Now Open: “Tracing Your New York Ancestors with the NYG&B”

Are you researching Ancestors in New York State? If so, you will probably be interested in the free on-demand online course from The New York Genealogy & Biographical Society: “Tracing Your New York Ancestors with the NYG&B.”

In the six video sessions of the course, you will learn about NYG&B, its services, membership and publications. The sessions cover the use of their online collections.

When you sign up for the course, you have 60 days to complete it. During that time you can review the on-demand lectures and revisit the materials. When the 60 days expires, you can re-register for the course again. When you complete the videos for all the sessions you can enter your name to receive a personalized digital certificate.

The opportunity to learn about the resources of the NYG&B through the sessions given by their esteemed experts is terrific. The information that I found most interesting were about the resources available on their website, addressing how to navigate their website and ways to search their databases. The demonstration of how to search their collections through the New York Public Library catalog were invaluable.

It was fascinating to learn about the products created by the scholars in residence, who have created work about the resources at the NYG&B. Those products are available on the website, and might be leveraged in our own research.

Insights into the educational programs and how to use the tools were also important parts of the course. Be sure to download the handouts that accompany each class.

You can register for the online course, as well as learn about the sessions and presenters at: https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/tracing-your-new-york-ancestors-nygb-registration