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Genealogy of the Oregon Trail
Saturday, May 4
Genealogy of the Oregon Trail  (EWGS Meetings)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Hybrid Meeting at The Hive - 2904 E Sprague Ave, Spokane, WA 99202
Oregon Trail by Travis Boley, Manager of the Oregon and California Trails Association
 
“Join Travis Boley from the Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA) as he presents on Paper Trail, OCTA's online index to thousands of emigrant diaries from the 19th century. The diaries are indexed in a fashion to make it simple for researchers to find people, places, tribal interactions, and even numbers of wagons and animals in a train. Mr. Boley will walk us through Paper Trail and show us how to most efficiently use this valuable genealogy tool."
1:00-3pm, doors open at 12:30


REFOCUS GROUP
Monday, May 6
REFOCUS GROUP  (Special Interest Groups)
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
ZOOM MEETING
Lynda Keenan will discuss how to use Zoom and Share Screen. For more information, contact Pat Bayonne-Johnson at pbj524@aol.com . 
 


Newspaper Research
Saturday, June 1
Newspaper Research  (EWGS Meetings)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Hybrid Meeting at The Hive - 2904 E Sprague Ave, Spokane, WA 99202
Newspaper Research by Sunny Jane Morton

Comparing the U.S. Newspaper Giants:

Over a billion digitized newspaper pages are now searchable at online historical newspaper archives such as Chronicling America, FultonHistory.com, GenealogyBank, NewspaperArchive and Newspapers.com. But which should you use? Is it worth subscribing to one of the premium sites? Learn how they stack up for total amount of digitized content; geographic coverage; unique features and tools; subscription options; and more. My tips and comparative analyses will help you more confidently choose and use these newspaper websites. 

1:00-3pm, doors open at 12:30