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Lycoming County Genealogical Society

Programs are open to the public and free of charge

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Membership ($15/year) in the society will be available but is not required.  

 

Members have access to the Genealogy Library, which includes access to Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, and many other print and digital resources.
 

All programs begin at 1:pm and are held at the

Thomas T Taber museum, 858 W 4th St, Williamsport

Events

Saturday September 28, 2024
Doors open 12:30 PM
Presentation begins at 1 PM
FREE ADMISSION

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Finding Fred Magee: Hunting my French-Canadian Ancestors:
Learning to deal with Drouin and poor handwriting

By Greg Paris

Actually, we knew where to find Fred (my 2G-grandfather), after 1880. But we didn’t know where he was born, where he lived before entering the US, why he emigrated, what the rest of his family looked like, where the lost cousins were hidden, or even his proper given name. And we had only a very few family stories.

This is a typical problem & case study in family history.
Along the way we'll touch on:

  • some linguistic & cultural understanding of surnames,

  • DNA match analysis,

  • use of French-Canadian resources (both familiar and not),

  • and the bane of necronyms.

In retrospect, what should I have known?

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