Archive for the ‘Research & Sources’ category

  C. Ann Staley, CG®, CGLSM, is an educator, consultant, and lecturer. She is the education chair for the Jacksonville Genealogical Society, Inc.; the membership chair for the Genealogical Speakers Guild; on the faculty of The National Institute for Genealogical Studies; a volunteer on a nu...

March 21, 2023 by Teresa Kelley

  Amy Larner Giroux, PhD, CG®, CGLSM, focuses on methodology, case studies, and military records. She is co-author of the Florida edition of the NGS Research in the States series and winner of the 2020 National Genealogical Society Family History Writing contest. She has also published in ...

March 20, 2023 by Teresa Kelley

This project has been my dream since 1967. I was nine years old and a student at Piedmont Elementary School in Piedmont, West Virginia. We were learning about slavery. In the textbook, there was a picture of Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky. I was curious about him because we shared the same surname....

March 20, 2023 by Teresa Kelley

Nicole Gilkison LaRue, CG, is a full-time professional genealogist for the federal government with articles in NGS Magazine, NGSQ, and OnBoard. Research interests include women, “brick-wall” obstacles, and paleography. Session Number: T115 Title: Did My Family Get Skipped? Mining ...

February 13, 2023 by Teresa Kelley

Dedicated to genealogy since 1986, Daniel Horowitz was the teacher and the study guide editor of the family history project “Searching for My Roots” in Venezuela for fifteen years. He was a board member of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS...

February 13, 2023 by Teresa Kelley

Judy Nimer Muhn is a professional genealogist, society leader, NGS board member and Awards Committee chair, blogger, international speaker, and owner of Lineage Journeys, specializing in French-Canadian, Indigenous, and Scottish research. Beginning as a family historian at the age of 12, Judy ha...

February 8, 2023 by Teresa Kelley

Jewish Genealogy in Eastern Europe–Miriam Weiner SESSION: F346  TRACK: Jewish      TITLE:  Jewish Roots in the Former USSR: What’s New and Where is it? Miriam Weiner is a Certified Genealogist Emeritus and was the first person to be certified in Jewish genealogy.  She s...

May 20, 2022 by Roger Prince

Klondike Diaries, Orphan Trains, and Widening Your View–Jill Morelli SESSION: W141  TRACK: BCG Skillbuilding           TITLE: More Questions than Answers?  Consider Conducting a Broad Contextual Study SESSION: F328   TRACK:  Western States               TITLE:...

May 20, 2022 by Roger Prince

Homesteading Women, Resolving Evidence Conflicts, and Managing a Project–Rebecca Whitman Koford SESSION: W128  TRACK: Methodology           TITLE: Controlling Chaos:  Managing a Genealogical Project SESSION: T211    TRACK:  BCG Skillbuilding   TITLE:  Appreciating Confli...

May 18, 2022 by Roger Prince

Genealogical Thinking, Contacting DNA Matches & Recent Immigrant Ancestors–Michael Lacopo SESSION: W123  TRACK: Immigration      TITLE: Researching Recent Immigrant Ancestors in Regional Repositories SESSION: T254    TRACK:  DNA                   TITLE:  Hi! W...

May 16, 2022 by Roger Prince