Event Education-The ABC's and 123's of Researching Your Ancestor's School Records

The ABC's and 123's of Researching Your Ancestor's School Records by Melissa Barker

The records of local public schools and universities can be valuable resources for finding information about your ancestors.  Even if your ancestors didn't attend school, you would be surprised by what you can find in school records about them.  This webinar will show you what types of school records there are and how to find them in repositories.

Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives. She is affectionally known as The Archive Lady to the genealogy community. She lectures, teaches, and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in archives and records preservation. She conducts virtual presentations across the United States and other countries for various genealogy groups and societies. She writes a popular blog entitled A Genealogist in the Archives and is a well-known published book reviewer. She has been a Professional Genealogist for the past 20 years with expertise in Tennessee records. She has been researching her own family history for the past 34 years.

Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.