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2020 Webinar Series
November
VGA 2020 Virtual Conference
Fri, Nov 13 – Sun, Nov 15, 2020
Friday & Saturday moderated by VGA President Dan Earl
Sunday moderated by VGA Corresponding Secretary Jeannette Sheliga
Judy Nimer Muhn – “Researching French-Canadians in North America”
Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 1:00 pm Eastern
Moderated by VGA Member Susan Schuler
Marian B. Wood – “Curate Your Genealogy Collection – Before Joining Your Ancestors!”
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Moderated by VGA President Dan Earl
December
Diane L. Richard – “The Organizational Power of Timelines”
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Moderated by VGA President Dan Earl
Nancy Loe – “Using Macs and iPads for Genealogy”
Friday, December 4, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Moderated by VGA member Cheri Hudson Passey
Jean Wilcox Hibben – “Family History Can Heal Family Present”
Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 1:00 pm Eastern
Moderated by VGA Welsh SIG & Writing SIG Admin Megan Heyl
2021 Webinar Series
January
Cheri Hudson Passey – “Becoming a Professional Genealogist: From Passion to Profit”
Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Alec Ferretti – “DNA Clustering: Automating Shared Matching”
Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 11:00 am Eastern
February
Ari Wilkins – “Looking for My Babies: Freedmen Searching for Family”
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Michael Strauss – “Influenza: The Twentieth Century’s Deadliest Pandemic”
Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 11:00 am Eastern
March
Pam Vestal – “What the Heck Does That Say? Overcoming Difficult Handwriting”
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Mary Patricia Voell – “Family History, Genealogy & Cognitive Health”
Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 11:00 am Eastern
April
Sara Cochran – “Missing: Reward! Locating Widows, Spinsters, and Bachelors”
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Lisa Lisson – “Searching for Old Family Photos? 15 Places to Look”
Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 11:00 am Eastern
May
Jessica Trotter – “Tuberculosis in the Family Tree: A Background & Resources for Research”
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Connie Davis with Wendy Bradley – “Reconciling Unsettling Truths About Our Ancestors”
Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 11:00 am Eastern
June
Tara Shymanski – “The Art of Slow Genealogy”
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 8:00 pm Eastern
David Ryan – “Hidden Treasures: Discovering Local Sources in Your Irish Research”
Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 11:00 am Eastern
July
Leslie Carney – “Creating a Locality Guide”
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Lianne Krueger – “From Grandmother to First European Landowner of Canada”
Saturday, July 1, 27021 at 11:00 am Eastern
August
Annette Burke Lyttle – “What is Social History and Why Should a Genealogist Care?”
Tuesday, August 2, 2021 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Marc Jarzebowski – “More Than Google Maps: Online Contemporary and Historical Maps”
Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:00 am Eastern
September
Tamara Hallo – “Telling Your Family’s Story with Google Earth”
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Mary Risseeuw – “Nellie Was a Rebel: Unusual Sources to Find Her Child’s Father”
Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 11:00 am Eastern
October
Seema Kenney – “WWII – Letters To & From a Young Soldier”
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Kelli Bergheimer – “DNA Methodology: A Mystery First Cousin”
Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 11:00 am Eastern
November
Virtual Genealogical Association Annual Conference
December
Janice Nickerson – “Genealogy Gifts and Games for the Whole Family”
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 8:00 pm Eastern
Peggy Lauritzen – “Following the Money: Using Tax Records in Our Research”
Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 11:00 am Eastern
