GRIP in Detroit: Registration begins today!

That is Tuesday, February 25th and registration opens at noon EST for six wonderful courses that are being held in suburban Detroit from August 3-8, 2014.

I coordinate and teach in Intermediate Genealogy: Tools for Digging Deeper. For my course, you also get to interact with Debbie Mieszala, CG, and Josh Taylor, MA, MLS. We all have some special things planned for the week. Students will hear from me in early summer with an opportunity to participate further in the course that week. Four of the days feature an in-classroom opportunity for open discussion and further learning.


A computer, iPad, or other tablet is not a requirement for the Intermediate Course but it is helpful if you bring one to class. You may wish to check websites, look at your own family in whatever genealogy software you use, or work along with the instructor on a website that is being discussed. Bring along pen and paper too, as there will be some other hands-on work.

For a handy guide to the registration process, click here.

Intermediate Genealogy: Tools for Digging Deeper

Monday
8:30 a.m.:  Analyzing Documents Workshop: Self-Judging Your Expertise Part I (Paula Stuart-Warren)
Are there times you question your analysis of a document? It’s likely you can do a much better job than you give yourself credit for. In this session we will analyze a document, prepare a research plan, and discuss it. Then we will break into groups and do analysis and research preparation of a different document that will

Genealogy seminar means back to Arizona

Due to the lost voice of the previous speaker, I have agreed to fill in and do the all-day seminar for the West Valley Genealogical Society (Arizona) this coming Saturday, February 22nd.

I will be presenting these four lectures:

1. Genealogy and the Internet:  Make it Work for You
2. Major Midwestern Archives & Their Records
3. The U.S. National Archives: The Nation's Attic
4. Genealogical Goldmine:  The Records Old Settlers Organizations

The seminar is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Lakeview United Methodist Church, 10298 W. Thunderbird Road, Sun City, Arizona. For location details, visit www.azwvgs.org.

The cost for on site registration is $45.00 and includes the Program, Beverages, and Door Prize chances. There are spaces available for more registrants. There might be a few extra continental breakfasts and box lunches available that day.

GRIP Pittsburgh registration opens February 12!

That is tomorrow, Wednesday, February 12, 2014. Registration opens at noon EST for six wonderful courses that are being held in Pittsburgh from July 20-25, 2014. Can't make it that week? Another edition of GRIP will be offered the first week of August in the Detroit area. Details are on the GRIP website for those courses and later registration.

I coordinate and teach in Intermediate Genealogy: Tools for Digging Deeper. For my course, you also get to interact with Debbie Mieszala, CG, and Josh Taylor, MA, MLS. We all have some special things planned for the week. Students will hear from me in early summer with an opportunity to participate further in the course that week. Four of the days feature an in-classroom opportunity for open discussion and further learning.

The three of us are also instructors in Josh' course Becoming an Online Expert: Mastering Search Engines and Digital Archives.

A computer, iPad, or other tablet is not a requirement for the Intermediate Course but it is helpful if you bring one to class. You may wish to check websites, look at your own family in whatever genealogy software you use, or work along with the instructor on a website that is being discussed. Bring along pen and paper too, as there will be some other hands-on work.

You may see the full lineup for the Intermediate Course by clicking here or keep on reading this long blog post. For a handy guide to the registration process, click here.

Monday
8:30 a.m.:  Analyzing Documents Workshop: Self-Judging Your Expertise Part I (Paula Stuart-Warren)
Are there times you question your analysis of a document? It’s likely you can do a much better job than you give yourself credit for. In this session we will analyze a document, prepare a research plan, and discuss it. Then we will break into groups and do analysis and research preparation of a different document that will

Genealogy travel in 2014 and open weekends for seminars

I just returned from a long trip that was mostly business related but I also enjoyed a few days in the warm sun of Arizona. The four days there went by too fast and I returned to snowy and cold Minnesota. I was in many states on this driving trip: Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, and Missouri. Each state has its own beauty and I reveled in it as I traveled.

As of today, the rest of 2014 will take me to Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, California, Pennsylvania, and Texas plus many other states via live webinars.

I have several large projects that need completion so I turned down some seminar invitations for this spring. I do have open weekends this fall and next winter and spring if your society is in need of a speaker. Just send me an inquiry via PaulaStuartWarren at gmail dot com. I can send your program chair all the details via email.

How do you pronounce some of the Minnesota town names where your ancestors lived?

So, how would you pronounce the Minnesota city name of New Prague? I can always tell when a new person is on a weather or newscast here. They usually pronounce it New Prahg. It's actually pronounced New Prayg with a hard g.

City Pages has a neat article about "17 Minnesota cities and streets everyone mispronounces." I don't think everyone mispronounces these names but the article itself is good. Be sure to read the comments for more items.

Click here to read the article.

RootsTech 2014 Live Stream Schedule

I have been asked to post the full live-stream schedule for this year's RootsTech. It is available here. https://familysearch.org/node/2519.

The listed times are Mountain Time Zone.

2014 RootsTech Live Streaming

Were you unable to attend RootsTech in person this year? Did you know that some sessions are being live-streamed?Click here to see the live presentations https://rootstech.org/ today through Saturday.