University of Rochester Genealogy: Research Strategies & Search Skills
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 · 12:00 PM EDT · Rush Rhees Library · Rochester, NY
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Strengthen your genealogy research by developing more effective strategies for finding historical records online. Participants will explore newspaper websites and learn how to use keywords, spelling variations, wildcards, and other search techniques to improve their results. This session will provide practical skills for searching more efficiently and evaluating which results may lead to new discoveries. We will start diving in to using FamilySearch and Ancestry Full Text Search.
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