FSGS Speakers Bureau

C. Ann Staley, CG

Lecture Topics

• Death Record Research Sources: Beyond Death Certificates
• "Read all about it!" Newspaper Research: Reading Past the Headlines
• Overlooked Research Sources: A Gold Mine to be Discovered
• What Do I Do with ALL this STUFF?
• Genealogical Research and the Internet
• "Will" They be There: Using Probate Records
• So You Can't Read A Foreign Language: Deciphering Vital Records - Tips & Techniques
• Maps/Atlases/Gazetteers - Our Guides
• Family Research Introduction
• Research Organization: Computer Assisted
• Claws or Clues - Scratching for the Elusive Ancestor
• "Library" Researching on the Internet
• The Twilight Zone...Strange Web Sites for Family History Research
• Florida Research: Online Resources

Willing to travel up to 150 miles.

• Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference; Orlando, FL; Sep 2003
• Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference; Ontario, CA; Aug 2002
• Volusia County Genealogical Society, Daytona Beach
• Halifax Genealogical Society - Ormond Beach
• Genealogical Society of SE Volusia County - New Smyrna Beach
• Jacksonville Genealogical Society, Inc. - Jacksonville
• Southern Genealogist's Exchange Society, Inc. - Jacksonville
• Volusia Computer Genealogy Group - Daytona Beach
• Genealogical Society of Flagler County - Palm Coast

Publications

• Jacksonville Genealogical Society, Inc. Quarterly Full Name Index, Vols. 1-4, 1973-1976
   

Biography

Ann Staley, CGRS, is a professional genealogist, instructor, lecturer at local, state and national conferences and has been a Certified Genealogical Records Specialist since 2000. Ann has been researching her family for 23 years and has traced her ancestors from Alabama, Mississippi and Virginia to France, England and Germany. She is the Conference Chairman for the Florida State Genealogical Society (FSGS); Education Chairman and Webmaster for the Jacksonville Genealogical Society, Inc.; and was the Exhibits Chairman for the FGS/FSGS 2003 Conference. She is the recipient of the 1997 FSGS "Genealogy Outstanding Achievement Award" and the 2002 FSGS President's Citation Award. Ann is a graduate of the National Institute on Genealogical Research (NIGR) in Washington, D.C and the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a member of the National Genealogical Society, Association of Professional Genealogists, Genealogical Speakers Guild, Florida State Genealogical Society, Southern Genealogist's Exchange Society and life member of the Jacksonville [FL] Genealogical Society, Inc.