Note that this meeting is on Thursday!
This presentation will be joint with the AAGS.
Summary: When an answer is elusive, do you tend to give up? Don’t stop just because one thing didn’t turn up any records for you. There are always more databases, digitized collections, online books, and so much more to find. This lecture discusses “genealogical perseverance” through examples and how they were overcome. Topics include:
- What is “Genealogical Grit” and how can it be used to excel through tough problems?
- Examples of tough research problems from broken links, missing databases, lack of digitized records, and general access problems.
- Examples of tough ancestor problems from individuals with the same names in the same time and place, to disappearing ancestors.
- Solutions for solving these problems using methodology and strategies such as: FAN Club, DNA, timelines, and utilizing online search tools such as WorldCat, ArchiveGRID, and others to find the records, and more.
Speaker: Cari A. Taplin, CG
Cari A. Taplin is related to Roy Rogers. Or at least that’s what her family told her. As a result, finding her true heritage has been her focus since the year 2000. She is a native of Wood County, Ohio but now lives in Longmont, Colorado. Cari holds the Certified Genealogist® credential and has served in a wide variety of volunteer and leadership positions for state, local, and national societies. As the owner of GenealogyPANTS, she provides speaking services. She also lends help and shares her expertise as an administrator on the highly popular Facebook Group “The Genealogy Squad.” Cari currently works for Ancestry ProGenealogists. Cari’s personal research focuses on midwestern and Great Lakes states. When she’s not working on her genealogy, she is a wife, and a mother of two young adults.
Cari has an extensive list of experience and credentials. She has spoken at more than 11 National and Regional Conferences, lectured for more than 24 seminars, and given more than 129 webinars, and presented 27 classes. She is credited for more than 37 publications and projects. She is a member of 13 Genealogical societies and has held leadership positions in many.
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