Talks and Presentations

The Lazy Genealogist: Work Smarter not Harder!

Tips on processing your genealogy, developing cheat sheets, and locality guides.  

Developing Good Habits and Utilizing Free Tools to help you locate your ancestors. 

Learn to squeeze every detail from a source and use the information to develop research plans.

Death Customs: Mourning and Morbid Mementos

Victorian and Edwardian customs and mementos.

Tips and Tricks – Using Google for Genealogy 

Using Google, GoogleBooks, GoogleScholar, and other Google products to expand your family history.

The Paper Trail of Death:

Review of several types of records created at death including court records, vital records, funeral home records, cemetery records, and family documents.

Beginning Genealogy

Overview of organization, locating records, basic genealogy forms, and skills.

Hidden Genealogy in the Laws of the Federal and State Governments

An overview of the diverse types of law and the death, divorce, land, and other family history information found in congressional and state documents.

Hidden Gems: Finding Family In Manuscripts, Thesis Papers, Books and More

 Worldcat, NUCMUC, ArchivalGrid, JSTOR, PERSI, and Google Books to locate records and family information.

She was a con. of a CW Vet who was part of the GAR in AR! 

Abbreviations and Symbols found in Genealogical Research.

United States Immigration and Naturalization 1789 to 1941 New!

Informative talk about immigration and naturalization records. Find out where to locate the records and what type of information they may contain. 

Vital and Substitute Records   

Vital records, locating vital records and locating substitute records for birth, marriage, and death records.