South Carolina Genealogical Summer Workshop
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South Carolina Department of Archives and History 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, South Carolina 29233
South Carolina Genealogy Society's 46th annual Summer Workshop is a two-day event including a total of 22 sessions given by 18 speakers on topics including DNA, law and genealogy, methodology, S.C. records and more to be announced. The featured speaker is Judy G. Russell.
A genealogist with a law degree, Judy G. Russell is a lecturer; educator and writer who enjoys helping others understand a wide variety of genealogical issues, including the interplay between genealogy and the law. She has a bachelor's degree in political science and journalism from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and a law degree from Rutgers School of Law-Newark, and holds Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer credentials from the Board for Certification of Genealogists where she serves as a member of the Board of Trustees. She is the coordinator of the Advanced Genealogical Methods and Evidence Analysis course at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at the University of Georgia. Judy is a Colorado native with roots deep in the American south on her mother's side and entirely in Germany on her father's side. Visit her website at www.legalgenealogist.com.
Judy will do two sessions each day!
Friday:
1. When World's Collide: Resolving Conflicts in Genealogical Records.
2. After the Courthouse Burns: Rekindling Family History Through DNA.
Saturday:
1. Don't Forget the Ladies.... A Genealogist's Guide to Women and the Law in Early America.
2. DNA and the Golden Rule: The Law and Ethics of Genetic Genealogical.