25TH ANNUAL GENEALOGICAL WORKSHOP
NOVEMBER 11, 2017
The Rank and File: Seeking Our Military Ancestors
Presenters: John Philip Colletta and Michell Bray-Wilson
8:00 a.m.
Registration and browsing. Coffee and doughnuts will be available for purchase.
9:00 a.m.
Passenger Arrival Records, Colonial Times to Mid-20th Century
John Philip Colletta
10:30 a.m.
2A – U.S. Military Pension and Bounty Land Records,
1776-ca. 1916
John Philip Colletta
2B – O Canada! A Model for Genealogists
Michelle Bray Wilson
1:00 p.m.
3A – U.S. Military Service Records, 1775-ca. 1916
John Philip Colletta
3B – ‘C G A T’ – Four Little Letters: Understanding DNA
Michelle Bray Wilson
2:30 p.m.
4A – Only a Few Bones: Case Studies in Assembling Sources to Reconstruct Real-Life Events
John Philip Colletta
4B After You Swab: Getting the Most From Your DNA Test
Michelle Bray Wilson