Leeds & Grenville Branch OGS Free Online Presentation

Leeds & Grenville Branch Presentation
Leeds & Grenville Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society

Join us on Monday, September 2nd at 7:00 pm via Zoom for our presentation How to Develop Online Newspaper Research Skills with Kenneth R. Marks.

This webinar is intended to build newspaper research skills for genealogy and history researchers. Online newspaper research can be a frustrating endeavor for several reasons. The goal is for the audience to understand why it can be difficult, and to learn some skills that will drastically improve search results. The webinar will cover why to search old newspapers and the challenges in searching old newspapers online, provide several skills and techniques to successfully search newspapers online, and include a demonstration of these skills and techniques.

Kenneth Marks is the founder of the popular website The Ancestor Hunt, a site which now includes over 270,000 curated links to free online resources in 24 common genealogy categories. Kenneth began his genealogy journey in 2002, and has, over the years, become an expert in newspaper research, which helped to uncover the stories of his ancestors’ lives.

To register for this presentation, click here or visit our Branch website leedsandgrenville.ogs.on.ca for more details.