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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...
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 ...
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....
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
