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“The Black Hand: One Ohio Community’s Experience” Webinar

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“Exploring Ohio’s Outlying and Vanished Jewish Communities” Webinar with Austin Reid

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“The ‘Other’ Censuses: An Intersection of Genealogy and History” with Robert Keener

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“Unearthing Family Stories: Navigating the Ohio Genealogical Society’s Manuscript Key and Finding Aids” with OGS Archivist Jenna Kish

A guided walkthrough of the Ohio Genealogical Society’s new OGS archive manuscript key and finding aids. This webinar will discuss the manuscript key and how to read and interpret finding aids using a few examples from Ohio Genealogical Society’s collection.…

“Navigating Maritime History: A Comprehensive Webinar” with Peter McCracken

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“Pages to Pixels” | Linda Swanson, OGS Librarian, June 2023

The process of digitization involves more than just scanning papers to convert them into digital files. It requires striking the right balance between time, costs, and best practices to make resources available on the internet while safeguarding the digital files…

“Researching House Histories From the Comfort of Your Home”| Noel Poirier, OGS Executive Director

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“How-to: The OGS Events Calendar” Webinar” | Noel B. Poirier, OGS Executive Director | March 2023

The OGS recently improved its online events calendar to better facilitate OGS Chapters, Genealogical Groups, and Libraries to post their genealogy or family history events directly into the calendar. OGS Webmaster Lili McCutchan and OGS Executive Director Noel Poirier will…

“Lineage Societies Part 3, Putting It All Together” | Presented by Margaret Cheney

You have collected your documentation and now it is time to put it together. Learn the steps of assembly that will produce an excellent lineage application. Presenter Margaret Cheney has been chair of First Families of Ohio Lineage Society for…

“Lineage Societies of the Ohio Genealogical Society” Part Two | Margaret Cheney |

The Ohio Genealogical Society has 6 different lineage societies. Learn what they are about and how to qualify for any one of them. This program will be an overview of the Lineage Societies and how to determine which one you…