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Columbia County Genealogy Conference: Many Lands Many People: Session Information
Saturday, September 20, 2025 (All day)
September 20, 2025
Session and Speaker Information
Tracking Down Your Eastern European Ancestors, Parts I and II*
In spite of the many wars, boundary changes, and political and natural catastrophes, an astonishing number of records exist for our Eastern European ancestors, both here and abroad. We'll explore strategies for finding their places of origin, uncovering their original names, finding and requesting records, extracting and understanding their information, and dealing with foreign languages.
*Please bring a laptop or tablet to these sessions
Introduction to Jewish Genealogy
Description will be posted as soon as it is available
Pinning Down Your Ancestors' Locations
Where did your ancestors come from? Where did they disappear to? Although finding locations can be the key to following our ancestors back in time, we often slam up against brick walls. In this talk we'll explore practical strategies for tracking down our ancestors' whereabouts by using collateral research, gazetteers, the law, image searches, maps, and loads of unexpected and underused resources.
Why They Left, Where They Went, and What Their Journeys Can Reveal
Why did our ancestors leave their homes? Why did they settle where they did? Using unexpected records, social history, the law, and more, we'll discover the secrets our ancestors’ migrations can reveal as we track them from place to place, across the ocean, across the country, even across town!
Introduction to Black American Genealogy
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Strapped For Cash: Records of Poor Ancestors and the Stories They Tell
Researching ancestors who had financial struggles often requires a strategic approach using unfamiliar records. Whether they were born poor or fell upon hard times, we'll explore their stories through town minutes, records of almshouses, sheriffs, apprenticeships, legal and financial documents, and more. We'll also consider indirect evidence, such as changes in crop prices and payment ledgers that may suggest reasons for our ancestors' struggles.
Dual Citizenship and Right of Return
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