American Ancestors

American Ancestors offers thousands of searchable, digitized collections containing more than one billion records. These collections include vital records, cemetery records, probate records, genealogies, and scholarly journals. **Ask MGC Staff to assist with logging in to this database**

American Ancestors is only available at the Midwest Genealogy Center.

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Census Records Research

Mon, Feb 10 2020

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Midwest Genealogy Center Programming Room

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The U.S. Federal Census is a great place to start tracing your ancestors. The first Federal Population Census was taken in 1790, and a census has been taken every 10 years since that date.

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Hunt for a Connection

Tue, Mar 10 2020

6:30pm - 7:30pm

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Brenda Sutton and Lana Reed present how A DNA "Connection" story brought two 4th cousins 1 x removed together and enriched their lives.

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Newspaper Databases at Mid-Continent Public Library

Mon, Mar 16 2020

10:30am - 11:30am

Midwest Genealogy Center Computer Lab

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Newspaper databases can be used to find genealogical information such as birth, marriage and death records, obituaries, probate cases, and interesting information about your ancestors’ lives.

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How to Date Old Photographs

Mon, Feb 10 2020

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Midwest Genealogy Center Programming Room

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Most genealogists have a box full of unidentified photographs, usually passed down from generation to generation.

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