Tips for Breaking Brick Walls
Every genealogist at some time while researching runs up against brick walls. Brick walls are when a research question such as finding the parents of an ancestor cannot be answered. There are simple techniques to help break through these walls. Lisa will share those techniques with us.
Lisa S. Gorrell is a Certified Genealogist®. She has served on boards of several genealogical societies and is currently the recording secretary with the Contra Costa County Historical Society in California, where she volunteers at their archives. She is a founding member and instructor of the new online Applied Genealogy Institute. She enjoys giving genealogy presentations and writing about her family on two blogs: “Mam-ma’s Southern Family” http://mam-massouthernfamily.blogspot.com/ and “My Trails into the Past” http://mytrailsintothepast.blogspot.com/. She has written a three-generation family history about her husband’s Swedish ancestors.
Bite-Size Genealogy: FaceBook for Followers presenter Xenia Stanford
Why should you follow a page? How does it help you? We have been asking you to follow and like our page and like and comment on our posts, but do you know why and how to do this? This session will show you the advantages to you as well as KDGS in interacting with and engaging in our page and posts. It will also answer what is a page vs a profile vs a group and other questions you may have. Applying some of these simple techniques will help you get the feeds you want for the best advantage as a follower on Facebook.
