As we go into the fall and winter, we will have more time to expand our research and our writing. Here are just a few of the opportunities available to you.
Carol Darrow
During the Covid-19 emergency, Denver Public Library is offering free access from your home to Ancestry Library Edition which is the same as the Ancestry World Deluxe edition. All you need is a DPL library card to use the electronic access to Ancestry. The free access will last until DPL reopens.
How to Get Free Ancestry Library Edition during Covid-19 Emergency:
1. For the Denver Public Library, log on to www.denverlibrary.org to DPL’s HOME page.
2. Get out your DPL library card OR click on “Get a Card” in the blue header bar and sign up.
3. Click on the RESEARCH tab on the same row as HOME.
4. Select Databases A-Z.
5. Select “A” for Ancestry.
6. Move down the list alphabetically and find Ancestry Library Edition.
7. Select Ancestry Library Edition.
8. You will be asked for your DPL library card number (D, zero, a bunch of other numbers) and password (4 digit year of your birth)
9. You are now on Ancestry Library Edition.
During our WriteNOW genealogy writing group meeting this weekend on ZOOM, we had attendees from California, Florida, and the Western Slope. They found the class on ConferenceKeeper.org, a website that includes a calendar of upcoming events, genealogical conferences, available grants and scholarships, contests, calls for papers, and volunteer opportunities. If you are looking for events focused on Jewish genealogy or African-American genealogy or American land records or many other topics, you will find an event to ZOOM in on.
No matter where you are in your genealogical research or writing process now is the time to take advantage of free or low-cost events to speed your research along.
~ Carol Cooke Darrow teaches a Beginning Genealogy class on ZOOM on the 2nd Saturday of each month. Register at cogensoc.us.