BAGS Program for September 28, 2003

"Genealogy Research Using Clayton's Online Databases" with Karen Stanley. She will describe the Clayton Online Databases and how to use them along with tips and tricks to make searching for our ancestors a bit easier.

Karen F. Stanley

Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Karen Stanley is descended from a long line of farmers that includes everything from original English, Scots, and Mennonite colonists to mid-19th-century German immigrants.  Although she has lived in Florida, Ontario, South Carolina, Illinois, and has lived in Texas for more than twenty years, she is still a Midwesterner at heart. 

Karen holds a BA in History from Florida State University, an MLS from the University of Texas, and an MBA from Rice University.  She worked for many years in Houston in the petroleum exploration industry, as a records manager and later as a marketing and business process consultant specializing in technical data management.  In 1999, she decided to abandon the petroleum industry and return to the library world.  Today she is a full-time reference librarian at Clayton Library, Center for Genealogical Research, providing specialized genealogical reference assistance to library patrons.  Some of the special duties she has assumed at Clayton Library have included database conversion, web page design, staff and public computer training, group presentations and tours, and collection development. Karen has been an avid genealogy researcher since the age of 14, and is delighted to be working at one of the best genealogy libraries in the country.