GENEALOGY CLASSES

with Joelle Steele

Research Your Ancestry & Write Your Family History & Memoirs. Covers everything you could possibly need to know about researching and writing your family history. Learn all the ins and outs of research, online searching, specialty books, interviews, personal letters, diaries, photos, Ellis Island records, SS Death Index, census records, title searches, ethnicity-specific searches, and vital statistics docs. Variations in data, fact checking, ethics, and getting to the truth behind stories. Handling delicate info, speculative data, and "holes" in stories. Use of formats and viewpoints in the writing process. Collecting, identifying, dating, and managing photos and other images. Kinship terms, charts, and trees. Instructor has more than 45 years experience as a genealogist. She has written her memoirs, two family histories, and more than 40 family histories for her clients. PowerPoint presentation and detailed outline. Get your questions answered! Bring your lunch.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2024, 9 am-3 pm, Research Your Ancestry & Write Your Family History & Memoirs, Centralia College, Centralia, WA.

SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2025, 9 am-3 pm, Research Your Ancestry & Write Your Family History & Memoirs, Centralia College, Centralia, WA.