Member Materials Table of Contents
Thanks to the generosity of our many speakers, handouts and recorded webinars are available to many of our programs since 2017. Feel free to scroll through the table of contents. The materials themselves are available to members only. If you’re not a member, learn about the benefits of joining us at Join/Renew.
| wdt_ID | Year | Month | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 | January | Newspapers and Genealogy | Reese Robinson, DGS board member |
| 2 | 2017 | April | Clean Up Your Room! Organization Techniques for Genealogy | Panel |
| 3 | 2017 | September | Grave Matters: Cemetery Research | Susan Kirk Ryan, DGS president |
| 4 | 2017 | September | Grave Matters: Missing Tombstones | Reese Robinson, DGS board member |
| 5 | 2017 | November | Hidden Assets: Farm Journal, Place Names, Runk | Reese Robinson, DGS board member |
| 6 | 2017 | November | Hidden Assets: Steve Morse and Lalley | Susan Kirk Ryan, DGS president |
| 7 | 2017 | November | Hidden Assets: Newspapers | Irene Monley, DGS board member |
| 8 | 2018 | January | Over There: Researching Our World War I Era Ancestors in Military Records | J. Joseph Harland, Ph.D., CG®, DGS VP |
| 9 | 2018 | February | My Wild Irish Research: New Irish Genealogy Resources are Blooming | Susan Kirk Ryan, DGS president |
| 10 | 2018 | May | DGS Website: New Content and Features | Reese Robinson, DGS board member and webmaster |
| 11 | 2018 | August | One-Touch Genealogical Research: How to Handle a Record Just Once | Thomas MacEntee, genealogical professional |
| 12 | 2018 | September | Mapping Your Ancestors! | Reese Robinson, DGS board member |
| 13 | 2018 | November | Writing Your Family Story | Various speakers |
| 14 | 2019 | February | Research in Pennsylvania Coal Country | Mike Miscoski, DGS board member |
| 15 | 2019 | October | Hagley Records: Resources at Hagley | Erik Rau, Hagley Director of Library Services |
| 16 | 2019 | October | Hagley Records: Toy Family Research | Reese Robinson, Marjorie McNinch, DGS board members |
| 17 | 2019 | November | Finding Your German Ancestors | Lloyd Maier, DGS member |
| 18 | 2020 | January | Making the Most of your DNA Matches with Ancestry.com | Diahan Southard, Founder of Your DNA Guide |
| 19 | 2020 | February | Almshouses, Orphanages, and Reform Schools | Mike Miscoski, DGS board member |
| 20 | 2020 | September | The Parentage of Alexina Carver | J. Joseph Harland, Ph.D., CG®, past DGS VP and board member |
| 21 | 2020 | October | The New Delaware Genealogical Research Guide: A Look Between the Covers | Irene Heffran Monley and Constance Nelmes Beatty, members of the the Delaware Genealogical Society Research Guide Committee |
| 22 | 2020 | November | The Delaware Public Archives: What Records are Available and How to Access Them | Connor Lee Graham, CA, Supervisor of Archival Collections at the Delaware Public Archives |
| 23 | 2020 | December | A Reasonably Exhaustive Research Checklist; Bringing Josias Home; Legal Notices | Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist |
| 24 | 2021 | January | How DNA Made a Family Out of Strangers | Diahan Southard, Founder of Your DNA Guide |
| 25 | 2021 | February | Preservation of Documents, Photos and Digital Memories: Techniques for the Family Historian | Connor Lee Graham, CA, Supervisor of Archival Collections at the Delaware Public Archives |
| 26 | 2021 | March | Second World War (WWII): African American Involvement in the US Military | Erwin Polk, Co-founder & V.P. Genealogy of the Delaware chapter of AAHGS |
| 27 | 2021 | April | Genealogy of a Home: Using Land Records, Wills, Census and Newspapers to Trace Family | Reese Robinson, past DGS board member |
| 28 | 2021 | September | Presidential Family Secret of Joseph W. Clifton: A Delaware Genealogy Case Study | Sydney F. Cruice Dixon, professional genealogist |
| 29 | 2021 | October | Delaware, Our Families and the 1918 Flu Epidemic | Mary Ann Vincent, DGS member |
| 30 | 2021 | November | Partners in Research: Delaware Historical Society Resources for Genealogists | Leigh Rifenburg, Chief Curator, Delaware Historical Society |
| 31 | 2022 | January | Delaware Escape Room | Thomas MacEntee, Genealogy Bargains |
| 32 | 2022 | February | Special Program: A Tour of the NEW DGS Website | Graham Godfrey, DGS Board member and technology lead |
| 33 | 2022 | February | Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker: Using Occupational Records | Amy Johnson Crow, Modern Genealogy Made Easy |
| 34 | 2022 | March | Almshouses, Orphanages, and Reform Schools: Update | Mike Miscoski, President, DGS |
| 35 | 2022 | April | Tracking Down Your Eastern European Ancestors | Pam Vestal, Generations Genealogy |
| 36 | 2022 | May | Extra, Extra! Newspapers | Reese Robinson, DGS member |
| 37 | 2022 | May | Finding Your Delaware Ancestors at Legacy Family Tree Webinars: https://bit.ly/3N0HaoA (copy/paste to browser) | Irene Heffran Monley, past DGS president |
| 40 | 2022 | September | Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors | Lisa Alzo, MFA, Freelance writer, Instructor, and Lecturer |
| 41 | 2022 | October | Forensic Genealogy and Betty Jean's Story | Mags Gaulden |
| 42 | 2022 | November | Black Powder: Explosions on the Brandywine | Dick Templeton, Writer and Tour Guide at Hagley Museum & Library |
| 43 | 2023 | January | Wrought with a Careful Hand: Delaware Schoolgirl Samplers | Cynthia Steinhoff, Director of the Library at Anne Arundel Community College |
| 44 | 2023 | February | Migration Trails across America | Peggy C. Lauritzen |
| 45 | 2023 | April | Beginning Your Genealogy Journey | Cheri Hudson Passey |
| 46 | 2023 | May | Navigating the National Archives | Julie Miller, Certified Genealogist, Certified Genealogical Speaker, Fellow of National Genealogical Society |
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