Thursday, September 21 through Sunday, September 24
This September...Come Back to your "Old Kentucky Home" (National Events)
Danville, Kentucky
ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
A Son of Virginia • A Father of Kentucky. McDowell Reunion • Decendants and Friends of Judge Samuel McDowell. Thursday, September 21 3:00–5:00pm • Welcome and Arrivals Registrations and a McDowell Welcome to Danville, KY! Holiday Inn Express, Danville, KY 5:30–7:30pm • Opening Ceremony Ticketed Event.
Opening Ceremony and Dinner, Warrenwood Manor, built in 1856 and one of only three Gothic Villas in the Danville area, will be the venue for dinner and the official opening of the weekend’s events. The evening will include live Bluegrass music, “My Old Kentucky Home” and featured guest speaker, Danville Mayor Michael Perros.
The Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana, Inc. and The Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library join in proudly presenting this special day for genealogists. This special event is sponsored by the Doug and Joni Lehman Charitable Foundation. All events will be at the Allen County Public Library in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana.
PRESENTER: Gail Jackson Miller, CG – Professional genealogist and lecturer specializing in Kentucky and Tennessee research. Gail has more than 40 years experience in genealogy. She grew up in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky with all of her family lines extending back to the early 1800s in Kentucky or Tennessee. Her personal research continues to enhance her general knowledge of families and records. Gail has more than 20 years of professional experience working with clients with Kentucky and Tennessee roots with ties to surrounding states. She has spoken at a number of national conferences including the 2017 National Genealogical Society Conference Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1999, Gail became a certified genealogist through the Board for Certification of Genealogists. She helped to open the LDS Family History Center in Bowling Green in 1989 and is the current Director. She is a past president of the Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society and served as the editor of their publication, The Longhunter, for eleven years. Gail was also editor of the Muhlenberg County Genealogical Society's The Heritage for several years. Prior to her professional work in genealogy, she was a nationally recognized biology teacher working with both high school and college students.
TOPICS:
1) Solving Difficult Problems With Kentucky and Virginia Tax Lists
Many beginning and even experienced researchers find research in Kentucky and Virginia difficult prior to 1850. Non-existent birth records, multiple men of the same name, and movement of people between census years present significant challenges. Problems involving families so poor that they never owned land or settled an estate, as well as financially successful families, can be studied with tax lists. Tax lists are among the few records that trace our ancestors yearly. Virginia and Kentucky tax lists are some of the most complete in the nation. Learn to better use original tax lists to solve your difficult research problems.
2) Developing a Successful and Efficient Research Plan
Many family genealogists and professionals believe that their goals are straightforward: to solve whatever problem their ancestors or their clients present. Identifying how to attack research problems and organize the research process is always an issue. Even though time limitations are less rigid for the family genealogist than the professional, they still exist. Learn research planning techniques that will save time, save money, and ensure success, whether you are a family genealogist of a professional.
Saturday, October 21
Bullitt County Genealogical Society (Kentucky Events)
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Shepherdsville Government Center, 634 Conestoga Parkway, Shepherdsville, KY
Fall DNA Seminar - Debbie Parker Wayne (Tennessee Events)
8:00 am
Pickering Center 7771 Poplar Pike, Germantown, TN 38138
Debbie Parker Wayne, CGSM, CGLSM, is a board-certified genealogist and genealogical lecturer experienced using DNA analysis and traditional techniques for genealogical research. Debbie is the co-author with Blaine T. Bettinger of the award-winning DNA workbook, Genetic Genealogy in Practice, published by the National Genealogical Society (NGS). She is the author of the online, self-paced course Continuing Genealogical Studies: Autosomal DNA, offered by NGS. She is the DNA Project Chair for the Texas State Genealogical Society and the Early Texans DNA Project. Her publications include a column on using DNA analysis for genealogical research in NGS Magazine. She coordinates and presents workshops, seminars, and comprehensive, interactive genetic genealogy courses at genealogy institutes. See http://debbiewayne.com/ for more information and for archived versions of many of her articles.
Will you be attending? If so, follow the link below to register.
PRESENTER: Debra Smith Renard, full-time genealogical researcher and presenter with specialties in adoption and DNA genealogy; founder of Eureka! Genealogy; board member, Kentucky Genealogical Society and Louisville Genealogical Society; member of multiple genealogical and lineage organizations; co-founder and co-leader of the Louisville Genetic Genealogy Special Interest Group.
Saturday, November 18
Bullitt County Genealogical Society (Kentucky Events)
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Shepherdsville Government Center, 634 Conestoga Parkway, Shepherdsville, KY
PRESENTER:Nancy Simmons Roberson – retired K-12 educator and athletics director from Michigan, now living in Louisville. She has 30 years of genealogical research experience and has been teaching and sharing her knowledge of FamilySearch for several years. Roberson is past president of the Louisville Genealogical Society and teaches the society's internet genealogy classes.
Saturday, December 16
Bullitt County Genealogical Society (Kentucky Events)
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Shepherdsville Government Center, 634 Conestoga Parkway, Shepherdsville, KY
