Pastfinders is a small local society nestled in the hills of Clermont. Pastfinders is housed at Cooper Memorial Library where over 1,700 research books are found in a room located at the library. There are 4 computers for public use. Ancestry, Heritage Quest and Family Search are available for research. At present, the room has a limited capacity and the library has reduced hours.
Pastfinders is not currently holding in-person meetings. For the past 10 months, the society has been running programs on a virtual platform, including DNA, Irish, and Family Tree Maker. Pastfinders provides a monthly beginner class on how to start your research.
More information about these programs can be found on website PastfindersSLC.Org. Email info@pastfindersslc.org for a Zoom link. All these programs are free and open to the public.
Upcoming Speaker presentations: These presentations include society announcements, speaker presentations from 6-7 PM with Q&A at the end.
April 8th, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Diana C. Smith
Basic Methodology: Who Says So? Documenting Your Sources–
Why are citations important? What needs to be sourced? How do you create a citation? It’s scary to some, but it really shouldn’t be! Come find out why, what, and how in easy-to-understand terms, along with sources for more information
Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/DianaSmith8April6pm
May 13th, 5:30 – 7:30 PM Cari Taplin:
Using Timelines and Tables to Analyze your Research–
In-depth and difficult research tasks, create large amounts of data to compare and analyze. Discover analysis methods using tables and timelines to solve problems.
Topics included:
- Introduction of analysis techniques including examples of timelines and tables
- Creating a timeline
- use a variety of tools such as word processor, spreadsheets, timeline software
- finding historical timelines online to enhance yours
- timeline tips and tricks – color coding, footnotes/citations
- using timelines to separate individuals of the same/similar name
- Creating tables
- use a variety of tools such as word processor or spreadsheets
- discuss the endless variety of tables that could be created (document comparisons)
- tables for organizing research notes
- demonstration of using tables to corroborate data to determine a mother’s maiden name
- Case study examples demonstrating timelines and tables
- Census compilation example
- Angeline Mitchell’s maiden name
- Sorting obituary data in a table
- Using a timeline to solve two men, one name problem
Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/CariTaplin13May6PM
More to come soon, conference and special genealogy themes of the summer.
Visit https: https://PastfindersSLC.org to learn more about us and we hope to see you on Zoom.
