Now Scheduling for 2024 Virtual Presentations Available
Lectures
Using Land Records for Family History An overview of types of land records, where to find them & how to use them for your family history.
Participate in the Global Family Tree-FamilySearch & Wikitree What a global tree is and comparing the pros and cons of the 2 major ones, FamilySearch and Wikitree.
Organizing Your Family History Easily organize your family history files & photos in your computer & on paper. Grandpa’s in the Newspaper! Searching for Your Ancestors in Online Newspapers Finding and using free and subscription newspaper websites to find your family history.
Where’s the Proof? Understanding the terms: primary and secondary information, original and derivative sources, direct and indirect evidence, and using the Genealogical Proof Standard to evaluate and analyze your research findings using a case study as an example.
Prisoner of War Experiences of Two Union Soldiers The experiences of two brothers-in-law captured by Confederate soldiers and placed in the little known prisoner exchange system.
Finding Eliza Jane’s Family Finding your Civil War ancestors, obtaining their pension files and compiled service records, and using these records to find your female ancestors. Available as a lecture, workshop, or seminar.
Uncle Sam's Records Finding and using military records to fill out your family tree, including records from the Revolutionary War through WW II.
Copus Hill : A Tragedy in Ohio History A bit of Ohio History from the War of 1812, emphasizing the massacre at Copus Hill and the role of Reverend James Copus in Ohio History, presented in costume as Sarah Copus Vail, last living child of Reverend Copus, telling the story.
Talking to the Dead Finding and using a variety of records pertaining to an ancestor’s death, where and how to find the records, what can be found in the records about the ancestor, finding other ancestors in these records, and how one record leads to another.
Two Times Two Equals Four Times... Pedigree charts, family group sheets, and other forms are not meant just to share the ancestors you’ve already found. Ways to use these tools to advance your research to extend your family tree and learn more about your ancestors.
The Census Taker Wrote Down What? Finding your ancestors in the censuses and getting all of information you can about them from the censuses.
May They Rest Peacefully How a nearly destroyed 1828 cemetery was saved, the story of Cheney Cemetery, Union County, Ohio and how to save, restore, and protect the burial places of our ancestors.
Completing A Lineage Society Application How to fill out and document a lineage society application.
So You Want to do Your Family History? Beginning Genealogy. Available as a lecture, workshop, or seminar.
Researching in Allen County, Ohio Where and how to research your ancestors in Allen County, Ohio.
Retired Lectures Giving Kids the "Genie Bug" Ideas and projects to get children interested in their heritage.
Workshop Topics
Mix and Match Workshop Customize your workshop! Mix and Match lectures or choose lectures by type-Military, Records, Methodology, etc.
Introducing Children to Their Family History A workshop for children, including a “hands on” project. Children learn to fill out family group sheets and pedigree charts and use them to make their keepsake family trees. Presentations and projects may vary according to the age group for which it is being presented.
So You Want to do Your Family History? Beginning Genealogy. Available as a lecture, workshop, or seminar.
Lineage Application Workshop A workshop for anyone wanting to join a lineage society. Participants will learn how to fill out the application for a lineage society and how to make sure that the kinship is established from one generation to the next, how to find missing documentation and use secondary sources, how much is enough or too little documentation, what is acceptable documentation, and how to cite sources. A "hands on" workshop.
Other topics, workshops, and seminars can be developed on request with the speaker's option to accept, choose, or reject any suggested topic.
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