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Certified Genealogist since 1994 and Certified Genealogical Lecturer since 1998; publisher and editor of WOODWARDs WeSearch; lecturer for local, regional, and national conferences. |
General
Armchair Research: How to Conduct Some of Your
Research from the Comfort of Your Home
Where Do We Begin: Genealogy for Novices
Sources
The Postman Cometh: A Look at Federal Postal Records
It's in Black & White: Using Newspapers to Enhance Genealogical Research
Using Tax Lists to Solve Genealogical Problems
"I Swear Allegiance": Using Federal Naturalization Records
More Than Land Descriptions: Treasures among the Deeds
Using World War I Selective Service Records
Records of the Tennessee Valley Authority:
Genealogical Value of Records Created by the TVA
Federal Census Records: A Critical Analysis of Population Schedules
Federal Census Records: Going Beyond the Population Schedules
Methodology
Documenting Cherokee Heritage [2 hours]
Evidence: Guidelines for Evaluating Genealogical Evidence
Designing an Efficient Research Plan
Documentation: Never Having to Ask, "Where Did That Come From?"
When There's Not a Will: There May Be A Way
Onsite Research: Organization and Planning Skills and Procedure upon Arrival
Getting the Most from Your Records: Putting Them through the Wringer!
Alternative Sources to Missing Civil Vital Registrations
Computer Topics
Tips and Tricks for Preparing Electronic Presentations
Online Genealogy: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Using Ancestry.com Effectively
Creating a Digital Scrapbook
Seminars and Classes
Transcribing and Abstracting Documents Workshop [3 to 4 hours]
Census Workshop [2 to 3 hours]
Other topics can be developed upon request
National Conferences
National Genealogical Society (2004, 2005)
National Institute on Genealogical Research (2005)
Federation of Genealogical Societies (2006)
Ohio Genealogical Society (2005)
All Day Seminars
Funk Heritage Center (2006)
Georgia Genealogical Society
Fairfax Genealogical Society (2006)
Greater Omaha Genealogical Society 2006)
Delta Genealogical Society & Chattanooga Area Historical Association(2006)
DuPage County Genealogical Society (2007)
Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society (2007)
Other
Regional In-depth Genealogical Studies Alliance, a week-long workshop
(2001-2007)
Institute of Historic and Genealogical Research (2005, 2006)
and others too numerous to mention
Affiliations
Board for
Certification of Genealogists
Association of Professional
Genealogists
National Genealogical
Society
New England
Historic Genealogical Society
Trail of Tears
Association
(Numerous other state and local historical and genealogical societies)
Co-author (with Ted O. Brooke),
Index to Georgia's Confederate Pension Supplements
(Cumming, Ga.: Privately Published, 1999)
Co-author (with Susan Hawkes Cook, CG),
World War I Draft Registrations, Georgia,
Metro Atlanta Area Index: Gwinnett County, 5,327 Registrants
(Atlanta: Friends of the National Archives, 1994)
World War I Draft Registrations, Georgia,
Metro Atlanta Area Index: DeKalb County, 5,394 Registrants
(Atlanta: Friends of the National Archives, 1994)
Co-author with Meyer Frankel,
Index to Georgia's Federal Naturalization Papers
to 1950 (Excluding Military Petitions)
(Georgia Genealogical Society, 1996)
Bottom Line
For current lecture rates and expenses,
contact Linda
Woodward Geiger, CG, CGL
Snail Mail
10718 Big Canoe
Big Canoe, GA 30143-5133
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