March Program
Speaker: Jennifer Roodzant
After the Fire: Overcoming Record Loss
Location
Zoom only
Register for Zoom only below
SCHEDULE
9:30-10:00 AM – Sharing and socializing – open mic
10:00 AM-Welcome and brief announcements followed by the speaker
Program Description
Did you know over six-hundred counties and parishes within the United States have experienced record losses? Jennifer will demonstrate techniques to advance research objectives while working within a burned county. Jennifer will present examples of the methodology used to work around the destruction of sources.
Target Audience: All
Syllabus: 4 pages (I can modify based on genealogical society requirements)
Overview:
- What is a burned county? 1890 census and Missouri WWII record destruction
- Maps and statistics about record loss within Arizona and surrounding states
- Where to start?
- Record loss is a clue to placing ancestors in a historical context
- Verify lost records and sources not lost
- Enhanced descriptions of jurisdictions and boundary changes
- Duplicate, substitute, and replacement sources
- Online and offline repositories
- Correspondence and home sources
- Collateral Research – The FAN Method
- Case Study – overcoming record loss
Speaker Bio
Jennifer Roodzant
Jennifer Roodzant is a professional genealogist and speaker specializing in DNA and southern U.S. research. She is a former secretary for the Napa Valley Genealogical Society and is a certificate-holder in Genealogical Research from Boston University and ProGen Study Groups. Jennifer applies the genealogy standards to resolve complex research objectives.