Monthly Meeting

April 2, 2022 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Will Be Held Virtually (subject to change) Getting the Most from Online Newspapers Don’t Forget to Misspell!  Solving genealogy problems with digital newspaper research. Presented by Michelle L. Spencer Handouts and meeting links  

January 9, 2021 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Will Be Held Virtually The Evolution of Women’s Legal Rights in Americaby Kathleen Bird Significant clues can be missed in researching our female ancestors if we are not mindful of the legal rights and constraints on women in the times in which they lived. We’ve come a long…

February 6, 2021 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Will Be Held Virtually (subject to change) Researching and Writing a Family Legacyby Judy Fambrough-Billingsley Judy Fambrough-Billingsley is the daughter of a white German woman and a black American soldier, born shortly after the end of World War II. As a child she was adopted and brought to…

October 3, 2020 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Will Be Held Virtually Our Ancestors Experience During the 1918 Pandemic by Michelle Spencer If your family was living in North America or Europe during Word War I, it is likely they were touched by the “Spanish Flu” pandemic. Michelle Spencer will dive into our ancestors’ experience during…

December 4, 2021 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Will Be Held Virtually Valor Awards for WWI VeteransPresented by Dr. Timothy Westcott A Valor Medals Review Project and Task Force made up of researchers and historians is performing a systematic investigation of World War I American soldiers, who may have been overlooked for high-valor awards at the…

January 8, 2022 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Will Be Held Virtually (subject to change) Research and Writing the Stories of WWII FallenPresented by Don Milne More than 400,000 Americans lost their lives in World War II. All of them had stories worth saving and sharing. The STAR Corps (Story-Telling And Research volunteers) is researching and…

March 5, 2022 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Will Be Held Virtually (subject to change) The Discriminating Genealogist: Telling Good Evidence From Bad Presented by Judy G. Russell, JD The “best evidence” rule in law prefers that documents presented to a court be the original rather than a copy. A copy won’t even be admitted if…

November 2, 2019 10:00 am – 12:00 pm North Kansas City Library, 2251 Howell St., NKC, MO 64116 Researching Your WWII Veteran Presented by Nichole Schlagel from Midcontient Public Library Piece together your WWII veteran’s military experience using web resources, Midwest Genealogy Center resources, and outside sources. Learn what records still exist and how to locate…

April 10, 2021 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Will Be Held Virtually Gathering the Ghosts:Using Your Family Research Skills to Locate Contemporaries byMary Celeste When planning a milestone event and gathering a unrelated people who have been out of contact or are strangers, it’s hard to know where to begin.Today’s mobile society and stricter privacy laws…