Owner -- Mosaic Research and Project Management Editor -- Upfront with NGS (blog) Co-Editor -- Journal, North Carolina Genealogical Society Contributor, various Moorshead Publications Internet Genealogy and Family Chronicle President, Wake County Genealogical Society Secretary, [NC Association of Professional Genealogists] (http://www.ncapg.com/) and Member of National APG

Past Speaking Engagements:

North Carolina Genealogical Society (NCGS) Speakers Forums

2006 -- "Help I live in Raleigh and My Family Comes from Outside North Carolina!" (see above) 2007 -- "Looking for Scots Heritage Becomes a Lesson in the History of Wake and Johnston Counties" (Companion article published in Winter/Spring 2007 edition Wake Treasures (WCGS) 2008 -- "Explore NC through maps from the comfort of your home!" 2009 -- "Born in NC: making the connection back to North Carolina, a case study" (Companion article published in June 2009 Discovering Family History "North Caroline and Beyond") 2010 -- "Sign of the Times: Timelines in Genealogy" 2011 -- "Freedmens Bureau Records Much More Valuable to Anyones Research Than You Might Have Thought!"

Various Local Meetings

Wake County Genealogical Society ~~ Nov 2006 "Research the Cosmos" ~~ April 2008 "Explore NC Through Maps From the Comfort of Your Home" [scheduled] ~~ March 2011 "Freedmens Bureau Records Much More Valuable to Anyones Research Than you Might Have Thought!"

NC-APG ~~ Sept 2007 "Internet Resources for family research" ~~ Nov 2008 Program on "DVD by Sharon Sergeant titled The Misha Defonseca Holocaust Fraud: Forensic Genealogy Lessons for Your Own Family History

Family History Center (Raleigh) -- Family History Seminar ~~ May 2010 "Online Maps" and "Born in NC" [scheduled] ~~ "Freedmens Bureau Records Much More Valuable to Your Southern Research Than You Might Have Thought!"

Durham-Orange Genealogical Society ~~ June 2008 "Exploring North Carolina through Maps from your easy chair"

Carolina Meadows ~~ Oct 2007 "Researching for Your Ancestor's Immigration and Naturalization Papers" ~~ Feb 2009 "Exploring Maps for Research or Curiosity"

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