My Trails into the Past

Genealogists are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great documenting our own. I’ll write about what I’ve been doing the past week. This idea came from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing, who started this meme. Genealogy Education: I attended the Southern California Genealogical Society’s 50th Anniversary Jamboree .  It was three days of genealogy classes (plus a pre-day of DNA that I didn’t attend). I went with my friend, Jacqueline and she drove us. We had a great time attending classes, meeting new people, visiting with friends from all over the country, and finding things to buy in the exhibit hall. I volunteered 5 hours in the local APG group’s research room, helping people with their questions. That was a lot of fun. I attended interesting classes that gave me ideas on some talks I could do in our local area. Can’t wait to start on them. The sessions I attended were: “Los Angeles Public Library and Other Los Angeles-Area Resources” by Julie Huffman ...

I will be attending the Southern California Genealogical Society's Jamboree in Burbank, California from June 9-11, 2017. This will be my second time, the last time many years ago. Finally, I don't have any college and high school graduations to interfere with the seminar. If you want to register, click here . I am very excited to also be attending the DNA day on June 8. I am ready to learn more about using DNA in my genealogy research. On my last train trip across the country, I worked through the workbook, Genetic Genealogy in Practice ,  by Blaine T. Bettinger, Ph.D., JD, and Debbie Parker Wayne, CG, CGL. This has been really helpful and I know that some of the sessions at Jamboree will help me, too. I will blog about my experiences during Jamboree. I will meet many other bloggers, speakers, and friends who will also be there. It will be lots of fun. Copyright © 2017 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past. All Rights Reserved.