CGS: 5th Saturday - Just the Ticket to Find Your Railroad Ancestors & Really??? - Proving and Refuting Family Lore

Just the Ticket to Find Your Railroad Ancestors

If Gramps was working on the railroad, what railroad was it? What did he do? How can you learn more? Discover the many different kinds of records a trainman's life might have created.

Really??? - Proving and Refuting Family Lore

Many genealogists have heard handed-down family stories. How can you separate truth from fiction before you pass those yarns along to the next generation? Learn ways to dig deeper and find corroborating evidence to support (or refute) the tales. Friends don’t let friends share myths.

Tentative Schedule

9:30 to 10:00 time for everyone to log in
10:00 to 10:15 a.m. Welcome, announcements, introduction
10:15 – 11:15 Just the Ticket to Find Your Railroad Ancestors
11:15 – 11:30 Questions
11:30 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:45 Really??? - Proving and Refuting Family Lore
12:45 – questions and wrap-up – until about 1:00

About Mary

Mary Kircher Roddy, CG®, grew up in San Rafael, California. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Studies from The University of California, Riverside in 1982 and a Master's in Professional Accounting from the University of Texas in 1984. She earned a certificate in Genealogy and Family History at the University of Washington in 2005. She was credentialed by the Board for Certification of Genealogists® in 2019.* She is a trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists and is a former treasurer for the Association of Professional Genealogists. Mary became interested in genealogy in 2000 in anticipation of a sabbatical in Ireland where her husband was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Limerick. Mary has published articles in many publications including The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, NGS Magazine, Family Chronicle (now called Your Genealogy Today), Internet Genealogy, FGS Forum as well as society publications in the US, Australia and Canada. Mary frequently lectures in Washington State as well as at conferences across the US on methodology and records. She is one of the founders of the Applied Genealogy Institute. She is a member of the Seattle Genealogical Society and the National Genealogical Society.

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