The Most Helpful Genealogy Tools You’ve Never Used
by Marsha Peterson-Maas
Marsha offers a wealth of helpful tools plus instruction for practical uses on the topics of:
- Forensic Genealogy Tools (Photo Analysis, Spreadsheet and Map Tools)
- Research Tools (Military Research Tools)
- Organizational Tools (Time Crunch Strategy, Evernote/One Note for genealogy and Cheat Sheets & Templates)
- Presentation Tools (FamilySearch Memories, Thomas MacEntee’s “Go-Over” and “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
These topics are chosen directly from the textbook, Fundamentals of Genealogy®: The Most Helpful Tools You’ve Never Used . . . textbooks are distributed before the lecture so participants can peruse them during the lecture and can optionally purchase to take home for $20/each (this price is a 20% discount).
Marsha got her start in genealogy in high school when she entered a family history project in the State of Illinois History competition and tied for State Champion. Her first formal training in genealogy was at The Newberry Library-Chicago in the beginner’s class that she now teaches. Along with being a national-level speaker, teacher and lecturer on many genealogy topics since 2002, Marsha is author of the Fundamentals of Genealogy® textbook series where she is publishing four textbooks, (1) Basics for Everyone, (2) The Most Helpful Tools You’ve Never Used, (3) Medical Family Tree Workbook and (4) Beyond Shaky Leaf Hints. Marsha is particularly proud of her current role as a Director of Valor Research for Purple Hearts Reunited, a charitable foundation that receives donations of lost Purple Heart medals, then performs genealogical research to reunite them with the veteran or their family . . . for which she and her team from the Chicago Genealogical Society and Illinois St. Andrew Society won the Illinois State Genealogical Society’s “2017 Community Service Award”. . . and she was nominated for AARP’s Purpose Prize.