Lectures:

  • A is for Archive
  • All Politics is Local: Researching Your Political Ancestors
  • A Sense of Place: The History of the Scottish Settlement at Tamarack
  • Advanced Genealogy Workshop
  • Back to School: Making the Most of School Records
  • Become a Census Sensei (updated to include the 1950 census)
  • Billy Yank: Union Soldier Records from the Civil War
  • Boots on the Ground: Using Archives to Trace Your Veteran Ancestors
  • Brick by Brick: Tracing Your Home's History
  • Courthouse Finds
  • CSI: Cemetery Search & Investigation
  • Cyber Sleuthing Your Family Tree: Online Resources for Genealogists
  • Digging in and Opening Up: Gathering and Preserving Family Stories
  • Eire Online: Irish Resources for the Casual Researcher
  • Family History Resources from the Library of Congress
  • Flickr for Genealogists
  • FREE LAND: Homesteading on the Frontier
  • Ghosts in the Graveyard: Intuition or Divine Intervention?
  • Google for Genealogy
  • Grandma Nellie's Scrapbook: Identifying and Interpreting Historic Photographs
  • Great Lakes Regional Archives (Chicago) Getting the Most out of Your Visit
  • Illinois County Resource Primer
  • Illinois Digital Resources
  • Internet Archive for the Family Historian
  • Making History Relevant: Promoting Your Society in Fun and Creative Ways
  • Maps and Trails: Common Migration Paths from the 17th Through 19th Centuries
  • Mapping Your Migrating Ancestors
  • Military Genealogy Online: From the Revolutionary War to Today
  • Navigating the Illinois State Archives System
  • Newspaper Necessities
  • Old McDonald Had a Farm: Using Farm Records in Your Genealogy
  • Our Family Soundtrack: Conducting Oral History Interviews
  • PANDEMIC 1918! Combating the Influenza Epidemic During the Great War
  • Pins and Needles: Adding Social Media to Your Genealogy Repertoire
  • Play Ball! Researching Your Political Ancestors
  • Preserving Family Heirlooms
  • Recreating the Great War: Finding Military Service Information for Your WWI Veteran
  • Researching at the National Archives of Scotland
  • Researching Military Records Through the National Archives in Washington D.C.
  • Scotland’s Resources: There’s More to Scottish Research Than Scotlandspeople!
  • Scottish Chain Migration to Illinois: Three Case Studies
  • Scottish Presbyterian Covenanters to the U.S. 1680-1780                     
  • Seems Phishy: Protecting Yourself and Your Genealogy Online
  • Sensational Deaths and How to Find Them
  • Spirit of St. Louis: Researching WWI Records at the National Personnel Records Center
  • Tracing Your Presbyterian Ancestors
  • Unlocking the Secrets of Your Family Tree: An introduction for Beginners
  • Unlocking the Treasures Within Midwest Archives and Repositories
  • Using Adjutant General Records for Military Genealogy
  • Will County, Illinois Resources
  • Writing Your Story
2024 Lecture Descriptions
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Research Specialties
Cemetery Records, Chancery Records, Civil War Resources, Coroner Records, Digitization, Document Preservation, www.fold3.com, Funeral Home Records, Homestead Research, Illinois State and Regional Archives Research, Internet Genealogy, Intuitive Genealogy Resources, Land and Property Records, Military Genealogy, National Archives Research, Newspapers, Organization, Photo Preservation, Photo Identification, Plat Maps, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, Wills and Probates, World War I

Geographic Areas of Expertise
Illinois Records, Kendall County Illinois Records, Perry County Illinois Records, Randolph County Illinois Records, Will County Illinois Records, Iowa Genealogy Resources, Kansas Genealogy Resources, Nebraska Genealogy Resources, Scottish Genealogy, Ayrshire Scotland Genealogy Resources, Renfrewshire Scotland Genealogy Resources, Ulster Ireland Research

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