Instructor:  Shannon Combs-Bennett.

 

In this class learn how to use the free DNA analysis platform GEDMatch.  We will cover transferring raw data, tools, tips, and if possile all through a live demonstration.

 

To register, please send an email with your name, phone number, class subject, and date of class to Amy Breedlove at albreedlove@comcast.net.

 

 

Angela Packer McGhie serves as a trustee for the Board for Certification of Genealogists and on the board of the ProGen Study Group. Following her passion for genealogy education, she teaches in the Boston University Genealogy Research certificate program and at four genealogy institutes.

Angela is a past president of the National Capital Area Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists and has published in the APG Quarterly and the NGS Magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MVGS members may receive a discount by using the discount code AFF2019, and will receive $10 off of the 2-day registration fee.  If you are only able to attend 1 day, use the code AFF2019oneday to get $5 off.

 

Details may be found at https://fxgs.org/cpage.php?pt=61 

 

Carol Kostakos Petranek serves as an assistant director of the Washington, D.C. Family History Center where she coordinates classes, conferences and community outreach projects. She is a Citizen Archivist at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. and volunteers as a genealogy aide in the Research Room. Carol is the volunteer coordinator for the FamilySearch/Maryland Archive digitization project of probate and estate records and a volunteer for Greek records preservation at MyHeritage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructor:  Robert Dunfield.

 

Class will cover the history of Germany from 1618-1871 and how the history is relevant to your genealogy research.

 

To register, please send an email with your name, phone number, class subject, and date of class to Amy Breedlove at albreedlove@comcast.net.

 

 

 

As a lecturer, he was a part of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council’s acclaimed Commonwealth Speakers program and has been a presenter at numerous conferences. In addition to being a member of many genealogical, historical, and lineage societies, he also sits on Pennsylvania’s State Historic Records Advisory Board as well as the selection committee for the Pennsylvania Digital Newspaper Project . He previously was a copy editor for 15 years for The Patriot-News newspaper in Harrisburg, PA.

Jim was born in Reading, PA, and raised in nearby Berks County, where he currently resides. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Hofstra University in Long Island, NY with a BA in Political Science.

Jim’s most recent book, Trace Your German Roots OnLine, is an ideal companion to his Family Tree German Genealogy Guide . This book has the tools you need to take your German genealogy research to the next level. Both books will be available for purchase after the lecture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 1997, Sharon completed the National Genealogical Society Home Study Course for which she was a grader for almost ten years. She is also a graduate of the National Institute on Genealogical Research (Now Gen-Fed) of the National Archives and is a frequent guest on Tracing Your Family Roots on Fairfax Channel 10.

Sharon is a member of the Board of Governors of the Virginia Genealogical Society and Past President of the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society. She specializes in Northern New Jersey, District of Columbia, Southern Maryland, and Northern Virginia research.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presenter:  Sharon MacInnes, Ph.D, CG ®

 

 

Sharon is a Certified Genealogist with over forty years of family research experience focusing on Pennsylvania and land records. She is the author/compiler of eight volumes in a series covering the earliest landowners of various Pennsylvania counties. She is CEO and maintains a website at http://ancestortracks.com on which is posted 19th-Century Pennsylvania landowner maps and atlases as a service for researchers.

 

Sharon is an alumna of the National Institute of Genealogical Research (NIGR) at the National Archives (now Gen-Fed); the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR); and the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) where she also taught the Pennsylvania track for two years. She was awarded her certification from the Board of Certification of Genealogists (BCG) and is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG).

 

She was Program Chair for Mount Vernon Genealogical Society for three years and coordinated the German SIG and Methodology SIG for Fairfax GS for many years. She currently teaches a 12-week course “Genealogy 101 Boot Camp” in Silver Spring and is on the Education Committee of the National Genealogical Society.

 

Instructor:  Linda MacLachlan.

 

Purpose of the workshop is to learn how to add information onto the Find A Grave website.  

Workshop is limited to 10 folks.  There are 6 computers in the room for folks to use.  If the workshop is full, at least 4 people will need to bring their laptops.  I-Pads and phones don't work for this workshop.  

 

To enter information on Find A Grave, you need to have a free account.  Please set one up ahead of time and remember to bring the id and password with you to the workshop.

 

To register, please send an email with your name and phone number, workshop name and date to Amy Breedlove at albreedlove@comcast.net.

 

 

 

Today Dr. Colletta teaches diverse audiences nationwide how to reconstruct their family’s past from scraps of information found in old written records, maps, newspapers, photographs, tombstones and heirlooms. He lectures nationally, teaches at local schools, and conducts programs for the Smithsonian Institution’s Resident Associate Program. He is a faculty member of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (University of Georgia, Athens) and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. He has also taught for Boston University’s Certificate in Family History program. He is a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association (FUGA).