Instructor: Ann Blomquist, MEd.
How to begin your family search using family, governmental, library, and electronic resources.
Pre-registration is required and begins July 11. Please call (865) 215-8809 to register.
Second Floor Hours
865-215-8824, eths@eastTNhistory.org |
First Floor Hours
865-215-8830 |
Third Floor Hours
865-215-8801 |
Second Floor Hours
865-215-8800 |
The Genealogy Workshops listed below are Previous Genealogy Workshops. ETHS and its programmatic partner Knox County Public Library are currently planning workshops for later in 2022. Updates will be posted here and on social media. In the meantime, Knox County Public Library's online guide Genealogy–Where to Start? is available at: https://www.knoxcountylibrary.org/explore-the-east-tennessee-history-center/genealogy
Instructor: Ann Blomquist, MEd.
How to begin your family search using family, governmental, library, and electronic resources.
Pre-registration is required and begins July 11. Please call (865) 215-8809 to register.
Instructor: Doris Martinson, MLS, CA, Head, Knox County Archives.
Students will learn how to use county records (births, civil court, criminal court, deaths, deeds, divorces, probate, tax, wills) for investigating their ancestors. Examples from the extensive resources of the Knox County Archives will be shown. Lecture will begin in the...
Instructor: Steve Cotham, MA, MLS, Manager, McClung Historical Collection.
Students will learn about the book, microfilm, manuscript, and internet facilities of the McClung Historical Collection, and how to use them to advance your genealogical research. Tour of the Collection included. Lecture will begin in the first floor auditorium....
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...
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD.
Students use individual computers to explore the five major genealogical sites: Ancestry, Family Search, Roots Web, Google, and Genealogy in Time. Participants should bring birth dates and birth places of parents and grandparents.
Pre-...
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD.
Students use individual computers to explore Cyndis List. This site is a categorized and cross-referenced index to over 340,000 genealogical resources on the internet. All of the sites may be called up directly from Cyndis List. Participants should...
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD.
Finding your Civil War ancestor, service records, pension records, battle records, regimental histories, burials, obituaries. Participants should bring names and states of known or suspected Civil War ancestors.
Pre-registration is required and...
Instructor: Ann Blomquist, MEd.
How to begin your family search using family, governmental, library, and electronic resources.
Pre-registration is required and begins February 22. Please call (865) 215-8809 to register.