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Presentations
Available Presentations
I offer a variety of genealogy presentations for your library, society, or even your Family reunion. I can also customize a presentation to fit your needs. If you have a special presentation in mind or are interested in one of the current presentations or new presentations please feel free to inquire.
Online presentations are availale.
Honorarium based on venue. Travel expenses may be applied.
All lectures are accompanied with Power Point presentations unless otherwise requested. Syllabus available for all presentations $2.00 per copy, also available in PDF format (cost based on venue) for venue reproduction.
See examp of available presentations below.
available presentations
Using Maps and Platting Land for Genealogy
Using Derivative History Sources to Find Primary Sources.
Using Proof Arguments in Lineage Society Applications
Platting your ancestors land can help answer questions and add needed context to your family story. It is much easier than you may think!
Using Proof Arguments in Lineage Society Applications
Using Derivative History Sources to Find Primary Sources.
Using Proof Arguments in Lineage Society Applications
Often, when applying to lineage societies, we find events lacking required proof. Using proof arguments can help insure approval and acceptance into your chosen society.
Using Derivative History Sources to Find Primary Sources.
Using Derivative History Sources to Find Primary Sources.
Using Derivative History Sources to Find Primary Sources.
Sometimes in Genealogy research, we get so wrapped up searching primary sources that we tend to overlook derivative sources. How to use these valuable treasures.
Using Land and Probate Records to Create Your FAN Club
Ohio; Playground or Proving Ground of the Public Land Survey?
Using Derivative History Sources to Find Primary Sources.
Using Land and Probate Records to create a list of family, associates, and neighbors that can add context and proof to your lineage research.
Ohio; Playground or Proving Ground of the Public Land Survey?
Ohio; Playground or Proving Ground of the Public Land Survey?
Ohio; Playground or Proving Ground of the Public Land Survey?
Unraveling two survey methods, nineteen subdivisions, and eight variations of the Public Land Survey System. Land distributions that determined how the country would be surveyed.
Lineage Societies: It starts with one
Ohio; Playground or Proving Ground of the Public Land Survey?
Ohio; Playground or Proving Ground of the Public Land Survey?
Considerations for a successful Lineage Society Application.
Patents and Deeds: Ancestral Footprints
Map reading for Genealogists: When North isn't
Zane's Trace: A New Road in a new Country
Understanding the difference and knowing how to apply some of the features of each document can unlock family secrets not recorded anywhere else.
Zane's Trace: A New Road in a new Country
Map reading for Genealogists: When North isn't
Zane's Trace: A New Road in a new Country
A look at the inception, route, and migration of Zane's Trace. The first Government sanctioned road in the Northwest Territory had its challenges.
Map reading for Genealogists: When North isn't
Map reading for Genealogists: When North isn't
Combining land and probate records to get the full story.
Understanding terminology found in deeds, patents, and surveys. Locating old properties on new maps.
Combining land and probate records to get the full story.
Combining land and probate records to get the full story.
Combining land and probate records to get the full story.
Sometimes Land records lead to unknown probate records and sometimes probate records contain land records that were never filed!
Using Maps in Genealogy
Combining land and probate records to get the full story.
Probate Records; Proof of life, After life
Have you've gathered as many facts about your family history as possible? Turn to maps to uncover more specific information or to solve historical mysteries.
Probate Records; Proof of life, After life
Combining land and probate records to get the full story.
Probate Records; Proof of life, After life
Understanding types of probate records and definitions of common probate terms will help put together the life of your ancestors after their life.