This presentation is intended as an introduction for a general audience (non-genealogists) to the kinds of things we can learn about our ancestry. Sometimes we find little more than names, dates and places, but other ancestors might have fascinating stories to tell! The presentation focuses on the truly astonishing stories of several of the ancestors of one of my grandmothers.

Duration is 40 minutes if this is a general interest presentation. It can be extended to 50 or 60 minutes if the audience is beginner or early intermediate level family historians, in which case more information about using sources will be included.

Feedback for this talk:

“Very helpful advice on how to begin tracing our ancestors. From the feedback I received, our group really enjoyed her talk. A few of us may be planning an ancestry journey!”

“Janice told us that some of the stories she would tell would be astonishing and they certainly were.”

“I liked that there were highs and lows in the family history she told us about – not just people doing great things. It made me think that we probably all have stories like these in our family histories.”

“A very slick presentation, very well put together and visually impressive.”

“This should be a book!”