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| Background Information | |
| * Author | * Researcher/consultant |
| Lecture topic categories | |
| * Beginners | * Methodology |
| Specialities: Author of Neither Waif Nor Stray: The Search for a Stolen Identity. This book is about the 100,000 British Home Children sent to Canada to work as indentured farm labourers from 1870-1948. These children now have 4 million Canadian descendants who have an unknown 20 million British relatives. The author created a Mail List (500 subscribers) and a Website of 17,000 names of Home Children to help researchers. | |
| Will you travel: local . .Y. . regional . .Y. . national . .Y. .
Will you provide a sample audio or video tape for review upon request? . .no. . Fees negotiable dependent on the size of the organization or audience? . .Yes | |
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| Background Information | ||||
| * Family Genealogist | * Researcher/consultant | |||
| Lecture topic categories | ||||
| * Beginners | * Methodology | * Computers/Technology | * Humorous | |
| Specialities: Introductory genealogy and what resources are currently available in Canada and Edmonton. Deal with genealogy the good, the bad and the ugly, how to get started and what you will and won't find. The difficulty of doing research in Canada opposed to other countries. Also instruct an internet genealogy workshop with a live internet connection. Discuss what you will and won't find on the internet, how to post a proper query to get your best results. We examine the different genealogy tools on the internet such as websites, mailing lists, newsgroups. Workshops are small, informal and fun. Each workshop provides tons of forms, hand outs, brochures and lecture notes, you won't go home empty handed. | ||||
| Will you travel: Local__Yes__ Regional__maybe__ National________ Will you provide a sample audio or video tape for review upon request?___ For what fee?__Fee refundable if scheduled to speak? Fees negotiable dependent on the size of the organization or audience? Yes | ||||
| Background Information | ||||
| * Professional Genealogist | * Author | * Researcher/consultant | * Teacher | * Librarian/ Historian |
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| * Beginners | * Methodology | * Regional/Ethnic | * Time Period | |
| * Immigration/Naturalization | * Professional | * Specialized | * Education/Certification | |
| Specialities:Specializing in lectures on genealogical research standards, research methods, and the application of historical demography techniques to understanding family hostory | ||||
| Will you travel: local . .Yes . . regional . .Yes . . national . .Yes . .
Will you provide a sample audio or video tape for review upon request? . .Yes . . For what fee? . .$8.00 . . Fee refundable if scheduled to speak? . .Yes . . Fees negotiable dependent on the size of the organization or audience?..No | ||||
Be sure to tell them GenieSpeak sent you! (And, please let us know if you engage a speaker.)