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The Orange County California Genealogical Society (established in 1963) is a non-profit, educational organization in Huntington Beach with 400 members. Read more...

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Orange County California
Genealogical Society

November 6th
Free Webinar

with

George G. Morgan

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email
containing information about joining the meeting.

9:45 am - Welcome & Announcements: Kristi Sexton, OCCGS President

10:00 am - Dissect Obituaries for New Clues
Obituaries are miniature biographies for the deceased. The writers were compelled to compress as much information into a small amount of text. Your job is to carefully analyze the content of the death notice, obituary, and/or funeral notice and look for clues. This lecture presents a methodology for dissecting an obituary, determining what information is provided or inferred, identifying record types that may be available, where those records are located, and how to access them. This method will definitely expand your research!

11:15 am - Principles of Effective Evidence Analysis
With the volume of digitized resources growing exponentially each year, our rapid access to original genealogical records online may flood us with more information than we can handle. It is easy to rush through the evidence examination and analysis processes, increasing the probability that we will miss critical details. It is critical that we take the time to carefully analyze all the evidence content for clues implied or suggested. This lecture discusses the principles of highly effective genealogical evidence analysis and shows examples of capturing all the clues to expand and improve our research.

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Volunteer Opportunities

With the library opening back up and visitors coming in to view our collection and do research in person, we have need of new volunteers. Some of these jobs can be done remotely (marked). Training is available for ALL positions. Learn more about our volunteer positions!