German Research Workshop to be held in September at the WRHS

Welcome to this week's SCDL Tree Talk Tuesdays. How many of you have German anestry in your line and how many of you have hit a brick wall in that research? I know that I have! I wanted to share an upcoming program that will be held at the Western Reserve Historical Society on September 14, 2013.

  The event is called "Researching German Ancestors" and the lecturer will be Warren Bittner, CG. Mr. Bittner will be presenting 5 talks about breaking down your brick walls in German Research. The schedule for the day is as follows;

Saturday, September 14, 2013

8:30-9:00am Registration (coffee and refreshments)
9:00-10:30am Historical Overview of Germany
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-12:00pm German Historical Maps and Territories: You Can’t Do Research Without Them
12:00- 1:30pm Lunch - boxed lunches will be available ($10), or bring your own
1:30-2:30pm German Marriage Laws and Customs
2:30-3:00pm Break
3:00–4:00pm Elusive Immigrant! The Search for Dora Lühr


For more information on Warren Bittner can be found at the Genealogy Speakers Guild Website http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/member_details.php?member=BittnerW

For more information and to register for the "Reseraching German Ancestors" event at WRHS the link is http://www.wrhs.org/calendar/Researching_German_Ancestors?A=

Have a great week!
-Stephanie

Genealogy Gets New Equipment

Welcome to this weeks Tree Talk Tuesday.  Exciting news from the Genealogy Department this week.  We recently recieved a  new digital microfilm scanner to our department.  It is a new for this year, hot off the assembly line.

 

 

With it we can scan things from any of our microforms collection to a digital image which can then be saved to a flash drive, emailed to patrons, added to web pages, etc.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I hear some of you asking, “Couldn’t you do that already?”  Well yes, we could.  This machine makes it a lot easier and gives us much better editing capabilities. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the truly best part about all this is that the old machine we were using for this purpose has been moved to the microfilm reading room for patrons to use.  Now they can copy their own digital images to a flash drive instead of having to make hard copies, take them home, and scan them into their computer.

 

 

So tell your friends, tell your neighbors, but most espcially start sending in your record requests or  stop by and see it in action.

 

Have a great week!

Ohio at Gettysburg

      This year marks the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, one of the most famous and deadliest battles of the American Civil War. It also served has the inspiration behind Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address.  The battle began on July 1, 1863 when General Robert E. Lee made his second attempt to invade the north. It lasted for 3 days and is often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion". By the 3rd day the General George Mead's Union Army had stopped the invasion, but not without a price. There were 51,000 casualties and much devastation to the people and property surronding the town of Gettysburg.

   During the Battle of Gettysburg Ohio had 4,400 soliders who fought and according to Richard A. Baumgartner's book "Buckeye Blood: Ohio at Gettysburg" nearly 30 percent of them were killed, wounded or captured. Did you have ancestors who served at Gettysburg?


Links for further research;

Ohio Companies At Gettysburg:

Gettysburg National Park
Search SCDL's catalog for further reading on Gettysburg

Thanks for reading this week's SCDL Tree Talk Tuesday's Blog. Have a great week!

 

 

 

The Return of "Who Do You Think You Are" on TLC

It's that time again for SCDL's Tree Talk Tuesdays. The big buzz in Genealogy this week is the return of Who Do You Think You Are? on TLC. For three consecutive seasons both Genealogist and Non-Genealogist tuned in on Tuesday evenings to watch American Celebraties trace their family trees. A year late TLC annouced that it would be picking it up. The new season will feature Christina Applegate, Kelly Clarkson, Cindy Crawford, Zooey Deschanel, Chelsea Handler, Chris O’Donnell, Jim Parsons and Trisha Yearwood researching their family trees. Mark your calendars for July 23rd for the Season Premier!

To keep up to date on the lastest with Who Do You Think You Are you can follow their facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/#!/wdytya?fref=ts