Visit the East Tennessee History Center from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Saturday, August 20, 2022, for the inaugural History Hootenanny! The event features the best of the East Tennessee History Center, including live music and fun activities in the Museum of East Tennessee History, genealogy workshops, a used local history book sale, book signings...
Genealogy Workshops
The Genealogy Workshops listed below are Previous Genealogy Workshops. ETHS and its programmatic partner Knox County Public Library are currently planning workshops for later in 2022. Updates will be posted here and on social media. In the meantime, Knox County Public Library's online guide Genealogy–Where to Start? is available at: https://www.knoxcountylibrary.org/explore-the-east-tennessee-history-center/genealogy
Upcoming Genealogy Workshops
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A Celebration of the East Tennessee History CenterAugust 20, 2022 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Previous Genealogy Workshops
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@ East Tennessee History CenterAugust 1, 2020 - 1:00pm to August 2, 2020 - 2:45pm
Instructor: Ann Blomquist, MEd. Students will explore various maps in books, in print, and online; how to understand public-land deeds and metes-and-bounds deeds; where to find migration maps; and map collections in the McClung Collection. Participants should bring information on their families. Call 865-215-8809 starting July 20 to register....
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@ East Tennessee History CenterJuly 18, 2020 - 1:00pm to July 19, 2020 - 3:45pm
Instructor: Ann Blomquist, MEd. Advanced techniques in genealogical research beyond online sources with special attention to primary sources. Participants should have completed some family research including census and internet work, and should bring the research they have already done. Call 865-215-8809 starting July 6 to register.
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@ East Tennessee History CenterJune 6, 2020 - 10:00am to June 7, 2020 - 11:45am
Instructor: Steve Cotham, MA, MLS, Manager, McClung Historical Collection. The book, microfilm, manuscript, and internet facilities of the McClung Historical Collection, and how to use them to advance your genealogical research. Tour of the Collection included. Lecture will begin in the first floor auditorium. No pre-registration required.
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@ East Tennessee History CenterMay 16, 2020 - 1:00pm to May 17, 2020 - 2:45pm
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Students use individual computers to explore the seven major genealogical sites: Ancestry, Family Search, FindmyPast, MyHeritage, Fold3, Google, Cyndis List. Call 865-215-8809 starting May 4 to register.
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@ East Tennessee History CenterApril 4, 2020 - 1:00pm to April 5, 2020 - 2:45pmDue to Covid-19 this event has been canceled.
Instructor: Vicky Bills, MSIS, McClung Historical Collection. A house’s history involves much more than just its structure. The history of the people who have lived there can be obtained through city directory search, obituary records, newspaper articles, deeds and tax lists, insurance maps,...
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@ The Jonesborough Genealogical SocietyMarch 28, 2020 - 9:30am to March 29, 2020 - 1:45pmDue to Covid-19 this event has been canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date.
On Saturday, March 28, 2020, the Jonesborough Genealogical Society will host its monthly Genealogy Day with speaker, Ann Blomquist, an experienced genealogist who serves as the administrator for the First Families of Tennessee project of the East Tennessee...
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@ East Tennessee History CenterMarch 21, 2020 - 1:00pm to March 22, 2020 - 3:45pmDue to Covid-19 this event has been canceled.
Instructor: Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Cells/chromosomes/DNA, types of DNA studies (Y, mito, auto), DNA strings, string inheritance, 5-generation possibility, autosomal descent, matching probabilities, time arenas, ethnic origins, limitations. Lecture will be in the first floor auditorium...
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@ East Tennessee History CenterFebruary 22, 2020 - 1:00pm to February 23, 2020 - 3:45pm
Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Students use individual computers to access the billions of records and features of Family Search, the largest free genealogical internet site. Items to be explored include available records, family trees, catalog of library items, scanned genealogical books...
