Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Students use individual computers to access the billions of records and features of Family Search, the largest free genealogical internet site. Items to be explored include available records, family trees, catalog of library items, scanned genealogical books...
Genealogy Workshops
Interested in family history but don't know where to start? Or simply want to sharpen your skills? Beginner or seasoned, you will find a class to match your interest and level of experience. Class size is limited and pre-registration is required for most classes. Pre-registration begins on the date indicated with each class. Call 865-215-8809 to register. Schedule of classes listed below.
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Upcoming Genealogy Workshops
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@ East Tennessee History CenterOctober 12, 2019 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
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@ East Tennessee History CenterNovember 2, 2019 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Instructor: Ann Blomquist, MEd. Advanced techniques in genealogical research beyond online sources with special attention to primary sources. Participants should have completed some family research including census and internet work, and should bring the research they have already done. Call (865) 215-8809 to pre-register beginning on October...
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@ East Tennessee History CenterNovember 16, 2019 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Finding your Revolutionar War ancestor, service records, pension records, bounty land records, battle records, regimental histories, burials, obituaries, descendants of the veterans, loyalist records. Participants should bring mnames of service men. Call (...
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@ East Tennessee History CenterDecember 7, 2019 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Students use an individual computer to explore the major internet sites for state, county, and city genealogical records. Call 865-215-8809 starting November 25 to register.
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Previous Genealogy Workshops
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@ East Tennessee History CenterFebruary 16, 2019 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or KCPL staff. Discover more of your family history through stories, historical events, obituaries, images, etc. Newsbank has access to nearly 10,000 sources from more than 160 countries, including the Knoxville News Sentinel's 1922-1990 digitized editions, and Proquest has five other digitized...
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@ East Tennessee History CenterFebruary 2, 2019 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Instructor: Ann Blomquist, MEd. How to begin your family search using charts and forms, free internet sites, genealogy software, and other sources. Call 865-215-8809 starting January 22 to register.
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@ East Tennessee History CenterJanuary 12, 2019 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Students use individual computers to explore the seven major genealogical sites: Ancestry, Family Search, FindmyPast, MyHeritage, Fold3, Google, Cyndis List. Call 865-215-8809 starting January 2 to register.
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@ East Tennessee History CenterDecember 8, 2018 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Students use an individual computer to explore the major internet sites for state, county, and city genealogical records. Call 865-215-8809 starting November 26 to register.
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@ East Tennessee History CenterNovember 17, 2018 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Finding your Revolutionary War ancestor, service records, pension records, bounty land records, battle records, regimental histories, burials, obituaries, descendants of the veterans, loyalist records. Participants should bring names of service men. Call 865...
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@ East Tennessee History CenterNovember 3, 2018 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Students use individual computers to access over 10 billion records including census and voter lists, birth, marriage & death, military, immigration & emigration, newspapers and periodicals, pictures, stories & histories, directories, court, land...
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@ East Tennessee History CenterOctober 27, 2018 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Instructor: Ann Blomquist, MEd. Students will explore various maps in books, in print, and online; how to understand public-land deeds and metes-and-bounds deeds; where to find migration maps; and map collections in the McClung Collection. Participants should bring information on their families. Call 865-215-8809 starting August 13 to register...
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@ East Tennessee History CenterOctober 13, 2018 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Students use individual computers to access the billions of records and features of Family Search, the largest free genealogical internet site. Items to be explored include available records, family trees, catalog of library items, scanned genealogical books...
