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Diane L. Richard

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Diane is an internationally recognized Professional Genealogist with special expertise in exploring effective research strategies, techniques and tips, underutilized resource collections, investigating Southern U.S. records of all types, researching formerly enslaved or Free People of Color ancestors, and much more.

As an international speaker, she has given hundreds of webinars and in-person programs (coast-to-coast and in Canada), conference presentations, workshops, and local meeting programs about the availability and richness of all kinds of records relevant and leverageable by genealogists and the strategies and tips to most effectively exploit these records and research tactics.

For a detailed biography, please see About Us: Diane L. Richard

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In Her Own Words – Lives of Women Through Diaries, Journals, Correspondence and So Much More (Women)

Women are traditionally challenging to document in historical public records due to a lack of independent assets and rights. Personally written diaries, journals, correspondence, and more can help fill in gaps about female ancestors. This talk goes well past journals and diaries as “women” had voices in myriad ways, including the clubs and organizations they participated in, the annotations they made on common household items like calendars and cookbooks, or even their submissions to the state fair. There are many ways that women “spoke” throughout history. In contrast to males, we must look at different kinds of records to find our female ancestors' “own words.” We’ll explore almost 20 records where women ARE documented in the 18th-20th centuries.

$25.00

Death Records by a Different Name (General)

We’ll explore almost 30 different places where we might find documentation of death. We are not talking about obituaries, cemetery & probate records, death certificates, or the usual records. We are discussing discovering evidence of your ancestors’ death via ledgers (several kinds), and records created by burial societies, poor records, funeral homes, and much more.

$25.00

Crowdsource Projects Around the World Benefit Genealogists (Techniques)

Even before the pandemic, we started to see a plethora of “crowdsourced” projects focused on indexing records that benefit genealogists. Crowdsourcing is based on “many hands make light work.” Learn about the many places where you can discover what is being transcribed, access that material, and possibly help make these records available to genealogists. The talk includes a quick survey of some of the larger crowdsourced platforms (e.g., From the Page) and some currently active projects that genealogists can definitely leverage.

$25.00

More Than Just Mail: Post Office Records and the Insights They Provide Into Our Ancestors Reading Habits and Life (Records)

Post offices aren’t just about employees or even the mail. Most of us receive our newspapers and magazines mailed directly from the publisher or purchased in a store. That wasn’t how it used to be - there was no rural door-to-door delivery before the turn of the 20th century!!! Who handled subscriptions for reading material? They were handled by the postmaster at the post office! Wouldn’t you like to see great-great-grandpa’s subscription list? Some of these subscription lists DO survive and can provide insights about a person, including religious and/or political leanings, hobbies, news interests, and much more. We’ll also talk about other post office records that tell us who our ancestors purchased from, sent mail orders to, and more! Information often found nowhere else!

$25.00

Women in Ledgers (Women)

Frequently, women are not as well documented in government records, so surviving small business ledgers of stores, physicians, lawyers, blacksmiths, and more provide us invaluable details about our female ancestors, their purchases, and their FAN club – minutiae found nowhere else! This information helps us fill in the gaps in their lives and that of their household and often leads to other discoveries. Learn all about ledgers – why they exist, how to interpret them, and where to find them. Then, enjoy the many examples of ledger types, their entries, and how women are included!

$25.00

50 Overlooked & Underutilized Genealogy Gem Websites in 50 Minutes

Many valuable and overlooked databases don't make headline news. They are usually hiding in plain sight. Every day, new ones are being created. Many are not genealogically focused and are genealogically leverageable. All can be explored from the comfort of your home 24/7. Most are FREE. Let's explore 50 juicy gems from around the world covering a range of topics from African American to Archivist/Scholar to US (broad and narrowly focused) to the UK and so much more – you will make NEW discoveries. Many of these are my “go-to” websites, a part of my genealogy research toolkit, which I regularly use.

$25.00

Extra! Extra! Read All About Your Ancestors in Newspapers

Newspapers bring so much color to the lives of our ancestors. Daily-life details are revealed in newspapers and not often found elsewhere unless private correspondence or a diary survives. An explosion of newspaper platforms and digitized issues has occurred, and COVID-19 helped accelerate new and old newspaper digitization projects. We’ll cover oldies but goodies to brand new projects worldwide! The focus is online access and FREE!

$25.00

Event Series Focus on North Carolina Part 2 – Weeknights

Focus on North Carolina: Crime and Jurisdiction – Uncovering Genealogical Records in Unexpected Places

Understanding the legal jurisdiction and geography of ancestors and events is critical in finding needed genealogical records. For various historical reasons, records are not always found in the most obvious places.  The four Abbott brothers, responsible for a one-family 18th-century Piedmont crime spree, will help us illustrate this.

$25.00 – $85.00
Event Series Focus on North Carolina Part 2 – Saturdays

Focus on North Carolina: Crime and Jurisdiction – Uncovering Genealogical Records in Unexpected Places

Understanding the legal jurisdiction and geography of ancestors and events is critical in finding needed genealogical records. For various historical reasons, records are not always found in the most obvious places.  The four Abbott brothers, responsible for a one-family 18th-century Piedmont crime spree, will help us illustrate this.

$25.00 – $85.00
Event Series Focus on North Carolina Part 2 – Saturdays

Focus on North Carolina: Pathways to the Past – Exploring Road and Toll Records for Genealogical Research

Road and toll records tell us a tremendous amount about our ancestors.  They fill in gaps by providing information that might not be found in the usually explored governmental records.  Best of all, they help you learn about those living closest to your ancestors – their FAN Club (Friends, Associates, and Neighbors).  They might also connect family members explicitly, give us the details needed to identify where our ancestors lived (sometimes vague deeds are not enough), and provide additional information. Learn about these less-explored records and the incredible genealogically-leverageable data they include.

$25.00 – $85.00
Event Series Focus on North Carolina Part 2 – Weeknights

Focus on North Carolina: Pathways to the Past – Exploring Road and Toll Records for Genealogical Research

Road and toll records tell us a tremendous amount about our ancestors.  They fill in gaps by providing information that might not be found in the usually explored governmental records.  Best of all, they help you learn about those living closest to your ancestors – their FAN Club (Friends, Associates, and Neighbors).  They might also connect family members explicitly, give us the details needed to identify where our ancestors lived (sometimes vague deeds are not enough), and provide additional information. Learn about these less-explored records and the incredible genealogically-leverageable data they include.

$25.00 – $85.00