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Michael Hait Guest Speaker / May 19, 2012

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Tennessee Genealogical Society Spring Lecture
Guest Speaker Michael Hait: 9:00 am to 3:15 pm — Saturday, May 19, 2012
Registration form available as PDF download /  Registration: $20.00 TGS members — $25.00 nonmembers 
See Lectures and Schedule details below: (1) What is a 'Reasonably Exhaustive Search?', (2) Your Civil War Ancestors: Beginning your Research, (3) Online State Resources for Genealogy, and (4) Reconstructing a Slave Community Using the Genealogical Proof Standard.   

Registration at door begins at 8:30 am
, Pickering Center, 7771 Poplar Pike, Germantown, TN (see map below)
(Next to the Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center, 7779 Poplar Pike, Germantown, TN)

Michael Hait, CG is a full time genealogist who researches, writes, and lectures professionally. His research specialties are African American genealogy, especially the periods of slavery through the Reconstruction, Maryland genealogy, and the US Civil War.

Michael is currently the Vice-President of the National Capital Area Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and was recently elected to the APG Board of Directors for 2012-2013. He has written articles on numerous topics for several magazines and journals. He has also self-published several books, and recently authored Genealogy at a Glance: African American Genealogy Research, published by Genealogical Publishing Company. In 2012, he will be an instructor for the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University and the National Genealogical Society’s annual conference. Visit his blog, "Planting the Seeds: Genealogy As A Profession" at http://michaelhait.wordpress.com. Michael will be selling some of his books during the breaks. 

Lectures and Schedule

1) 9:00-10:00 am — What is a 'Reasonably Exhaustive Search?':  Case study using the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS)

10:00—10::30 am Break (Refreshments)

2) 10:30-11:30 am —  Your Civil War Ancestors: Beginning Your Research

11:30 am-1:00 pm—Lunch Break  You can enjoy lunch at one of the nearby restaurants or you may bring a bag lunch.  Drinks will be furnished on site.

3) 1:00-2:00 pm — Online State Resources for Genealogy

2:00— 2:15 pm Break (Refreshments)

4) 2:15-3:15 pm— Reconstructing a Slave Community Using the Genealogical Proof Standard: Research on a slave community with several specific mini case studies involving specific individuals & families. The slaves were in both Maryland and Louisiana. The Louisiana slave-owning family has several connections to Tennessee and Andrew Jackson.

Registration form available as PDF download /  Registration: $20.00 TGS members — $25.00 nonmembers  
For more information, contact Tina Sansone at 901-413-7955 or email TnGenSoc@gmail.com


Tennessee Genealogical Society
Guest Speaker Michael Hait 
9:00 am to 3:15 pm — Saturday, May 19, 2012 

Registration form available as PDF download, or registration at door begins at 8:30 am 

Pickering Center 
7771 Poplar Pike, Germantown, TN
(Next to the Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center, 7779 Poplar Pike, Germantown, TN) 
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