The Wake Forest Historical Museum has shared its collection of The Wake Weekly in order to make them available digitally online. The collection is now live and ready for viewing. At NC Digital, you will find issues for 1952 and 1960 - 1962.  source Will you browse for ancestors or for nostalgia? It is all good.  Visit Wake County Genealogical Society's Website  -  Homepage  |  WCGS Events  |  Join WCGS  |  Publications  |  Wake Cemetery Survey Images  | Digital Resources  |  History Resources  |  More Links and Resources  |  Contact

If you have been following Cynthia Gage's articles in the recent issues of the WCGS newsletter - Wake Genealogy Watch , you will know why she is my go-to gal for all things in pertaining to historical newspaper research. If you want to hear more, you are in luck. Cynthia will teach a class via Zoom next Friday, May 22 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm. More Details from SeniorTechEd -- Cynthia Gage will be presenting her program on Genealogy: Resources - Newspapers.   As we all know, newspapers are a great resource for genealogy research. Cynthia will share lots of background information as well as tons of links to utilize this terrific resource.   Date: Friday, May 22, 2020 Time:  1:30 - 3:30 pm Where:  on Zoom with SeniorTechEd. Go to  http://www.raleighseniorteched.org  , click on the Schedule tab and you can register (and pay using PayPal if you wish) for the class right from there.  You will receive an email from Cynthia with the login informat...

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The new issue, Vol. 2 Issue 4 of Wake Genealogy Watch , is available and brings you informative topics and news of upcoming events to help enhance your genealogy skills over the hot summer season.  In this issue you will find an article by Cyndi Deal about her selection and use of a scanner which makes easy work of converting slides, negatives, and film into JPEGs for preserving and sharing photos.  She supplements this topic with a short discussion of her photo editing software and presents a few resources on how to date 19th century images. Cynthia Gage shares some newspaper resources that North Carolina residents can use from home with just their library card! Ted Bainbridge shares his analytical process using family lore, census records, and maps to help prove/disprove the story of one of his ancestors.  The summer WGW issue also provides details on the June-August WCGS meeting theme, “Summer of DNA”.  And whether local or not, everyone can take advantage of t...