Handouts

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Ames Public Library

Guide to Using Ancestry Library Edition Genealogy Books at APL Heritage Room

Genealogy Resources at the Ames Public Library

1950 Census Research

Census Online Resources 1950 Census Handout 1950 Census Update (slideshow by Gwenna Jacobson)

1950 Census Update (videorecording, Gwenna Jacobson and Mary Lohr, February 13, 2023)

Civil War Veterans

Civil War Veterans buried in Story County, Iowa pt. 1 pt. 2 (Compiled by Gretchen Triplett)

Death, Cemetery, Obituaries, Probate

Cemetery Records for Research (Dennis Allen, April 2024)

Find A Grave Handout Finding and Using Death Records (recorded presentation by Dick Cooper; Handout)

Cemetery Research Probate Files Index to Tri-County TImes Obituaries

Links to some Story County Cemeteries (with search function)

DNA and Genetics

"Genetic Testing and Genealogy" (recording by Naomi J.L. Meeks, MD), January 13, 2025) slides

FamilySearch

Ames Family History Center Using FamilySearch.org Using the FamilySearch Wiki

(Compliled by Annette Anderegg) Using FarmilySearch for Research (video, Jim and Annette Anderegg, February 2024)

Forms

US Census - Extracted Data Records Index - Master Template (forms courtesy of Kyle Solberg)

Genealogy Education

Genealogy 101: Handout Slides (September 2023) Genealogy 102: Handout Slides (October 2023)

Beginning Genealogy, pt. 1 Beginning Genealogy, pt. 2 Class Handout (intermediate)

Genealogy Software Learning Resources Heraldry

Genealogy Research

Free and Useful Genealogy Websites Budget-Friendly Genealogy (Dick Cooper, March 2024)

Allied with the Allies (Debra Dudek, March 2024)

Belgium and Luxembourg Research (handout) (Lin Cornelius Strong, February 2025)

Digital Genealogy (Kyle Solberg) (April 2024)

Research in The Netherlands and Handout (Lin Cornelius Strong, January, 2024)

European Research and Handout (Gwenna Jacobson, April. 2022) Swedish Research (Paul Martsching) Guide to Genealogy Research (courtesy of Parks Library, Iowa State University)

Gems and Junk: A Beginner's Guide to Online Research Alice Hoyt Veen, CG Handout

Keeping Genealogy Affordable (recorded presentation by Mary J. Lohr; Handout)

Free Genealogy Websites "Rebel Women" (recorded presentation by Dr. Alissa Stoehr) Handout

"Lesser Known But Useful Genealogical Research" (Gwenna Jacobson) Handout

Research From a Distance (Kyle Solberg) Rosie the Riveters of Iowa (Linda McCann)

Planning a Family Reunion (Fidella Marty) Sharing Our Story (recorded presentation by SCGS Members)

"How Do We Tell Our Story?" (recorded presentation by Tom Schwans, April 2024)

Using Google Tools for Genealogical Research (recorded presentation by Mary J. Lohr, Sept. 2024); Handout

Orphan Trains (and Trees) of Central Iowa (Recorded presentation by Lorraine Pellack, May 2024) Slideshow

Iowa Genealogical Society (IGS-- Des Moines) (Mo Wilkins) Handout

State Historical Society of Iowa General Information Research Tips

Immigration and Naturalization

Immigration Naturalization Recording (Theresa Liewer)

Lineage Societies

DAR (Susan Harris, April 2023) Mayflower Society (Iris Eriksen, Jan. 2022)

Story County, Iowa

Researching in Story County Story County Neighbors Rural Lafayette Schools (Kate Feil, Jan. 2021)

Ames History Museum "Raising the Roof: Expanding the Ames History Museum" (Lynette Spicer, Fall 2023)

"We Pronounce it ne-VAY-duh" (slideshow by Linda Wright) Handout