Diane MacLean Boumenot offers virtual Zoom presentations, live, to your library or genealogy society group. Also booking engagements in person.
Email Diane at rhodeisland202@gmail.com if you are interested in arranging a talk.
The topics for 2022 are below. Each is one hour.
The Real Life of New England Vital Records
Understanding when, where and why vital records were created, and the changes in those practices over the years, can help us find them today. Learn how to use copies, abstracts, indexes and “substitutes” on the path to the best record. Improve your family history research today by maximizing your ability to locate the records that tie generations together.
Tips for Navigating Rhode Island Records
Many Americans have roots in Rhode Island, and there are some unique sources available to trace Rhode Island’s colonial families. The post-Revolutionary War period was a time of industrialization and enormous change. The immigrants to Rhode Island in the later 1800’s left completely different clues. Let’s review the best tips for breaking through to your ancestor’s Rhode Island story.
Rhode Island State Census for Genealogists
The colony and state of Rhode Island collected data on residents, statewide, ten times between 1774 and 1935. Each collection included distinct and sometimes unusual questions. Learn how to access the returns today and get tips on evaluating the data and its meaning for family relationships
Changing New England Records in the 1800’s
Just as some New Englanders left their declining farms and headed west, industrialization arrived in New England and our ancestors’ lives and records changed forever. The days when deeds and probate would solve genealogical problems gave way to a dizzying array of new census collections, state mandated vital records, poorhouse, prison and asylum records, sturdier cemetery markers, and military pensions. Let’s re-teach ourselves as we trace 1800’s ancestors.
Free talk online
If you’re curious about wading into the complicated set of Rhode Island probate records on Ancestry.com, a presentation I did for the Rhode Island Genealogical Society is now online at the RIGS website:
https://rigensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=58
It is freely available to the public for viewing. In my presentation, I go through the steps of finding five probate records requested by attendees. It’s the middle presentation on that page.
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Some presentations are available on Legacy Family Tree Webinars (visit the set at the link below). That is a subscription site, and any purchase made there will benefit me in a small way. Personally, I have learned a lot from Legacy Family Tree Webinars. It’s a wonderful way to explore a new location, tool or method.
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