Genealogy Interest Group Meeting (8/7/19)

Meeting Information

This quarter, our guest speaker is Annette Burke Lytle with her presentation, Prospecting for Family History in Unexpected Places:

"Many records of genealogical value are hiding in places we might not think to look for them. How do we discover those hiding places? Like a prospector searching for the mother lode, we can employ a search strategy to help us uncover a gold mine of information in unexpected places. "

About Annette Burke Lytle: "I love researching and uncovering facts, relationships, and the stories of our ancestors’ lives. We all have wonderful people and stories in our family trees, and it would be my privilege to help you uncover and share your family’s stories.

I’ve been a full-time genealogist and family historian since 2012. I’ve spoken on a variety of genealogical topics at the national, state, and local level. I have a master’s degree in English from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northern Illinois University. I have taught research, analysis, and writing to college students at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; Schiller International University in Heidelberg, Germany; the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs, Colorado." Read more of Ms. Lytle's bio on her Website, http://www.heritagedetective.com.

Interest Group Facilitator: Jami Beserock

Jami Beserock has worked for the University of Florida Libraries for over 20 years. She started as a Senior Secretary and has worked in various departments such as Serials Check-In, Binding, Reference and Course Reserves. Jami currently works in Interlibrary Loan and is the Genealogy Specialist for the University of Florida libraries. Jami volunteers for Gainesville Rabbit Rescue every Saturday and has a rabbit of her own. She has family in Hungary and Slovakia and almost all of them do not speak English. So it is a good thing she speaks Hungarian and Czech and is still learning Slovak. In May of last year, Jami spent over 2 weeks in Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic visiting her family.

Cost: NEFLIN Interest Groups are free of charge and are open to NEFLIN members only. Registration is strongly encouraged.

A reminder and access information will be sent out one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting. Please email register@neflin.org if you do not receive your access information.