Join us for the 2024 BAGS Family History Month Conference on Saturday October 26, 2024.
In-person seating is available at the FamilySearch Center in Green Bay or you can join us via ZOOM.
ZOOM links will be emailed after you have registered.
Family History Month Conference Schedule
8:30 am Doors open - Check-in
8:50 am Welcome & Announcements
9:00 am Why and how to use FamilySearch at home or in a FamilySearch Center
Sandy Andrus (Sandy will be in person)
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Dissecting a Civil War Pension Record: Union and Confederate
Jill Morelli (Jill will present via Zoom)
11:15 am Lunch Break
Lunch is on your own or you can bring your own lunch and sit with fellow genealogists to socialize. There are many local restaurants available within one mile of the venue. Or meet with a FamilySearch Center consultant over lunch
12:15 pm Cousins Connections: One of the Best Tools in your Genealogical Toolbox
Meredith Renard (Meredith will be in person)
1:15 pm Break
1:30 pm Genealogy Research in the Archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society
Lee Grady (Lee will present via Zoom)
2:30 pm Questions and Closing Statements
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Family History Month Conference Speakers
Sandy Andrus has been researching for over 50 years. She has served in the Family Search Center for more than a decade. Sandy’s comment “There isn’t much else to say except I love researching!”
- Why and how to use FamilySearch at home or in a FamilySearch Center.
Sandy will discuss pros and cons and how to get help and where to start.
Jill Morelli is a “Roots” genealogist, becoming interested in family history in the 1970’s with the Alex Haley show. At that time, she just collected “stuff.” After a hiatus during which she had a family and volunteered in her community, Jill came back to genealogy with a vengeance in February 2002 and a total commitment to “doing it right.”
- Dissecting a Civil War Pension File: Union and Confederate
Have you identified a Union or Confederate Civil War soldier in your ancestry? Lucky you. These records are the most accessible of all military records. We will discuss the history of these records, who was included and excluded, and the changes in the law. Civil War Pension records contain a wealth of information. We will compare two pension packets, Confederate and Union–and how to acquire, use them and the stories they tell.
Meredith Renard is the Lineage Research chair for the local Jean Nicolet Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), author of articles on genealogy research, and a speaker on various lineage research topics.
- Cousins Connections - One of the Best Tools in your Genealogical Toolbox
Learn about why and how to connect with distant cousins and the impact this can have on advancing your lineage research.
Lee Grady is a senior reference archivist at the Wisconsin Historical Society. He has spoken on a variety of topics related to the Historical Society's Library and Archives collections, including genealogy, local history, general archival research, maps, military records, state institutions (prisons, asylums, etc.), the Draper Collection, and the McCormick Collection.
- Genealogy Research in the Archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society
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Bay Area Genealogical Society – BAGS Saturday October 26, 2024
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We are a nonprofit organization that relies on membership fees and donations to continue to provide you with educational opportunities. Donations are encouraged to cover the cost of our speakers.
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