few minutes early to make sure your connection is working.

Do you have a favorite photograph of an ancestor or family event? Perhaps you have an interesting type of photograph (e.g., tintype). GSBC invites participants 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.

 

 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 to editor@gsbcfl.org  by November 1. 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 handoutwill be uploaded to our website for members to access.