ROOT CELLAR Sacramento Genealogical Society - Syllabus 2006 - 2019

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Offered are handouts for
ROOT CELLAR Sacramento Genealogical Society - Syllabus 2006 - 2019.
Thirteen (13) years. These are the original handouts, provided by the speaker and the Root Cellar Genealogical Society, for the seminars listed below and pictured. They are in very good+ condition, mostly unmarked, but may have some random notes. They are contained in folders.
2006 - John Colletta - 1) Passenger Arrival Records: 1820-1957; 2) Naturalization Records: Advanced Problem Solving; 3) Lesser-Used Federal Records: A Sampling for Fresh Research Ideas; 4) The Library of Congress: An Introduction & Overview.
2007 - Paula Stuart-Warren - 1) The WPA Era: What It Created for Genealogists; 2) Tho' They Were Poor, They May Have Been Rich in Records; 3) Untrod Ground: Sources You May Not Have Encountered; 4) Major Midwestern Archives & their Records
2008 - Geoff Rasmussen - 1) Timelines and Chronologies: Secrets of Genealogical Success; 2) Genealogist's Guide to Working with Digital Images; 3) Insider's Guide to Legacy Family Tree: Tips and Tricks; 4) Research Guidance: GenSmarts, Family Search & Legacy
2009 - Geoff Rasmussen - 1) Mapping Your Ancestors: Using the Latest Software and the Internet; 2) Sharing Genealogy Electronically: Publishing to CD/DVD, and the Internet; 3) 12 Step Checklist to Using Your Genealogy Computer Program; 4) Using Legacy Family Tree to Get Your Family excited about Genealogy
2010 - Daniel M. Lynch - 1) Introduction to Google for Genealogists; 2) Using Google Books for Genealogical Research; 3) Google News Archives, & Google Alerts; 4) Google Images, Video & Other Tools
2011 - Geoff Rasmussen - 1) Market Your Ancestors Using Queries, Message Boards, Mailing Lists, and Social Networking; 2) Sources and Citations for Dummies and Non-Dummies; 3) Even More Genealogy Technology; 4) Improving Your Use of FamilySearch: Data Cleanup Strategies
2012 - George G. Morgan - 1) The Genealogist as CSI; 2) Push and Pull: The Reasons for Migration; 3) Sidestep Genealogy; 4) Bring 'Em Back to Life: Developing an Ancestor Profile
2013 - Thomas MacEntee - 1) Social Networking - New Horizons for Genealogists; 2) Building a Research Toolbox; 3) Researching the Internet Archive; 4) You Use WHAT For Your Genealogy? Wonderful Uses for Unusual Tools.
2014 - Geoff Rasmussen - 1) Timelines and Chronologies: Secrets of Genealogical Success; 2) Googling Around with Google and Other Fun Technology; 3) The Latest in Digital Imaging for Genealogists; 4) What's New in Legacy 8.
2015 - D. Joshua Taylor - 1) Hidden Gems: Materials in Digital Libraries for Family History; 2) New Tools and Ideas in Research; 3) On and Off the Net: Locality Searching; 4) The Modern Genealogist: Timesaving Tips for Every Genealogist.
2016 - Cyndi Ingle - 1) A Guided Tour of Cyndi's List 2.0; 2) Unappreciated Treasures: Libraries, Archives & Digital Collections; 3) The Internet: Lower Your Expectations to Raise Your Research Potential; 4) Building a Digital Research Plan
2017 - Judy G. Russell - 1) Dowered or Bound Out (Records of Widows & Orphans); The Fair Court (Chancery Court); No Person Shall..Gallop Horses in the Streets (Court Records); 4) After the Courthouse Burns (Using DNA)
2019 - Lisa Louise Cooke - 1) Google Search Strategies for Common Surnames; 2) Time Travel with Google Earch or How to Excite your Non-Genealogist Relatives; 3) How to Use Evernote for Genealogy: Note Taking Strategy & Power of the Cloud; 4) BONUS: Podcast Set-up DIY
The collection will be shipped via USPS Media Mail. International shipping via ebay global requires additional postage.
Approximate shipping weight 8 pounds. The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's Genealogy
Christina K. Schaefer
Softbound volume totaling
310
pages. Book is in new condition. Per the publisher;
By law and by custom, women's individual identities have been subsumed by those of their husbands. For centuries women were not allowed to own real estate in their own name, sign a deed, devise a will, or enter into contracts, and even their citizenship and their position as head of household have been in doubt. Finding women in traditional genealogical record sources, therefore, presents the researcher with a unique challenge, for census records, wills, land records, pension records--the conventional sources of genealogical identification--all have to be viewed in a different perspective if we are to establish the genealogical identity of our female ancestors.
Whether listed under their maiden names, married names, patronymic/matronymic surnames or some other permutation, or hidden under such terms as "Mrs.," "Mistress," "goodwife," "wife of," or even "daughter of," it is clear that women are hard to find. But while women may never be as easy to locate as their male counterparts, Christina Schaefer here pioneers an approach to the problem that just might set genealogy on its head! And her solution is simplicity itself: Look closely at those areas where the female ancestor interacts with the government and the legal system, she advises, where law, precedent, and even custom mandate the unequivocal identification of all parties, male and female. According to this thesis, the legal status of women at any point in time is the key to unraveling the identity of the female ancestor, and therefore this work highlights those laws, both federal and state, that indicate when a woman could own real estate in her own name, devise a will, enter into contracts, and so on.
The first part of the book--a lengthy and informative introduction--deals with the special ways women are dealt with in federal records such as immigration records, passports, naturalization records, census enumerations, land records, military records, and records dealing with minorities. All such records are discussed with reference to their impact on women, as are a group of miscellaneous, non-governmental records, including newspapers, cemetery records, city directories, church records, and state laws covering common law marriages and marriage and divorce registration.
The bulk of this absorbing reference work, however, deals with the individual states, showing how their laws, records, and resources can be used in determining female identity. Each state section begins with a time line of events, i.e. important dates in the state's history, following which is a detailed listing of eight key categories of information: (1) Marriage and Divorce (marriage and divorce laws and where to find marriage and divorce records; (2) Property and Inheritance (women's legal status in a state as reflected in statute law, code, and legislative acts); (3) Suffrage (information as to when any voting rights were granted prior to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920); (4) Citizenship (dates when residents of an area became U.S. citizens); (5) Census Information (special notes on searching federal, state, and territorial enumerations); (6) Other (information on welfare, pensions, and other laws affecting women); (7) Bibliography (books and articles relating to women in the state, historical and biographical sources, and publications regarding legal history and jurisprudence); and (8) Selected Resources for Women's History (addresses of state archives, historical societies, and libraries; women's studies programs, women's history programs, and more).
This engrossing work is as amazing as it is informative: amazing because it shows how women have been written out of genealogical history; informative because it demonstrates how their identities can be recovered. This is a new and promising path in genealogy, suggesting fruitful avenues of research and many new possibilities.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
"Whether conducting research on individual women ancestors or reconstructing the social fabric of a particular locale, researchers can benefit from using
The Hidden Half of the Family
."--FEMINIST COLLECTIONS, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 27-28.
Just what you need for genealogy research.
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