Researching in Washington D.C. without Leaving Home
The following is a guest post originally posted at Adventures in Genealogy Education. ———————– Researching in Washington D.C. without Leaving Home This is a special post by guest author Pamela Sayre, CG, CGL, on her course “Researching in Washington D.C. without Leaving …
Fall Conference Keynote: Kids having fun.
Bret Petersen, Suzanne Curley and I gave a presentation at the recent UGA conference entitled “The Cool Parts of Family History-Kids Having Fun” In it I was able to talk about my vision for how family history conferences need to change in …
Spectacular Successes, Learning from failures
Reprinted from The Chart Chick Blog We say that Lincoln, Edison, etc had many spectacular failures and yet we know them to be spectacularly successful. I think as I begin to finish up my 2 year tenure as president of the Utah …
SLIG Series: John Philip Colletta
1. When did you first start researching your family history? Was there a moment when you knew you were “hooked?” One summer when I was 13 or 14 and whining about having nothing to do, my mother suggested I create a family …
SLIG is only 4 months away!
I am looking forward to learning more about the 2013 SLIG students. We will do some sharing in Course 1, American Research and Records: Focus on Localities. One of the ways I began my research pursuits was visiting the state archives here …
SLIG Series: Cath Madden Trindle
1. When did you first start researching your family history? Was there a moment when you knew you were “hooked?” I started researching my family history about 35 years ago. My Aunt had done quite a bit of work on my Mother’s …
Fall Conference — Teresa Boyer Clark
Teresa Boyer Clark — Hearing the Voices of the Past The transfer of family history, the core of the oral tradition, is approaching extinction. In this hands on workshop participants will learn to excavate and create stories from their family heritage. Tips …
Fall Conference — Shellee Morehead
Shellee Morehead — Clusters and Chains for Finding Immigrant Origins Clusters and chains are not cookies! They describe family and neighborhood groups who emigrated to the U.S. Track neighbors and associates to find clues to European hometowns. This lecture describes immigrant experiences, …
SLIG Series: Bill Litchman
1. When did you first start researching your family history? Was there a moment when you knew you were “hooked?” I started researching family history (if you can call it that) when I was about age 13-14 by writing a letter to …
Fall Conference — Sandra Rumble
Sandra Rumble — Planning a research trip using GenDetective Learn how to quickly identify who and what you want to research on a trip to the library. Create a research plan for several different resources that are available from the Family History …