2020 Presentations:
Zoom meetings available to paid members. Go to membership page for information.
| Feb 13 | Chris Pederson | Advance Tools for Using DNA; Triangulation, Clustering and WATO tools |
| Apr 2 | Carol Darrow | Immigration (Online via ZOOM) Please go to “Next Meeting Presentation” page (our Home page) to view or download instructions |
| Apr 20 | Diane Barbour | “Scots-Irish: Who Are They and Where Are the Records?” (online via ZOOM) |
| May 18 | Sylvia Tracy-Doolos | Beeline to the West: Migration Pulls for Immigrants Immigrants who settled in the “West” had their own reasons for coming. Compared to immigrants into the Colonies, those who came directly west had vastly different pushes and pulls. This presentation focuses on the pulls of the West and who was attracted by them. (online via ZOOM) |
| Jun 15 | Vicky Smejkal | FamilySearch.org…What’s New? The ever-evolving free genealogy website, FamilySearch, will be explored with all its new features and updates. And, time permitting, a brief peek as to where the 77% of the non-indexed records can be found. |
| Jul 20 | Ellen Shindelman Kowitt | What Would Nancy Drew Do in the Quest for Missing Family? |
| Aug 17 | Jacquelyn Mahan, Karen Yudnich, Gail Elias | New Nederlands aka Pennsylvania |
| Sep 21 | Allie Golon | Deciphering your ancestor’s handwriting |
| Oct 19 | Julie Miller | New England to the Midwest Credentials: |
2019 PRESENTATIONS
Download PDF: 2019 BGS PRESENTATIONS LONG-R4
| February 27, 2019 (Wednesday) | Carol Darrow | Immigration and Naturalization Records |
| March 18, 2019 (Monday) | Diane Barbour, PLCGS Professional Genealogist | Thousands of New Civil War Records. Is Your Ancestor in them? |
| April 18, 2019 (Thursday) | James Walsh PhD | A Memorial of Remembrance: Marking the Irish Dead in the Rocky Mountain Mining Landscape. |
| May 29, 2019 (Wednesday) | Greg Liverman | What’s New in DNA Testing for Genealogy in 2019 |
| June 20, 2019 (Thursday) | Dina Carson | Glamorous Genealogy or Fabulous Family History: Choosing a Do-Able Project |
| July 18, 2019 (Thursday) | Larry Dorsey | In the Footsteps of the Iron Horse: the influence of railroads on the settlement of Colorado |
| August 15, 2019 (Thursday) | Jacquelyn Mahan | 400 Years of Spanish American history from Catholic Church Records.
We had the date right the first time! |
| Sept. 19, 2019 (Thursday) | Christine Cochran Updated! | Grandmother’s Secrets |
| October 17, 2019 (Thursday) | Beth Benko | FamilySearch.org: Making Effective Use of this Free Resource |
| November 18, 2019 (Monday) | Nicholas Bernhard, Curator for Miner’s Museum in Lafayette | Story of life in Colorado’s coal fields & Holiday Party |
For more information please contact
Karen Yudnich, kyudnich@yahoo.com
Rani Machoi, machoi@colorado.edu
Download PDF: 2019 BGS Presentations Rev July 2019
