Heritage Seekers

Sandwiching in History Tour: Pinnacle Mountain State Park
2021-04-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Facebook Live, AR, United States
Sandwiching in History Tour: Pinnacle Mountain State Park
April 2 – Virtual Tour – Premiere on Facebook the first Friday of each month at noon and are archived on AHPP YouTube Channel.
The tall Pinnacle Mountain that stands as the namesake of this Arkansas State Park was a prominent landmark in Central Arkansas for generations of Native Americans and early European settlers in Arkansas. As early as the 1820s, locals visited the mountain for recreation and hiking. Today, the park focuses on preserving the natural landscape around the mountain while also providing recreational and educational opportunities for visitors. The park also includes remnants of several historic homesites that were purchased when the park was created in the mid-1970s.

Zoom Meeting - Local Search Angels Solve DNA Cases
2021-03-22 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
Local Search Angels Solve DNA Cases
by Tammy White and Angela Bernard, Local Search Angels
In this one-hour course, they will provide an overview of how they have solved &5+ cases using genetic genealogy. They
will discuss basic DNA platforms, resources and their process from beginning to end of select cases. They will share stories of reunification. Sharing the ups and downs of finding a long-lost family member. Then they will discuss resources and platforms used for searching for someone. Finally, they will demonstrate, using DNA, how to start a search from the beginning. They provide ongoing resources to help with searches and take questions.
Angela Bernard and Tammy White are sisters who began researching family ancestry in the late 90’s. Family members passed along a large paper, photo and family bible trail that originated long before DNA testing for ancestry gained it’s popularity. Inheriting this treasure trove of information, fueled our desire to dive further. As technology advanced, it led to DNA testing on all platforms. Through this process, we have found many mistakes along the paper trail but must give credit where credit is due to our family members who tromped around in overgrown cemeteries and dug out historical records in courthouses etc. Due to a major unexpected line appearing in our own DNA matches, we developed a passion for problem solving and triangulating DNA matches in order to determine relationships. Tammy is a Heritage Seeker.
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0:28:34 Meeting
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Zoom Meeting - Missing Relative Case Study Using DNA
2021-03-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
Missing Relative Case Study Using DNA
by Andria Yakoubian, Arkansas Genealogy Society
Link for tonight’s meeting: https://bit.ly/30nfNyn
Where’d They Go? Ever had a relative who vanished. Or maybe you have a relative who only appears when they are an adult. We will take a look at how to find a “missing” relative using the DNA trail that they left behind. Andria Yakoubian will walk through the paper trail and the DNA trail to find a missing relative.
Andria Yakoubian has been doing family research for 20 years. Since doing a DNA test she has been enlightened by the power and information your DNA carries. She will teach you tricks and techniques on how to “walk thru your DNA matches” plus how to figure out where matches fit into your tree….even if they have private trees and little to no information about themselves.
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0:25:00 Presentation
1:00:12 Questions and Answers
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Institute of Genealogical & Historical Research (IGHR) Registration
2021-03-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Online, United States
Institute of Genealogical & Historical Research (IGHR)
Registration opens March 6
Conference will be July 26 -30, 2021

Sandwiching in History Tour: Foster-Robinson House
2021-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Facebook Live, AR, United States
Sandwiching in History Tour: Foster-Robinson House
March 5 – Virtual Tour – Premiere on Facebook the first Friday of each month at noon and are archived on AHPP YouTube Channel.
This large residence on Broadway Street in the historic residential core of Little Rock, Arkansas, was designed by architect Frank W. Gibb for the wealthy lumber merchant Henry Howard Foster in 1904. Also known as the Joseph Taylor Robinson House, the house features remarkable woodwork, including unusual cuts of fine-grained woods on the interior that were hand selected by Mr. Foster and his workers at his local lumber yards. In 1930, the property became the home of Arkansas Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson, who would live in the house until his death in 1937. During this period, Robinson was a leading figure in the national Democratic Party and even entertained President Franklin D. Roosevelt here in 1936.

RootsTech Connect 2021
2021-02-25 08:00 - 2021-02-27 17:00 | Online, United States
Introducing RootsTech Connect: A Free Online Conference Experience
For the first time ever, the world’s largest family celebration event will be entirely virtual and completely free. Get ready to celebrate shared connections with people from around the world. Connect with friends, your family, your past, and your heritage and homelands—all from the comfort of your home and in your browser.
Register for FREE!

Zoom Meeting - The Orphan Trains
2021-02-22 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
The Orphan Trains
by Tina Sansone of the Tennessee Genealogical Society
February 22 VIRTUAL 6:30 pm
“From 1850 to the 20th century, thousands of children were transferred from the overcrowded orphanages and homes in the large cities in the northeastern part of the United States, to live with families on farms throughout the middle West. Almost every state took in an orphan over the years. The name Orphan Train originates with the railroad trains that transported the children to their new homes. Learn more about these often overlooked kids. If you hit a brick wall, your ancestor just might be part of the Orphan Train kids.”
Tina is a board member of the Tennessee Genealogical Society, editor of their quarterly “Ansearchin’ News” & the librarian for the Germantown Regional History & Genealogy Center. VP of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Virtual Chapter for 2021-2022, Co-Owner of Past & Present Pathways, Bella Online Genealogy editor since 2005 & Researcher (as needed) for “Who Do You Think You Are?”
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0:13:06 Meeting
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Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburg (GRIP) Registration
2021-02-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Online, United States
Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburg (GRIP) Registration open February 17, 2021 for
2 separate weeks: June 20-25 & July 11-16 + extras.

African American Migration in Arkansas, Where Did My People go?
2021-02-06 09:30 - 13:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
African American Migration in Arkansas, Where Did My People go?
Presenters will be Dr. Brian K. Mitchell of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock and Dr. Story Matkin-Rawn and Dr. Kenneth Barnes of the University of Central Arkansas
Topics include: “African Americans, Arkansas, and the Other Great Migration 1865-1920”; “Any Place but Here: The 1860 Expulsion of Free Blacks from Arkansas” and “Arkansas’s African Migration Movement in the late 1800s.”
This event is part of an ongoing series of symposiums and other events sponsored by the Black History Commission of Arkansas. The mission of the Commission is to collect materials pertaining to African American history for the Arkansas State Archives, to encourage research of the state’s African American history, and to cooperate with the Arkansas Department of Education to develop materials that support the teaching of African American history in our public schools.
The symposium will be available for sign-in beginning at 09:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada), with presentations beginning at 09:45. Advance registration is required and is limited to 100 participants; register here:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvc-ChpzwqHtanS_F4W3m-hNNNAHDSQraJ
The Arkansas State Archives is an agency of the Division of Arkansas Heritage. Established in 1905, it collects, preserves and makes available a wealth of materials documenting Arkansas’s past, including the largest extant collection of Arkansas newspapers. The State Archives is located in Little Rock and operates two branch facilities, the Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives in Powhatan (Lawrence County) and the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives in Washington (Hempstead County).
The symposium is open to all. Teachers may earn up to three professional development hours through attendance. The symposium is free to attend but advance registration is required. For more registration or other information about the symposium contact Tatyana Oyinloye, Coordinator of African American History Programs at: Tatyana.oyinloye@arkansas.gov or call 501-682-6900.

Sandwiching in History Tour: Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park
2021-02-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Facebook Live, AR, United States
Sandwiching in History Tour: Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park
February 5th – Virtual Tour – Premiere on Facebook the first Friday of each month at noon and are archived on AHPP YouTube Channel.
In 1980, this important site was opened to the public as part of the Arkansas State Park system. The park contains one of Arkansas’s most significant per-European archaeological sites, consisting of the state’s tallest and most complex mound sites. Archaeological investigations have linked this site to the Plum Bayou Culture, who used the site for ceremonial and religious purposes for several centuries. Today, the park interprets the important and interesting history of this site in partnership with the Arkansas Archeological Survey.

The 1849 Cholera Outbreak in Jefferson City
2021-02-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Facebook Live, AR, United States
FRIENDS OF THE MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES present virtually on Facebook Live!
In 1849, a steamship named after President James Monroe left St. Louis for Council Bluffs, Iowa. On board along with 50-plus crewmembers and miscellaneous passengers were 135 Latter-day Saints from Philadelphia, joined in St. Louis by a group of 35 California-bound prospectors from Jeffersonville, Indiana. Shortly after departure, on what was supposed to be a routine trip, cholera broke out among the travelers. Days later, 14-year-old James McHenry discovered the steamship after a skeleton crew landed it at Jefferson City. Observing the dead and dying victims along the riverbank, several local churches opened their doors to serve as hospitals for the afflicted. Though the exact number of deaths resulting from the outbreak is unknown, with different sources recording quite different figures, it had far-reaching effects. Join us for a presentation on Facebook Live from Gary Elliott, author of The 1849 Cholera Outbreak in Jefferson City, as he details this tragic, yet historic event.

Family Tree Maker Session - TN Genealogical Society
2021-01-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Online, United States
Family Tree Maker Session – TN Genealogical Society
by Mark Olsen from Family Tree Maker
Special Session on Charting Companion and Family Book Creator, part of the Family Tree Maker software.
Charting Companion is an advanced charting program, that makes it easy for you to view, publish and print high quality genealogy charts and reports directly from your genealogy file. Family Book Creator is an official plugin for Family Tree Maker that uses your family tree to generate a professional quality family history book on your home computer.
He will also answering questions about FTM – please submit questions ahead of time to ftmsig@tngs.org
Open to the Public, no charge, but you must register for this event.
https://www.tngs.org/event-4119360
Mark Olsen is the Family Tree Maker Ambassador to historical and genealogical societies around the world, working to support their members as they use Family Tree Maker. Mark is a graduate of Brigham Young University and holds a bachelor’s degree in Family History with a Spanish records emphasis. He has been working in the genealogy industry since 2007.

Memoir Writing for Seniors: How to Write Your Story
2021-01-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-01-20 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-01-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
Memoir Writing for Seniors: How to Write Your Story
Weekly – Wednesdays – This is a virtual event. Contact dmoore@cals.org for more information. Must register.
Presented by CALS Writing Circle, this ongoing class meets once each week and takes attendees aged 55+ through the steps of writing their own life stories. You’ll be given tools and techniques to help you learn to write regularly and productively. Everyone is welcome; no writing experience is required.
No matter who you are, there are many reasons to write about your life. The act of writing your story can be a healing and transformative journey; it helps identify the threads and themes in your life and make sense of what you’ve lived.

Zoom Meeting - Effective Use of Ancestry.com
2021-01-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
Effective Use of Ancestry.com
by Scott Lee, 1st VP, Heritage Seekers
https://tinyurl.com/y67sujvb
This presentation will show you how to avoid incorporating other people’s mistakes into you tree and to use the Ancestry service effectively.
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Southern California Genealogy Jamboree Registration
2021-01-11 08:00 - 17:00 | Online, United States
Southern California Genealogy Jamboree Registration
Registration Opens January 11
Jamboree will be June 11 – 12, 2021

Holiday Show & Tell
2020-12-07 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
Holiday Show ‘N Tell: The BIG stuff!
Bring out the BIG stuff that you can’t bring to a “regular” Show ‘N Tell! Start thinking about what you’re gonna show & how you’re gonna pull it off! It will be a fun time seeing what everyone pulls out! Can’t wait!
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Zoom Meeting - Arkansas & it's People
2020-11-23 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
Arkansas & it’s Peopleby Jane Wilkerson
Arkansas and Its People shows how you can research your Arkansas families pre-territorial (1673-1819), territorial (1819-1836), and statehood (1836-present). Record types, locations and examples will be presented and discussed. Jane will also talk about the Arkansas birth & death records recently added to Ancestry.com AND the Arkansas Ancestry Certificates available through the Arkansas Genealogical Society & how to get them.
Jane A. Wilkerson is an Archival Assistant at the Arkansas State Archives. She has a B.A. in History and an M.A. in Public History from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Wilkerson served at the Arkansas State Archives from 2001 to 2017 as a library technician, archival manager, and interim director. She also worked as an independent researcher before returning to the Arkansas State Archives in 2018. Wilkerson is also a board member of the Arkansas Genealogical Society and one of the editors for their newsletter.
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Zoom Meeting - Natchez Trace
2020-11-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
Nachez Trace, Nearby… in Mississippi, Alabama & Tennessee
by Hank Klein
Heritage Seekers member Hank Klein will take us on a virtual tour of the Natchez Trace.
The Natchez Trace was a road used by early settlers. If you have relatives that came from Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi or Louisiana in the 1700s or 1800s they probably used the Trace in their travels.
The Natchez Trace is today a “Driving Museum.” You don’t have to walk or ride horse back on the Trace as the early Indians and early American settlers did. You can drive in your car on a modern two lane road that follows the original Trace and has a lot of “museum type” stops with interesting history.
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Members, please login to see links:– Pre-Meeting (Zoom Video 16:44)
– Business Meeting (Zoom Video 1:11)
– “Natchez Trace” by H. C. “Hank” Klein (Zoom Video 31:44)
– Questions and Answers (Zoom Video 36:04)
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Zoom Meeting - Arkansas’ Haunted Historic Sites
2020-10-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
Arkansas’ Haunted Historic Sites
by Rachel Patton, Preserve Arkansas
Rachel’s talk will feature several significant historic properties throughout Arkansas, discussing their history as well as stories of their haunting. Of course, the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs and the Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Booneville will be included, as well as additional sites.
Rachel Patton was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and grew up in the nearby town of Farmington. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History/Political Science from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville as well as a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Rachel has more than a decade of experience working in historic preservation in Arkansas. She currently serves as executive director of Preserve Arkansas, the statewide nonprofit advocate for historic preservation. Rachel is the president of the Pulaski County Historical Society and serves on the boards of Preservation Action, the Arkansas Historical Association, the Arkansas Women’s History Institute, and the Advisory Board for the Arkansas Tech University College of Arts and Humanities. She and her husband, Drue, live in North Little Rock’s Argenta Historic District.
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Members, please login to see links:– Pre-Meeting (Zoom Video, 27:35)
– Business Meeting (Zoom Video, 9:29)
– “1018 Flu Epidemic” by Tim Nutt (Zoom Video 52:10)
– Questions and Answers (Zoom Video 26:04)
– Post-Meeting (Zoom Video, 30:58)
– Zoom Chat Text (Text File)

Zoom Meeting - 1918 Flu Epidemic
2020-09-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
1918 Flu Epidemic
by Tim Nutt, Director of Historic Research, UAMS Library
The “Spanish flu” started circulating around the world and became one of history’s most deadliest pandemics, killing up to 5% of the world’s population. Arkansas was affected by the pandemic, even though local officials scrambled and enacted regulations and quarantines to prevent the disease from spreading.
Tim Nutt is currently employed as the Director of the Historical Research Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Previously, he was employed as the Head of Special Collections at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and as founding Deputy Curator of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System. He also served as the founding Managing Editor and Staff Historian of the award-winning online Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. A native of Bigelow, Arkansas, Nutt received a B.A. in History from the University of Central Arkansas and a masters in Library Science, with an emphasis on archives, from the University of Oklahoma. He is a past president of the Arkansas Historical Association and a Certified Archivist.
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Members, please login to see links:– Pre-Meeting (Zoom Video, 27:35)
– Business Meeting (Zoom Video, 9:29)
– “1018 Flu Epidemic” by Tim Nutt (Zoom Video 52:10)
– Questions and Answers (Zoom Video 26:04)
– Post-Meeting (Zoom Video, 30:58)
– Zoom Chat Text (Text File)

Zoom Meeting - Ancestry DNA - How to Use DNA Matches to Further Your Genealogical Research
2020-08-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
Ancestry DNA – How to Use DNA Matches to Further Your Genealogical Research
by Andrea Yakoubian
Andria Yakoubian has been doing family research for 20 years. Since doing a DNA test she has been enlightened by the power and information your DNA carries. She will teach you tricks and techniques on how to “walk thru your DNA matches” plus how to figure out where matches fit into your tree….even if they have private trees and little to no information about themselves.
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Members, please login to see links:– Opening And Business Meeting (Zoom Video, 21:40)
– “How to Use DNA Matches” by Andria Yakoubian (Zoom Video 45:02)
– Questions and Answers (Zoom Video 44:11)
– Zoom Chat Text (Text File)

Zoom Meeting - Unexpected Connections: A Church, A Prison & the War of 1812
2020-07-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Virtual Meeting
Unexpected Connections: A Church, A Prison & the War of 1812
by George Mitchell, President Arkansas Chapter of the General Society of the War of 1812
Within the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France, rest the largest number of our military dead in Europe. A total of 14,246 veterans are buried there. Most of those lost their lives during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I. George and his wife Sheila attended a Veteran’s Day Memorial Service on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, November 11, 2018 at Meuse-Argonne. A few days later, they also visited a much lesser known cemetery, the Dartmoor Prison Cemetery, in Princetown, Devon, UK. There are 271 American Veterans of the War of 1812 are buried there and hardly anybody knows it even exist. George’s presentation shines a light on this forgotten cemetery and raises the question of why nobody knows about it.
George Mitchell is a native of Pine Bluff. He is retired from Southeast Arkansas College in Pine Bluff where he served as the Chair of the Technical Studies Division. George also served for thirteen years as a pastor in the United Methodist Church until he retired in 2014. He has been interested in genealogy for over 25 years. He and his wife Sheila are both active in their genealogical research and enjoy taking trips around the country to visit libraries, archives and cemeteries in order to learn more about their family history.
George is currently President of the Arkansas Genealogical Society; President of The General Society of Descendants of the War of 1812 in Arkansas; Past President of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society in Pine Bluff; a member of Sons of the American Revolution; Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge; Arkansas Pioneers; First Families of Tennessee; First Families of Maryland; and the Flagon and Trencher Society.
George and Sheila have three daughters and five grandchildren. George says, “We hope that someday at least some of them will show an interest in genealogy so we will have somebody to pass along all of our ‘genealogical stuff’”.

Behind the Scenes at the Archives
2020-03-07 10:00 - 16:00
Behind the Scenes at the Archives – Tour Arkansas State Archives State Capitol
please RSVP to heritageseekers1@gmail.com – Thank you!
(Big Mac Building behind the state capital) Don’t miss the 2nd annual “Behind the Scenes Tour” at the Arkansas State Archives. Ever wonder what’s in the back or how they do things? The treasures await! The staff is putting together 2 tours of special surprises for us. 10:00- noon or 2:00-4:00. Limited group sizes. Tour slots “guaranteed” only to RSVPs. $5 donation to Friends of Arkansas State Archives.

Meeting - Using DNA in Family Research
2020-02-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Dr., Room 66, Little Rock, AR, 72227-2149, United States
Using DNA in Family Research
by Scott Lee
Scott will teach us how to effectively use DNA testing to research your family history. It will cover the pros and cons of the major testing companies and techniques to effectively use the information they provide.
Scott Lee is a retired software engineer that has been researching his family history since 1979. He has served as an officer in several genealogical societies and lectures on genealogical topics. In 1995, he helped design the GEDCOM 5.5 standard, improving its syntax to be more easily read by software and fixing several issues in date specifications. In his spare time, he enjoys writing science fiction, studying ancient calendars, writing open source software, keeping up on the latest advances in physics and astronomy, and of course researching his family history.
