Presented in cooperation with Maryland Public Television (MPT), this beginner-to-intermediate genealogy webinar series is designed to help you use the many types of death-related records to learn not only about an ancestor but also about their families.
The two-hour sessions are scheduled for 7:00pm ET on September 9, September 23, October 7, and October 21. Since all the sessions will be recorded, you can combine attending live with watching sessions after the fact.
The cost is $100. Registrants will also receive a one-year introductory MGS membership (not applicable to current members) and a one-year MPT Passport membership or membership extension.
Session 1: Death Records as Doorways: What One Death Can Tell Us
Wednesday, September 9, 7-9pm ET
Death records tell us more than when a person died. They may identify parents, spouses, children, residences, occupations, military service, religious affiliation, cause of death, burial place, property ownership, and community connections. This opening session introduces the broad range of records generated by death and discusses how records can work together to open doors to an ancestor’s life and family.
Topics include civil death records, death registers, mortality schedules, coroner’s and medical examiner’s records, pension files, military death records, Social Security and benefit records, institutional records, and other substitutes for missing death certificates.
Our Speaker
The workshop series will be led by nationally known speaker Annette Burke Lyttle, who has been the presenter for several previous MGS/MPT workshop series. She holds the Certified Genealogist® credential and owns Heritage Detective, LLC, providing professional genealogical services in research, education, and writing. Annette is a course coordinator for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and the British Institute. She is a published writer whose research interests include Quaker ancestors and ancestral migrations in the US. She is past president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and editor of The Florida Genealogist.
Historic image in graphic: Mourning Picture, American, ca. 1810. Metropolitan Museum of Art.