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Family Tree Maker Course 15 Oct 2024 thru Aug 2025 (Informational Only)
Tuesday, October 15 through Tuesday, August 26
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Virtually and free - kinseekers Genealogical Society
EVENING Course - Starts 15 Oct
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 7:00 - 8:30pm (ET) via Zoom
free 21-session course
Attend all or some classes.
Non-Members: Register by emailing FTM@Kinseekers.org.
For details see https://www.kinseekers.org/ |
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Benson-Hammond 2025 Summer Fest (Informational Only)
Saturday, June 14 through Saturday, June 14
10:00 am to 3:00 pm Benson-Hammond House
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Hands-On AI for Family History Writing: Prompts and Practice, (Informational Only)
Tuesday, June 17
2:00 pm virtually by NGS
Staring at your research, wondering how to turn it into something people want to read? You’re not alone. Whether you love writing or avoid it when you can, we’ve all hit the same roadblocks: where to start, how to stay organized, and how to make it sound right.
Join Kimberly Powell, AG, for a 1.5-hour workshop that shows you how to actually talk to AI. We’ll practice real prompts together and learn how to guide an AI conversation that helps you:
- Get more useful, focused responses
- Turn scattered notes into a story structure
- Brainstorm new angles when you feel stuck
- Revise drafts to make them clearer and more engaging
- Bypass the unmistakable “AI voice” for writing that feels natural and authentic
If you've ever wished writing could be easier—or less frustrating—this session is for you. Walk away with practical prompts, strategies, and confidence to write better, faster, and in your own voice.
This workshop is part of the NGS GenTech Toolbox series and will be hosted live online, with a recording available for ninety (90) days.
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Authors’ Circle: An Hour of Guided Writing (Informational Only)
Thursday, June 19
2:00 pm
Next week, we’re hosting another KNLA Authors’ Circle: An Hour of Guided Writing—and this month, we’re focused on clarifying your core message.
This event is the perfect opportunity to reconnect with your “why” and refine your writing or book proposal alongside fellow authors. We’ll provide expert insights and guided prompts—just come ready to write and reflect!
Here’s what you need to know:
📖 What: KNLA Authors’ Circle: Clarify Your Core Message
📅 When: Thursday, June 19th at 2 PM ET | 11 AM PT
📍 Where: Zoom
💰 Cost: $0!
▶️ How: Register HERE (The replay will be sent to everyone who registers.)
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Lunch at Oscar's (Social Event)
Monday, June 30 through Monday, June 30
12:00 pm Oscar's AleHouse- Pasadena
L U N C H !!!!! at HIGH NOON
Oscar's AleHouse in Pasadena
8026 Ritchie Hwy Ste B, Pasadena, MD 21122
Just North of Jumper's Hole Rd
Same shopping Center as Carrabas
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Beyond the Basics: Effectively Using Ancestry.com (Informational Only)
Wednesday, July 9
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Virtually and Free Joint Howard and Anne Arundel County Societies
Whether you're a newbie or you consider yourself an old pro, there is always more to learn on Ancestry.com. Make sure that you're using the best research practices possible while using the site. Learn how to efficiently gather as much information as possible about your ancestors and prevent yourself from climbing up the wrong branch of your family tree.
Speaker: Kate Townsend
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On the Ground: Top Repositories for Researching Upstate New York (Informational Only)
Thursday, July 10 through Thursday, July 10
Virtually - and FREE by American Ancestors
Finding information about New York ancestors can be tricky. In this online lecture, Chief Genealogist David Allen Lambert will discuss go-to repositories for research in the Empire State—including the New York State Library and Archives, the New York Public Library, and more.
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Coming Up in GenTech Toolbox Workshops (Informational Only)
Monday, July 14
1:00 pm
Keep an eye out for this event. As soon as I have some direction I will post it here.
No lnk for registration as yet. |
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Tom McCarriar talks on FamilySearch Full Text and Image searches (Informational Only)
Monday, July 21
1:00 pm At the Annex- our regular meeting
Tom will bring us more up to date on the status of Full Text Search and the 'hidden' treasure of Image search.
Tom is very knowledgable in both of these areas and there have been recent changes to both, so he will bring us uup to date AND show us how to do proper searching in these fields.
This will be FUN!!! |
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Discovering Unknown Family History through DNA Research (Informational Only)
Wednesday, September 10
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Virtually and Free Joint Howard and Anne Arundel County Societies
Have you DNA tested with Ancestry, MyHeritage, or 23andMe and do not know what the next steps are? In this presentation, Rebecca will share different research techniques and methodologies specifically for analyzing those unknown DNA matches, finding those connections, and the ways in which these results can provide further insight into the lives of our ancestors. A case study will be shared of how Rebecca utilized DNA and genealogical documentation to solve the whereabouts behind her Irish great-aunt’s infant son who went “missing” shortly prior to her sudden death in 1916.
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MAGS FALL WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCE (Informational Only)
Friday, October 10 through Saturday, October 11
Virtually and in person at MITAGS in Linthicum
MAGS FALL WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCE
10-11 OCTOBER 2025
Mark your calendars for the MAGS 2025 Fall Workshop and Conference!
The details for the Friday workshop on October 10th are still being
worked out, but you won’t want to miss it.
On Saturday, October 11th, we will be hosting Michael Strauss, AG, who is a well-known,
national speaker. He will be spending the day with us in person for our hybrid event.
His four presentations will be:
1. “Fighting Against the Fatherland: German-Americans in World War I”
2. “Enemy Aliens: Registering Our Immigrant Forbearers”
3. “The German Forty-Eighters and Their Fight for Freedom”
4. “The Role of the United States Customs House Service”
Keep an eye on the MAGS website as things develop. https://magsgen.com/
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