The following are complete webinar recordings. Click on the title of the webinar to visit that page for online viewing. The PDF handout for the webinar is available for download on the same page.
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Recordings of live webinars will be added to this page, typically two to three weeks after the live presentation.
- “The Goodliest Soyle”: Finding, Reading, & Interpreting North Carolina Land Records
— Presented by Helen F. M. Leary, CG (Emeritus), FASG, FNGS — North Carolina land, its beginnings as property available for settlement, geographic genealogy, laws, records, and record locations. This webinar focuses on the deeds, the land-grant process, reading the land records, and analyzing the land records. - Born in NC & Living Elsewhere: Making the Connection Back— Presented by Diane L. Richard, MEng, MBA — What if you only know born NC from a census, military record, or a child’s death record? Is it possible to figure out where in NC? This webinar will present some rules of thumb and strategies for research into those born ...
- A “Hand-out” for Your Poor Ancestors: Local Parishes, and Counties Stepped Up— Presented by Diane L. Richard, MEng, MBA — Providing relief to those in need is not a modern concept. Throughout history, the records reflect the provision for assistance or relief to those in need. Whether one received food, a dispensation to not pay taxes, support money for a bastard child, was apprenticed, hospitalized in ...
- A Salisbury Diary: Extracting Evidence for Context and Content— Presented by Jill Morelli, CG — What is “context” and how can we use it to understand the lives of our ancestors? Learn how to conduct a search for manuscripts and integrate the experiences into the life events of another.
- Basics of African-Native American Genealogy— Presented by Angela Walton-Raji — Many African-American families have a family story of an ancestor who was said to be of Native American ancestry. In most cases, there is little knowledge of how this can be studied. This lecture looks at the types of records in which many “blended families” can be examined.
- Black and White Southern Families in Antebellum Plantation Records— Presented by Ari Wilkins — The Southern Antebellum Plantation Records are an invaluable resource to Southern and African American researchers. This presentation will demonstrate the breadth of the collection, and how to navigate and apply the records to personal research.
- Cherokee Genealogy: The Basics— Presented by Anita Finger-Smith — This webinar will demonstrate how Cherokee genealogical research can separate fact from fiction, and will introduce you to basic tribal enrollment criteria, blood quantum requirements, and the documentary evidence available to conduct Cherokee genealogical research.
- Colonial to Civil War Records in the North Carolina Archives— Presented by Craig R. Scott, CG, FUGA — Most researchers seem to think that military records are only located in the National Archives. The North Carolina Archives holds a treasure trove of records that cannot be found in Washington, DC. Most of the records are financial in nature.
- Courting North Carolina: The Courts of the Tarheel State – Part 1— Presented by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGLSM — Our North Carolina ancestors left a treasure trove of records in the courts of their time. Finding the right court and the right records can be a challenge. This webinar will examine colonial and early statehood records.
- Courting North Carolina: The Courts of the Tarheel State – Part 2— Presented by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGLSM — Our North Carolina ancestors left a treasure trove of records in the courts of their time. Finding the right court and the right records can be a challenge. This webinar will examine post-1868 state records and the records of North ...
