History Room Genealogy Workshop

Thank you for participating in our survey. Your opinions will help us arrive at a structure and topics for one or two genealogy workshops, to be held at Patten Free Library, this spring.

If you have additional feedback, please contact us at the History Room: 443-5141, extension 18 or history@patten.lib.me.us

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* 1. Do you wish the workshop to be aimed toward the beginner or the more advanced researcher?

Beginner

Intermediate or more advanced

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* 2. Please check off what topics would interest you in such a workshop.

Using Ancestry efficiently

Using Family Search efficiently

Family Tree Software

Information in newspapers: photographs, probate records, anniversaries, land references, etc.

Using the Library's databases

History Room resources: town histories, maritime history, vital records, city directories, tax records, architectural surveys, maps, microfilmed newspapers, Dr. Holt's "Bath Families of the 19th Century," etc.

Working Ancestry by topic or source, rather than family name

Organizing genealogical research - in the beginning and later

Assessing accuracy and documentation

Additional online resources: Google books and more.

Issues of privacy

History Room Genealogy Workshop

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* 1. Do you wish the workshop to be aimed toward the beginner or the more advanced researcher?

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* 2. Please check off what topics would interest you in such a workshop.

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* 3. Of those areas of interest checked off above, which topic is of primary importance to you?

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* 4. Is there a topic that we have not listed which you would want addressed?