Consultations

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Friday, 5 April 2013, 2:00-7:30pm

Saturday, 6 April 2013 9:10am-2:0530pm

FxGS Spring Conference One-on-One Consultations

(early registration ends 15 March)

Our early registration deadline is fast approaching for our Spring Conference so remember to sign up before March 15^th.  Also, we have professional genealogists available for one-on-one consultations to assist you with your researching challenges.  Our consultants are available on Friday evening and Saturday during the conference and the cost is only $20 for 20 minutes to gain their expert insight.  

If you are interested in a one-on-one consultation register on Eventbrite or mail your check to:

Fairfax Genealogical Society

Attn: 2013 Conference Consultations

P.O. Box 2290

Merrifield, VA  22116-2290           

Also click to download the Consultation Form in .PDF Format  and submit it for your preferred consultant/time frame. Fill out the included information sheet for the consultant to review prior to the consultation. If you register on Eventbrite, include a copy of your receipt with the mailed form.

Below is a list of our consultants and their areas of expertise.    Also remember that even if you do not have a question that fits into one of their specialty areas they have lots of experience and may be able to provide you with another way to tackle your brick wall.

Consultant Name	Consultation Area/Topic
Char Bah (available Friday evening)	·   African American Research
Dorothy Boyd-Bragg (available Friday evening)	·   Virginia Research ·   Virginia's Registers of Free Negroes ·   Researching Germans in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Virginia ·   Records relating to Virginia's Great Wagon Road
Leslie Anderson (available Friday evening and Saturday)	·   Beginning Genealogists: Build A Strong Foundation ·   Researching Family History in Hampton Roads ·   Finding Blacks & Whites in RG 105: Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands ·   Slaves & Slave owners: Using the Virginia Slave Births Index, 1853-1865
Sharon Hodges (available Saturday)	·   Northern New Jersey ·   District of Columbia ·   Northern Virginia
Teresa Kelley (available Friday evening and Saturday)	·   Virginia 1850-present ·   Internet Research (locating and using records and databases - all states) ·   Locating people in the 20th and 21st centuries (all states) ·   Getting Started
Tom Jones (available Saturday)	·   Southeast and Midwest United States ·   Complex problems

Once you have submitted your information, you should receive a confirmation email.   Then on the day of your scheduled consultation, please check in at our FxGS table 20 minutes before your scheduled consultation.

We look forward to seeing all of you on April 5^th and 6^th.

Meet the Consultants

Our experienced consultants for our 2013 conference are listed below (consultation appointments are assigned as first come/first served and some have limited time slots for consultations):

Char Bah (available Friday evening)

·         Char is a native of Alexandria and has been doing genealogical research for more than 26 years. Besides being a published author – having been published in the Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society Newsletter, NGS Magazine, Halifax County, Virginia Heritage Book, and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Journal – Char gives back to her Alexandria community.

·         Consultation Area/Topic: 

o   African American Research

Dorothy Boyd-Bragg (available Friday evening)

·         Dorothy is Professor of History, Affiliated with the James Madison Center. She received her Ph.D. from Temple University, the M.A. from Ohio State University, and the B.A. from Temple University.  Her research interests include local history and the transcription and editing of documents.  She is the author/editor of Register of Free Blacks: Rockingham County, Virginia, 1807-1859.  Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1992; Marriage Notices from Extant Issues of the Rockingham Register, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1822-1870. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993; Registers of Free Negroes, Botetourt County, Virginia, Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Company, 1993; and, This Heritage: The Story of Lutheran Beginnings in the Lower Shenandoah Valley and of Grace Church, Winchester, Expanded Edition, 1753-2003. Staunton, Virginia: Lot’s Wife Publishing, 2003.

·         Consultation areas/topics:

o   Virginia Research

o   Virginia's Registers of Free Negroes

o   Researching Germans in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Virginia

o   Records relating to Virginia's Great Wagon Road

Leslie Anderson (available Friday evening and Saturday)

·         Leslie, a Virginia Genealogical Society (VGS) Board member, is an experienced reference librarian with Special Collections located at the Alexandria Library (VA).  She holds a MSLS from Case Western University (OH) and her BA from Wesleyan University (CT).  Leslie has completed courses at the Virginia Institute of Genealogical Research (2003), the National Institute on Genealogical Research (2004), the Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research (2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012) and the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (2012).   She is a member of the following organizations:  National Genealogical Society, Board of Governors, Virginia Genealogical Society, Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Westmoreland County (PA) Historical Society, Ohio Genealogical Society and various county societies in Virginia and Pennsylvania.  Leslie was also the editor of Virginia Slave Births Index, 1853-1865 (5 vols). 

·         Consultation areas/topics:

o   Beginning Genealogists: Build A Strong Foundation

o   Researching Family History in Hampton Roads

o   Finding Blacks & Whites in RG 105: Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

o   Slaves & Slaveowners: Using the Virginia Slave Births Index, 1853-1865

o   Using Libraries and Repositories Effectively

Sharon Hodges (available Saturday)

·         A professional genealogist, teacher and lecturer, Sharon has been involved in genealogical research for over 20 years. She is the author of Using Passport Records (NGS Magazine, April-June 2009), Making Voter Registration Records Count (NGS Magazine, April-June 2010), and “A Home for Confederate Veterans.” The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. XXXVII, No. 6 (December 2011). She has presented tracts for the Virginia Genealogy Society Annual Spring Conference, Genealogical Society of New Jersey Annual Conference, the Fairfax (VA) Genealogical Conference, and the 31st Annual Jewish Genealogy Conference as well as being a speaker at monthly meetings for various genealogical societies in New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. In 1997, Sharon completed the National Genealogical Society Home Study Course for which she is now a grader and is a 2000 graduate of the National Institute for Genealogical Research, where she presented a lecture in 2010. She is a member of the Fairfax Genealogical Society and is the First Vice President, Programs, for the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society, having served also as Secretary of both organizations. In addition Sharon is a member of the National Genealogical Society, Virginia Genealogical Society (board member), Genealogical Society of New Jersey, the Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society, and numerous New Jersey genealogical organizations.

·         Consultation areas/topics:

o   Northern New Jersey

o   District of Columbia

o   Northern Virginia

Teresa Kelley (available Friday evening and Saturday)

·         Teresa Kelley has been actively pursuing her ancestors for more than 15 years.  She is a graduate of the National Institute of Genealogical Research (NIGR) and the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR).  Over the years she has been active in several county genealogical societies serving as an officer and newsletter editor.  She is currently serving as a Governor on the Board of the Virginia Genealogical Society.  Teresa's particular areas of interest include Virginia research from 1850 to the present, United States census records research, Internet and online database research, and locating people in the 20th and 21st centuries.

·         Consultation areas/topics:

o   Virginia 1850-present

o   Internet Research (locating and using records and databases - all states)

o   Locating people in the 20th and 21st centuries (all states)

o   Getting Started

Tom Jones (available Saturday)

·         Tom works full-time as a genealogical author, editor, educator, and researcher. A past president and former trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, he has co-edited the National Genealogical Society Quarterly since 2002. Tom lectures frequently in national and local venues, where he is known for information-packed lectures benefitting genealogists at all skill levels. His articles and lectures address genealogical research methods, proof, and problem solving. A professor emeritus at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., Tom teaches “Evidence Evaluation and Documentation” in Boston University’s online and classroom-based genealogy certificate programs, “Advanced Genealogical Methods” at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and “Writing and Publishing for Genealogists” at Samford University’s Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research.

·         Consultation areas/topics:

o   Southeast and Midwest United States

o   Complex problems