Practical Genealogy: Getting Organized and Using Websites

Practical Genealogy: Getting Organized and Using Websites

Lifelong Learning | Registration closed 11/22/2024

9000 Babcock Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15237 United States
Fisher Room
10/31/2024-12/5/2024
2:00 PM-4:30 PM EST on Th

Practical Genealogy: Getting Organized and Using Websites

Lifelong Learning | Registration closed 11/22/2024

This course will help attendees understand and experience ways to organize genealogical data in an interactive workshop. We will also explore the free website FamilySearch.org which contains records, family trees, and scanned images of original documents, both foreign and domestic.

 

All participants must come prepared to work on their own device to access the internet to discover your family history. Wi-Fi username and password will be provided.

Elissa Scalise Powell

Elissa Scalise Powell, Certified Genealogist® is co-director of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP); past-president of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, the course coordinator of IGHR's “Genealogy as a Profession” in Athens, Georgia, and author of two chapters in the 2018 "Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice, and Standards" book. She was an instructor and creator for part of Boston University’s Genealogical Research Certificate course, and taught beginning genealogy courses at CCAC for 14 years.