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Genealogy Lock-In In-Person
The "Do's and Don'ts of Cemetery Research"
Presented by "Gail Hershenzon"
Doors open at 5:30 PM, presentation will start at 6:00 PM
Do you ever wonder why you may not be getting the information you want when you contact a cemetery for research?
Find out what you can, and maybe should not be doing, when visiting a cemetery office or contacting them by mail through this PowerPoint presentation.
Now a retired elementary teacher, Gail is also a genealogist, author, and speaker. She has volunteered at Detroit’s Woodmere Cemetery since 2003, assisting others who are researching their family trees by using information found in the cemetery records. As Woodmere’s historian, she conducts tours of the cemetery and gives presentations about Woodmere and about cemetery research to genealogy societies, and church and civic groups. She has authored two books with Arcadia Publishing: “Detroit’s Woodmere Cemetery” and “Michigan Memorial Park.”
She developed and maintains a website, www.WoodmereCemeteryResearch.com, which provides researchers with free online access to Woodmere’s records, blogs about genealogy, and maintains a list of Michigan resources that may benefit the researcher. Gail is a past vice-president/program chair of the Dearborn Genealogical Society, and has done research for the PBS television show, the History Detectives. In 2009, she was the recipient of the Award of Merit presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies.
After the presentation we will have refreshments and then research time
We will have the following free databases for the evening:
AncestryLibrary
Findmypast - WORLD
Fold 3
Ohio Genealogical Society
American Ancestors
Genealogy Bank
and MORE!
Also free black and white printing.
Registration is required and will begin on October 3.
Registration has closed.
Event Organizer
Marjorie O'Donnel