Registration:

Required; expected to open by Dec 5.

• OGS Members Registration: $35 (Member must be logged in to access the members registration page.)

• Non-Members Registration: $45

Speaker:

Paul Milner. See Paul's website for his background.

Program:

English Parish Registers: How to Access, Use and Interpret -- Learn how to access, use and correctly interpret the information found in the christening, marriage and burial registers of the English parish church. See examples of the problems to watch for and the clues given for further research. Learn what to do when your ancestor is not found.

Buried Treasures: What’s in the English Parish Chest -- The English parish was both an ecclesiastical and a civil jurisdiction. Both jurisdictions created informative records and kept them in the Parish Chest. This presentation will examine the breadth and wealth of information that can be found, going well beyond the baptism, marriage and burial registers.

Tips and Tools for Navigating the English Probate System -- Learn how the English probate system works and what records it contains. Learn tips and tools for procedures which will simplify the search process, whether the ancestor’s location in England is known or unknown.

Effective Use of England’s National Archives Website → A go to resource -- Learn how to effectively use the research tools, indexes and catalogs on this large website to find your ancestors and to put them into their correct historical context. The records address all aspects of the British government worldwide, many available online.

Questions:

If you have any questions regarding this seminar, please email seminar@olygensoc.org.

Past OGS Seminars:

See https://olygensoc.org/seminars-past.