DGS Workshop Speakers

DELAWARE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Workshop on Searching for Your Ancestors

Saturday October 14, 2000 from 9am until 4pm

Speakers

Tom Summers, Coordinator of Public Programming Delaware Public Archives (Little Known Genealogical Resources of the Delaware Public Archives)
Tom is a native Delawarean, born and raised in Milford. His family has been in Delaware for over 300 years. He graduated from Milford High School in 1979 and from Washington College (in Chestertown, MD) in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and earned a Masters of Education in Elementary Studies from Wilmington College in 1995. Tom served four years in U.S. Navy as an air traffic controller, 1985 - 1989 and has worked for the State of Delaware since 1990. Tom won the SAA's Hamer Kegan Award in 1999 for the education kit Teaching Delaware History with Primary Sources. He lives in Dover with his wife Debbie and three kids.

Tom Doherty, PhD (Finding Delaware Ancestors)
Tom was President of DGS 1995-1998 and is currently on the Board of Governors. He is a professional genealogical researcher, author of the best-selling Delaware Genealogical Research Guide and the project leader for the Delaware Families 1787-1800 project and the Tax Transcription Project. Tom has also taught genealogy at the University of Delaware. He has been published in the Delaware Genealogical Society Journal.

F. Edward Wright (Researching Colonial Families of the Delmarva: Some Pitfalls and Tips)
Ed has been researching families of the Delmarva Peninsula for the past 30 plus years, beginning with his Wrights, Broadways, Coopers and others. As ownerof Family Line Publications in the 90s he published the works of over 50 compilers working on genealogy source books in the mid-atlantic area. Uppermost in his efforts have been the reconstruction of families of the Delmarva during the Colonial period, having now published 12 volumes of families of the Delmarva. Since selling his genealogy publishing business in Westminster in 1999, he has concentrated on the lowever Delmarva. Ed began his family history research while completing 20 years with the Navy, after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1956. He is married to Barbara Epler of Wildwood Crest New Jersey and is father of three girls who live in the MD/VA area and grandfather of three more girls.

Doug Wenny (Getting Started on your Family Tree)
Doug has served over 9 years on the DGS Board of Governors, first as Vice-President (1981-82), then President (1983-84) and currently as Treasurer. He published (1955) on the descendants of Jacob Drill, Frederick Co. MD. He taught French for 31 years. He has taught "Getting Started on your Family Tree" at DGS workshops since 1987; volunteered on genealogy projects including Delaware Gazette Abstracts, Kelso project, and is currently indexing the 1859 Kent Co. DE Map by person, creek, tract, building and town.

Jack Lewis, DC, CCSP (DGS Workshop Chairman)
Jack is a charter member of the DGS and served on the Board of Governors for ten years, including two years as President. His wife, Nancy, was secretary of the Board for seven years and elected Board member for one year. He writes the "Computer Corner" for the DGS newsletters. He is an eighth generation Kent Countian and is currently preparing a Lewis family history for publication. He founded the Caesar Rodney Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution in Dover and is the State SAR Vice President for Kent County. His two sons are members and a grandson is a Life Member of the SAR. He has been a registered Scouter for 54 years (seven years as a Scoutmaster and four years as District chairman) and is the recipient of the Del-Mar-Va Council's Silver Beaver Award. He has two Eagle Scout sons and three Eagle Scout grandsons. He is retired from State of Delaware service."

DELAWARE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Workshop on Searching for Your Ancestors Saturday October 14, 2000 from 9am until 4pm Speakers

DELAWARE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Workshop on Searching for Your Ancestors

Saturday October 14, 2000 from 9am until 4pm

Speakers