Amelia Island Genealogical Society

Books, Periodical/Newspapers, and Special Collections and Immigration and Emigration Records
2022-01-29 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
Sold Out!The Beginning classes are sold out for 2022!

Books, Periodical/Newspapers, and Special Collections

Dennis will review and demonstrate how to access the various free online book repositories for your genealogical research. He will share the benefits of PERSI and periodical research, as well as Newspaper research through free and paid repositories. Finally, he’ll discuss Special Collections that can be found online and offline that can assist you with your research.

Immigration and Emigration Records

Dennis will review the push and pull reasons your ancestors may have had for leaving their old country and moving to the United States. He will review the variety of ports they may have arrived at, and then review searching the Ellis Island Passenger List website as well as Castle Gardens. He will finish the class with a look at naturalization records, where they can be found, and what type of evidence you can find in them.

Class Instructor: Dennis Partridge

My introduction to genealogy was back in high school while sitting in my freshman English class. The teacher invited a parent, Mrs. Baker, to the class to share with us her family tree. She descended from the Alden family of Mayflower fame, and at the time, I thought how cool it was to be descended from a Mayflower passenger. The class assignment was to compile a small family tree, and my tree was one of the most pitiful presented in class. But I had caught the bug!

I can now claim that I directly descend from Mayflower Passengers: Isaac and Mary (Norris) Allerton, their daughter Mary Allerton, Degory Priest, John Tilley and Joan (Hurst) Tilley, & John and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland. I also descend from many of the original founders of Quebec and Montreal, as well as one Algonquin man and Huron woman. My research strength covers the New England area including Quebec.

I have been conducting personal research into my family since 1980. In 1996, in the infancy of the Internet, I morphed into a web developer bringing with me my passion for genealogy. Today, I own and operate AccessGenealogy (https://www.accessgenealogy.com/), one of the largest, privately owned genealogical websites online – well-known and frequented by Native American family researchers. I also serve as President and webmaster for the Amelia Island Genealogical Society.

Organization, Documentation and Researching at Repositories, Citing Your Sources, and Researching at Depositories
2022-01-22 09:30 - 12:30 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
Sold Out!The Beginning classes are sold out for 2022!

Document Organization

The two most important tasks in genealogical research is organizing your findings and documenting the sources of your findings. Be kind to yourself and start these tasks immediately. The key for you is to find or create a system that works with your style of thinking! Marcia will review the variety of methods researchers have developed to record their family trees. We will also use this time to take a brief look at our own genealogy book collection.

Citing Sources

Documentation Will Make Your Research Easier and FasterDocumentation Helps Prevent Duplication of ResearchDocumentation Gives Others Confidence in Your ResearchDocumentation Doesn’t Have to Be Hard

Researching at Repositories

A repository in genealogy terms is a physical location where genealogical material is held. Marcia will provide instruction on how to develop a research plan before you head off to a repository and also review the different types of genealogical evidence you can find.

Genealogy Websites Comparisons

Marcia will review the big 4 genealogy research sites and show how they stack up to one another.

Class Instructor: Marcia Pertuz

Marcia Fleming Pertuz is a retired elementary school teacher and principal. She serves as the chair of the AIGS Library Committee, is currently the registrar for the Princess Amelia Chapter of Colonial Dames XVII Century and is an application reviewer for the Florida Pioneer program of the Florida State Genealogical Society. Marcia has been doing genealogy for over 40 years. She holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University and participated in the 18 month Professional Genealogy Online Study Group (ProGen).

Her personal research areas of interest include Pennsylvania, Colonial New England, Columbia, Spain, France, Poland and Slovakia.

Marcia is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Amelia Island Genealogical Society and is currently chairman of the Library Committee.

The Last Spanish Land Grant in Florida
2022-01-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
Join us at the Fernandina Beach Branch library on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 7 pm to hear the fascinating story of the family of Domingo and Mary Fernandez who owned large plantations on Amelia Island, donated land for the Fernandina Lighthouse, but whose descendants retain ownership of probably the Last Spanish land grant in Florida, which constitutes one acre between St. Michael’s Church and St. Michael’s School between North 4th and 5th Streets. Descendants were plantation owners, not only in Florida, but also in Kenya; they were attorneys, scholars, ordinary people whose influence has been felt around the world.

Speaker: Jean Mann

Speaker Jean Dixon Mann was born only a few miles from where her Dixon ancestors came to (Nassau County) Florida by 1805. She grew up in Fernandina Beach and graduated from Florida State University where she received her B.S. in Elementary Education. Jean and her husband returned to Fernandina Beach in 1992. She was a member of the Historic District Council in Fernandina Beach for 11 years, serving as chairman for two years. She served as treasurer and member of the Board of Trustees of the Amelia Island Museum of History from 1993 to 2000. She was a founding member of the Amelia Island Genealogical Society and served as president (2015-2016) and editor of The Nassau Genealogist, the quarterly publication of that organization for 25 years. Jean has published six family histories and was the editor for two publications for AIGS, all of which are available in the Fernandina Beach Branch library.

Evidence and Analysis, Timelines, Vital Records Research, and Fundamentals of Land and Probate Records for Genealogists
2022-01-15 09:30 - 12:30 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
Sold Out!The Beginning classes are sold out for 2022!

Evidence and Analysis, Timelines, and Vital Records Research

Jim will provide a brief overview of Evidence and Analysis of genealogical records, how to create and utilize timelines in your ancestral research, and finish off this session with a look at Vital Records research.

Fundamentals of Land and Probate Records for Genealogists

The purpose of this program is to provide an overview of the land and probate record keeping systems used in the United States of America. Land and probate record systems were created for economic and legal purposes, so understanding why and how those systems work aids the genealogist’s search to determine who our ancestors were, what they did, where, and when.

Class Instructor: Jim Shroads

James L. Shroads is a retired attorney. A graduate of the University of Florida, Jim served in the U.S. Air Force as a Missile Combat Crew Commander in the Titan II ICBM systems. After leaving the military, he enrolled in the University of Miami School of Law, and upon graduation was employed by The Deltona Corporation as corporate counsel. A few years later he joined ITT Community Development Corporation, the developers of Palm Coast. In 1983, he was transferred to ITT Rayonier in Fernandina Beach, and remained with Rayonier after it was divested by ITT and became an independent company. From 2000 until his retirement, he maintained a private law practice focused primarily upon real estate matters.

Jim is currently serving as Vice President of the Amelia Island Genealogical Society.

January 2022 Business Meeting
2022-01-12 16:30 - 18:00 | Online
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society board and officers meet monthly to handle the society business. AIGS membership is welcome to attend

Google Meet Joining Information

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/pfk-tyhq-zveOr dial: (US) +1 346-908-0731 PIN: 722 543 807#More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/pfk-tyhq-zvepin=6838325626893

Introduction to Family History and Census Research
2022-01-08 09:00 - 12:30 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
Sold Out!The Beginning classes are sold out for 2022!

Introduction to Family History

Marcia will start this session out with an introduction to the Amelia Island Genealogical Society membership benefits as well as providing a brief look at the AIGS website. Once this has been done she will introduce the class to getting started with genealogy in the right way.

Building Your Family Tree Using Census Records

Whether you are a seasoned genealogy researcher or a brand new researcher, understanding the basics of census research is essential to finding your ancestors. While the examples in this post are from U. S. census records, the tips and strategies apply to your census research for any country.

Class Instructor: Marcia Pertuz

Marcia Fleming Pertuz is a retired elementary school teacher and principal. She serves as the chair of the AIGS Library Committee, is currently the registrar for the Princess Amelia Chapter of Colonial Dames XVII Century and is an application reviewer for the Florida Pioneer program of the Florida State Genealogical Society. Marcia has been doing genealogy for over 40 years. She holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University and participated in the 18 month Professional Genealogy Online Study Group (ProGen).

Her personal research areas of interest include Pennsylvania, Colonial New England, Columbia, Spain, France, Poland and Slovakia.

Marcia is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Amelia Island Genealogical Society and is currently chairman of the Library Committee.

January 2022 Membership Committee Meeting
2022-01-04 13:30 - 15:00 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
Membership Committee will meet in person at the FBL to create the membership packets for the Beginner’s Class.

December 2021 Business Meeting
2021-12-09 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society board and officers meet monthly to handle the society business. AIGS membership is welcome to attend.

Google Meet joining infoVideo call link: https://meet.google.com/guf-hdmj-vpmOr dial: (US) +1 747-231-0349 PIN: ?241 101 347#More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/guf-hdmj-vpm?pin=4851630674544

Ancestors Road Show and 2021 Annual Meeting
2021-11-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society will hold its annual meeting at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at the Community Room of the Fernandina Beach Public Library, 25 N 4th St.

Following the election of officers and approval of the budget for the next year, there will be short introduction to the new AIGS website. After that it will be time for our popular show-and-tell, a.k.a. the “Ancestor Road Show”. Members are invited to bring heirlooms, photographs, scrapbooks or other items for general display, and give a short (3 minutes) verbal presentation on these items.

If you wish to share a story with us, please let us know well in advance by writing to programs@aigensoc.org

Public welcome.

Annual Meeting Information:

Proxy statement2022 slate of candidatesAIGS budget for 2022

Due to the active spread of Covid in our community we encourage everyone to wear a mask, as we will not be able to socially distance ourselves!

November 2021 Business Meeting
2021-11-11 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society board and officers meet monthly to handle the society business. AIGS membership is welcome to attend. This meeting is virtual: meet.google.com/emj-mgsq-bba or join by phone: 405-492-6125 PIN: 183 027 445#

Required Agenda Items

Board must adopt a budget for 2022.

November 2021 Library Committee Meeting
2021-11-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
The library committee will hold it’s regular bi-monthly meeting at the Fernandina Beach Library on 30 August, 2-4pm. Anyone interested in joining this committee and/or attending this meeting should contact Marcia Pertuz at library@aigensoc.org.

Membership Committee Meeting
2021-10-29 13:30 - 14:30 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
Membership committee meeting.

Migration Patterns of Germans within America
2021-10-21 20:00 - 21:00 | FL
This is a virtual webinar put on by the Florida State Genealogical Society for free. Any AIGS member can attend. The GoToWebinar link to register is here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2978814905850037262

We’ll explore how historical events channeled Germans into certain areas and how chain migration drew allied families together. Many migrated from NY/MD/PA down the Shenandoah Valley into VA, NC and SC. Accessible rivers and railroads led to the establishment of the German Triangle between Cincinnati, Milwaukee and St. Louis. The National Road and German-language advertisements channeled them to Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin and points west. The 1848 Revolution led them to the Texas German Belt. Knowing where your ancestors settled in the mid-1800s can often lead you backwards by considering the migration routes of other Germans, particularly allied families.

Presenter

Sharon Cook MacInnes

Sharon Cook MacInnes, Ph.D., CG, is a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Genealogical Society. She specializes in Pennsylvania land records, colonial research, and methodology. Her 35-year chase over Pennsylvania for elusive ancestors revealed the importance of land to our ancestors and led her to publish the series “Early Landowners of Pennsylvania: Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of *** County.” To date, she has compiled and published 8 volumes of county atlases pinpointing the original tracts and their owners. Sharon is the CEO of Ancestor Tracks (http://ancestortracks.com) which is dedicated to publishing online free, downloadable 19th-century maps of every county of Pennsylvania to be used with census records and published county histories.

Collecting family history with a Harley and a camera
2021-10-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
Many of you may have read the article by Phil Hudgins in the News Leader of September 3, about a gentleman riding around on his Harley Davidson to photograph headstones at cemeteries as a volunteer for Find a Grave. Well, this gentleman, Theron Rogers, has agreed to travel from Gainesville, Ga. to Fernandina and speak to the Amelia Island Genealogical Society!

So, come and join us on October 19 at 7:00 pm in the meeting room of the Nassau County Library to listen to his presentation Collecting family history with a Harley and a camera.

Theron will give us a short introduction to Find a Grave, a website that allows you to see the burial sites of your family and friends. He will then tell us about his adventures on his motorcycle, the many cemeteries he visited and the fascinating graves he discovered and photographed.

Theron Rogers

After a 40-year career with IBM, where he went from Field Engineer to Branch and Regional Manager, in 1991 Theron Rogers retired in Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Ga. Since his retirement, he has kept himself busy with real estate sales, computer instruction and repair, and fixing IBM clocks. Most of all, though, he likes to get on his Harley Davidson, or his Honda Goldwing trike when his wife comes along. They have biked all the lower 48 states, plus five countries in Europe. For the last 14 years, Theron has photographed numerous headstones in cemeteries as a volunteer for Find a Grave.

October 2021 Business Meeting
2021-10-14 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society board and officers meet monthly to handle the society business. AIGS membership is welcome to attend. This meeting is virtual: https://meet.google.com/cwt-ekde-nih or phone in at +1 650-667-2463 (PIN: [REDACTED])

Required Agenda Items

The Board must approve the slate of candidates to serve in 2022.Board will also appoint an Audit Committee for 2021.

October Programs Committee Meeting
2021-10-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
The programs committee will meet at the Fernandina Beach Library to discuss potential programs for 2022.

September Membership Committee Meeting
2021-09-30 14:00 - 15:00 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
This meeting will discuss the duties of the Membership Committee and begin work on developing a New Members Welcome Packet.

September Education Committee Meeting
2021-09-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
The AIGS Education Committee will hold it’s first meeting in anticipation of starting back our Beginning Genealogy classes in January! All current (and past) members of the committee are encouraged to attend, so that we can get ourselves off on the right course. The committee chair is Jean Mann, and please contact her from your personal members page.

Fundamentals of Land and Probate Records for Genealogists
2021-09-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
Fundamentals of Land and Probate Records for Genealogists, with particular focus on Nassau County court records

The purpose of this program is to provide an overview of the land and probate record keeping systems used in the United States of America. Land and probate record systems were created for economic and legal purposes, so understanding why and how those systems work aids the genealogist’s search to determine who our ancestors were, what they did, where, and when.

Due to the active spread of Covid in our community we encourage everyone to wear a mask, as we will not be able to socially distance ourselves!

Speaker: Jim Shroads

Jim Shroads

James L. Shroads is a retired attorney. A graduate of the University of Florida, Jim served in the U.S. Air Force as a Missile Combat Crew Commander in the Titan II ICBM systems. After leaving the military, he enrolled in the University of Miami School of Law, and upon graduation was employed by The Deltona Corporation as corporate counsel. A few years later he joined ITT Community Development Corporation, the developers of Palm Coast. In 1983, he was transferred to ITT Rayonier in Fernandina Beach, and remained with Rayonier after it was divested by ITT and became an independent company. From 2000 until his retirement, he maintained a private law practice focused primarily upon real estate matters.

September 2021 Business Meeting
2021-09-16 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society board and officers meet monthly to handle the society business. AIGS membership is welcome to attend.

Join with Google Meet: meet.google.com/cwt-ekde-nihJoin by phone: (US) +1 650-667-2463 (PIN: [REDACTED])

August 2021 Library Committee Meeting
2021-08-30 14:00 - 16:00 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States

UNF Excavations at the Mocama (Timucua) Indian Village of Sarabay (Big Talbot Island)
2021-08-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
Professor Keith Ashley with a couple of his students at the Sarabay dig site on Big Talbot Island.

Presentation by Keith Ashley, UNF Professor of Anthropology.

Located on Big Talbot Island, Sarabay was one of the local Mocama Indian communities mentioned by French and Spanish explorers during the 1560s. The University of North Florida (UNF) first investigated the site in 1998-99 and returned for more excavations in the fall 2020 and summer 2021. Artifacts recovered so far include thousands of fragments of indigenous pottery along with bone, shell, and stone tools. The recovery of a small collection of Spanish artifacts dates the site to AD 1580-1620. This presentation discusses the findings of ongoing excavations at the site of Sarabay.

Bio: Keith Ashley is an archaeologist and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Florida.. His current research focuses on the indigenous peoples and histories of southeastern North America, particularly Florida. He is actively involved in archaeological excavations with UNF students throughout northeastern Florida.

Due to the active spread of Covid in our community we encourage everyone to wear a mask, as we will not be able to socially distance ourselves!

August 2021 Business Meeting
2021-08-12 17:00 - 18:30 | Fernandina Beach Library, 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, 32034, United States
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society board and officers meet monthly to handle the society business. AIGS membership is welcome to attend.

How to Write Biography
2021-07-20 19:00 - 20:00 | FL
John Philip Colletta

Come join us on Tuesday, July 20 at 7:00 – 8:00pm, to listen to a professional recording of a lecture by Professor John Philip Colletta, titled How to Write Biography. The program will be introduced by Dennis Partridge. Please use the following link to login. No pre-registration is needed. Video call link: https://meet.google.com/vua-ikia-uud Or dial: (US) +1 318-620-0345 PIN: 248 849 623#

Professor John Philip Colletta is one of America’s most popular genealogical lecturers. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America. He is a faculty member of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama; the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy; and Boston University’s Genealogical Research Program. Professor Colletta also has been an instructor and course coordinator for the National Institute on Genealogical Research, the Genealogical Institute of Texas, and the Genealogical Institute of Mid-America.

How to Write Biography

You’ve explored a broad array of sources for discovering the facts of your ancestors’ lives, and you’ve depicted those facts schematically on pedigree charts and family group sheets. In last month’s meeting you saw how those bare-bone facts may be fleshed out into real-life events, which is what many of us are seeking in genealogy. A narrative genealogy or family history is a collection of biographies of people related by blood—in other words, an anthology of the life stories of kinfolk. In this lecture, we’ll see the process of constructing and narrating the biography of an ancestor.

Case Study: Identifying a Theme

The timelines of Joseph Ring and his younger brother George offer a case study in identifying themes. Joseph and George Ring were born into a Germanic family in Lorraine, France; Joseph was born in 1832, and George in 1834. Both work as skilled tradesmen. In 1853, at the age of 19, George emigrated to Buffalo, New York. There, in the city’s populous German-speaking community, he found a familiar environment, with German parishes, fraternal societies, banks, and stores. But in 1858, George moved far south to the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, probably seeking to make his fortune in cotton. Sometime after George left France, Joseph also came to Buffalo. But when George headed south to seek his fortune, Joseph stayed in New York and married Barbara Miller. The two shared an identical heritage, and they started having a child every two years.

July 2021 Business Meeting
2021-07-15 17:00 - 18:30 | Online

How to Build Historical Context
2021-06-15 19:00 - 20:00 | FL
Come join us on Tuesday, June 15 at 7:00 – 8:00pm, to listen to a professional recording of a lecture by Professor John Philip Colletta, titled How to Build Historical Context. The program will be introduced by Dennis Partridge, and this month we will be using a different technology, called Google Meet. Please use the following link to login. No pre-registration is needed.Video call link: https://meet.google.com/eea-ywfj-htnOr dial: (US) +1 413-758-2715 PIN: 804 988 470#​

Professor John Philip Colletta is one of America’s most popular genealogical lecturers. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America. He is a faculty member of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama; the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy; and Boston University’s Genealogical Research Program. Professor Colletta also has been an instructor and course coordinator for the National Institute on Genealogical Research, the Genealogical Institute of Texas, and the Genealogical Institute of Mid-America.

How to Build Historical ContextThe lives of your ancestors provide all of the elements of engaging true stories. The challenge is to narrate the facts you’ve discovered within the larger physical and temporal world in which they were once lived events. If you want to get to know your ancestors, you must see them as real people living in a particular place at a particular time. In other words, the biographical facts you gather must be situated in their proper historical context. As we build historical context in this lecture, you’ll see how all the sources we’ve been discussing come into play.

Case Study:Let’s imagine that you’re researching the Steiner family of Vicksburg, Mississippi. You’ve gotten back to your great-great-grandfather, Jacob Steiner. In the library, you come across a compilation of transcribed records called Marriages and Deaths from Mississippi Newspapers, 1850–1861. In it, you find a marriage that fits into your family tree: “Married at the residence of Jacob Morris, Esq., in this city, January 19th, 1860, by L. S. Houghton, Judge of the Probate Court, Mr. Jacob Steiner to Miss Mary E. Hill.” You enter the data onto your pedigree chart and your family group sheet: Jacob Steiner married Mary E. Hill; January 19, 1860; Vicksburg, Mississippi. You now have a biographical fact, but as a family historian, you’re interested in more than just the bare fact of a wedding. How was this wedding different from the many other weddings in your family tree? What did it mean to get married in Vicksburg in 1860? Who was Jacob Morris, and why did Jacob Steiner and Mary Hill get married at his residence? Why was the couple joined by a civil magistrate, not a man of the cloth?

Finding Isaac and Dora Peckham
2021-04-20 19:00 - 20:00 | FL
During our next virtual meeting, genealogist Linda Olsen will give a LIVE presentation about her research into the eventful lives of Isaac and Dora Peckham, who served as keepers of the St. Simons Lighthouse in the late 1800s.

As usual, the meeting will be facilitated by the Florida State Genealogical Society via GoToWebinar, and you must pre-register at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3308228591895150348

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing an “invitation” and information/link for joining the virtual meeting/webinar. About 10 minutes before our meeting click on the invitation link. We will join you at the time of the meeting and will then proceed with our scheduled presentation.

Webinar Abstract:

Through Ancestry.com and work with the Farmington Historical Society, it was possible to piece together the puzzle of how Isaac Peckham came from Connecticut to Georgia. After he fought in the Third Seminole Indian War and on the Confederate side in the Civil War, he became the Assistant Lighthouse Keeper on Little Cumberland Island and from there was promoted to Lighthouse Keeper at St. Simons.

Marianne Isadora Lasserre’s family came from St. Augustine, FL after her father, a shipbuilder, was invited up to Georgia by a wealthy plantation owner in 1850. After Isaac’s death in 1897, Marianne Isadora Lasserre remained in the St. Simons area until 1917 when she moved to Fernandina to be closer to her younger siblings. She died in 1931 and is buried in her family plot at Bosque Bello Cemetery. For information on her life in Fernandina, Linda consulted the genealogical resources at Nassau County Library and worked with the Amelia Island Museum of History.

Presenter:

Linda’s journey into genealogy began with researching her own family roots. “I’ve learned so much from walking in my family’s footsteps,” she says. “It’s amazing to view history through the eyes of the people you are researching. Linda is an active member of the Coastal Georgia Genealogy Society. In 2019, she was approached by the Coastal Georgia Historical Society to research St. Simons Island Lighthouse keeper Isaac Peckham and his wife Dora.

“Pits I Have Fallen In and How to Avoid Them”
2021-03-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Please join us for our next AIGS Virtual Monthly Meeting, Tuesday, Feb 16, 2021, at 7:00 PM. Notification of virtual meetings occur via email. The email will contain a link for you to register online for the meeting and after doing so, you will receive a subsequent email with a link to connect to the meeting on the appropriate day and time.

“The best thing about making mistakes is the opportunity to learn from them. I’ve made my share of genealogical mistakes over the years, but I’ve learned that most of them have resulted from faulty assumptions. In this talk, we’ll examine eight commonly-held but incorrect assumptions and consider some strategies and resources to help head off errors before they happen.”

Speaker: Pam Vestal

Pam Vestal is a professional genealogist, writer, and speaker from West Linn, Oregon, and the owner of Generations Genealogy, LLC. She lectures throughout the western United States, and her work has been published in the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly. When she isn’t giving presentations or researching on behalf of her clients, she offers private training to those seeking to improve their research skills.

Web 3.0 Development Meeting
2021-03-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-02-26 10:00 - 11:00 | Online
The Web Development Committee meets weekly at 10am every Friday. At this time they are creating a new website to replace the current website.

Members:

Dennis Partridge, chair; Jean Mann; Lori Miranda; Marcia Pertuz; Rob Portegies-Zwart.
