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Amazing social changes were brought about by women in their families. This session looks at the successful searches for documents describing their work.
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Have you wondered how many cousins you might be meeting every day, without realizing they are cousins? See the video of this Family History meeting.
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Knowing your family’s medical history is important for everyone, especially as we become more aware of the role played by genetics in many medical conditions. See this video of Michelle Casey, previously a senior research fellow in the School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy & Management, as she presents her trek through family medical history.
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This Family Reunion Project is about sharing family stories and learning about surprising family connections. I asked everyone to write an essay, prior to coming, about growing up in the Revell family. The compilation of essays from three generations that was distributed at the reunion has become a family keepsake.
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The May 2023 UMRA Family History Interest Group ZOOM presentation was an open discussion and question/answer session that covered a wide range of topics.
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Larry Rudnick and Vicki Gaylord shared how they have worked with living family members to gain more information and insight into their family trees. Gaylord and Rudnick explained the processes they used and gave great examples.
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UMRA's Family History Interest Group (FHIG) met via Zoom for two presentations on ways to engage family members in family history.
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The Family History Interest Group learned about tracing family history using DNA testing and tools including Ancestry DNA, 23andMe, and GEDmatch which uses the GEDCOM files generated by those companies to connect across platforms.
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Kevina and Lee Munnich gave a presentation on "Family History Tourism". They shared information about 4 different sites and insights into their family's history.
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On May 11, 2022 the Family History Interest Group met for an open forum that gave participants the opportunity to discuss any aspect of Family History.
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Writer and teacher Brenda Hudson shared her story-project method when the Family History Interest Group met on April 13.
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Doing family history research with DNA was the focus when the UMRA Family History Interest Group (FHIG) met in February.
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In this session, we learned how to take pictures (of your pictures) with a digital camera, the pros and cons of fee-based digitizing services, and flat-bed scanners.
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Vicki Gaylord's engaging presentation on strategies she has used to engage family members with their family history.
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