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February 2012 Chat Schedule

As of February 9, 2012

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Your Hosts Jayne McCormick and Dae Powell
My name is Jayne McCormick. I live in the First State. I've
been working on genealogy for at least 30 years. My family had
put together a lot of information, but none of it was documented.
I'm working on that.

I began to host a Civil War chat about 1995 in the old Golden
Gate Genealogy Forum, and moved on through all the AOL changes. I
joinedDae in GENTREK April 18, 2005.

I taught a beginner's genealogy class at my local Senior Center,and
now we get together once a month to ask questions and
share stories.

I am on the Board of Directors of the Fort Delaware Society where
I am the liason between the Society and the Volunteer Brigade
who goes to Pea Patch Island and keeps the trail to the Heronry
open.They take care of the garden, paint, anything that needs to
bedone.

This has been a fantastic journey.

This is Dae Powell, designer and operator of
ShoeStringGenealogy.com. I designed ShoeString Genealogy in order
to sharewhat I've learned with you and what I'm still learning. I
designedGENTREK for the same reasons and to learn from the
discussions thefollow the presentations.

I've been researching my family's history since 1972, but for
thefirst 20 years my results were somewhat serendipitous. Once
Istudied what professionals do, which resources are trustworthy,
andhow to properly document my sources, I progressed more rapidly.
Ithas been an odd odyssey.

Having been trained in research and analysis, I find those
skillsparamount in genealogy. I've extensive experience in
English,Portuguese, Hebrew and German. (My Spanish is improving.)
In thecomputer field I learned logic, flowcharting and
proceduralanalysis. While an intelligence analyst, I learned to
look at datafrom as many perspectives as possible. As a banker, I
learnedbusiness acumen and financial strategies. My college
education inhistory only whetted my appetite for the best parts of
genealogy—the motivations, the customs, the stresses and the
stories of ourancestors!

A hearty "thank you" to the many people on AOL, the GenealogyLookup
Forum, the National Genealogical Society, and the goodpeople at
Wholly Genes Software. I've learned so much from you. Anda special
"thank you" to several of my close friends and mentorswho have
supported my genealogical efforts so loyally: JayneMcCormick, my
GENTREK partner, Christine Rose, FASG, *** Eastman,Patricia Law
Hatcher, FASG, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, and ofcourse, Elizabeth
Shown Mills, FASG. It will be so much fun sharingGENTREK here on
GenealogyWise.com. Join us for some genealogicaledu-tainment.



Your Host, Jim Avery
I am 60 years old and have been retired from the Department
ofVeterans Affairs ( VA ) for the past four years. While there I
wasa Military Records Specialist. I have a BA in Politics and
PublicAffairs from the University of Miami (Go Canes!) I was born
inHarrisburg PA and since college have lived in Virginia and
Vermontand am now back in PA - York County to be exact. I am a
member ofthe York County Heritage Trust, the Adams County
HistoricalSociety, and the Dover (PA) Historical Society. My areas
ofinterest include genealogy of course, local history,
Gettysburg,Paranormal research and Para-genealogy (where paranormal
andgenealogy meet), and early religious groups in PA. When in
VermontI was a volunteer on Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
(www.raogk.com ) I volunteered
tophotograph tombstones. I was a host on the old Golden
GatesGenealogy Forum on AOL. I currently informally co-host a
paranormalchat there. I also co-host a General Genealogy chat and
aParanormal chat on Genealogy Lookup Forum. Other hobbies
includeraising my dog Stormy (shown with me in my
photography),photography, reading, painting and ghost hunting.
Your Host, Erin Bradford

I am a genealogy librarian at the State Library of North Carolina.  I have been doing my own family’s genealogy for about 20 years, 16 seriously.  I also work on other genealogy projects focused on North Carolina genealogy.  I now help other researchers with their genealogy almost exclusively through my job at the State Library and work on my own projects on the weekends. 

I am originally from Montana and the first in my direct family line not born in North Carolina (dad’s home state) since 1770 or Illinois (mom’s home state) since the mid 1800s. 

My genealogical focuses are North Carolina genealogy, identifying and documenting free African Americans in antebellum North Carolina (hence my screen name freeaainnc), and identifying and documenting the many Bradfords who lived in North Carolina in the 18^th and 19^th centuries.
Your Host, Gus Marsh
I started at McDonnell Douglas in 1968, first as a UNIX and lateras
a Macintosh I/T Specialist/Advisor. In 1993 McDonnell Douglaswas
one week away from bankruptcy, and they got IBM to purchase allof
the computers, desktops, mainframes, and gave McDonnell Douglasa
check for three million dollars with a signed contract to
supportthose computers for 10 years. On one Friday we were all
working forMcDonnell Douglas, and the next Monday we were all
working for IBM.In 1995 Boeing purchased McDonnell Douglas. In
2003, the contractwith IBM expired, and many of us went back to
Boeing. This is aperfect example of our current complicated
business world ofmergers, acquisitions and buyouts. I retired from
Boeing in thesummer of 2008 and pursed my career in genealogy. I
had startedfamily research around 1983, using PAF, then later on
Reunion. I ama life-time member of OCCGS (Orange County California
GenealogicalSociety). I dabbled into genealogy off and on, but
really gotserious when I retired. I have researched in Salt Lake
City,Buffalo, New York and Oslo, Norway. I have published one book
todate, made several family history calendars, created many
familyhistory DVD's and most recently created a family history
series ofposters, both on my maternal and paternal family.


Your Host, Heather Isbell Kramer
As a member of GenealogyWise, Heather Isbell Kramer
enjoysparticipating in groups and meeting new cousins! To
Isbell-Kramer,the greatest thrill of genealogy research is
understanding thestory behind the original records. She is a 2002
graduate ofSouthern Illinois University with a BS in History and a
2009graduate of University of Wisconsin with a MLIS. Past
positionsinclude work with the Daughters of the American
Revolution,Missouri History Museum, and St. Clair County Historical
Society inIllinois. She has presented a range of topics to groups
includingTexas Library Association, Louisiana Archives and
ManuscriptsAssociation, and the Texas Society Sons of the American
Revolution.Currently, she is a librarian at Clayton Library in
Houston, Texas.She lives in Sugar Land, Texas with her husband,
son, their dogBlizzard, and her happy cat Indiana.

Your Host, Carol Leve
I always had questions about my family and started searching
forthem in 1996 online. I became the accidental family
genealogist.It's been a fun journey meeting such great people along
the way. Iwas born in NYC and do most of my research in NY.

My interests are in genealogy, paranormal and photography. I
haveenjoyed shooting re-enactments and historical sites for
mydaughter-in-law who is a re-enactor. But, anything, anywhere can
bemy subject.

I have been married to my wonderful husband of 41 years
whotolerates and supports my eclectic interests. Mom to 3
grownchildren, two sons and a daughter, and Grandma to one sweet
littleboy.

I look forward to meeting all of you.

Your Host, Jennifer Eklund
Jennifer is a homeschooling mom to her two young children. She
hasbeen taking courses online since 2004. She has a
ProfessionalLearning Certificate in Genealogical Studies from the
NationalInstitute for Genealogical Studies, an Associate of Arts
degree inGenealogical Studies from Akamai University, and a
Bachelor ofScience in Psychology from the University of Phoenix. In
September,she will begin a Master of Science in Psychology with
aspecialization in Psychology of Culture at Walden University.
Hergoal is to become an online instructor.



Your Host, Alanna Fitzgerald-Fant
I have been doing genealogy research since I was about 13 yearsold.
I am currently the Publicity Chair for the Grand Traverse
AreaGenealogical Society and the Society Historian. I gave my
firstfull-length presentation at the Grand Traverse Area
GenealogicalSociety in May this year and I hope to continue to give
morepresentations in the future. I have used genealogy topics in
thepast in some of my college class assignments for presentations
andwritten papers.

I am interested in genealogy education and I have found that Ienjoy
teaching very much and I hope to become more involved withgenealogy
education after I graduate in May with my Nursing degree.One of my
goals in genealogy is to attract more people my age andyounger to
genealogy. I think many people don't realize in this dayand age of
laptops and wireless internet that you can do yourresearch while
watching your favorite TV program once a week.

I have been married to a wonderful husband of 8 years and am
themother of a beautiful little girl, who just turned 3 this
year,with a son due in early December. I am attending the
localcommunity college full-time working towards my associate in
nursingand hope to graduate in May 2010.