I am available to present lectures to your society or organization on the following topics. E-mail me for more details.
Family Secrets: Exploring Crime and Conflict in Your Family History
Whether your ancestors feuded with their neighbors or found themselves on the wrong side of the law, records probably exist to document their disputes or crimes. In this presentation, you’ll learn how to use newspapers, as well as court, church and prison records, to uncover details about your ancestors' conflicts and transgressions.
How to Trace Your Family Tree on FamilySearch
You don’t need to spend a lot of money to research your family history. FamilySearch.org, a free site, has a large, growing collection of historic records, books, photos and family trees. In this class, you’ll learn how to search the databases on FamilySearch and how to share and preserve your own family’s photographs and historic records on the website.
Ancestry.com:
A Guide
Ancestry.com boasts a huge collection of more than 18
billion records, plus digitized books and more than 80 million family
trees. AncestryDNA has DNA samples from more than 2 million people. Rick
will share search strategies and expert tips, as well as advice on how
to use Ancestry Member Trees to organize and share your family history.
Tree-Keeping
If you’re very serious about genealogy, you need tools
to help you record names, dates, places, relationships and sources, not
to mention family stories and photographs. You’ll also want to take
advantage of huge collections of online records and family trees and
share your family history online. Genealogy software, an online tree or
a combination of the two can help you accomplish those tasks. Rick will
compare the most popular options, including RootsMagic and Family Maker
software, Ancestry Member Trees and the FamilySearch Family Tree. He’ll
also describe how you can synchronize your family trees on your
computer, mobile devices and online family trees.
Fargo, N.D., June 1, 2009
Photo by Johny Mellow Sports Photography www.johnymellowsports.com