Angela Breidenbach, PLCGS, is the Executive Director at the International Institute of Genealogical Studies. She's a multi-published author, speaker, and presenter. Find out more about her books at https://AngelaBreidenbach.com
Melanie Holtz, CG, an Institute instructor, has been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the Association of Professional Genealogists at the recent FGS conference. Melanie is an instructor with The National Institute for Genealogical Studies and has most recently authored a course for our Professional Development Certificate. Congratulations Melanie! Below is the official press release. APG Honors Six Members for Achievements and Service to the Field of Genealogy
We are happy to announce that Michele Simmons Lewis is joining The National Institute as a blogger. She’ll be blogging her thoughts as she proceeds through the German Records Certificate program. Before you read her posts, we thought we’d sit down and ask her a few questions. The National Institute: How long have you been doing genealogy? What got you started? Michele: I have been doing research for 23 years. My dad accidentally let a family skeleton slip and I was determined to either prove or disprove what he said. I ended up disproving it and I haven’t stopped researching since. What amazes me is how much things have changed in those 23 years. When I first started everything was done on paper and the only way you found information was by doing onsite research. The National Institute: Do you have a favorite research project ? Michele: One of the biggest projects I am working on is determining the parents of James Simmons of South Carolina. He migrated with his family to the Mississippi Territory in about 1798. Right now I am plotting out all of the original land owners in Perry County, Mississippi. I am tackling it one township at a time using the records at the Bureau of Land Management. James had three parcels of land and I want to analyze all of his neighbors to see if I can find any sort of familial links. Perry County is a burned county as was its parent county, Greene County. It goes downhill from…
We’re back from Midwestern Roots 2014. Congratulations to Jill Hoyle and Tonya Hull who won the prize drawings for free courses. Thanks to all who came by the booth and said hi. We love meeting everyone in person. Not able to go to Midwestern Roots this year? Don’t worry, mark your calendar for July 14-16, 2016. See you there!
What are you doing this weekend? We are on the road to the Midwestern Roots 2014 conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. If you’re there, stop by our booth (#66) and talk to Tami. Every conference participant receives a free course and one lucky conference attendee receives a free 9 course package (think of the great courses you could sign-up for with that prize!). See you at the conference!