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

Current Genealogical Course Offerings

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

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.
 
Some of the topics covered in this course include:
  1. More accurate Ancestry.com searches
  2. The Ancestry.com Card Catalog
  3. Using Familysearch.org successfully
  4. The Familysearch Wiki
  5. Becoming Better Equipped to Take Your Research Onsite 
  6. Creating and Using a Research Plan 
  7. Creating and Using a Research Log
Contact Dawn for lecture availability and to make arrangements at your facility
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.

Some of the topics covered in this discussion include:
  1. ​​​FREE Genealogy Websites 
  2. FREE Genealogy Blogs
  3. FREE Maps
  4. Using Google Effectively 
  5. Search Tips and Tricks

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.
Some of the topics in the discussion include:
  1. The Will:  "Who are the people in the will?
  2. What does the Probate process entail?
  3. Where to locate probate files for research purposes
  4. ​What clues and information may be located in a probate file
  5. ​Potential will problems
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Genealogical Instruction
Ancestral Tree Genealogy is led by Dawn King Carson, a researcher since 2000. Dawn conducts research in the Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey areas. She is a member of the ​National Genealogical Society ​and the Association of Professional Genealogists ​and abides by the APG Code of Ethics. She holds a certificate in genealogical research from Boston University and is a member of ProGen 24. Please contact Dawn if you are in need of professional family history research or genealogical instruction services. 
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