Signal Boost: Free GRIP Zoom webinars in June & July

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GRIP Evening Programs:

DUE TO SPONSOR GENEROSITY, THESE PROGRAMS ARE FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR EACH WEEK OF GRIP [Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh] IN PITTSBURGH, PA. We thank them for their sponsorship. Please visit each sponsoring organization’s website for the Zoom program registration link which may be on their home page or an events page. Speaker biographies are available under the Faculty tab.

PRESENTATIONS in 2022 begin at 7 PM EDT (4 PM Pacific) and will be held via Zoom meeting. Pre-Registration is required through the sponsoring organizations’ links below. KEEP THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL that the sign-up generates. This will be the ONLY reminder and contains the link to join the meeting at the appropriate hour. You will need to register for each meeting separately.

The programs start June 20th and run through July 14th. You have to register for each webinar individually with the sponsoring genealogical society; the links can be found on the Evening Programs page.

Speakers and topics:

• Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL. “Research Logs: Write or Regret It!”


• Debbie Abbott, Ph.D. “Through the Eyes of a Genealogist: Paul Newman”


• CeCe Moore. “Serendipitous Story of John Doe and an Adoptee: Searching for Identity”


• Michael Lacopo. “Methods for Identifying the German Origins of American Immigrants”


• Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG®. “It’s All About Respect: Clinical Tips to Manage Uncomfortable Conversations about Surprising DNA Test Results”


• Annette Burke Lyttle. “Reconstructing the Lives of Our Farming Ancestors”


• David Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, FIGRS, “An Update on What’s New at FamilySearch and the 1950 Census Indexing Project”


• Rich Venezia. “Alien Registrations in America”