FSGS Speakers Bureau

George G. Morgan

Lecture Topics

• Introduction to Genealogy

• All about the U.S. Federal Censuses: Becoming an Expert

• Genealogy Orienteering: Using Maps to Find the Right Place

• Bits About Obits: Reading Between the Lines

• Bring 'Em Back to Life: Developing an Ancestor Profile

• "Tell Me About When You Were a Little Girl": How to Conduct a Family History Interview

• “Push” and “Pull”: Reasons for Migration

• Immigration & Naturalization Research

• The U.S. Naturalization Process and Documents: 1790 to 1954

• The Genealogist as CSI

• Researching the Miltons: A Case Study

• Planning A Very Successful Genealogical Research Trip

• Planning a Successful Cemetery Research Trip

• Pursuing Your Genealogical Research on the Internet

• Advanced Research on the Internet

• Using Genealogical Mailing Lists on the Internet

• Donating Genealogical Materials to Libraries and Archives

• Genealogy for Librarians: How to Best Serve Your Patrons

• Helping Your Genealogy Patrons with Research on the Internet

• Climbing Your Family Tree: Effective Genealogical Research

• Use the HeritageQuest^® Databases Effectively

• Has Your British Ancestor’s Ship Come In?

• Introduction to U.S. Land Research

• What’s the Difference between State-Land States and Federal Land States?

• Stereographs and Postcards: Another View of Our Ancestors’ Lives

•  Preserving Your Family Treasures

• An Introduction to the Great Genealogy Research Repositories in London

• Locating Anglican Parish Records in England

• Locating and Using English BMDs

• Before and After 1858: English and Welsh Wills and Death Records

Please refer to Mr. Morgan's Web site for a complete current list of topics and abstracts.

Publications

Author of Online Genealogy Columns:

• Has been regularly published online at Ancestry.com, Digital Genealogist, Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter, ChineseRoots.com, Emazing.com, and scores of other venues.

Books

Contributor to Published Compilations

• Coming in 2010: Professional Genealogy (2nd edition)
• Celebrating the Family
• Ancestry Daily News Compilation Books, Volumes 1-12

Magazines

Ancestry Magazine, Genealogical Computing, Family Tree, Heritage Quest, Family Chronicle, Internet Genealogy, Southern Queries, and in numerous other newsletters, journals, magazines, and quarterlies across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. (Please refer to Mr. Morgan's online bibliography)

Broadcasting

The “Genealogy Guys^SM Podcast” is a weekly online genealogy program on the Internet at http://genealogyguys.com in which George G. Morgan and Drew Smith present news in the genealogy community, book reviews, interviews, informative mini-lectures, tips, and more. “The Genealogy Guys^SM Videocast” is published at http://genealogyguys.blip.tv and includes interviews with the greatest genealogical speakers and personalities in the world.