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Pr esented by: Local Host Society: National Genealogical North C arolina Society® Genealogical Society, Inc. 3108 Columbia Pike, Suite 300 PO Box 30815 Arlington, VA 22204-4370 Raleigh, NC 27622-0815 703-525-0050 | 800-473-0060 | fax 703-525-0052 [email protected] | http://www.ncgenealogy.org http://www.ngsgenealogy.org Family History Lives Here Genealogists will gather in Raleigh, North Carolina, for the National Genealogical Society 2017 Family History Conference, Family History Lives Here. During the conference, set for 10–13 May 2017, participants may choose from more than 175 lectures and workshops. Lectures will cover a wide range of local, regional, and general genealogy topics, which will help you build a solid foundation for your family history, fine-tune your research skills, and refine your methodology. Conference registration opens on 1 December 2016 at http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/event-registration/.

Pre-Registration convention center. Conference rates are also By Train: Train routes stopping in Raleigh, Conference registration opens on 1 December available at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, Holiday N.C., and Cary include: the Carolinian, which 2016 at http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/ Inn Raleigh Downtown Capital, and the travels from Charlotte to Cary to Raleigh to with discounted early-bird conference Hampton Inn & Suites Raleigh Downtown. All New York; the Piedmont, which travels from registration continuing through 27 March 2017. hotels and the Convention Center are located Charlotte to Cary to Raleigh; and the Silver Attendees may also pre-register for meals, along the free RLine Downtown circulator. Star, which travels from Florida to Raleigh to workshops, and special events until 27 April (See http://www.godowntownraleigh.com/ New York. Schedules and fares are available at 2017 (or until these events are fully booked). get-around/r-line.) http://www.ncbytrain.org/tickets/. On-site conference registration opens Tuesday, Check the website for the most up-to-date Special Requirements 9 May 2017, noon to 7:00 p.m. information on hotels including room availability, RLine shuttle, amenities, rates, and Registrants with special needs should notify NGS offers a refund, minus a $50 service fee, contact information. See http://conference. NGS in writing as outlined in the Americans until 27 April 2017. NGS does not provide ngsgenealogy.org/accommodations/. with Disabilities Act (ADA). Write us at the refunds after 27 April 2017. National Genealogical Society, 3108 Columbia Dining Pike, Suite 300, Arlington, Virginia, 22204- Conference Venue Participating societies and organizations are 4304 or e-mail [email protected]. NGS will hold all conference events at the sponsoring luncheons Wednesday through Scooters and wheelchairs are available to rent Raleigh Convention Center, 500 S. Salisbury Saturday. See the conference schedule for through an off-site provider. Those interested Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601. details and the registration form on page 15 to must make reservations in advance. Check the The exhibit hall is free and open to the public purchase meal tickets. Meal reservations close NGS website for details. See http://conference. Wednesday through Saturday. The conference 27 April 2017. ngsgenealogy.org/scooterinfo/. website provides a list of current exhibitors. An assortment of à la carte lunch items will be Conference Blog See http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/ available at the convention center. The exhibit/. conference website offers other dining Subscribe to the NGS Conference Blog and Public parking garages are on Lenoir Street opportunities in and around downtown receive automatic conference updates. See between Salisbury and McDowell Street, Raleigh. See http://conference.ngsgenealogy. http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/blog/. McDowell Street between Cabarrus and Davie org/ getting-there-things-to-do. The conference blog will highlight research Street, and Salisbury Street between Cabarrus facilities in North Carolina. Library and and Davie Street. Daily charge at each is $12. Getting There archive listings will be posted on the blog Accessible Parking: First level of each garage. By Air: The Raleigh-Durham International regularly, along with collection details and Check the NGS Conference Blog for additional Airport (RDU) is located about 20 minutes contact information for each facility. details about parking options. away from downtown Raleigh, the Raleigh Exhibit Hall Wi-Fi: The conference center will have Convention Center, and the conference hotels. numerous Wi-Fi hot spots and all conference Major airlines with service to the airport Exhibitors will offer book signings, demonstra- hotels offer free Wi-Fi in each room. include: American, Delta, United, JetBlue, and tions, daily drawings, and giveaways. The NGS Southwest. Conference Blog will announce further details Conference Hotels Taxi service to the hotel area is available and on all activities closer to the conference. The The conference hotel, the Raleigh Marriott City costs approximately $30.00. For more exhibit hall is open to the public. Center, is located across the street from and information see https://www.rdu.com/. connected via an underground walkway to the

Conference Events, Wednesday–Saturday, 10–13 May 2017

BCG Skillbuilding Track multi-media presentation will remind you why a pig pickin’? Find out when you join us for a Throughout the conference, the Board for you collect the stories. southern tradition of pulled pork, fried catfish, grilled chicken, slaw, fried okra, and fixin’s, Certification of Genealogists (BCG) will again Learning Genealogy— sponsor a Skillbuilding track designed for finished off with banana puddin’ all while intermediate to advanced researchers NGS Style listening to the Grass Cats. This bluegrass interested in improving their research skills. Wednesday, 4:00 p.m., W 156 group has earned four #1 singles on the Presentations include analyzing sources, Join NGS education manager, Patricia Walls Bluegrass Unlimited national chart. (See h t t p :// information, and evidence and case studies for Stamm, CG, CGL, in a roundtable discussion www.grasscats.com/.) Square dancing, problem-solving. Lectures are open to all who about the National Genealogical Society’s new anyone? Enjoy the historic Holshouser are registered for the conference. and expanded cloud-based course offerings. Building and others on these historic fair- Hear about new offerings and innovative grounds. There will be time to view the Opening Session methods for learning from home. products of North Carolina artisans with crafts Wednesday, 8:00 a.m., W 101 on display for sale. Behind every door is a story waiting to be told. North Carolina Genealogical Bus transportation will be provided from the Discover the thread that ties stories from this Society Host Event convention center to the North Carolina State place to every corner of the world. Family Wednesday, 6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., W261 Fairgrounds. ($45.00) History Lives Here, so come listen to the stories Join the North Carolina folks at a Pig Pickin’ of the past and the voices of today. This cooked up by Big Al’s BBQ & Catering. What’s

2 National Genealogical Society | 2017 Family History Conference Society Night test results, the elements required for proof Records Preservation and Thursday, 6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., T262 arguments when writing about DNA, and how Access Committee (RPAC) to present this information to clients and After an active day at the Convention Center Saturday, 4:00 p.m., S428 family. DNA test results are required. Advance and your quick dinner choice, come visit with registration is required, with a limit of 40 Genealogists face an ever-growing threat of representatives from many county genealogical attendees, and a cost of $45 per person. record closings at both the state and federal and historical societies from all over North level due to concerns about identity theft. This Carolina and nearby states. This free event will Chromosome Mapping session entitled “How Genealogists Can Work be held in the North Carolina Museum of Workshop with State Archivists in Support of Records History. The museum will be open so take time Preservation and Access” will emphasize these to view all the exhibits. Their gift shop Friday, 2:30 – 5:00 p.m., F350 threats. Genealogists need to be advocates for featuring a selection of items that reflect the Learn to use Kitty Cooper’s Chromosome local, state, and federal archives so valuable heritage and traditions of North Carolina will Mapping tool to create a visual representation collections are adequately funded, staffed, and be open throughout the evening. of the DNA inherited from your ancestors. Test accessible. RPAC members will also provide an results from other relatives are required. update on recent legislative activity. Plan to DNA Writing Workshop Advance registration is required, with a limit of attend so you can share the information with Thursday, 2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m., T250 40 attendees, and a cost of $45 per person. your local and state organizations. Learn how to create citations involving DNA

Special Pre-Conference Events, Tuesday, 9 May 2017

BCG Education Fund Workshop—Putting Skills to Work, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. The workshop helps attendees develop skills that serious genealogical researchers use as family historians, librarians, dedicated hobbyists, or writers. Instructors target intermediate and advanced practitioners in accord with current genealogical standards. The $110 registration fee includes lunch, two in-depth presentations, hands-on exercises, syllabus, handouts, and active class participation. NGS Conference registration is not required. The workshop is limited to 60 students. Sponsored by the BCG Education Fund, an independent charitable trust, http://www.bcgcertification.org/educationfund. “Make Your Case: Correlating Evidence to Solve “Make Your Case: Constructing and Writing Proof Genealogical Problems” Arguments” Nancy A. Peters, CG Sara Anne Scribner, CG Are you stuck on a brick wall problem? Solutions to complex kinship You solved your brick wall problem. Can you prove your case in and identity problems require skill in working with direct, indirect, writing to the toughest critic? This workshop begins with and negative evidence. This workshop provides practical methods resolving conflicting evidence and moves on to constructing and hands-on experience in correlating evidence to recognize and writing proof discussions. The bulk of the workshop patterns, connections, and inconsistencies that will help you make explains logical progression and deconstructs creating a your case. compelling proof argument.

Librarians’ Day, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Sponsored by ProQuest, this all-day pre-conference event is for librarians and archivists who help family history researchers find their personal past. The program is free to these service providers who pre-register; attendance is limited. Lunch is provided by ProQuest. See http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/librarians-day The theme for the day is Tools That Build and Enhance Today’s Family History. Presentations include: n Tim Pinnick, “Developing the Genealogy of an African American Community: A Case Study;” n Marcy L. Galbreath, PhD, and Amy Giroux, PhD, CG, CGL, “Harvesting Historical Agricultural News: A Tool for Sifting Big Data in Chronicling America;” n J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA, “Two Families, One Moonshine Still, and the Place they called Home;” and n Susan Kaufman, MLIS, “The Stories Behind the Names, Dates and Places: Using Social History to Create the Story of Our Ancestors.” Pre-Conference Tours To enhance your visit to Raleigh, the local host, North Carolina Genealogical Society, is offering several tour options on Tuesday. University of North Carolina–Chapel R aleigh Day Tour Hill Research Tour Visit the Joel Lane house, President Andrew Johnson’s birthplace, Spend the day researching your Oakwood Cemetery, the state Capitol, and other historic locations. southern ancestors using the This tour is scheduled to last University of North Carolina approximately 5 ½ hours. Lunch – Chapel Hill’s extensive is on your own at Big Ed’s in manuscript, Southern historical, Raleigh’s Historic City market. and rare book collections at the $50 per person. Louis Round Wilson Library. Bus transportation is provided. Downtown R aleigh This tour will last all day. Lunch at Night is on your own and can easily be Ride the trolley to discover how found next door to the library or close you are to the State a short walk through UNC’s beautiful campus Archives, restaurants, shops, to Franklin Street. $50 per person. museums, and more! A tour guide will point out historic downtown locations. The Durham Day Tour tour will last approximately one hour. (Two Experience the old South by visiting historic tours are scheduled. One begins at 4:00 Stagville Plantation and Duke Homestead, p.m. and the second begins at 5:00 p.m.) followed by a tour of Bennett Place, the $25 per person. surrender site that ended the Civil War for the Photographs: Wilson Library courtesy of Wilson Library; Carolinas. This tour will last all day. Lunch is NC State Capitol GRCVB/visitRaleigh.com; Stagville house on your own at Cracker Barrel. $65 per person. courtesy of Historic Stagville.

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Ancestry Board for Certification of Genealogists Federation of Genealogical Societies Association of Professional Genealogists (BCG) (FGS) (APG) BYU Center for Family History and Findmypast BCG Education Fund Genealogy Genealogical Institute on Federal Records Birdie Monk Holsclaw Memorial Fund FamilySearch Alumni Association (Gen-Fed Alumni) FamilyTree DNA Genealogical Speakers Guild (GSG)

Wednesday Schedule—10 May 2017 Wednesday Schedule—10 May 2017

8:00 a.m. Track 11:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Evening

BCG The Law and the Reasonably Exhaustive Sources or Clues? Pitfalls of Using Published Use All the Sources: A Complex Case of Skillbuilding (Re)Search Genealogies and Online Trees Confounded Identity Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL W121 Julie Miller, CG, FNGS W141 J. H. “Jay” Fonkert, CG W151 Learn how the law impacts records and how finding the right law What happens when we just copy and use what is in Could Carrie be Clara, Sigrid be Vivian, and Hjalmer BCG for the right place and time is critical to our reasonably exhaustive BCG published sources and online trees? This case study BCG Petersen be Earl Moore? Correlating evidence across time research. illustrates the problems that result. and geography explains bedeviling shifts in identity.

DNA DNA and Genetic Genealogy Today Genealogy as a Science MyHeritage DNA Matching

Debbie Parker Wayne, CG, CGL W122 GenFed Alumni Luncheon Blaine Bettinger, PhD, JD W142 My Heritage W152

contribute to genealogical research goals. Continues our conclusions? HERITAGE developing a new DNA Matching service. 8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Malissa Ruffner, JD, CG, MLS Keynote Address Research What did She Mean? Interpreting Informants’ Learn how historic NIGR became the Planning a Successful Virginia Research Trip Planning “Reasonably Exhaustive” Research Historical Accounts Genealogical Institute on Federal “Family History Lives Here” Planning Vic Dunn, CG W143 Thomas Wright Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA W153 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Records (Gen-Fed) and why it remains Before heading to the Old Dominion, determine how to prep Attendees will learn how to develop simple plans for Behind every door is a story waiting to J. H. “Jay” Fonkert, CG W123 North Carolina State Diaries, family letters, legal affidavits, and court testimony give a unique educational opportunity. online by inter-library loan, and where to go when you arrive. systematic, thorough, and effective family-history research. be told. Discover the thread that ties Fairgrounds close-up accounts of family events. Learn to read between the W131 stories from this place to every corner lines and put evidence in context. of the world. Come listen to the stories North Carolina of the past and the voices of today. This North Tarheels in Your Family Tree? History & Record Family Search Luncheon Interpreting NC Land Records Settlers in Western North Carolina 1790–1890: Genealogical Society presentation will remind you why you Idiosyncrasies You Want to Know About! David M. McCorkle W144 Origins, Destinations, and How to Find Them Host Event collect the stories. Carolina FamilySearch – A Global Diane L. Richard W124 Experience Learn how to read and interpret various documents Steve Greene, MDiv W154 Pig Pickin’

survive, and where/how these records might be stored. Learn more about the exciting new BUNCOMBE in records they left behind. at a Pig Pickin’ cooked up by experiences FamilySearch is creating CTY GEN SOC Big Al’s BBQ & Catering. What’s a pig pickin’? Find out Historical The Most Prominent Citizens: Using County for users around the globe – there truly Making Sense of Censuses: Analyzing and StoryMaps: Using Web Maps to Tell Family Histories in Your Research is something for everyone! Interpreting Census Data Stories when you join us for a southern Context tradition of pulled pork, fried W132 Cari A. Taplin, CG W125 Jill N. Crandell, AG W145 Charlie L. Wells, CG W155 catfish, grilled chicken, slaw, County histories bring rich possibilities to your research through This class will discuss how to resolve discrepancies in census The use of StoryMaps, a simple and effective approach for fried okra, and fixin’s, finished biographical and historical sketches. They provide an abundance data when it differs from one census to the next. Which publishing web maps to tell family stories, is described with of FAN Club members and research clues. FGS Luncheon information is more reliable? several examples. off with banana puddin’ all Family History History Family

BYU CenterBYU for while listening to the Grass Preserving the past, protecting Genealogy and the future: FGS + RPAC Cats. This bluegrass group has earned four #1 singles on the Working Using Identity Characteristics to Locate Your Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL Running Away to Join the Circus: Tracing Our Learning NGS Style Ancestors Performing Ancestors Bluegrass Unlimited national with Records Records preservation is essential to the Patricia Walls Stamm, CG, CGL W156 chart. See http://www. Angela Packer McGhie, CG W126 future of genealogy, and no-one is D. Joshua Taylor, MLS W146 NGS continues to expand their cloud-based course offerings. Hear about new offerings and innovative methods for grasscats.com/. Square Characteristics beyond name can help locate individuals in more important to that effort than Tracing a circus ancestor is challenging and fun. Explore key dancing, anyone? Enjoy the records and distinguish men of the same name. Case studies will genealogical societies and their strategies and resources when searching ancestors who spent learning from home. Exhibit Hall be shared to demonstrate this technique. their lifetimes under the circus tent. historic Holshouser Building Opens at members. and others on these historic W133 fairgrounds. There will be time Can a Dead Man Sign A Deed? Scots-Irish Research Methodology and Using Kentucky Equity and Criminal Court 9:30 a.m. Tips and to view the products of North Techniques Kelvin L. Meyers W127 Case Study Cases to Complete Your Research Carolina artisans with crafts Genealogical exhibitors and His tombstone says died 1928, he’s on a deed in 1932, did a dead Menu (All Luncheons) David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA W147 Gail Jackson Miller, CG W157 on display for sale. vendors will be on hand throughout man sign a deed? Resolve using GPS and fascinating case study. Sir Walter’s Luncheon Salad Learn the techniques of researching your Scots-Irish ancestors in Court case files contain a wealth of information. Learn to use these the conference to display their Northern Ireland with an 18th and 19th century case study. often poorly organized records to solve your difficult research problems. Bus transportation will be Mixed greens topped with chopped provided from the convention genealogical goods and services tomatoes, eggs, bacon, and chicken in the Exhibit Hall. Military Official Records of the Union and Confederate The Mexican War—An Important War for North Carolina in the War of 1812 center to the North Carolina with blue cheese dressing. Served with State Fairgrounds. Cost: $45 The exhibit hall is free and open Armies and Navies in the Civil War hearth baked rolls and butter. Southern Research Craig Roberts Scott, CG, FUGA W158 to the public. Ruth Ann Abels Hager, CG, CGL W128 Chocolate Flourless Cake, Mocha Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA W148 Learn about how to fully use compiled military service W 161 Could a volume in these massive sets tell something about your cream and raspberry drizzle. Identify individuals who fought in the war. Locate the appropriate records, pension application files, pension ledgers, and Exhibit Hall Hours Civil War ancestor, whether a solider, sailor, or even a civilian? military records especially pension and bounty lands applications. payments. Served with freshly brewed coffee, Wednesday Underused Resources & Record Types for decaffeinated coffee, herbal hot teas, Land, Licenses, Love Gone Wrong, and Other Understanding Archives: What They Are and 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Records and iced tea, and water service. Repositories Genealogists Assorted Courthouse Records How to Use Them Thursday Mary M. Tedesco W129 COST: $32.00 C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL W149 John Philip Colletta, PhD, FUGA W159 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Take your genealogical research beyond the “usual” records. We will explore this rich resource to discover the fabulous Most historical sources have not been published. Discover This lecture presents ideas for diversifying the records and records contained within their walls and examine how the how archives differ from other repositories and describes Friday resources searched. records can aid our search. how to find and use the ones you need. 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Saturday Methodology Alms for the Poor: Locating Records about the Needy Finding Black Sheep and More—Criminal Record Divorce Records in Genealogical Research 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Amy Giroux, PhD, CG, CGL W130 Research Pam Stone Eagleson, CG W160 Local communities typically help their own in times of need. Susan D. Kaufman, MLIS W150 Divorce records, from the early 1800s to the 1900s, can be rich Learn about resources which may help to locate information on Using criminal and court records in family history research can be in information for genealogists. Learn where to find divorce the poor and indigent. challenging, but very interesting. Many ancestors come into records and what’s there. contact with the “law.”

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International Society for British North Carolina Genealogical Society The Photo Detective Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH) North Carolina State Archives Triangle Jewish Genealogical Society International Society of Family History Old Buncombe County Genealogical Records Preservation and Access Writers and Editors (ISFHWE) Society Committee (RPAC) My Heritage Palatines to America Research Ties New York Genealogical and Biographical ProQuest Society (NYG&B)

Wednesday Schedule—10 May 2017 Wednesday Schedule—10 May 2017

8:00 a.m. Track 11:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Evening

DNA DNA and Genetic Genealogy Today Genealogy as a Science MyHeritage DNA Matching

Debbie Parker Wayne, CG, CGL W122 GenFed Alumni Luncheon Blaine Bettinger, PhD, JD W142 My Heritage W152

Learn where we are today using DNA for genealogy. Maximize NIGR to Gen-Fed: The Tradition What kind of quantitative or qualitative analyses can we MY One of the most exciting recent technological innovations in Opening Session Y-DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and autosomal DNA test results to perform to advance our genealogical research and support family history research is DNA. MyHeritage is currently contribute to genealogical research goals. Continues our conclusions? HERITAGE developing a new DNA Matching service. 8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Malissa Ruffner, JD, CG, MLS Keynote Address Research What did She Mean? Interpreting Informants’ Learn how historic NIGR became the Planning a Successful Virginia Research Trip Planning “Reasonably Exhaustive” Research Historical Accounts Genealogical Institute on Federal “Family History Lives Here” Planning Vic Dunn, CG W143 Thomas Wright Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA W153 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Records (Gen-Fed) and why it remains Before heading to the Old Dominion, determine how to prep Attendees will learn how to develop simple plans for Behind every door is a story waiting to J. H. “Jay” Fonkert, CG W123 North Carolina State Diaries, family letters, legal affidavits, and court testimony give a unique educational opportunity. online by inter-library loan, and where to go when you arrive. systematic, thorough, and effective family-history research. be told. Discover the thread that ties Fairgrounds close-up accounts of family events. Learn to read between the W131 stories from this place to every corner lines and put evidence in context. of the world. Come listen to the stories North Carolina of the past and the voices of today. This North Tarheels in Your Family Tree? History & Record Family Search Luncheon Interpreting NC Land Records Settlers in Western North Carolina 1790–1890: Genealogical Society presentation will remind you why you Idiosyncrasies You Want to Know About! David M. McCorkle W144 Origins, Destinations, and How to Find Them Host Event collect the stories. Carolina FamilySearch – A Global Diane L. Richard W124 Experience Learn how to read and interpret various documents Steve Greene, MDiv W154 Pig Pickin’

associated with land records: deeds, warrants, land entries, OLD W101 Understanding context is critical to knowing what records might Diane C. Loosle, AG, CG Early groups of families moved to the NC Mountains facing Join the North Carolina folks have been created regarding North Carolinians, what records land patents, surveys, and caveats. incredible hardships. Some moved away but their stories exist survive, and where/how these records might be stored. Learn more about the exciting new BUNCOMBE in records they left behind. at a Pig Pickin’ cooked up by experiences FamilySearch is creating CTY GEN SOC Big Al’s BBQ & Catering. What’s a pig pickin’? Find out Historical The Most Prominent Citizens: Using County for users around the globe – there truly Making Sense of Censuses: Analyzing and StoryMaps: Using Web Maps to Tell Family Histories in Your Research is something for everyone! Interpreting Census Data Stories when you join us for a southern Context tradition of pulled pork, fried W132 Cari A. Taplin, CG W125 Jill N. Crandell, AG W145 Charlie L. Wells, CG W155 catfish, grilled chicken, slaw, County histories bring rich possibilities to your research through This class will discuss how to resolve discrepancies in census The use of StoryMaps, a simple and effective approach for fried okra, and fixin’s, finished biographical and historical sketches. They provide an abundance data when it differs from one census to the next. Which publishing web maps to tell family stories, is described with of FAN Club members and research clues. FGS Luncheon information is more reliable? several examples. off with banana puddin’ all Family History History Family

Family History Lives Here | Raleigh, NC 5 Thursday Schedule—11 May 2017 Thursday Schedule—11 May 2017

Track 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Evening

BCG Proving Identity and Kinship Using BCG Certification Seminar Past Conflict Repatriation: The Role of Silent Border Crossings: Tracing the the GPS: Finding a Freedman’s Family Laurel Baty, CG, Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG, Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA T211 Genealogists and Methodology in Elusive Immigrant Who Left Only Nancy A. Peters, CG T201 In this interactive forum, current associates share various pathways to certification and how to begin Fulfilling Our Nation’s Promise Breadcrumbs for Clues Facing identity and kinship problems? the process. Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG T241 David Ouimette, CG, CGL T251

BCG Confused by multiple, same-named men? BCG BCG Learn about the repatriation program and the BCG Learn how to navigate multiple border Learn how using the GPS resolved similar techniques genealogists use to locate family members crossings, name changes, and cultural challenges in the search for a freedman’s and DNA reference samples for missing service challenges to trace a family of Canadian family. BCG Luncheon members from past conflicts. immigrants from town to town. Condemnation of

DNA When You’re Not Who You Thought The Genetic Genealogy Revolution Using Third-Party Tools to Analyze DNA and the Hidden Half of the Family Five Tips To Make Sense of Your DNA You Were Your Autosomal DNA Memory: Recalling Testing Angie Bush T212 that African American Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL T242 Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA T202 DNA is a mainstream source for the Blaine Bettinger, PhD, JD T222 Learn how the 21st century genealogist’s tool Diahan Lyn Southard T252 If Y-DNA testing identifies a totally different genealogist. It has revolutionized how Learn about third-party tools that allow Genealogy Is of DNA testing can shed light on women: the Overwhelmed with autosomal DNA? I can surname or ancestor than the expected one, genealogical research problems are test-takers to learn even more about their genomic American Genealogy hidden members of our families. teach you 5 tips you can implement and what path leads to finding your own true approached and is inspiring a new heritage, including admixture calculators and the understand today so you can find your LIVESTREAM biological identity? LIVESTREAM generation of researchers. LIVESTREAM identification of genetic cousins. LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, LIVESTREAM LIVESTREAM ancestors tomorrow. JD, LLM, CG Ongoing work to reverse the Solving Hacks and Hookers and Putting Up Help for Southerners in Need: The Solving Complex Problems With past indifference to enslaved Deeds and Probate: A Winning Discovering Your Immigrant’s Origins: Problems Pickles: Snares of Yesteryear’s English Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Tax Lists African American ancestors Combination Exhausting Every Resource John Philip Colletta, PhD, FUGA T203 Abandoned Lands Gail Jackson Miller, CG T223 benefits the entire Victoria P. Young T243 Rich Venezia T253 Our ancestors used vocabulary based on Ruth Ann Abels Hager, CG, CGL T213 Virginia and Kentucky tax lists are some of Genealogical Community. Learn through several examples how to use Pin down your elusive immigrant ancestor’s where and when they lived, and what they The Freedmen’s Bureau offered help in the most complete in the nation. Learn to evidence found in both deed and probate place of origin using some well-known and did. Words reflected skills, tools, and Southern states to former slaves and others use them to solve your complex research T231 records that together prove family some lesser-known record sets, ideas, and customs that no longer exist. needing assistance after the Civil War. problems. connections. techniques. Could their records list your ancestor? New York Genealogical The Industrial Revolution Comes A Week in the Life of a Farm Family Writing a Family Narrative That and Biographical Putting Food on the Table and a Roof Coffin Maker, Undertaker, and Funeral Historical Society Luncheon Context Home: Textile Mills and Your Annette Burke Lyttle T214 Your Family Will Want to Read Overhead: How Your Ancestors Earned Director: the Other Death Record Source Ancestors What was daily life like for our farming Margo Farriss Brewer T224 Civil War Records You a Living Charles S. “Chuck” Mason, Jr., CG T254 Anne Gillespie Mitchell T204 ancestors? Learn how to use social history You want your family narrative to be read Anne Gillespie Mitchell T244 Coffin maker’s account book may be the only resources to answer that question in four Didn’t Know Existed: Society Night After the Civil War and Reconstruction the entire and an object of family pride. Learn how to How did your ancestors feed, clothe, and house record of a death. Undertakers and funeral different centuries. Pensions, Relief ANCESTRY add life and interest to the plain facts. directors kept more, what will they reveal about region saw an increase in textile mills that supplied ANCESTRY themselves? We look at where you can find the 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. jobs and brought new hardships. Funds, Hospital answers and how you can organize the data. an ancestor? Records, and More! North Carolina Museum of History Religion Southern Mormons and Their Records Circuit Riders and the Early Catholic Church Research in the Terry Koch-Bostic North Carolina Quakers: Their Baptist Ancestors in Tennessee and Gail Jackson Miller, CG T205 Methodist Church Southeast USSC collected records, History and the Records They Left the Carolinas After an active day at the The Mormon Church has always kept J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA T215 Julie Miller, CG, FNGS T225 stretching from New Bern, Annette Burke Lyttle T245 Lori Thornton, MLIS T255 Convention Center and your detailed records. Learn more about your Ride with the Western Cavaliers as they Catholic records contain a wealth of Washington D.C., New York, By 1680, Quakers had settled around Albemarle Records and repositories for finding quick dinner choice, come ancestor through membership records, spread the gospel throughout the genealogical information. Learn about the Sound. Learn about Quaker migration, struggles information about your Baptist ancestors with mission reports, church newspapers and wilderness and beyond. Learn where and types of records available, contents, and New England, and more . . . between Quakers and Anglicans for power, and special emphasis on Tennessee and the visit with representatives censuses, and much more. how to find Methodist church records. how to locate them in the Southeast U.S. not in NARA. So where are records left by Quaker ancestors. Carolinas. from many county they? genealogical and historical T232 societies from all over North North Colonial Migrations In and Out of the Land Grants in North Carolina North Carolina Research The Virginia-North Carolina Before the Vital Records Law: Carolina and nearby states. Carolina Shenandoah Valley A. B. Pruitt, PhD T216 Jeffrey Lee Haines, CG T226 Connection What’s a Family Historian to Do? This free event will be held in Vic Dunn, CG T206 Lecture describes grants by Gov. Berkley; of Introduction to methods and resources for Palatines to America Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS T246 Debra Blake T256 the North Carolina Museum Before migrating to the Carolinas or Virginia, Lords Proprietor, the King, Earl of finding ancestors in the Tarheel state. Luncheon Finding a North Carolinian’s ancestral home Overview of strategies and often-overlooked of History. The museum will westward, many Scots-Irish, English, and Granville, and the State. in Virginia is often difficult but not sources for conducting vital records research in be open so take time to view NC STATE Germans first came down through the Christoph von impossible–a look at methods and sources. ARCHIVES collections of the State Archives prior to the all the exhibits. Their gift Valley on the Great Wagon Road. advent of the law. Graffenried’s Grand shop featuring a selection of items that reflect the heritage The Devil Went Down to Georgia, Beyond Population: Researching Making Newspapers.com Work for Adventure and the Newspapers and Periodicals at the Social Media for Genealogists Records and Palatine and Swiss and traditions of North Repositories He was Lookin’ for … Records: in the Special Census Schedules You Library of Congress Mary M. Tedesco T257 Carolina will be open Georgia Research Angela Packer McGhie, CG T217 Peter Drinkwater T227 Founding of New Bern Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA T247 Effective tips for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, throughout the evening. Kristin Harms T207 Have you used the veteran, agricultural, Come learn how you can get the most out of Philip Otterness Explore the vast holdings of worldwide Pinterest, and other social networks to foster connections with fellow genealogists; boost blog T261 Have Georgia ancestors? Then rosin up slave, mortality, or manufacturing census the content and tools on Newspapers.com historical newspapers and magazines schedules? These records are becoming and what that can mean for your research. This talk tells the story of the available through the Library of Congress. readership; generate business leads; and more. your bow and come learn about Georgia, Swiss and Palatine migrants her records, and her repositories! increasingly accessible and can enhance ANCESTRY your research. who helped found the town of New Bern, North Carolina in 1710. Technology A Proven Methodology for Using Beyond Google: The Evolution of Is that Jesse James or Uncle Harry? T233 Genealogical Adventures Overseas: Beyond the Facts: Digital Ways to Google Search for Genealogy Search Facial Recognition for Genealogy Exploring the Findmypast Collection Preserve Your Research Process Lisa Louise Cooke T208 Jordan Jones T218 Maureen Taylor T228 Menu (All Luncheons) Jen C. Baldwin T248 D. Joshua Taylor, MLS T258 Come discover a myriad of free Google Learn how to use powerful lesser-known A peek at the myths and reality of facial Findmypast is THE resource for British and Genealogists gather thousands of essential notes and tools, and see case studies that reveal the features of search engines to create more recognition software. Raleigh Cobb Salad Irish genealogy - and with a growing North theories during research. We explore the latest tools strategy and process for using them to solve genealogically relevant searches on Google Mixed greens topped with American collection, it is a valuable and and techniques to digitally preserve these materials for genealogical mysteries. and other search engines. chopped tomatoes, eggs, unique collection for your research. future generations. bacon, and chicken with blue Organizing Your Portable, Sortable Info Overload? Effective Project Taking Control of Organizational cheese dressing. Served with From Record Group to Community: Going on a Research Trip — hearth baked rolls and butter. Research Research Log Management, Research, Data Chaos Analyzing Data Sets NGS Style Jennifer Patterson Dondero T209 Management & Analysis Michelle D. Novak T229 French Apple Torte, Caramel Amy Giroux, PhD, CG, CGL T249 Patricia Walls Stamm, CG, CGL T259 sauce and armagnac cream. A research log kept in your favorite Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, Explore methods for digitizing, naming, Family history is not just finding specific Get tips for preparing for a research trip and spreadsheet program can make you much FASG, FNGS, FUGA T219 and organizing your files; common Served with freshly brewed records mentioning your ancestors. hear about the benefits of visiting various more efficient. Put it in the cloud and it goes When we employ GPS and FAN strategies, we can technology pitfalls to avoid; and some ideas coffee, decaffeinated coffee, Examining the broader record group helps repositories with NGS. anywhere! create massive amounts of data. How do we to help your research live beyond today’s show how the community affected their lives. technology. herbal hot teas, iced tea, and manage that data to use it effectively? water service. Beyond the German Village Not Yet Found? Three Guides, Four Countries: A What’s in German Parish COST: $32.00 DNA Writing Workshop Borders Carol Whitton, CG T210 Daughter of Holocaust Survivors Microfilms? Thursday 2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Sometimes finding the German village is Travels to Their Ancestral Villages Carol Whitton, CG T230 Angie Bush T250 difficult. Learn additional methods to try if Deborah Long T220 Parish records push a family back many Learn how to create citations involving DNA test results, the elements required for proof arguments when obvious U.S. records haven’t yielded a A dynamic visual presentation of the shocking generations. Learn what to look for and how writing about DNA, and how to present this information to clients and family. village. DNA test results are required. Workshop Cost $45 SOCIETY unearthing of family artifacts from ancestral to follow the clues to build the family. villages in Poland, Hungary, and Germany to

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GENEALOGICAL understand one family’s Holocaust history. TRIANGLE JEWISH TRIANGLE

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BCG One Dollar and Natural Love and Recreating your Ancestor’s What’s the Evidence? How to Probe The Genealogical Proof Summary: Converting a Bunch of Information into Skillbuilding Affection: Analyzing Deeds Deeply Neighborhood Documents Beyond the Obvious What It Is and Is Not a Credible Conclusion Michael Hait, CG, CGL F301 Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS F311 Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, Gail Jackson Miller, CG F341 Thomas Wright Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, This lecture goes beyond the obvious to When researchers hit a brick wall, the FUGA F 3 2 1 Learn to logically organize and present your FASG, FNGS, FUGA F351

BCG explore the rich variety of evidence that BCG advice is usually the same—consider the BCG Evidence is more than “facts” or words on paper. BCG evidence to meet current standards. Improve BCG Thorough research often yields disparate deeds, mortgages, and other instruments neighbors. But first, we have to find them. It’s both tangible and intangible, singular and and simplify this important step in the evidence items. Genealogists can organize

LIVESTREAM offer regarding relationships and identity. LIVESTREAM LIVESTREAM collective, mental and emotional. This session LIVESTREAM research process. LIVESTREAM the mixture, assess it as a whole, and convert demonstrates why. the assemblage into a provable conclusion.

DNA Getting Your Results is Just the From The Shadows: Using DNA to Expand and Support Your Genealogy Understanding the Science Behind Creating a Genetic Network Beginning Demolish Brick Walls in African Research with DNA Tools Your DNA Results Diahan Lyn Southard F352

Jim Brewster F302 American Genealogy DNA Anna Swayne F322 DNA AncestryDNA F342 Comfortable with the general tools provided Now that you have your results, what should DNA Circles and New Ancestor Where’s my German ancestry? Why do I by your DNA testing company? Learn how to Shannon Christmas F312 create a genetic network to fully investigate you do with them? We will cover the tools Using case studies from families rooted in the Discoveries are two features on have so many matches? Understanding the and genetic reports offered by Family Tree AncestryDNA that can help you on your science behind the results will give you your ancestry. American South, learn to synthesize DNA analysis ncestry ncestry

DNA. with traditional research methods to overcome A family history journey. A answers to these questions. FAMILYTREE DNA FAMILYTREE challenges unique to African American genealogy. National Association of Genealogical Records and “Picturing” Your Research—Finding, The Library of Congress: An Breaking the Brick Wall: Using Professional Prohibition and the Records it Online State and Federal Resources Society Repositories Procuring, and Preserving Images Introduction and Overview Cluster Genealogy to Find Lost Genealogists Generated for Genealogy Banquet Michelle D. Novak F303 John Philip Colletta, PhD, FUGA F313 Ancestors Luncheon Kristin Harms F343 Michael Hait, CG, CGL F353 Using images can be daunting. We’ll look at ways This lecture takes the trepidation out of Deborah Ann Abbott, PhD F323 Some states’ prohibition began prior to the The Internet offers many resources for 6:00 p.m. Cash Bar to find and use images in your research and using our national library and Keep Your Professional ratification of the 18th Amendment. ‘Wets’ genealogical research. Learn what records Using a case study, learn how to fill in the gaps in 7:00 p.m. Banquet protect your own collection for future demonstrates the benefits of making a your genealogical research by talking to others Cool in Hot Situations and ‘Drys’ alike created records—were your are available and how to find them online. generations. research trip to Washington. in addition to your direct ancestors. ancestors among them? Mary Penner Raleigh Convention Center A humorous look at awkward, Maps and Burned County Research From Ulster to Virginia and the Using Maps of the Southeast Two States, Multiple Counties—What’s Using Emigrant Guides for Ball Room Methodology Carolinas United States to further your challenging, and bizarre a Border? Genealogical Research Locations situations professionals Vic Dunn, CG F304 David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA F314 Genealogical Research Diane L. Richard F344 Julie Miller, CG, FNGS F354 Who Is Family? encounter. Keeping your When the county records are destroyed learn Learn immigration strategies, techniques, People often behaved as if state and county Learn how to use emigrant guides for insight Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA F324 professional cool can be hard, Stuart Watson how to make the most of surviving county and events that pushed or pulled your Discover web-based map resources. See “borders” did not exist. A 10 mile radius from into the how’s and why’s of an ancestor’s Stuart Watson is an records as well as Federal, state, and hard-to-find Scots-Irish ancestors into but it’s worth the effort. home might encompass a different county or preparation and journey to their new home. examples of these maps used in a genealogical award-winning investigative non-government sources. Virginia and the Carolinas. context. The major repositories will be described. F331 state. reporter, with 30+ years of stellar experiences in Finding your Ancestor in Military Southern Claims Commission: A Researching a Revolutionary War Getting to Know Fold3: The web’s Refugees, Claims, and Conscription: Your Military North Carolina journalism, non-fiction Bounty Land Applications Treasure Trove of Civil War Ancestors Ancestor in North Carolina and premier collection of Original Ancestors During the Reconstruction Era Genealogical Society storytelling, media Virginia Military Records Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA F305 Ruth Ann Abels Hager, CG, CGL F315 Luncheon Michael L. Strauss, AG F355 broadcasting, and journalism Many bounty land records rival pension In the 1870s, Southerners and former Craig Roberts Scott, CG, FUGA F325 Gordon Atkinson F345 Discover numerous military and civilian teaching. Join the journey records in their value. Find these records and Southerners filed more than 22,000 claims Learn about how to fully use compiled military Nobody’s Daughter: Learn how to use Fold3 to locate original US genealogical records covering 1863-1876 when and learn how he used his

locate bounty land, including state bounty for losses suffered during the Civil War. ANCESTRY Reconstruction officially ended and how families service records, pension application files, military records. Discover documents, stories, and investigative skills to find his land using online tools. Could those claim files help you? pension ledgers, and payments. A Spotlight on the photos that detail the lives of those who served. were changed as a result of the Civil War. Neighbors birth mother and discover a powerful story of alcoholism, African Slave Narratives: Telling the Story Reconstruction 101 for African Get Excited About your Pre-1870 NC Helen F. M. Leary, Migration Patterns: A Macro Alternative US Colored Troops in the Civil War: recovery and forgiveness— CG Emeritus, FASG, FNGS American of Slavery and Families Americans African American research for Locating African Origins Researching Antebellum, Military, his own. In her inimitable style, listen to and Post War Lives C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL F306 Tim Pinnick F316 Diane L. Richard F326 James Ison, AG, CG F346 F361 Slave narratives, with their autobiographical The importance of Reconstruction-era research Researching emancipated slaves and their strategies for researching Use migration patterns to determine area in U.S. Tonja Lea Koob Marking, PhD F356 accounts, can provide insight into the to African American genealogists cannot be ancestors before 1870 can be extremely neighbors to prove the one’s ancestors arrived then use the Trans-Atlantic Strategies, methods, and resources for uncovering institution, rich context for family stories, overemphasized. Learn the essential elements of challenging and not necessarily impossible. We’ll parentage of our female Slave Trade database to understand implications for the lives of African American soldiers from slavery Menu and clues for family research. this critical time period. explore records where you just might find them! ancestors. one’s African ancestry. to after Reconstruction. Capital Field Greens Salad F332 Mixed field greens, orange HELEN F. M. LEARY DISTINGUISHED LECTURE “She came from Nowhere…”— Grandma’s Treasure Chest Key Player, Participant, or Partisan She Did What, When? Where? With Historical SPONSORED BY BCG EDUCATION FUND supremes, cherry tomatoes, A Case Study approach to a difficult Revisted Follower: Discovering An Ancestor’s Who? Why? Putting Your Ancestor toasted pumpkin seeds and Context Rainbows and Kaleidoscopes: Menu (All Luncheons) Genealogical Problem. Pam Stone Eagleson, CG F327 Political Leanings in Historic Context Inclusion as a Professional and with bourbon and balsamic Michael D. Lacopo, DVM F317 This lecture examines ways to research Roasted Chicken Salad Sandwich D. Joshua Taylor, MLS F347 Sara Gredler F357 vinaigrette. Personal Genealogical Standard and evaluate family treasures such as Roasted chicken with lemon This illustrates a problem-solving Political affiliations can have a major impact Utilize “non-genealogical” sources in a Mediterranean Roasted BCG Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL F307 approach utilizing social history, female photos, furniture, letters, textiles, tarragon and mixed greens on in our ancestor’s lives – and often leave genealogical context to provide a fuller, more As professional and personal genealogists, we can research, and family analysis to identify silverware, and guns. whole grain bread. Served behind incredible records waiting to be colorful story of our ancestors. What exactly Chicken, with vegetable enrich our family histories, client bases, and parents of a Virginia ancestor “from with home-style potato salad. examined. does historic context mean? medley and orzo. EDUCATION FUNDcollaborations with fellow researchers by adopting nowhere.” GPS at work. Chocolate Flourless Cake, Southern Cake Bite Trio inclusion as a genealogical standard. Mocha cream and raspberry Toasted coconut cake, salted drizzle. caramel cake and classic red Technology Create a Free Map Collection in Google Smartly Using a Smart Phone Research Guides to Your A Library at Your Fingertips: Discovering Your Family History with velvet cake. Earth Customized for Your Genealogy Camera Ancestors Online Served with freshly brewed The Internet Archive, Digital Public MyHeritage Unique Technologies Served with freshly brewed Research Robert Raymond F318 Anne Gillespie Mitchell F328 coffee, decaffeinated coffee, Library, and more Daniel Horowitz F358 herbal hot teas, iced tea, and coffee, decaffeinated coffee, Lisa Louise Cooke F308 Use your phone camera at an archive to Learn to create personalized state and Maureen Taylor F348 Technology has opened new frontiers for research herbal hot teas, iced tea, and Learn how to find maps for ancestral locations, add digitize documents, capture citations, and county guides that contain all possible water service. Explore online libraries as new sources for while maintaining the thrill of the detective hunt. them as overlays to Google Earth, and organize log your research. Post the documents in online resources and expert tips and family history discoveries. 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COST: $32.00 MY HERITAGE them into your personal reference collection for free. an online tree. tricks on finding what you need. intersection of technology and genealogy. COST: $45.00 Native Locating Ancestors on the Dawes Rolls The Moravians and the Cherokees: Rooted to the Earth: The Basics of Forming New Worlds: Cherokees, Researching Native American American Kathy Huber, MLS F309 From Piedmont to Tahlequah Cherokee Genealogy Whites, and Lands in Western North Tribal Genealogy Discover the background and process taken Rick Fogarty F319 Anita Finger-Smith F329 Carolina, 1819–1829 Rick Fogarty F359 1898-1906 to enroll members of the Five With Moravian establishment of missions Discover how Cherokee genealogical research Anita Finger-Smith F349 Many families have myths and stories of Civilized Tribes living in Indian Territory. and schools, the congregation brought can separate fact from fiction: learn about getting Learn how the transfer of Cherokee lands to Native American ancestors in their lineage. work to Indian tribes of the southeast started, tribal enrollment protocol, and the Anglo-American possession set the stage for Where do we start? What tribe? Which including the Cherokee and Creek. resources that are available. the Cherokee Trail of Tears. records? DNA testing?

Methodology Clueless? Maybe not Sharecropping or Tenant Farming?: Family Photos, Family Stories, and Chromosome Mapping Workshop Jennifer Patterson Dondero F310 The System and Its Records Finding the Facts: Genealogical 2:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Recognize the clues you already have. This Margo Fariss Brewer F320 Clues in Pictures Angie Bush F350 case study shows you how to put small clues Was your ancestor a farmer without land? Maureen Taylor F330 Chromosome Mapping Workshop: Learn to use Kitty Cooper’s Chromosome Mapping tool to create a together. Maybe he was a sharecropper or tenant Experience the power of a family photo visual representation of the DNA inherited from your ancestors. Test results from other relatives farmer. Learn how this system worked through the stories they represent. Learn are required. Workshop Cost $45 DETECTIVE and where the records are. THE PHOTO how to tell the story of your photo.

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Family History Lives Here | Raleigh, NC 9 Saturday Schedule—13 May 2017 Saturday Schedule—13 May 2017

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BCG How Old Was Grandpa? What to Do When Your Ancestor MAXY DNA: Correlating mt-at-X-Y Expanding Your Views: Knowing The Lay of the Land: Using Maps in Skillbuilding Estimating Ancestral Birth Dates Drops Out Of the Sky: Frances DNA with the GPS Your Research Locales Genealogical Research Vic Dunn, CG S401 Ellsworth Debbie Parker Wayne, CG, CGL S421 Pam Stone Eagleson, CG S441 Sara Anne Scribner, CG S451 Determining an approximate birth date may Amy Giroux, PhD, CG, CGL S411 Learn to correlate DNA test results with A basic tenet of genealogical research is to Every ancestor, at every moment, occupied a specific

BCG be essential to identifying ancestors. Useful BCG This eight-state case study proves identity and BCG documentary research as part of the Genealogical BCG familiarize yourself with your research locale. BCG physical location. Maps show that location’s methods to calculate age when no birth severed relationships resulting from three Proof Standard (GPS). Case studies demonstrate Research requiring reasonably exhaustive significance. Learn how to use these rich and vivid record is available are examined. generations of women who raised their daughters principles and techniques that work. search may lead to several research locales. evidentiary sources. but—of necessity—abandoned their sons.

DNA Ethical and Legal Considerations African American History Etched in How Group Projects Can Enrich Your Identifying Native American Ancestors Case Studies in DNA for Genetic Genealogists my DNA DNA Testing Experience Through Genetic Testing National Genealogical Claudia C. Breland, MLS S452 DNA test results can break through brick Blaine Bettinger, PhD, JD S402 Andre Kearns S412 Jeanine Blackerby Cloud S 422 Society Luncheon Lynn Moore McCreery S442 Learn about the protections for your DNA, DNA advances in testing offer the possibility of This talk covers DNA group projects, If your family has been in America for ten walls, solve murder mysteries, and point and how community standards are helping leapfrogging brick walls created by slavery to particularly Family Tree DNA projects: what Citing Your Sources: generations, and you have North Carolina toward new avenues for research. Cases from to protect the privacy of test-takers in order connect ancestral roots by analyzing family history they are, how to join, and how they can ancestry, you are likely to carry Native author and client research. to encourage DNA testing. documented within DNA. benefit your individual research. Comedy or Tragedy? American DNA. FAMILYTREE DNA FAMILYTREE Thomas Wright Jones, PhD, CG, Research in Courting North Carolina: Clues in Missouri Migration Research in Texas CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA Virtue, Liberty, and Independence: Research in the Old Line State: An A lighthearted look at “citation The Courts of the Tarheel State Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA S413 Kelvin L. Meyers S423 Pennsylvania Research Overview of Maryland Genealogy the States anxiety” and its remedies. Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL S403 Many westward migrants stopped a short Discover what records are available and Kristin Harms S443 Michael Hait, CG, CGL S453 Understanding the records of the courts closest to time or stayed for several generations in where those Lone Star resources will be S431 Explore the Keystone State—her people, Established in 1634, Maryland has a long and storied the average citizen is crucial to finding clues to Missouri. Where did they come from and found. records, and repositories. history. Learn about repositories, records, and family history in North Carolina and beyond. where did they go? research techniques throughout the state. International Society for British Genealogy and North Land Grants by North Carolina in NC Land Grants Overview Using Estate and Deed Records to Past but Not Forgotten: North Carolinians Settle the South Family History Carolina Tennessee David M. McCorkle S414 Construct Families in Early 19th Carolina’s Jersey Settlement James Ison, AG, CG S454 A. B. Pruitt, PhD S404 Introduction to NC land grants covering history, Century North Carolina The Scots-Irish in the D. Joshua Taylor, MLS S444 Learn migration strategies for finding Grants by North Carolina in Tennessee are process, documents produced and where to find Ginger R. Smith, MLS S424 Explore the story of North Carolina’s Jersey ancestors who moved from North and South them today, and using nclandgrants.com for Carolinas—Immigrants Carolina from 1790 to 1850. similar to and different from grants in North Extract information about your ancestors and their Settlement on the Yadkin River (and the research. Carolina. family members by reading deeds. Descriptions of Who Made a Difference! records they left behind). the land and who owned it may be mentioned. David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA Regional Getting the Most Out of Find A Grave South Carolina Research Finding Ancestors in the Great Learn about the critical role the Southern Ante-Bellum Plantation Researching Your Civil War Carolinian Movement Peter Drinkwater S405 Jeffrey Lee Haines, CG S415 Smoky Mountains Scots-Irish played in the Records Jordan Jones S455 Everything you need to know about Find A Introduction to methods and resources for Lori Thornton, MLIS S425 settlement of the Carolinas and Ari Wilkins S445 From the history of the Carolinas in the Civil War, Grave. We’ll start with the basics and work finding ancestors in the Palmetto state. Locate records and information on residents how your ancestor may have Learn about the value of these records, how this presentation proceeds to outline the records NGS our way into the more advanced and of the Great Smoky Mountains prior to the they are organized, and how to search this available to research Civil War-era Carolinians.

ANCESTRY ANCESTRY been influenced to settle here. intimate details. park’s establishment. major collection. Annual Meeting S432 5:15 p.m. Family Stories from the Back Door of the “See Yourself in the Movies!” Interpreting Virginia’s Records: Crimes Across Multiple Jurisdictions: A Long Line of Langs in North Carolina Stories Swannanoa-Berkeley Hotel: My Small-town Films of H. Lee Waters What’s There That You Don’t See Genealogical Speakers Meet Wake County’s Abbott Brothers and Georgia Meet the NGS officers and Family History 1936– 1942 Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS S426 Guild and International Diane L Richard S446 Ginger R. Smith, MLS S 456 board of directors and hear Deborah Ann Abbott, PhD S406 Heather Whann Choplin S416 A look at some of the “gotchas” in Virginia’s Association for Family We like ancestors in court records BUT this The Long family of Georgia originally came updates on courses, records and how to avoid the mistaken family may have gone too far! Brothers + from North Carolina. One branch, going by Listening to my grandparents in Ohio, I Be captivated by these remarkable films of History Writers and publications, and more from learned little about their early years. Share NC’s small communities. It’s thrilling to assumptions they often create. crime + multiple counties + 2 states = “Lang,” moved out West to Arkansas. See NGS president, Benjamin B. Editors Luncheon intrigue! how these families are connected. my discoveries as we learn to uncover the glimpse your ancestor working, attending Spratling. facts and stories. school, or shopping downtown! Lectures vs. Talks: S461 Methodology City Directories: The Solution to The Successful Genealogist: It’s All Genealogical Documentation: The Documentability on a Finding Immigrant Origins in U.S. Why They Left the Old Country Finding Family Members In-Between About Our Mindset! What, Why, Where, and How Sliding Scale? Records Mary M. Tedesco S457 Federal Census Ten-Year Gaps Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, Thomas Wright Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, John Philip Colletta, PhD, FUGA Mary M. Tedesco S447 Understanding why folks left the “old country” will help you understand where Terry Koch-Bostic S407 FNGS, FUGA S417 FASG, FNGS, FUGA S427 That thin and vexatious line Tips and strategies for identifying your ancestral towns using records located in the they moved and why they made the tough City directories can establish where your Genealogy is an analytical, interpretive Learn to document a family history, five separating historical fact from process that recreates families in the context characteristics making citations complete United States and online. choices. ancestor lived, worked, married, went to speculation: where is it? Does it church, and their surname variants. Think of their place, time, and circumstances. Are and accurate, and a straightforward format of them as pre–1935 “people finders.” you prepared for success? for citing physical and digital genealogical move? Well, are you teaching or Memorial Lecture Memorial sources. are you entertaining? BirdieMonkHolsclaw S433 Records and The Aliens are Coming: USCIS Utilizing the National Genealogical How Genealogists Can Work with Of Heredity and Lineage: Social Patriot or Not?: Using the GPS on a Record Sets Society Book Loan Collection State Archivists in Support of Records Membership Organizations Closed D.A.R. Line Repositories Menu (All Luncheons) Rich Venezia S408 Jacob Eubanks, MLS S418 Preservation and Access Victoria P. Young S448 Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL S458 Southern Fried Chicken Salad A-Files? AR-2 Forms? C-Files? Oh my! Learn how to access the National Sarah Koonts S428 From colonial leaders, pub owners, “black Where and when was the patriot David born? Wade through the alphabet soup of the US Genealogical Society Book Loan Collection Served with mixed greens, sheep,” clergy, and military patriots, learn See the research process unfold through RPAC Genealogists need to be advocates for local, state, Citizenship & Immigration Services’ record at St. Louis County Library or your Local and federal archives so valuable collections are creamy cider dressing, and strategies for researching a qualifying professional techniques and if you agree that sets to find immigrant ancestors. Library. adequately funded, staffed, and accessible. dried pear. Served with hearth ancestor and techniques for submitting the conclusion constitutes “proof.” baked rolls and butter. New successful membership applications. York Cheesecake, Strawberry Religion Records of the Disciples of Christ Moravian Trails & Records O Man of God! How to Thoroughly sauce and vanilla cream. How To Find Church and Religious “She Bore Her Suffering with Christian and Churches of Christ Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL S419 Research Ministers of the Gospel Served with freshly brewed Records Fortitude”: Using Religious Newspapers J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA S409 Eighteenth-century Moravians, originating Daryl Johanson S429 coffee, decaffeinated coffee, Terry Koch-Bostic S449 and Periodicals Discover the records of these congregations in Pennsylvania, settled in North Carolina. Rectors, preachers, ministers, and missionaries herbal hot teas, iced tea, and Learn different techniques for searching for Michael D Lacopo, DVM S459 Discover the records they left behind in both and members, including periodicals and scattered across the nation spreading the gospel. water service. and locating collections, churches, and Denominational newspapers often contained states. more. Follow the Restoration movement, Find their written words; learn about their archives to improve your success in locating obituaries and biographical information decades Barton-Stone, Campbell, and others. compensation, their joys, and hardships. COST: $32.00 religious records for ancestors. before traditional community newspapers did. Learn where to find and what they contain.

Solving ResearchTies: Why Every Good Unusual Resources for Family History Spreadsheets for Genealogists: And In Local News…My Ancestor Meet John Smith: Tracing Ancestors Problems Genealogist Needs a Quality Research THE Tool You Are Not Using Enough made the Newspaper with Common Monikers Research Log Susan D. Kaufman, MLIS S420 In Your Research Kelvin L. Meyers S450 Juliana Szucs S460 Jill N. Crandell, AG S410 Discover obscure sources for finding ancestors; Tonja Lea Koob Marking, PhD S430 The Star, Globe, and Inquirer have nothing on Juliana will share strategies for tracking Feeling overwhelmed and unorganized? records beyond the “normal” records used for Demonstrates basic to advanced uses of early newspapers. They left no stone down your ancestors with common last Learn how ResearchTies assists with the ancestors. spreadsheets for organizing and analyzing unturned or any “juicy” story untold. names using charts, spreadsheets, and a

research process and organizes your genealogical data. Includes case studies and Discover these great stories. ANCESTRY common sense approach.

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Family History Lives Here | Raleigh, NC 11 Conference Speaker Biogr aphies

Deborah Ann Abbott, PhD, serves as a Trustee Jennifer Patterson Dondero, an avid Daryl Johanson, MBA, centers research around for the Ohio Genealogical Society and is genealogist for more than twenty-five years, a 19th century records, especially Civil War and faculty member at IGHR. professional genealogist since 2005. Her Reconstruction periods. She is a CPA and Gordon Atkinson, Senior Director at Fold3.com specialties include lineage applications, serves the NGS Board as Treasurer. and Newspapers.com, enjoys making historical southern research, and technology. Jordan Jones, past president NGS, and Senior documents more accessible via the Internet Vic Dunn, CG, coordinator of IGHR’s Virginia IT Manager at Cisco Systems, has spoken at Jen C. Baldwin, professional genealogist with track, is a Mosher Award recipient and past national genealogical and technology emphasis on the Western United States. Data board member of BCG, NGS, and Virginia conferences. Acquisition Manager, Findmypast, host of Genealogical Society. Thomas Wright Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, #genchat on Twitter, and volunteer. Pam Stone Eagleson, CG, researcher, writer, FUGA, award-winning author, editor, researcher, Laurel Baty, CG, is a BCG Trustee. teacher, NGS board member, co-administrator educator known for classes benefiting of Stone Surname DNA project, a member of genealogists of all levels. Blaine Bettinger, PhD, JD, is an intellectual APG, and many regional genealogical societies. property attorney by day and genetic Susan D. Kaufman, MLIS, manager of Houston genealogist by night. He is the author of the Jacob Eubanks, MLS, is the Assistant Manager (TX) Public Library’s Clayton Library Center long-running blog The Genetic Genealogist. of History & Genealogy at St. Louis County for Genealogical Research. Thirty years of Library. experience as a Genealogy Librarian. Debra Blake, Supervisor of Collections Services Section of State Archives. Lectures Anita Finger-Smith specializes in Cherokee Andre Kearns, a DC native with roots in the and publishes articles on subjects related to genealogy, board member for the National American south and passion for discovering records in our collections. Trail of Tears Association, and genealogist for new ancestors and learning their stories. the North Carolina Commission of Indian Terry Koch-Bostic, professional genealogist Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG, is a full-time Affairs. professional researcher. She is a trustee and the and NGS vice president, APG-NY Chapter president of BCG. Rick Fogarty is a professional genealogical Representative, and contributing author and researcher and lecturer with deep Oklahoma reviewer for NYG&B’s NY Family History Claudia Breland, MLS, full-time professional roots and a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Research Guide and Gazetteer. genealogical researcher, author, and lecturer in Nation. Washington. Her books include Genealogy Sarah Koonts, Director, Division of Archives Offlineand Searching for Your Ancestors in J. H. Fonkert, CG, is a Midwest researcher, a and Records, North Carolina Department of Historic Newspapers. past president of the Minnesota Genealogical Natural and Cultural Resources, responsible Society, and a trustee of the BCG Education for state-wide archives and records Margo Fariss Brewer, lecturer, consultant, Fund. management programs. co-leader of Ann-Mar Genealogy Trips, instructor of beginning through advanced and LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, retired Michael D. Lacopo, DVM, is a retired small-ani- writing your family narrative classes through tax lawyer and full-time genealogist, focused mal veterinarian and professional genealogist. Duke University. on African American families with roots in the Researching since 1980, he lectures interna- South, primarily the Carolinas. tionally and writes for numerous periodicals Jim Brewster is a Group Project Liaison at and journals. Family Tree DNA. Amy Giroux, PhD, CG, CGL, interests include New York, New England, Florida, problem-solving, Helen F. M. Leary, CG Emeritus, FASG, FNGS, lecturer, Angie Bush, MS, is director of Region 1 for the and ethnic studies. She is editor of The Florida author, board member of BCG, APG, NCGS, NGS. She is a professional genetic genealogist Genealogist. NGS. Course coordinator IGHR. NC in the Salt Lake City area. Sara Gredler has over 20 years of genealogy research expert. Heather Whann Choplin , a researcher for more experience, and has spoken in central Texas, at Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS, former than 20 years, proofreader of the NCGS state conferences, and at the Southern president NGS, editor of the quarterly Magazine Journal, Southerner by marriage, and North California Genealogical Jamboree. of Virginia Genealogy, course coordinator for Carolinian by choice! Steve Greene, MDiv, graduated from Mars Hill Virginia track at SLIG 2017. Shannon Christmas, 23andMe Ancestry and Southwestern Theological Universities, Deborah Long has researched her family Ambassador; specializes in genetic, colonial publishes books on local Madison County history for more than fifty years, searching for American, and African American genealogy; cemeteries and teaches genealogy. those who may have survived the Holocaust. manages the Captain Thomas Graves and Hemings-Jefferson-Wayles-Eppes autosomal Ruth Ann Abels Hager, CG, CGL, MAT, researcher, Diane C. Loosle, AG, CG, is Director of Patron DNA projects. volunteer, and speaker at local, state, and Services at FamilySearch. She also serves as national levels; author Dred & Harriet Scott: the Director of the Family History Library. Janine Blackerby Cloud, genealogy enthusiast Their Family Story. began working for Family Tree DNA in 2011. In J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA, full-time professional 2014, she created the Group Projects Team she Jeffrey Lee Haines, CG, former president of researcher & educator. Coordinates IGHR now manages. APG and current president of NC Chapter; Research in the South and other Institutes. author of NGS Research in the States: North 2017 NGS Family History Conference Chair. John Philip Colletta, PhD, FUGA, NGS confer- Carolina. ence lecturer, banquet and keynote speaker; Annette Burke Lyttle, MA, professional faculty member, IGHR, SLIG, and BU; author Michael Hait, CG, CGL, is a full-time genealogist researcher, writer, and speaker. Specialties of articles, manuals and narrative family whose specialties include Maryland and include online resources, social history, history. African American genealogy. military research. Lisa Louise Cooke is the producer of the Kristin Harms is a professional genealogist Tonja Lea Koob Marking, PhD, professional internationally popular Genealogy Gems based just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. She is engineer, author, utilizes problem-solving Podcast, author of six books, video the owner of Relative Proof, LLC. training for unique perspectives on people and producer, online instructor, and genealogy Daniel Horowitz, computer engineer, their industrial histories. magazine writer. international lecturer, board member of IGRA Charles S. “Chuck” Mason, Jr., CG, specializes Jill N. Crandell, AG, is an assistant teaching and IAJGS, Genealogy Expert at MyHeritage. in southern New Jersey and 19th and 20th professor of history at BYU, director of the BYU com. century death records, grader for NGS Home Center for Family History & Genealogy. Kathy Huber, MLS, is the manager of the Tulsa Study Course, and NGS Awards Chair. Peter Drinkwater has worked for more than 16 OK City-County Library’s Genealogy Center David M. McCorkle has been writing years on genealogy websites, including and author of NGS Research in the States: software for forty-four years. He created Newspapers.com, Find A Grave, RootsWeb, Oklahoma. nclandgrants.com providing free original Ancestry, Footnote, and Fold3. Jim Ison, AG, CG, manager at FamilySearch and document images and searchable data for past APG board member, has presented at 216,000 NC Land Grants. numerous NGS, FGS, and other national and regional conferences.

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Lynn Moore McCreery, MA, a genetic and Michelle D. Novak is a brand-designer, A. B. Pruitt, PhD, has presented at NGS traditional genealogist who uses DNA testing genealogist, and teacher. She is a trustee of meetings in Richmond, Raleigh, and Nashville to prove Native American ancestry, royal GSNJ, GSBC, and editor of the GSBC’s and at meetings of various state societies. descent, lineage society membership, and ISFHWE award-winning newsletter Archivist. Robert Raymond, MS, is a genealogical family histories. Philip Otterness is professor of history at technologist, a FamilySearch deputy CGO, and Angela Packer McGhie, CG, is a course Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC. a director of NGS. coordinator for IGHR and SLIG, instructor at Author of Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA, Chief GRIP and Gen-Fed, and former administrator Migration to New York. Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch. He is of the ProGen Study Group. David Ouimette, CG, CGL, manager of past-president of FGS. Kelvin L. Meyers , forensic genealogist serving FamilySearch Content Strategy and BCG Diane L. Richard, ME, MBA, specializes in NC probate attorneys, trust departments, and trustee, has researched in archives on all research. Editor of UpFront with NGS, NCGS energy companies, formerly in Genealogy continents, and authored Finding Your Irish Journal, and Wake Treasures. Contributes to Department of Dallas Public Library, author of Ancestors. Internet Genealogy. WDYTYA researcher. NGS Research in the States: Texas. Mary Penner , award-winning author, Malissa Ruffner, JD, CG, MLS, Gen-Fed Director, Gail Jackson Miller, CG, is a professional professional genealogist, writer, editor, and writer, blogger, lecturer, and participant in genealogist, writer, and lecturer, specializing speaker. She received the prestigious Grahame conferences and institutes, including NIGR, in Kentucky and Tennessee research. T. Smallwood Jr. award for service to APG. SLIG, IGHR, GRIP, Forensic Genealogy Julie Miller, CG, FNGS, professional researcher, Nancy A. Peters, CG, researcher, author, and Institute,ProGen, and NEHGS. lecturer, and award-winning writer; NGS editor specializing in problem-solving, the Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL, is the Legal Conference Committee chair; NGS conference Southeastern U.S., and England; BCG trustee; Genealogist and provides expert guidance chair 2010 and 2012; volunteer at NARA at editor BCG’s OnBoard newsletter; SLIG through the murky territory where law, history, Denver. instructor. and genealogy come together. Elizabeth Shown Mills CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA Tim Pinnick , , a is a published author, national Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA, popular pioneer in problem-solving strategies for speaker, independent scholar, and family lecturer/teacher, former NGS director of genealogy, edited NGSQ for sixteen years. Her historian with thirty years overall research Education and Publications, coordinates and 500+ publications include Evidence Explained, experience, former FGS and APG board teaches at IGHR, SLIG, and GRIP courses. Professional Genealogy, and QuickSheet series. member. Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA, his expertise include Anne Gillespie Mitchell, MS, has merged her Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL, Pennsylvania the records of the National Archives, using passion for history and computers into a researcher, GRIP co-director, BCG past maps in genealogy, land research, government lifelong fascination of genealogy and develop- president, BU’s Genealogical Research documents, military records, and urban ing advanced methodologies to carve Certificate course instructor (2008-16), IGHR research. important clues out of historical documents. coordinator for Professional Genealogy.

Abbreviations

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act MA Master of Arts AG Accredited Genealogist MCP Master of City Planning APG Association of Professional Genealogists MAT Master of Arts in Teaching BCG Board for Certification of Genealogists MBA Master of Business Administration BYU Brigham Young University MDiv Master of Divinity BU Boston University ME Master of Education CG Certified Genealogist MLIS Master of Library and Information Science CGL Certified Genealogical Lecturer MLS Master of Library Science CEO Chief Executive Officer MS Master of Science CGO Chief Genealogical Officer NARA National Archives and Records Administration DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine NCGS North Carolina Genealogical Society FASG Fellow, American Society of Genealogists NEHGS New England Historic Genealogical Society FGS Federation of Genealogical Societies NGS National Genealogical Society FIGRS Fellow, Irish Genealogical Research Society NGSQ National Genealogical Society Quarterly FNGS Fellow, National Genealogical Society NIGRAA National Institute on Genealogical Research Alumni Association FSGS Florida State Genealogical Society NIGS National Institute for Genealogical Studies FUGA Fellow, Utah Genealogical Association NSDAR National Society Daughters of the American Revolution FVGS Fellow, Virginia Genealogical Society NYG&B New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Gen-Fed Genealogical Institute on Federal Records PBS Public Broadcasting Service GIS Geographic Information Systems ProGen Professional Genealogy study group GRIP Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh PhD Doctor of Philosophy GPS Genealogical Proof Standard RPAC Records Preservation and Access Committee GSBC Genealogical Society of Bergen County, NJ SLIG Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy GSG Genealogical Speakers Guild USCIS United States Citizenship and Immigration Service GSNJ Genealogical Society of New Jersey VIGR Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research IAJGS International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies WDYTYA Who Do You Think You Are

ICAPGen International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists

IGHR Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, University of Georgia Certified Genealogist, CG, and Certified Genealogical Lecturer, CGL, are service marks of IGRA Israel Genealogy Research Association the Board for Certification of Genealogists® used by the Board to identify its program of genealogical competency evaluation and used under license by the Board’s Associates. ISBGFH International Society for British Genealogy and Family History ISFHWE International Society of Family History Writers and Editors Accredited Genealogist, AG, is a certification mark of the International Commission for the JD Juris Doctor Accreditation of Professional Genealogists. Individuals licensed to use the mark have met LLM Master of Laws ICAPGen’s competency.

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Craig Roberts Scott, CG, FUGA, president and Juliana Szucs has been working for Ancestry Rich Venezia of Rich Roots Genealogy, has CEO of Heritage Books. Coordinator at IGHR, for more than eighteen years and holds a been on the research team of Genealogy SLIG and GRIP. Specializes in military, certificate from BU’s Online Genealogical Roadshow (PBS) for two seasons. He specializ- publishing, and problem-solving. Research Program. es in twentieth-century immigrant research. Sara Anne Scribner, CG, practices genealogy Patricia Walls Stamm, CG, CGL, serves as NGS Debbie Parker Wayne, CG, CGL, specializes in Way Out West. A retired librarian, she continues education manager, St. Louis Community genetic genealogy, teaches DNA at genealogi- to foster research skills and critical thinking. College’s genealogical instructor, and IGHR cal institutes, seminars, and workshops, and Ginger R. Smith, MLS, is a genetic genealogist, course coordinator. researches in Texas and the South. lecturer, and researcher who works with Cari A. Taplin, CG, state and regional speaker Charlie L. Wells, CG, MS, combines complemen- adoptees and focuses on educating people on since 2004, focusing on midwest states, tary passions for genealogy and maps as a the uses of DNA in genealogy. methodology, and family legends. full-time genealogist since retiring as a Diahan Lyn Southard is Your DNA Guide, D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS, is the president of geographic information systems (GIS) where she provides personalized, interactive the NYG&B, the host of Genealogy Roadshow professional. experiences to assist individuals and families (PBS), and a professional researcher, speaker, Carol Whitton, CG, specializes in German in interpreting their genetic genealogy results. and author. genealogical research. Currently project C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL, lecturer, instructor, trip Maureen Taylor, MA, an internationally director, St. Louis Genealogical Society, she’s a leader, consultant; faculty, NIGS; secretary, recognized expert on photo identification and graduate of Germanic Research SLIG, NIGR, GSG; education chair, Jacksonville Gen. Soc.; photo preservation. She’s been featured in top and VIGR. trustee, FSGS; NGS 2016 conference chair. media outlets. Ari Wilkins is a genealogist and family Michael L. Strauss, AG, BA (History) and a licensed Mary M. Tedesco is a professional genealogist, historian. She is a member of the Dallas Public private investigator in Virginia and expert speaker, and author; Co-Host on the television Library’s Genealogy staff. witness in court in PA, NY, NJ, and VA. series Genealogy Roadshow (PBS); and the Victoria P. Young, a full-time professional Anna Swayne has 10+ years of experience in founder of ORIGINS ITALY. genealogist specializing in Southern U.S. and DNA genealogy. At Ancestry, she leads Lori Thornton, MLIS, an academic librarian and forensic research. President of the NCGS and educational development to help people genealogist, specializing in southern states and serves as NC Chapter Rep, APG. maximize their experience with AncestryDNA. religious records.

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