Dennis Hoffman will be teaching a class entitled “Don’t Put All Your Trees in One Basket” in the lower level meeting room at the Frankfort Community Public Library on Saturday, August 5 at 2:30 p.m. Online trees and databases have …
Building Your Family Tree in Ancestry
Learn how to create your family tree in Ancestry at the Frankfort Community Public Library on Saturday, February 11 at 10 a.m. In addition to the basics of building a tree, this class will cover how to assess Ancestry-generated hints, …
Over 21,000 Ostler Slides Online!
We hit two milestones in the Ostler slide digitization project in 2022. In June, we reached the mark of 20,000 slides scanned and uploaded to Indiana Memory (indianamemory.com). At the beginning of November, we finished scanning all of the slides …
Quaker Records and Traditions
Dennis Hoffman will be teaching a genealogy class entitled “Quaker Records and Traditions” at the Frankfort Community Public Library on Thursday, August 11 at 6 p.m. Many religious denominations kept records about their members, but the records of the Society …
Using Y-DNA to Advance Your Genealogy
Surprise! Y-DNA is not just for your father’s direct paternal line. It can extend your research on multiple branches of your family tree. Y-DNA tests can also help you identify generations that are more distant than other types of DNA …
Navigating MyHeritage.com
Learn how use MyHeritage.com to expand your family tree on Saturday, February 12 at 10 a.m. In his presentation “Navigating MyHeritage.com,” biologist and genetic genealogist Robert Sliwinski will teach participants how to use MyHeritage’s discoveries tool as well as discuss …
October is Family History Month!
The Frankfort Community Public Library (FCPL) is a great place to start or continue your family history journey. The Earl J. Culver Genealogy Area located on the lower level of the library is full of resources for researching Clinton County …
Beginning Quaker Research
You could have Quaker ancestors and not even know it. While there were only a couple of short-lived meetings in Clinton County, the Quakers were very active in the surrounding counties and across central Indiana. Quaker records are unique and …
Ancestry Remote Access for the Rest of 2021
Thanks to ProQuest and Ancestry, we will be able to offer remote access to Ancestry Library Edition to our cardholders for the rest of 2021. If you have an FCPL library card, you can access Ancestry Library Edition via FCPL’s …
Remote Access to Ancestry Extended
We first announced that remote access to Ancestry Library Edition would be available for our cardholders until March 31. On February 19, ProQuest issued a statement saying that the cut-off for this limited-time offer would be extended to June 30. …
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