Surrey Libraries Family History Photo Detective Roadshow

Social Security records can provide clues to your ancestor’s name, origin, and social history. Learn what records are available and how to find and interpret them. In this presentation we will cover a brief history of Social Security Benefits, the anatomy of the SSN, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, what is the Death Master…
by Donna Phillips Continued from last week’s post……………… The Union Pacific Railroad had a must easier time of it due to the flat midwestern terrain. A large 20-car work train crawled along the newly-laid tracks to bring supplies and support the army of workers. This train was a combination of factory, hotel, restaurant, hospital and administrative…
Archives fire in the 1970s. Tina offers ways to locate copies of peripheral federal military records and provides solutions for recreating some of the lost history in these “fire” records by using local government documents, newspapers, service organization memberships and base records. Tina Beaird is the owner of Tamarack Genealogy and is a Genealogy &…
Hello IGGP partners and friends, This is a reminder that the early bird registration discounts for the 2025 IGGP conference are ending soon. You have until Feb. 28, 2025 to save money on your registration. Or choose a “bundle” and save on all the conference activities. You can register online and pay by credit card or you can register by…
Save the Date: October 21, 2022 BIGS Presents a Special Diahan Doubleheader At 10AM, Friday, Oct 21, 2022, on Zoom, Diahan Southard will present two programs: “DNA Ethnicity in 2022” to be followed by “Me and My 1,000+ DNA 4th Cousins” We are celebrating Family History Month with a special two-presentation program by Diahan Southard, a leading voice in…