Currently there are 23 archived webinars available. There is also a list of webinars (those with no live link yet) they are working on receiving permission from the presenter/author. So additional webinars could become available.
These webinar presentations do not only cover Canadian research topics but general topics like search strategies, DNA but also ethnic topics such a s German and Polish archives, Italian research, African American research, East European research, and United Kingdom (and Irish and Scottish) research just to name a few.
JSTOR Remote Access until June 30, 2020
Because schools and libraries are closed or operating off-site remotely due to COVID-19, JSTOR (short for Journal Storage which is a digital library of digitized back issues of academic journals, and now books and current issues) is providing access remotely. There is an article to help guide you through accessing JSTOR depending on your situation such as university student, high school student, faculty, librarian and independent researchers.
For Independent Researchers with the Register and Read Program (those not affiliated with a subscribing school, library, etc.), the number of free articles that can be read online has been expanded from six to 100 per month until June 30, 2020. There is a list of the open and free content here. If you find an article you really want a download of there is the option to purchase a JSTOR pass which gives the ability for unlimited online reading and a certain number of PDF downloads. So, if there is an academic journal article you have heard of but not seen, check to see if it is part of the free access items.
Pilgrim Documents Online
This access is not related to the COVID-19 pandemic but something in which we thought some of our readers might be interested. The Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken (Heritage Leiden and Environs which is a literal translation) has been digitizing documents related the the Pilgrims' time spent in Leiden, Holland, between 1609 and 1620. Though most of the website is in Dutch there are some pages in English regarding the Pilgrims. The Meet Your Ancestor page is sort of a landing page for information on planning a visit, learning about the Pilgrims time in Leiden and a link to the digitized "Pilgrim Documents." The digitized Pilgrim Documents search page can be accessed in English. And, even if we can't/won't visit the location in person there is enough information and photos available to give you a "virtual tour" of where some of the Plymouth Colony/Mayflower ancestors resided for a time.
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project
Another non-COVID-19 pandemic item. Are you interested in the Salem Witch Trial? The University of Virginia is hosting the Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project that has brought digitized primary documents online in one place and resulted in new transcription project (scholarly, chronological) of the court records.
From it's introduction page:
The Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project consists of an electronic collection of primary source materials relating to the Salem witch trials of 1692 and a new transcription of the court records.
The Documentary Archive is created under the supervision of Professor Benjamin C. Ray, University of Virginia. The Transcription project is supervised by Professor Bernard Rosenthal, University of Binghamton. Together with a team of scholars, Professor Rosenthal is undertaking a new transcription of the original court records, titled Records of
the Salem Witch-Hunt, to be published by Cambridge University Press. See Transcription Updates for an ongoing report of corrections to the published transcriptions, Salem Witchcraft Papers (De Capo Press,1977).
For a brief description of the Salem witch trials, go to Overview of the Salem Witch Trials. This summary describes the main events of the witchcraft trials, all of which are documented in the Archive's collections of primary resources. These resources include court records, contemporary books, and record books, as well as images of the original court documents, indexed according to various archival collections. The overview also refers to some of the notable people who played important roles in the trials and in the debate about the legitimacy of the trials. Users of the Archive may search the court records and contemporary books and letters for names of people involved, aided by a list of notable people and by a complete alphabetical list of everyone mentioned in the court documents."
There are also historical maps and educational overviews on the project website. Historians and genealogists interested in the Salem witch trials should find plenty to occupy some time.
The resulting book, Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt, edited by Bernard Rosenthal and originally published in 2009 with later reprints, is available at Allen County Public Library and mostly at university/college law libraries. It is available for purchase at a few online resources like Amazon. The book is described as representing "... the first comprehensive record of all legal documents pertaining to the Salem witch trials, in chronological order. ..."
Got a witch in your lineage? Did you know there is a lineage society for that? Check out the Associated Daughters of Early American Witches society if you are a woman "at least 16 years of age and able to prove direct lineal descent from an ancestor who was officially (by authority, government or church) accused OR tried OR convicted/executed for the practice of witchcraft or wizardry in Colonial America prior to 31 December 1699. The society has an Ancestor page of potential ancestors.
Again, if we spot any other free access or interesting items we will bring you another Assorted Catchup ... post.
See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
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