Our society will be meeting in person or on Zoom at 10 am on the third Saturday in the Prairie Sage One Room at the Fort Collins Senior Center for our monthly programs. We hold a hybrid meeting in person and using our Zoom video service. Capacity is 50 persons in the Prairie Sage One room. Lots of free parking at the senior center. We look forward to seeing you there!
Visitors (not LCGS members) who wish to attend via Zoom need to register below to receive the Zoom info and handout.
President Larry Doyle provides a brief overview of our society with the latest committee reports followed by today’s program.
Program Information
Deciphering the fancy (or terrible) handwriting, bad spelling, faint ink, and writing that bleeds through from the other side of the paper are issues we frequently encounter reading records in the courthouse, on microfilm or digital images, and old diaries and letters. Tips and tools for gettingaround these issues will be discussed.
Presenter Profile
Dawn Carlile
Dawn Carlile is a native Oregonian, having grown up in Eugene and Springfield, OR, and has been involved in genealogy for 30 years, starting when her dad asked if she had ever thought about researching their family history. His mother was orphaned at age 12 and he knew very little about her family. Once Dawn started looking into the family she was hooked. She is a professional genealogist, educator, and lecturer who began teaching classes for the Oregon Genealogical Society in 2008 and lecturing at local libraries, societies, and cultural events. She enjoys teaching others how to research as much as she does doing research herself.
Dawn is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Genealogical Speakers Guild, National Genealogical Society, and several local, state, and regional historical and genealogical societies. She has attended the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research, the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, and the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records. She graduated from Bushnell University with a B.A. degree in management.
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Reminder: Visitors are welcome and can register below to receive the Zoom info and handout!
Be sure to use our Thursday afternoon (except holiday weeks) genealogy help session from 1 to 3 pm at the Fort Collins Downtown Library. Members or visitors: please send an email to [email protected] with your request, and if for an ancestor, please send your family tree info from Ancestry, MyHeritage or a family tree image from your genealogy software.
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