Genealogical Instruction

Challenge your brain while having fun learning how to research your family history...

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Whether your group or association is interested in a one-time,
in-person lecture or a course with multiple sessions, 
​Dawn is available to teach the nuances of genealogical research. 

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Current Genealogical Course and Lecture Offerings

Coal Miners, Railroader, and the Immigrants Who helped build Pennsylvania

This sixty-minute lecture is designed to discuss a bit of the history of coal mining and railroading in Pennsylvania as well as finding the homelands of those hard working immigrants.

Locating Religious Records in Pennsylvania

This sixty-minute lecture is designed to educate the genealogist on how to locate various Pennsylvania religious records our ancestors left behind.

Becoming a Probate Detective:Rejoicing in the Probate Files of Our Ancestors

This sixty-minute lecture is designed to educate genealogists in the basics of probate and what invaluable clues and information they may find in a probate file. A Q&A session will follow.

Contact Dawn for lecture availability and to make arrangements at your facility

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Keys to Successful Genealogical Research at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

This sixty-minute lecture demonstrates how to successfully use the many databases available to researchers interested in the hidden gems of the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Speed Up Your Search and Find Your Ancestors Faster

​This sixty-minute discussion is designed to educate genealogists on some of the methods and techniques genealogists use to get more accurate results while speeding up their searches. A Q&A session will follow.
 

Using FREE Online Resources to Grow Your Family Tree

 This sixty-minute discussion is designed to educate genealogists about a variety of useful and FREE online genealogical resources. A Q&A session will follow.

Genealogy Toolkit Classes

​This three-part class on genealogical research is designed for genealogists of varying levels. Topics covered will range from the ins and outs of using online genealogy websites, harvesting clues from your resources, effectively researching at an archive or historical society, and how to navigate your Ancestry DNA results in order to identify your matches.

Uncovering Your Family History

This six-part course is designed to challenge your brain while having fun learning about the resources and documents needed for family history research. The course is taught in six ninety-minute sessions. Fifteen minutes of Q&A will follow each session.

1. Session One~ The Genealogical Hunt: Where to Begin?  
2. Session Two~ The Genealogical Hunt: Where is Your Money Best Spent       
3. Session Three~ FREE, FREE, FREE: Where are those FREE online sites?
4. Session Four~ Proof: The Must Have Genealogical Resources
5. Session Five~ Writing a Research Plan
6. Session Six~ Road Trippin' iT; Taking Your Research on the Road