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 2: Last Words in Print: Obituaries, Death Notices, and Newspaper Accounts
Wednesday, September 23, 7-9pm ET
Newspapers can preserve the public story of death: death notices, obituaries, funeral notices, accident reports, illness accounts, memorial tributes, estate notices, inquest reports, and community responses. This session shows how to search newspapers effectively to find different types of death-related newspaper items.
The session will also address common problems in newspaper research: finding particular newspapers online, dealing with OCR errors and variant names, exaggerated memorial language, and the pitfalls of family-supplied information.
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.