I have completed the multi-page handouts for next Saturday’s presentations and hope you will join me virtually in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky. It’s not only the people directly involved in these occupations, but the people who supplied them, repaired them, married them, lived near them, and traveled with them. Need some ideas for where to […]
Denver, here I come! The Colorado Chapter of the Palatines to America’s fall seminar is on 20 October. It is co-sponsored by the excellent Western History/Genealogy Department of the Denver Public Library. I am honored to be the seminar speaker. I will be presenting four sessions: • World War I Era U.S. Alien Registrations • […]
The past four days has been filled with discussion, hugs, friendship, and delivering genealogical presentations at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh’s third 2018 week. I was in Amherst, New York for this. On Monday I told the students in my course that they would be filled with learning and that name tags were supplied […]
I just finished updating my calendar of speaking engagements for 2016. These presentations will bring me in-person to many parts of the U.S. and to more in the U.S. and worldwide via some webinars. I hope you will join me at one or more of these and, as always, be sure to bring your questions. […]
Tonight I am creating some new lecture handouts and I also updated the Speaking Calendar page on this website. I try to make sure it is updated and includes a live link to the organization that has hired me to present at their event. Some are webinars and others are in-person presentations. I love the […]
It’s been a while since I did presentations in Tennessee. That changes on November 22, 2014 when I will be the speaker for the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society’s all-day seminar. I will be presenting four topics and will be around all day to help audience members with genealogy questions. These are my topics: Railroad Records […]
I am home from a successful full day of presentations at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre, South Dakota. It’s the home of the state historical society and the state archives. The audience was extra friendly as was the staff. This next weekend I am off to northeastern Illinois to do a full day seminar. […]
Next Saturday, 1 November 2014, I will be presenting two genealogical workshops at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre, South Dakota. The workshops are free and open to the public. Free parking is available. Registration begins at 9 a.m. CDT. Come for both or stay all day. Call (605) 773-3804 for more information. 9:15-12:00: Research […]
MGS is the Minnesota Genealogical Society and the event and class offerings continue to expand. This “spring” has a crowded calendar. This is fantastic for everyone who desires to progress further in their family history research. MGS has been offering special events and classes since the mid-1980s. I remember teaching the first classes at the […]
A week ago I was in sunny Arizona to do a seminar in Sun City for the West Valley Genealogical Society. I had the opportunity to experience a tour of their library. Wow! It’s huge, has books, atlases, many computers, databases, space to research, and more. I think I could have spent several days there. […]