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Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA – Learn the value of theses and dissertations in creating context for your narrative and describing why and how something happened in your ancestor’s life.
Sam Williams, MDiv — Discover how 18th and 19th-century Virginia personal property taxes are a genealogical goldmine.
Amy Bertsch — Two women and seven children in a rare Civil War photograph were identified as “Felix Richards Slaves” at a place called Volusia, near Alexandria, Virginia. Thorough examination of federal pension and claim records, along with local records, resulted in their identification. This handout provides a closer look at these sources.
Renate Yarborough Sanders — Though the nickname “Freedmen’s Bureau” suggests a complete focus on the formerly enslaved, this presentation highlights information about ancestors of all backgrounds – black and white.
Roccie None Hill, MA — Finding information about Native American ancestors has long been a complex endeavor for many reasons: the lack of written records by native authors, cultural differences in naming traditions, language barriers, errors in non-native records, and forced transport of indigenous peoples, individually or in groups, to distant parts of the country.