Register by September 26th.  No cost for members, $10 for non-members, $8 for lunch.  Make some real progress climbing your family tree or finding their story with one-on-one help!

 

Our wonderful volunteers will help you find research materials, show you how to use our databases, maybe watch a video about how to use Google, etc.  Bring in your questions and research.

Schedule:
09:00 – 09:20             Registration (and a bit of noshing)

09:20 – 0:930             Opening Remarks by President, Paul Wessel
09:30 – 10:30               Session I –  The Genealogical Proof Standard

                                                           According to Sherlock Holmes
10:30 -  10:50             Break

10:50 -  11:30               Session II -- Solving the Family Myth Using

11:30 – 12:30             Lunch:  Brown bag, bring your own

12:30 – 01:30               Session III – Don’t Build Your Own Brick Walls!

01:30 – 01:50             Break

01:50 – 02:50               Session IV – Be a Super Sleuth!  Accessing and

02:50 – 03:00             Drawing, final comments.

 

Jill Morelli, CG is a writer, lecturer and founder of the Certification Discussion Group, an online series outlining her journey to receive the credential Certified Genealogist. She is also a founder of the virtual Applied Genealogy Institute, providing practicum-based educational opportunities for high-intermediate and advanced genealogists. She lectures nationally and has written articles for National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Swedish American Genealogist, and many others. Jill is past president of the Seattle Genealogical Society, and a member of many local genealogical societies.

 

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Sara Cochran
has  researched her family tree for over 25 years. Her journey has taken her into nearly every State in the USA and several countries worldwide, including Ireland, Britain, and Italy. Her passion is telling the stories of the people in the family tree Genealogists do this best by recording the stories of their elders, locating and preserving the photos and stories  ancestors left behind, as well as records created by the government, religious sources and  newspapers.