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Exploring your Swedish Roots in Chicago

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The Swedish American Genealogical Society at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago, Illinois is sponsoring a research day, Exploring Your Swedish Roots, on Saturday, November 17th. Along with the museum’s volunteers, Kathy Meade of ArkivDigital along with two genealogists from Sweden: Ingrid Nilsson and Elisabeth Thorsell will be available to provide one-on-one assistance for questions about Swedish genealogical research, ArkivDigital and translation assistance.

Click here for program and registration information.

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January 2018 Events in North America

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During January, ArkivDigital presentations and demonstrations will be held at the First Tuesday Education Program at the Family History Center in Wilmette, Illinois and at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

Kathy Meade of ArkivDigital will give a presentation on “Researching your Swedish Heritage Using ArkivDigital” at the Family History Center in Wilmette, Illinois on Tuesday evening, January 9th.  The presentation will include an overview of ArkivDigital along with a case study showing how to search for church books and estate inventories using both the archive and the index (name) search options. For more information, click here.

Kathy Meade of ArkivDigital will be the presenter for the monthly meeting of the Swedish American Genealogical Society  at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, January 27th. The title of the presentation is “Overcoming Research Obstacles in the Swedish Church Books.Records”. For more information and registration details, click here.

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August Events in North America

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ArkivDigital will be at the following locations in August: Swedish American Museum of Chicago and at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Swedish American Museum
Kathy Meade of ArkivDigital will be the presenter for the monthly meeting of the Swedish American Genealogical Society at the Swedish American Museum on Saturday, August 26, 2017 in Chicago, Il.

The title of the presentation is: “What is new in ArkivDigital?”  Click here for more information and reservations.

Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference 2017
We will be an exhibitor at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 30 to September 2rd. Kathy Meade of ArkivDigital will be giving a demonstration of ArkivDigital in the Exhibit Hall Learning Center on Thursday, August 31 at 2 PM.

If you plan to attend the conference, please attend the ArkivDigital demonstration to learn what is new in ArkivDigital.  Please visit our booth #227 for answers to your questions about ArkivDigital and Swedish research. To learn more about the conference, click here.

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February Events in North America

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This month is a busy and an exciting month. We will be exhibiting and leading workshops at RootsTech 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the largest genealogy conference in North America and then later in the month we will visit the Swedish American Museum in Chicago.

RootsTech 2017 February 8-11
We are now in Salt Lake City preparing for the largest genealogy conference in North America which begins tomorrow, Wednesday, February 8th and lasts through Saturday, February 11th. It is estimated that more than 25,000 from around the world will attend this event. If you are attending RootsTech, please attend one of our computer workshops and visit our exhibit booth. Workshops and presentation times are listed below:

ArkivDigital Hands-on Computer Workshops
Wednesday, February 8th 3 PM
Friday, February 10th 11 AM

Demo Theater Presentation in Vendor Hall
Saturday, February 11th 2:40 PM

More information about RootsTech 2017

Swedish American Museum of Chicago February 25, 2017
Kathy Meade of ArkivDigital will be the presenter for the monthly meeting of the Swedish American Genealogical Society at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday, February 25th.

The title of the presentation is “Introduction to Swedish Military Research Records”. There will be a demonstration showing how to search for military records using ArkivDigital.

For more information and registration, click here.

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November Events in North America

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ArkivDigital will be at the following locations in November: Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, Wisconsin and the Swedish American Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

Swedish American Genealogy Workshop in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Historical Society is sponsoring a Swedish American Genealogy workshop on Saturday, November 5th. Kathy Meade of ArkivDigital will be giving four presentations on Swedish genealogy. The event will be held in room 126 at Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin Madison campus in Madison, Wisconsin. Click here for program and registration information.

Exploring your Swedish Roots at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago
The Swedish American Genealogical Society at the Swedish American Museum is sponsoring a research day on Sunday, November 13th. Along with the museum’s volunteers, Kathy Meade of ArkivDigital along with two genealogists from Sweden: Ingrid Nilsson and Elisabeth Thorsell will be available to provide one-on-one assistance for questions about Swedish genealogical research, ArkivDigital and translation assistance. Click here for program and registration information.

Visit our North American event calendar.

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ArkivDigital visits the Swedish American Museum in Chicago

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The title of the presentation is “Updates to ArkivDigital and Lesser Used Records”.  There will be a demonstration of military records, passenger ship manifests and passport journals, Swedish American church records as well as other records that can deepen one’s research. Also, there will be a brief overview of upcoming new features in ArkivDigital.

For more information and registration, click here.

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