Christine Rose
to Present All-Day Genealogy Seminar in Santa Rosa
16 April 2011
Christine Rose is a Certified Genealogist, Certified Genealogical Lecturer, and Fellow, American Society of Genealogists. Her lecturing experience includes national conferences (National Genealogical Society, Federation of Genealogical Societies, and GenTech), and many regional seminar and local seminars including New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in New York City; seminars in Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Long Island, New York, and many others.
In addition, she served on the faculty of the Institute of Genealogical Research in Washington, D.C., and has been on the faculty as an instructor, and a coordinator, of Samford University's Institute of Historical and Genealogical Research since 1992. Christine was elected Fellow, American Society of Genealogists in 1988. This honor is bestowed by peers based on the quantity and quality of publications, and is limited to only 50 at any one time. She has also been awarded the prestigious Donald Lines Jacobus award for two Rose genealogies, and received top reviews for the book she co-authored, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy. She has published a number of other books, the newest, published in 2006, is Courthouse Indexes Illustrated.
Christine is a past VP for the Federation of Genealogical Societies, past VP for the Association of Genealogical Societies, and a Trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists. She has been interviewed on CBS evening news (San Francisco, California), W.H.O. (Des Moines, Iowa), PBS in Jackson, Mississippi, Joe Gallagher (New York), Dick Eastman, and others. She has also been subject of extensive news articles in the Des Moines Register, and the San Jose [California] Mercury-News.
Her topics in order of presentation will be:
✦ Addicted to Courthouses!
✦ Leaping to Erroneous Conclusions
✦ Using Little Known and Neglected Sources: A Potpourri
✦ Solving the Problem in 25 Hours or Less
This will be the nineteenth all-day session sponsored by SCGS. It will be held in the Harry A. Merlo Theater at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Highway 101 at River Road, Santa Rosa.
Pre-registration is highly recommended to reserve your seat for this event. Price of admission for pre-registration is $25 for members of the Sonoma County Genealogical Society, $30 for non-members. Admission at the door, beginning at 8 a.m., 16 April, will be $35. Send your reservations to Registrar Audrey Phillips, 96 Eastside Circle, Petaluma, CA 94954-3609. Questions about registration can also be directed to her by phone at 707-763-4492. Other questions about the seminar should be directed to Audrey Herman, program chairman, e-mail <audreyrae@comcast.net> or phone 707-539-4031.