Paul Enchelmayer

4117 Fairview Vista Point
Apt 206
Orlando, FL 32804

Phone: 407-299-1264

Email: paul@enchelmayer.com


Speaking Conditions:

  • Speaker will provide computer, projector, and handout materials.
  • Host will provide screen and microphone.


  • Previous Engagements:

  • Florida State Genealogical Society 2006 Annual Conference, Melbourne, FL.
  • Continuing Education classes (Genealogy, Digital Photo Restoration), at The Knowledge Shop, Orlando, FL.
  • LDS Annual Family History Workshops, Orlando and Kissimmee, FL., each year since 1996
  • Lectures at over 20 genealogical societies and clubs in Florida.


  • Specialties:

    Applied technology for genealogists, including computers, software, Internet, and digital imaging. Also workshops in beginning genealogy.


    Lectures:

  • The Deceptive Ancestor? - Separating Family Fiction from Fact (How much proof is enough? - explaining the "Genealogical Proof Standard" by using a case study)
  • Unconventional Genealogy Research: Of Privies and Progenitors (Using some non-traditional Internet tools to research family history, including blogs, podcasts, facebook, and more.)
  • Genealogy Software - Getting Started (Comparing and demonstrating features)
  • Sharing Your Genealogy on the Internet - New Ways to Create Family History Web Pages (Personal and family websites using "WEB 2.0" and social collaboration tools)
  • Google, Bing, Yahoo: the Genealogist's Best Friends (Popular Internet search tools and utilities offer so much more)
  • Storing and Restoring Family Photos in the Digital Age (Important advice on giving photos long, renewed lives)
  • Restoring Family Photos Yourself! (A demonstration of commercial and free photo software)
  • Genealogy Jumpstart! (A three-hour crash course on genealogy fundamentals with a focus on technology)


  • Bio:

    Paul L. Enchelmayer is well-traveled in Florida, speaking at nearly two dozen societies and clubs, presenting programs to help others learn how technology can aid in family history projects. He is Chairman of the Genealogy Group of the University Club of Winter Park, Past-President (and current webmaster) of the Central Florida Genealogical Society in Orange County, a member (and webmaster) of the Florida State Genealogical Society's Speakers Bureau, and member of the National Genealogical Society, and the Hamilton County Genealogical Society in Cincinnati.

    Paul's key research areas have included Stuttgart, Germany; Chicago, and Cincinnati. Several trips to Germany have yielded many newfound cousins, family stories, and reams of data. Through the Internet he has found even more relatives and resources from Austria to Australia.

    Paul recently retired as Manager of Information Systems Development for the City of Orlando's Information Technology Department. He is also retired from the U. S. Navy Reserve. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from University of Miami and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Broadcast Media from Southern Illinois University. He has two sons and two grandchildren.

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