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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
After a few months off, we resumed digitization of the James Ostler Slide Collection in October 2020. In November, we finished scanning the slides Ostler took in the 1950s and started on those he took in the 1960s. The total …
Many upcoming events for genealogists will be virtual. While virtual events do not allow us to interact with other people in the same way as an in-person event, they do cut out the need for travel and hotel, which reduces …
Thanks to an extension from the Indiana State Library, we were able to reach this year’s goal for the Clinton County: Fun in the ʼ50s project. Our goal was to digitize 2,700 slides taken by James Ostler at school activities …