Sorenson Library, 6934 Broadway Ave, Whittier CA 90606 + Zoom
The Basics of GEDMATCH
Learn about this free and powerful website that can help you learn even more from your DNA results.
Julie Huffman has been the genealogy librarian at the Central Library of Los Angeles Public Library for nine years and—over the course of 22 years at LAPL—a young adult, children's, and adult reference librarian. Her MLIS is from UCLA and she has a Bachelor's of Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Julie's heritage is Swedish, English, Scottish, German, Swiss, and Canadian, but she is always striving to learn about all genealogical interests!
Wednesday, May 24
WAGS Writers Group (Life Story Writing Group)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Parnell Park Community & Senior Center, 15390 Lambert Rd, Whittier CA 90604
WAGS members and the public are invited to attend the Life Story Writing Group.
This meeting is held in person on the fourth Wednesdays of the month* at the Parnell Park Community Center at 15390 Lambert Road, Whittier CA 90604.
Finding the McCormacks in Ireland Using Indirect Evidence and DNA Matches
Decades ago, our speaker searched for the place her great-grandparents left in Ireland when they immigrated to New York in the 1880s but to no avail. Now, after completing the Genealogical Certificate program at Boston University and armed with the knowledge of genealogical standards, Knatz broke through her brick wall. Careful re-reading of documentation gathered from her relatives and a World War I letter reveals clues she had missed as a budding researcher decades ago. Her talk will center on how she used indirect evidence along with her DNA matches to solve this decades old family mystery.
Wednesday, June 28
WAGS Writers Group (Life Story Writing Group)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Parnell Park Community & Senior Center, 15390 Lambert Rd, Whittier CA 90604
WAGS members and the public are invited to attend the Life Story Writing Group.
This meeting is held in person on the fourth Wednesdays of the month* at the Parnell Park Community Center at 15390 Lambert Road, Whittier CA 90604.
Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL (General Meeting and Speaker)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Sorenson Library, 6934 Broadway Ave, Whittier CA 90606 + Zoom
Land Records: Rich Resources for Relationships
Research that does not include land record searches is often incomplete. This lecture discusses land record terminology, types of land records, and how critical deeds can be to discover relationship clues.
Wednesday, July 26
WAGS Writers Group (Life Story Writing Group)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Parnell Park Community & Senior Center, 15390 Lambert Rd, Whittier CA 90604
WAGS members and the public are invited to attend the Life Story Writing Group.
This meeting is held in person on the fourth Wednesdays of the month* at the Parnell Park Community Center at 15390 Lambert Road, Whittier CA 90604.
Sorenson Library, 6934 Broadway Ave, Whittier CA 90606 + Zoom
Indexing Errors: How to Find Records When You Can't Find the Records
Indexers do a wonderful job, documents can be searched for name, date or other pertinent information. But indexing is not perfect. Names can be mis-indexed and nearly impossible to find. How do you find a record when it is not indexed properly? Examples and methodology will be covered in this presentation.
Wednesday, August 23
WAGS Writers Group (Life Story Writing Group)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Parnell Park Community & Senior Center, 15390 Lambert Rd, Whittier CA 90604
WAGS members and the public are invited to attend the Life Story Writing Group.
This meeting is held in person on the fourth Wednesdays of the month* at the Parnell Park Community Center at 15390 Lambert Road, Whittier CA 90604.
Sorenson Library, 6934 Broadway Ave, Whittier CA 90606 + Zoom
Cryptic Codes: What Do Those Letters, Numbers and Stamps Mean on Passenger Manifests?
Does your ancestor have the letter "D" or "X" next to their name on their passenger manifest ? Do you know what V/L, # 404, USB, Transit, CL, N.O.B, C/A, LPC, SI, NQIV, BSI, PV or C-232423 mean? We will learn when to contact the US National Archives or USCIS to get more details based on these codes. And what insight we can learn about your ancestor's immigration experience based on these notations.
Wednesday, October 25
WAGS Writers Group (Life Story Writing Group)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Parnell Park Community & Senior Center, 15390 Lambert Rd, Whittier CA 90604
WAGS members and the public are invited to attend the Life Story Writing Group.
This meeting is held in person on the fourth Wednesdays of the month* at the Parnell Park Community Center at 15390 Lambert Road, Whittier CA 90604.
Sorenson Library, 6934 Broadway Ave, Whittier CA 90606 + Zoom
Newspapers: Above the Fold, Your Ancestors in the News
Newspapers are a fantastic source of research leads, information, and historical context for your family history. The stories of our ancestor’s lives can be found in the pages of archived newspapers. This presentation will help teach you how to better search for your ancestors in the news and how they can help lead you towards answering your genealogy research questions.
Wednesday, December 13
WAGS Writers Group (Life Story Writing Group)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
WAGS members and the public are invited to attend the Life Story Writing Group.
WAGS Annual Holiday Show & Tell (General Meeting and Speaker)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Sorenson Library, 6934 Broadway Ave, Whittier CA 90606 + Zoom
Join us for our WAGS Annual Holiday Tradition!
We are encouraging WAGS members and friends to join us in our December Show & Tell and Holiday Party.
Member participation is what makes this event successful.
Share information you found out about your family tree this past year, a brick wall breakthrough, a family story, or a family treasure. Presentations should be about five minutes long. To sign up, contact our Program Chair,Christine Cohen, atprogram@wagswhittier.org.
