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Monthly Virtual Chapter Presentations!

The Utah Genealogical Association is proud to offer a monthly Virtual Chapter meeting, featuring guest speakers who present on the latest topics in family history and genealogy. These live presentations are free and open to the public, with no login required. Once presented, past recordings of webinars are available exclusively to UGA members.

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Presentations

Past Presentations

2024

Month	Presentation	Presenter
November	Beyond the Records: Mining Historical Resources to Write the Story of Your Ancestors	Amy Rose Ward
October	On the Road Again: Traveling the World Doing Genealogy Research	Judy Nimer Muhn, Ed.M., FSA Scot
September	Migration to the Midwest Prior to 1850: The Peoples Who Populate the Great Lakes Region	Rev. Dave McDonald
August	Organizing Your Digital Files-Using Color, Consistency, & Naming	Cynthia K. Patton
July	Zeroing in on a Place through Fan Club Research	Mary Kircher Roddy, CG
June	Too Many Birthdays for Sarah – Finding a birth date before birth records	Allyson Maughan
May	Community Research Using the National Register of Historic Places	Peggy Lauritzen
April	Digging Into Finding Aids: The Road Map to Any Manuscript Collection	Melissa Barker, CAM&PH
March	Tracing Public Catastrophes: Disasters, Pandemics, Mine Explosions, and Hurricanes	J Mark Lowe, FUGA
February	Make Your Own Genealogical Charts	Rob Wallace
January	AI and Genealogy: Trouble Ahead?	Thomas MacEntee

2023

Month	Presentation	Presenter
November	Reminiscing, Reunions, and Recipes.	Megan Heyl, M.Ed.
October	If Walls Could Talk.	Christina Yetzer Drain
September	Breaking the Silence: Healing Family and Adding Voice to One Sailor’s Story	Lauren Peightel, M. A.
August	Church and Religious Records	Rev. David McDonald
July	Christian Churches in the Colonial Era	Rev. David McDonald
June	Deep South Research: A Beginner’s Guide and Case Study	Julia A. Anderson
May	Finding the Living: Genealogy in Reverse	Cheri Hudson Passey
April	Analysis and Correlation: A Case Study on a Family the Enumerator “Missed”	Peggy Clemens Lauritzen
March	Pre-1850 Census Records: Turning Tick Marks into People	Linda Debe
February	Searching for Your Elusive Prussian Ancestors: A Case Study	Stephen Wendt
January	Will the Real Warren Harris Please Stand Up?	Mary Milne Jamba

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