I offer a variety of programs on genealogical topics. I am available for single lectures,  half-day, or full-day seminars. Currently I am only providing virtual presentations and am only available on weekdays. Click here if you would like to schedule me to speak at your event.

Topics available:

Case Studies

• From Deeds to Dirt: Case Studies in Analyzing Research With Maps (intermediate/advanced)
• The Power of Family Legends: I am Related to Roy Rogers (beginning/intermediate)
• The Heart of it All: A New Hampshire to Ohio Migration Case Study (all)
• Four Generation of Meekers on the Great Lakes (all)
• What I Didn’t Know About Southern Illinois: The Scroggins and Dimick Families of Hardin County (All)

Census Research

• Census in a Snap (beginning)
• Census Hurdles: How to Jump Over or Go Around (beginning/intermediate)
• Counting the Sailors and Light House Keepers: Census Records on the Great Lakes (beginning/intermediate)

DNA

• DNA Basics: From Biology to Pedigree (beginner)
• Spitting is the Easy Part! DNA and Genealogical Research Problems (beginner)

Land

• Workshop: Metes and Bounds Survey System (2 hour)
• Workshop: Rectangular Survey System (2 hour)

Maps and Mapping

• From Deeds to Dirt: Case Studies in Analyzing Research With Maps (intermediate/advanced)
• Using Google’s My Maps as a Research and Analysis Tool (intermediate/advanced; available as 1-hour lecture or 3-hour workshop)

Methodology

• Using Timelines to Analyze Your Research (all)
• Using Lists to Find Proof (intermediate/advanced)
• Who Lives Next Door? Using the FAN Club in your Research (intermediate/advanced)
• How’d You Find That?!? Tips for Locating Obscure or Hidden Records(Intermediate)
• Unfamiliar Territory: Researching in a New (to you) Geographic Area(beginning/intermediate)
• Harvesting Family History in Agricultural Records (intermediate)
• Utilizing Ancestry’s Databases: Beyond ‘Search’ (all)

Migration

• Canadian Migration Patterns into the U.S. (intermediate)
• Using Church Records to Find Ancestral Origins (intermediate/advanced)
• The Heart of it All: A New Hampshire to Ohio Migration Case Study (all)

Newspapers

• News You Can Use: Beginning Newspaper Research (beginning)
• Finding Newspapers Online (beginning/intermediate)
• An Obituary Obsession (beginning/intermediate)
• Ahead of the Times: Texas Newspaper Research (beginning/intermediate)
• Casting the Net: Denominational and Ethnic Newspaper Research(intermediate)

Published Sources

• The Most Prominent Citizens: Using County & Local Histories to Locate Ancestors (all)
• PERSIbilities: Better Research with ACPL’s Periodical Source Index (all)

Records

• Census Hurdles: How to Jump Over or Go Around (beginning/intermediate)
• Probate Records: More than Wills (all)

Regional, Location-Specific Topics

• Home On The Range: Kansas Research Tips (all)
• Research in the Equality State: Wyoming Research Tips (all)
• Shining Stars and Hidden Gems: Texas Repositories (all)
• The Third Coast: How the Great Lakes Shaped America (all)
• Steamers and Schooners: Shipping and Commerce on the Great Lakes (all)
• Unfamiliar Territory: Researching in a New (to you) Geographic Area(beginning/intermediate)

Society Management

• How to Find Volunteers and Keep Them! (all)
• Build Membership and Participation with Small Groups and SIGs (all)
• Building an Education Plan for Your Society (all)

Technology and Organization

• Organizing Your Research: Making Molehills out of Mountains (beginning)
• It’s in the Bag: Preparing for a Research Trip (all)
• Using Google’s My Maps as a Research and Analysis Tool (intermediate/advanced; available as 1-hour lecture or 3-hour workshop)
• Using Evernote to Create an Effective Research Plan and Log System (intermediate; available as 1-hour lecture or 3-hour workshop)

Writing

• Piece by Piece, Page by Page: An Approach to Writing(beginning/intermediate)
• Family History Piecework: An Approach to Writing (intermediate/advanced)