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

Previous Genealogy Workshops

  • @ East Tennessee History Center
    July 9, 2016 - 5:00am to July 10, 2016 - 6:45am

    Instructor: Doris Martinson, MLS, CA, Head, Knox County Archives.

    Students will learn how to use county records (births, civil court, criminal court, deaths, deeds, divorces, probate, tax, wills) for investigating their ancestors. Examples from the extensive resources of the Knox County Archives will be shown. Lecture will begin in the...

  • @ East Tennessee History Center
    June 18, 2016 - 5:00am to June 19, 2016 - 6:45am

    Instructor: Steve Cotham, MA, MLS, Manager, McClung Historical Collection.

    Students will learn about 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....

  • @ East Tennessee History Center
    May 28, 2016 - 8:00am to May 29, 2016 - 9:45am

    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...

  • @ East Tennessee History Center
    May 7, 2016 - 8:00am to May 8, 2016 - 9:45am

    Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD.

    Students use individual computers to explore the five major genealogical sites: Ancestry, Family Search, Roots Web, Google, and Genealogy in Time. Participants should bring birth dates and birth places of parents and grandparents.

    Pre-...

  • @ East Tennessee History Center
    April 16, 2016 - 8:00am to April 17, 2016 - 9:45am

    Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD.

    Students use individual computers to explore Cyndis List. This site is a categorized and cross-referenced index to over 340,000 genealogical resources on the internet. All of the sites may be called up directly from Cyndis List. Participants should...

  • @ East Tennessee History Center
    March 19, 2016 - 9:00am to March 20, 2016 - 10:45am

    Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD.

    Finding your Civil War ancestor, service records, pension records, battle records, regimental histories, burials, obituaries. Participants should bring names and states of known or suspected Civil War ancestors.

    Pre-registration is required and...

  • @ East Tennessee History Center
    March 5, 2016 - 8:00am to March 6, 2016 - 10:45am

    Instructor: Ann Blomquist, MEd.

    How to begin your family search using family, governmental, library, and electronic resources.

    Pre-registration is required and begins February 22. Please call (865) 215-8809 to register.  

  • @ East Tennessee History Center
    February 27, 2016 - 8:00am to February 28, 2016 - 9:45am

    Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD.

    Students use individual computers to access over 10 billion records including census and voter lists, birth, marriage and death, military, immigration and emigration, newspapers and periodicals, pictures, stories and histories, directories, court,...

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