Seminar-Archive

West Valley Genealogical Society Annual Seminar February 21, 2026 Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church 13658 W. Meeker Blvd., Fellowship Hall, Sun City West, Arizona Check-in: 8:30-9:00 a.m. – Seminar 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Who Wears The Pants with Cari A. Taplin Cari A. Taplin is related to Roy Rogers. Or at least that’s what […]

West Valley Genealogical Society Annual Seminar February 15, 2025 Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church 13658 W. Meeker Blvd., Fellowship Hall, Sun City West, Arizona Check-in: 8:30-9:00 a.m. – Seminar 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. “Search So You Don’t Have to RE-Search” with Paula Stuart Warren Topics Developing Successful Research Habits Finding Maiden Names: Let Me

West Valley Genealogical Society Annual Seminar – February 17, 2024 Digging Deeper for Immigrant Records with Rich Venezia Check-in: 8:30 am – 9:00 am Seminar: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Rich Venezia is a New Jersey native who now calls Pennsylvania home. He founded Rich Roots Genealogy in 2013. He was a member of the

West Valley Genealogical Society Annual Seminar – February 15, 2023 Golden Genealogy Nuggets with Dr. Michael D. Lacopo Check-in: 8:30 am – 9:00 am Seminar: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Dr. Michael D. Lacopo is a retired small-animal veterinarian and professional genealogist born and raised in northern Indiana. Researching since 1980, he has lectured internationally

West Valley Genealogical Society Annual Seminar – February 19, 2022 Unmasking Your Genealogy with Michael L. Strauss Michael L. Strauss, AG is a professional accredited genealogist and nationally recognized speaker. Mr. Strauss has a BA in History and is a U.S. Coast Guard veteran. He is a qualified expert witness in the courts in New

West Valley Genealogical Society Virtual Seminar – February 20, 2021 Usage of DNA Tools to Expand Your Family Story with Angie Bush Angie Bush’s bio: Angie Bush, MS is the Region 1 Director for the National Genealogical Society, and the chair of the Genetic Genealogy Committee. Her day job is as a Genetic Genealogist Researcher

West Valley Genealogical Society Annual Seminar – February 15, 2020 With Dr. Thomas W. Jones Tom has been pursuing his ancestry since 1963. For the first twenty years he was clueless about what he was trying to accomplish and how to do it. When he started climbing the genealogy learning curve he repeatedly experienced the

West Valley Genealogical Society Annual Seminar – February 16, 2019 Growing Your Family Tree with Judy Russell The Legal Genealogist, Judy G. Russell, is a genealogist with a law degree who writes and lectures on topics ranging from using court records in family history to understanding DNA testing. On the faculty of numerous genealogy institutes,