IGS Fall Conference Preview | Iowa Genealogical Society
Soldiers, Sailors and Federal Employees: Discovering Your Ancestor in Military and Federal Records
12-13 October 2012. Johnson Lions Club, 6401 Merle Hay Road, Johnston, Iowa
Guest Speaker: Michael L. Strauss, AG
Michael L. Strauss, AG, has been an Accredited Genealogist since 1995. A native of Pennsylvania and a resident of Virginia Beach, Virginia,he has been an avid genealogist for more than thirty-five years. Michael holds a BA in History and is a U.S. Coast Guard veteran. He is a qualified Expert Witness in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Additionally, he is an approved genealogist for the U.S. Army to locate DNA-qualified family members of MIA’s from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Michael is also the President of the Virginia Beach Genealogical Society.
Lecture Topics:
Free Trade and Sailors Rights: Genealogical Research in the War of 1812
2012 marks the bicentennial celebration of this conflict and our second domestic conflict with England. Discovering genealogical record of the War of 1812 can be very rewarding as researchers learn little-known facts about their ancestors that helped shape our nation. Records from the National Archives and many other area resources are examined in detail.
Researching your Civil War Ancestor: A Comprehensive Study
2011 marked the sesquicentennial of the United States greatest military conflict. Discover your ancestors that served on both sides of the American Civil War as well all the various military branches. These include the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, and the Revenue Cutter Service and their Confederate counterparts. Numerous records are examined to get the most out of the many genealogical resources that are available to researchers today. This presentation is done is first person period impression.
Bankruptcy to Equity: Using Federal Court Records
Was Grandma a bootlegger? Did Grandpa pay his taxes? Records of the Federal courts are among
the National Archives’ largest holdings-and yet some of the least used records. Open a new chapter
of your family history and discover little known branches in your family tree as the records of the
Federal Court system are discussed in detail.
Roosevelt’s Tree Army: Genealogy Resources in the Civilian Conservation Corps
Tens of thousands of young men came together to serve in the vanguard of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program. Discover some of your ancestors who may have worked and served with the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1933 to 1942. The New Deal era in American History has many great resources that have been untapped for years, and seldom used by genealogists and family historians.
Conducting World War I II Genealogical Research
Discover genealogical information about your World War I II family members or other relatives. Coupled with the losses of records in the monumental fire in St. Louis, Missouri in 1973 and strict privacy laws in place in many states-this lecture examines and focuses on new ways to reconstruct military service for you ancestors who served their country during the war including records of morning reports, missing air crew reports, and many other related records.
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