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.
- Indentured Servitude in North Carolina
— Presented by Craig R. Scott — Indentured servitude was of immense value to colonial America. Through the headright system, it allowed for the transportation of men and women who were either unable to afford or were actually unwilling to travel to the colonies and settle in a land desperately in need of people - Infrastructure Records of North Carolina and Their Use in Genealogical Research— Presented by Stewart Dunaway — Infrastructure records consist of roads, bridges, ferry, ordinary and mill records which define the necessary infrastructure to migrate across North Carolina and surrounding states. This presentation will cover the record types and what genealogy information can be found within them.
- Learning More About the Families and Records of the Moravian Church of North Carolina— Presented by J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA — Discusses the detailed and carefully-kept records of these religious Moravian people in Western Carolina along with their neighbors. These records begin in 1753 and reach far beyond the borders of North Carolina.
- Legal Lingo in the Tarheel State: Using Black’s Law Dictionary— Presented by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGLSM — Understanding the legal lingo in the records is a critical part of understanding the records themselves — and we figure out what we need to know using resources like Black’s Law Dictionary.
- Mapping Your Ancestors’ Land: How to Do It – And Why Bother— Presented by Helen F. M. Leary, CG (Emeritus), FASG, FNGS — This webinar discusses how to collect the data you need to find your ancestors anywhere that metes and bounds are used as land boundaries.
- Masonic Lodges, Odd Fellows, and Secret Societies— Presented by J. Mark Lowe — Fraternal and Masonic organizations are groups of people bound together for social, religious, philosophical or philanthropic purposes. Learn about the records available and how to determine if an ancestor was a member of an organization.
- Migrations 1: Many Arrive – Early Migration In, Across, and Out of North Carolina— Presented by Diane L. Richard, MEng, MBA — Many individuals and families migrated into North Carolina, especially in the colonial and pre-Civil War period. Depending on who was immigrating and when, different locales in North Carolina were hot spots for emigrants from abroad either directly or via Virginia, South ...
- Migrations 2: North Carolinians on the Move – Reconstruction and Early 20th Century Migration— Presented by Diane L. Richard, MEng, MBA — Many individuals and families migrated into North Carolina, especially in the colonial and pre-Civil War period. Depending on who was immigrating and when, different locales in North Carolina were hot spots for emigrants from abroad either directly or via Virginia, South ...
- Missing Mothers and How to Find Them: Antebellum NC Property Laws and Their Effect on our Research— Presented by Helen F. M. Leary, CG (Emeritus), FASG, FNGS — We recognize, in the abstract, that half our ancestors were female. If we understand property laws, we can direct our research to the records and analyses that help us unmask them.
- Mysterious Relatives— Presented by Ari Wilkins — Every genealogist has that mysterious relative – the ubiquitous ‘cousin’ who was always around with no obvious family connection. Learn how to analyze and connect these mysterious relatives to your family history.
