PCGS Monthly Meeting (Virtual Only):
Saturday, August 17th

When: Saturday, August 17, 2024, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm MST

Where:  Virtually via Zoom Only

SKILL BUILDING CLASS:

Jodi Lynn Strait

"Genealogical Archeology: Digging

for Family Facts"

How can your family artifacts possibly help you with your genealogy? Quite a bit! This is a look at how your precious handed down family treasures can aid your genealogical research and add flavor to your family histories.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 

Kimberly Powell

"Finding Family Clues in Deeds"

Discover how deed records can enrich your genealogy research. Learn effective methods for finding and interpreting deed records to uncover details about land ownership and family connections. Gain skills in navigating quirky indexes and legal terminology to access these resources more efficiently. Practical examples will demonstrate how deeds can fill gaps in your family history.

Kimberly Powell is especially passionate about researching hard-to-find families in the Carolinas and Virginia and sharing her love of genealogy with others through teaching. She is the Director of Education for the National Genealogical Society and a past president of the Association for Professional Genealogists. She served as the Genealogy Expert for About.com for sixteen years and is the author of several books, including most recently “The Challenge of Endogamy and Pedigree Collapse” in Advanced Genetic Genealogy: Techniques and Case Studies and The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy, 3rd edition. She has also contributed to several popular genealogy magazines, including BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?, Family Tree Magazine, and the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly.

Kimberly enjoys teaching in courses at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR), the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), and the GRIP Genealogy Institute, as well as for the online genealogy programs offered through Boston University. She also loves researching land records, reconstructing neighborhoods, writing up her family history, and using genetic evidence to help solve complex genealogical problems. You can find her online at Level Up Genealogy.