Finding and using records in your research is the theme of Michael Hait’s all-day seminar for the Georgia Genealogical Society, running 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 26 at Marietta’s First Presbyterian Church, 189 Church St.
Hait, a certified genealogist, will give four lectures: “Research in the Old Line State: An Overview of Maryland Genealogy”; “Using the Genealogical Proof Standard to Research a Slave Community”; “Online State Resources for Genealogy: Beyond Ancestry and Family Search”; and “‘Of Sound Mind and Body’: Using Probate Records in Your Research.”
The cost is $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers. Mailed reservations must be postmarked by April 18, PayPal by April 23. Send checks to the Georgia Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 550247, Atlanta, GA 30344-2747.
Go to www.gagensociety.org to register online or check details about the society’s webinars and other activities, including the 50th anniversary dinner June 3. For further information, contact Laura Carter at gagensocprograms@gmail.com.
Roswell Roots Tech
The LDS Church and Family History Center in Roswell presents Roswell Roots Tech from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 12 at 500 Norcross St.
Lectures will cover news and information from the best classes presented at Roots Tech 2014 in February in Salt Lake City.
The Roswell event is free; no registration is required. There will be three sessions per hour, including looks at getting the most from Ancestry.com; what’s new at Familysearch.org and in DNA genealogy and photo restoration; using your iPad for family history; and ideas for writing your personal history.
Further information: 678-697-8549.
South Carolina state grants
Brent H. Holcomb has published “South Carolina State Grants, Volume Two: Grant Books 7 through 11, 1785-1786.”
This is the latest in a series of volumes containing published abstracts of the vital details in the state-issued land grants that began in 1784, after an eight-year gap during the American Revolution. The original records are housed at the South Carolina State Archives in Columbia. Each entry gives the dates, acres, locations and name. There is a full-name index. I was able to easily find my ancestor Wheaton Pynes, who received two grants.
The cost is $35 plus $5 handling from Brent Holcomb, P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, SC 29221. To see other books by Holcomb or information on his publication, the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, check www.scmar.com.
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