I enjoy genealogy and
I enjoy teaching - sharing information and sharing my
enthusiasm, encouraging my students, making things
clear.
I have have spoken on the following topics to the Santa
Clara County Historical & Genealogical Society
(about 1 hour 15 minutes each)
1. Choosing
genealogy software
2. Using DNA
testing for genealogy research
3. Getting
organized (Subtitle: What a Mess!)
4. Building your own genealogy website
5. Evaluating Sources: How do you know what to
believe?
I have taught an
8-week Introduction to Genealogy for Campbell Adult Ed
and for Avenidas Senior Center, including the following
topics (2 hours each)
1. Getting
started - goals, family group sheets, pedigree charts,
how to record your information, building on other
people's research, principles of research.
2. Using the census
3. Types of records and where to find them
4. Using the Internet
5. Organizing your research, and DNA testing
6. Documenting & evaluating sources
7. Tour of a local genealogy library
8. Software:
Choosing genealogy software
Gedcom files
Using Word and Excel for lists
You can contact me by email
atds at
debbieshields dot com
(To use this email address, change
the word "at" to @, change the word "dot" to a period,
and remove the spaces. I write it
this way in an attempt to foil spammers.)