VIRGINIA BEACH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
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Speaker Schedule
All speakers will be located in the auditorium.
time: 3:30*
presenter: Virginia Beach Public Library featuring Amanda Brooks
topic: The Edgar T. Brown Collection
Amanda Brooks is the Special Collections Librarian with the Virginia Beach Public Library's Edgar T. Brown Local History Archive. Amanda is a Certified Archivist with her Masters in Information and Library Studies. Aside from her work in genealogy and local history, Amanda specializes in digitization for cultural institutions.
presenter: Virginia Beach Public Library featuring Amanda Brooks
topic: The Edgar T. Brown Collection
Amanda Brooks is the Special Collections Librarian with the Virginia Beach Public Library's Edgar T. Brown Local History Archive. Amanda is a Certified Archivist with her Masters in Information and Library Studies. Aside from her work in genealogy and local history, Amanda specializes in digitization for cultural institutions.
time: 4:00*
presenter: Tammy M. Woodward
topic: How Do I Preserve That?
Tammy Woodward is a Certified Archivist with over 18 years of experience in libraries, archives, and records management. She has worked in public and academic libraries, museums, and government archives in Italy, England, Texas, and Virginia. She specializes in preservation, collection management, and archival arrangement and description. Tammy holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Maryland, a Master of Library and Information Sciences degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and she is currently pursuing a PhD in American History through Liberty University. She is certified through the Academy of Certified Archivists.
presenter: Tammy M. Woodward
topic: How Do I Preserve That?
Tammy Woodward is a Certified Archivist with over 18 years of experience in libraries, archives, and records management. She has worked in public and academic libraries, museums, and government archives in Italy, England, Texas, and Virginia. She specializes in preservation, collection management, and archival arrangement and description. Tammy holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Maryland, a Master of Library and Information Sciences degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and she is currently pursuing a PhD in American History through Liberty University. She is certified through the Academy of Certified Archivists.
time: 4:30*
presenter: Allie Marie
topic: Creating Fiction from Genealogy
Award-winning author Allie Marie grew up in Virginia, where her favorite childhood pastime was reading Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden mysteries. She never expected to grow up to be a real-life police officer herself. After a long career in law enforcement, including international policing, Allie finally retired and embarked on a quest to fulfill a long-time dream to write mysteries and crime thrillers.
Genealogy, however, derailed her from those plans when her ancestry research led to ancestors fighting in the Revolutionary War. She decided to incorporate her ancestry experiences into a historical mystery, with loose connections to her research. The idea for her paranormal “True Colors Series” was soon born.
Those other stories in her head are still patiently waiting their turn.
Besides family and genealogy, her passions are traveling anywhere and camping with her husband Jack.
presenter: Allie Marie
topic: Creating Fiction from Genealogy
Award-winning author Allie Marie grew up in Virginia, where her favorite childhood pastime was reading Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden mysteries. She never expected to grow up to be a real-life police officer herself. After a long career in law enforcement, including international policing, Allie finally retired and embarked on a quest to fulfill a long-time dream to write mysteries and crime thrillers.
Genealogy, however, derailed her from those plans when her ancestry research led to ancestors fighting in the Revolutionary War. She decided to incorporate her ancestry experiences into a historical mystery, with loose connections to her research. The idea for her paranormal “True Colors Series” was soon born.
Those other stories in her head are still patiently waiting their turn.
Besides family and genealogy, her passions are traveling anywhere and camping with her husband Jack.
time: 5:00*
presenter: Edna M. Hendrix
topic: Black Communities in Virginia Beach History
Two videos will be shown, along with discussion.
presenter: Edna M. Hendrix
topic: Black Communities in Virginia Beach History
Two videos will be shown, along with discussion.
* Presentations are ~20 minutes with another 5 minutes for questions. Couldn’t ask your question? You can visit these presenters in the exhibitor hall as well.
5:30
VBGS Monthly Meeting featuring Pam Vestal
Voting Records: Genealogy’s Best Kept Secret
Looking for a date of birth or death? When and where your ancestor became a citizen? Where they disappeared to or where they came from? Voting records may have the answer. These often-overlooked gems can be packed with genealogical information, and you won’t believe what they can tell us about our ancestors!
Pam Vestal is a professional genealogist and speaker who turned her focus to her longtime love of genealogy after a 20-year writing career. Her articles have appeared in the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly and the FGS’s Forum magazine; and her lectures take her from coast to coast. Pam specializes in conducting genealogical research and then turning that information into illustrated stories that even non-genealogists can enjoy.
VBGS Monthly Meeting featuring Pam Vestal
Voting Records: Genealogy’s Best Kept Secret
Looking for a date of birth or death? When and where your ancestor became a citizen? Where they disappeared to or where they came from? Voting records may have the answer. These often-overlooked gems can be packed with genealogical information, and you won’t believe what they can tell us about our ancestors!
Pam Vestal is a professional genealogist and speaker who turned her focus to her longtime love of genealogy after a 20-year writing career. Her articles have appeared in the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly and the FGS’s Forum magazine; and her lectures take her from coast to coast. Pam specializes in conducting genealogical research and then turning that information into illustrated stories that even non-genealogists can enjoy.
Exhibitors
Exhibitors are located in the rooms across from the auditorium
- Jigsaw Genealogy
Jigsaw Genealogy has supplied genealogical supplies to researchers for over 20 years. Located in historical Williamsburg, Virginia, we are your source in the mid-Atlantic region for wall-sized pedigree charts, forms, worksheets, research kits, archival-safe photo storage materials, state maps, magnifiers, and other necessities for beginners, intermediate, and professional researchers. Let us help while you pursue your ancestral research – we understand the thrill of the hunt! - Virginia Beach Central Library
Information about the library - Virginia Beach Genealogical Society
Information about the society, book sale (by donation) - National Society United States Daughters 1812
Information about the lineage society for female descendants with ancestors in the War of 1812 - Enda M. Hendrix with Dr. Joanne Lucas and Jackie Malbon
books, bookmarks, and photos - Allie Marie, Creating Fiction from Genealogy Research
Mystery book series with genealogical elements - Tammy M. Woodward, professional archivist
Personal Archiving, Records Management, and Research Services - Sam Williams, The Orthodox Genealogist
Answering genealogy and DNA questions, also for hire - Daughters of the American Revolution
Information about the organization from many local chapters - Sons of the American Revolution
Information about the organization - Ferry Plantation
Information about Ferry Plantation, book "A Place In Time" for sale (Grace Sherwood and early VA History) - Dames of the Court of Honor
Information about the society - Tidewater Genealogical Society
Information about the society - Daughters of the Confederacy
Information about the society
note: The chapter is very sensitive to people's feelings regarding the confederacy