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November 15, 2025
“10 Unexpected Places to Find Ancestor Photos Online“ Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal, Certified Genealogist®, is a researcher, writer, educator, and national genealogical speaker. Her specialties include methodology, technology, and online research resources. Elizabeth has studied at the National Institute for Genealogical Research (NIGR, now known as GenFed) in Washington, DC; the Forensic Genealogy Institute (FGI) in Dallas,…
January 17, 2026
Irene B. Walters will present a program on “US Courts System – History and Records” The system of US Courts holds many records that can be both helpful and confusing in your genealogical researching. Come learn some terminology, history, record keeping, and record searching practices that hopefully will alleviate some confusion when navigating the world…
March 21, 2026
Melissa Barker will present “Vertical Files: What Are They and How to Use them” Speaker: Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives & Museum. She is affectionately known as The Archive Lady. She lectures, teaches, and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in…
July 19, 2025
“Image Mining: Tips for LocatingDigital Records on Major Websites and Beyond” Joseph B. Everett, MLS, AG, is the Family History, Local History, and Microforms Librarian at the Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library. He has over 25 years combined experience in the genealogical field at BYU, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City,…
January 18, 2025
” U.S. Naturalization: The Records, the Laws, and the Impact” Irene B. Walters came to Houston’s Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research from New York in 1997 after receiving her librarian degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has given talks to many groups on various aspects of genealogical research including:…
February 15, 2025
Leslie Watson Tomlinson, MFA, CG. “Proven Methods for Breaking Down Genealogical Brick Walls” Leslie lives outside San Antonio, Texas, having landed there after her husband’s retirement from the Air Force, but has no direct ancestors from the state. Leslie’s ancestors are English and German on her mother’s side. They lived near Buffalo and Syracuse, New York….