Audience Level – Intermediate to Advance   Description:  Usually, it starts with “Shhh, we don't talk about Aunt Katy.” Many of us have ancestors who spent time in “insane asylums” during the 19th or early 20th century, like my ...

With Professor Christine Kinealy and Dr. Gerard Moran Details and registration at IGSI

Jim Hirsch and Caroline Meilleur will be leading a workshop one CIG's greatest resources, the Ruth Charest File.   Ruth Charest was an avid genealogy researcher of French Canadian families of the northern states. Her seven file cabinets of ‘Surname ...

What are runes? What does runic writing teach us about our Scandinavian ancestry? This presentation will provide an overview of the thousands of runestones existing today,  primarily in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, but some in North America.    Speaker ...

Buying and selling land? Of course. But deeds also provide details on animals, maiden names, relationships, enslaved names, gifts, ages, disputes, financial changes, secrets, occupation, inheritance, favoritism, neighbors, and legalities that impact deeds. Business history, community history, church history, and ...