Past Programs 2021-2023
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Nov 18 2023: Annual Society Business Meeting & Election
Oct 28 2023: "Spotlight on Wyoming County" - Panel Discussion
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Sept 16 2023: "Death Records By A Different Name" presented by Diane L. Richard
May 20 2023: "How to Write Ancestral Stories Your Relatives Will Want to Read" with Pam Vestal
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Apr 15 2023: "Technology to the Rescue: Free Tools Every Genealogist Needs in their Toolbox" with Linda Debe
Mar 18 2023: "Using Historical Literature to Explore Your Ancestors Lives" with Karen A. Fortin
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Feb 18 2023: "Maps Galore: Finding & Using Online Maps from the Library of Congress" with Annette Burke Lyttle
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Jan 21 2023: "Mysterious Codes: Passenger Manifests Letters and Numbers” with Christine Cohen
2023 Programs
2022 Programs
Nov 19 2022: Annual Society Business Meeting & Elections and "Finding Your 19th Century Ancestors on Fold3: Is There a Better Way?”with Brian Rhinehart
Oct 8 2022: "Intro to U.S. Church Records: Why We Care Where Grandma Went to Church" with Sunny Morton
Sept 17 2022: "Courthouse Records of Western New York" with Jeanette Sheliga [WMA]
Jul 12 2022: WNYGS Sponsored GRIP Webinar: “Reconstructing the Lives of Our Farming Ancestors” with Annette Burke Lyttle
May 18 2022: "Jewish Genealogy 101" with Lara Diamond
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Apr 16 2022: "From Birth to Death: New York State Vital Records" with Rhonda Hoffman, Genealogy Specialist, B&ECPL​ [WMA]
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Mar 19 2022: "Ready for Release Day: Prepping for 1950 Census Research" with Amanda Perrine​​ [WMA]
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Feb 19 2022: "Mysterious Relatives & How the Weather Affected Your Ancestors" with Ari Wilkins
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Jan 19 2022: "Spotlight on Niagara County: A Panel Discussion" with the Niagara County Genealogical Society [WMA]
2021 Programs
Nov 20, 2021: Annual Meeting & Elections and "Migration Across America"presented by Peggy Lauritzen​
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Oct 23, 2021:"Faster than the March of Man: Canal Connections in the Nineteenth-Century"presented by Pamela Vittorio​
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Sept 18, 2021:"The Third Coast - How the Great Lakes Shaped America"presented by Cari Taplin​
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Aug 26, 2021: GRIP 2021 - WNYGS Sponsored Webinar: "Ship Manifests: An In-Depth Look" presented by Rich Venezia
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May 22, 2021: "Getting Acquainted with the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS)"presented by Jeanette Sheliga​ [WMA]
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Apr 24, 2021: "Trace Your Revolutionary Roots"presented by Bryna O'Sullivan​
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March 20, 2021: "DNA Testing for Genealogy" ​