My Speaking

Below is a list of my upcoming sessions (webinars or in person), online anytime sessions, and past sessions.
For descriptions on each session, please click here for my Sessions page.
For my biography click here.

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Southern California Genealogy Society 
Sep 7, 2024  Webinar
Daughters of the King to Mothers of a Nation

East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference
Oct 4-6, 2024 In Person and Virtual
Program Coordinator and Treasurer

FNMI: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada
Recording Family History through Videos

WikiTree Day
Nov 1-3, 2024
One Ancestor at a Time: The Process of Research
Create and Share Your Family History Through Videos



Available online anytime
2022
Format Research and Narrative reports in Google Docs
A Calendar Change That Affects Genealogical Research (short session)
Two Ways to Find the Lost in a Census(short session) 
2021
A Toboggan Ride Through Canadian Records, eh! (Divided into 3 sessions)
Treasures and The Truth (Divided into 3 sessions)

Available online anytime with membership 
Available anytime through membership

Available anytime
Let's Take a Toboggan Ride Through Canadian Records, eh!



Previous Speaking Events
Event and Location
Session Topics

Webinar

· A Toboggan Ride Through Canadian Records, eh!
Webinar

· Finding Your Canadian Ancestors on MyHeritage
Ontario Ancestors
Jun 14-16, 2024    

 · Home Home on the Range
AGS: Camrose Branch
May 4, 2024    

 ·  DNA workshop: The different types and when to use them

 · The Christmas Sears Catalog for Genealogists: FamilySearch Catalog & Wiki
 · One Ancestor at a Time: The Process of Research
 · Why Y and mitochondrial DNA?


 · Recording Family History
RootsTech 2024
Feb 29-Mar 2    

 · The Christmas Sears Catalog for Genealogists: FamilySearch Catalog & Wiki
 · Marking Your Ancestors' Foot Steps in Google Maps
AGS: Red Deer Branch
Jan 18, 2024    

 · The ABCs of DNA's amXY
Ontario Ancestors
Dec 23, 2023    

 · One Place Study Case Study

 · Researching Effectively with FamilySearch Affiliate Library
WikiTree Symposium
Nov 4, 2023    

 · Marking Your Ancestors' FootSteps in Google Maps

 · Using FamilySearch for Scottish Research

 · Conference Program Director and treasurer

 · How Alberta Was Won: Records Through the Prairies to the Rockies

 · Find, Mark, Organize, and Share Your Ancestors on Google Maps
We are Cousins
Sep 21, 2023   Webinar 

· The Whys, Hows, and Wherefores of a Surname Study
Virtual Genealogical Association
Sep 9, 2023   Webinar 

· Write a Genealogical Research Report in MS Word
Durham Region Branch, Ontario Ancestors
Sep 5, 2023   Webinar 

· Telling Family Stories in 15 Minutes a Day

· Google Maps
Nanaimo Family History Society
May 15, 2023   Webinar 

· Home Home on the Range: Understanding Homestead Records in Western Canada
Family History Fair
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and AGS-Red Deer Branch
Mar 26, 2023

· Keynote: RootsTech and FamilySearch
·The Whys, Hows, and Wherefores of a Surname Study
· Google Maps
· Show Off Your Hard Work Through Blogging
Webinar

· Daughters of the King to Mothers of a Nation
AGS - Edmonton Branch
Apr 19, 2023
Webinar

· Through the Prairies to the Rocky Mountains: Records of Western Canada
AGS - Edmonton Branch
Canada and US SIG
Mar 26, 2023
Webinar

· Toboggan Ride Through Canadian Records, eh!
We are Cousins
Mar 22, 2023
Virtual Conference

· Top Ten Reasons to Use FamilySearch
Webinar

· Canadian Records available on FamilySearch and Ancestry


RootsTech 2023
Mar 2-4, 2023

·    Google Maps (2)
Surname Study
Vlog Your Family History

AGS - Red Deer Branch
Jan 19, 2023

·     How the West Was Won in Canada
Legacy FamilyTree Webinars
Dec 16, 2022 Webinar

·     How the West Was Won in Canada
THE Genealogy Show
Virtual Conference
Dec 2, 2022 Webinar

·     The Beginning of New France
WikiTree Symposium
Virtual Conference
Nov 4, 2022 Webinar

·     Surname Study Case Study
We Are Cousins
Virtual Conference
Sep 23-25, 2022 Webinar

·     Google Drive to Organize, Backup and Share Your Genealogy
Utah Genealogical Association
Summit of Excellence
Sep 15, 2022 Webinar

·     From a Box in the Closet to a Treasured Family Heirloom
·     Write and Format Your Genealogy in a Research Report
GR Annual Conference Event
Wall Breaker Conference
Sep 10, 2022 Webinar

·     Using Google Drive for Genealogy
Southern California Gen Society
Legacy Series
Sep 3, 2022 Webinar

·     The Whys, Whats, and Hows of Blogging
THE Genealogy Show
Summer Event
Jul 1, 2022 Webinar

·     Vlogging Your Family History
Surname Society UK
Mar 19, 2022 Webinar

·    Through the Prairies to the Rocky Mountains:
Records of Western Canada
Mar 3 - 5, 2022 Webinar

·    Format Research and Narrative reports in Google Docs.
·    A Calendar Change That Affects Genealogical Research (short session)
·    Two Ways to Find the Lost in a Census (short session)

THE Genealogy Show
Spring Event
2022 Webinar

·    Top Ten Reasons to Use FamilySearch
Feb 19, 2022 Webinar

·    Evernote for Genealogists

Feb 14, 2022 Webinar

·    Blogging: The Why, What, Where and How
50+1 Celebration
Saskatoon Branch
Saskatchewan Genealogical Soceity
Jan 22, 2022 Webinar

·    Wandering Ancestor from Eastern Canada to the West
Vernon & District Family History Society
Guest Speaker Dec 8, 2021

·    FamilySearch: The Christmas Catalog for Genealogists
THE Genealogy Show
Winter Event (Online)
Dec 3-5, 2021

·    The Why, What, Where and How of Blogging (On Demand)
·    The Woolworth Christmas Catalog For Genealogists (Live)

·    Technology Bewares and Websites for Genealogists

·    Digital Organization
·    Evernote
Toronto Stake, The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

August 21, 2021

·    FamilySearch Catalog ~ The Christmas Catalog for Genealogists
Ontario Ancestors 
August 5, 2021

·    Google Maps for Migration, Brick Walls, & Organize A Trip to Your Ancestor's Home

·    From Grandmother to First European Landowner of Canada
Alberta Genealogical Society 
Monthly Webinars
June 28, 2021

·    Advanced FamilySearch Catalog & Quiz

·    Vlogging Your Family History (2 hour Workshop)

·    Viewing Hints and Attaching Sources and Citations on Ancestry.ca
Alberta Genealogical Society 
Monthly Webinars
May 17, 2021

·    FamilySearch Catalog and Wiki
Legacy FamilyTree Webinars 
April 8, 2021

·    Create Your Own YouTube Channel to Store and Share Family Videos

·    Uncommon Websites to Help Your Research

·    Home Home on the Range in Manitoba
·    Research and Share the Social Media Way

·    Google Maps
RootsTech Connect 2021  
February 2021

·    Let's Take a Toboggan Ride Through Canadian Records, eh! (in 3 sessions)
·    Treasures and The Truth: How to Record Family History (in 3 sessions)

FamilyRoots Conference 
Oct 23-24, 2020

·    Beginning DNA and organize on Ancestry
·    Create Your Own YouTube Channel to Store and Share Family Videos
·    A Toboggan Ride Through Canadian Records, eh!
·    Google Maps for Migration, Brick Walls and Organizing a Trip to Your Ancestor's Home


·    Share and Organize with Evernote
Jul 11, 2020

·    Treasures and The Truth: Vlogging to Record Family Memories
RootsTech 2020
Salt Lake City, Utah
February 26-29, 2020

·        Store and Share Files and Photos with Google Drive

Online Webinar panelist
Sept, Oct & Dec 2020
January - June 2020

·        British Home Children in South Africa.
·        Understanding Western Canada Land Records
·        Genealogy Planning 2020


Online
Oct 19, 2019

·         Top Ten Reasons to Use FamilySearch 
·         Google Maps and Satellite
    
Camrose, Alberta
Oct 5, 2019
·       Using the Cloud to Organize, Preserve and Share Photos & Documents



St George, Utah
Sep 27 - 28, 2019
·         Organize, Share and Collaborate with Google Sheets
·         Research and Share the Social Media Way
·         Share and Organize in EverNote

YouTube 
June 2019

·         Researching Your Loyalist Ancestor
London, Ontario
June 21-23, 2019

·         Blogging using Blogger the Hows and Whys
·         Create Forms in Word and Google Sheets 
·         Upload Your Videos to  YouTube

Birmingham, UK
June 7-8, 2019

·         Research and Share with Social Media
·         Keeping Track of Every Note in Evernote

#GenChat, Twitter Online
May 24, 2019

·         Mastering the Evernote Elephant Part 2
Edmonton, AB
April 26-28, 2019

·         Top Ten Reasons to use FamilySearch
Salt Lake City, Utah
February 27- Mar 2, 2019

·         Google Maps, Earth and Satellite
Red Deer Branch, AGS
February 21, 2019

·         Google Maps, Earth and Satellite
#GenChat, Twitter Online
January 4, 2019

·         Mastering the Evernote Elephant
Red Deer Branch, AGS
November 15, 2018

·         Preserve, Organize and Share photos and other items
Family Roots Family History Conference
September 28-29, 2018
St. George, Utah

·         EverNote
·         Sharing Your Family History with others
·         Home Home on the Range [US Version]

Red Deer Branch, AGS
September 20, 2018

·         South Africa Family Stories [1600 - 1900s]
Surname Study Webinar
Online Webinar
September 15, 2018

·         Google Search and Maps with Surname Study
·         Case Study of the Rhyming Last Name

Ontario Genealogical Society 2018 Conference
Guelph, ON
June 1-3, 2018

·         Home Home on the Range.
·         EverNote for Every Genealogical Note.
·         Three (3) hour workshop session
2018 Family History Fair
Red Deer, Alberta
April 2018

·         Ways to share Family History with your family
·         Google Search, Drive and Maps
·         EverNote for Every Genealogy Note

WCPS Wellness Staff Day,
Lacombe, Alberta
February 2018

·         How to Start your Family History and Genealogy
Red Deer Branch, AGS
September 2017

·         How to use Google Drive for sharing and backing up your Family History
2017 AGS Conference,
Edmonton, Alberta
April 2017

·         Social Media
·         South Africa
2016 AGS GenFair,
Drayton Valley

·         Google Search and Google Drive
2016 RootsTech Family 
History Fair,
Red Deer, Alberta

·         Social Media
·         Organizing, preserving & Sharing Photos and Documents

2015 Family Discovery Day RootsTech,
Edmonton, Alberta

·         Google Search and Drive
·         Social Media for Genealogists
Olds Writer’s Group,
Olds, AB

·         How to Write a Life History
2015 RootsTech Family 
History Fair,
Red Deer

·         Google for Genealogists
·         FamilySearch Catalogue & Wiki
·         Organize, Keep & Write a Life/Family history

Red Deer Branch, AGS
Introduction classes
Family History Library 
for AGS,
Red Deer, AB

·        How to begin Family History
Three classes of introduction to starting your family history.

Community Group
Delburne, Alberta
Fall 2012, 13 & 14
·       How to begin Family History
Four evening classes on how to start, recording, researching, writing life history and more
Video Conference with two other communities

AGS Conference 2012
Edmonton, Alberta
April 2012

·         Home, Home on the Range
Wetaskiwin Branch 
conference

·         Google for Genealogists
·         Writing Life History
·         Home, Home on the Range
·         Calendar Changes that Effect Genealogy

Family History Fair,
Regina , Saskatchewan

·         Google for Genealogists
Multiple speaking topics for  
Alberta Genealogical Society
AGS
Red Deer, Alberta
·         Google for Genealogists
·         Google Drive. Share & Backup
·         Social Media
·         Calendar Changes that Effect Genealogy
·         Blogging & Blogger vs WordPress
·         Uncommon Websites: Wikipedia
·         FamilySearch wiki

Ogden Institute of Religion
Ogden, Utah
·         Family History and Genealogy with PAF
·         FHGEN 261

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