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Jamie Lee McManus Mayhew is a California native with deep Southern roots, a speaker, family genealogist, genealogical educator, occasional blogger, and professional researcher. She is active in numerous societies and organizations, is currently the vice-president of the APG Writers SIG, and has served as president of the California State Genealogical Alliance, Southern California Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and the Genealogical Society of North Orange County California. She holds a BA in Sociology, an MA in Educational Technology, and a Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies (PLCGS).

Her talks are lively, engaging and inspiring.

Available for webinars; experienced with Zoom and GotoMeeting

Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies (PLCGS)

• Land Records
• Census Records
• California Research
• Southern United States Research
• New England Research
• Beginning Research
• Timelines

Finding Your Ancestors in Online Newspapers
It's Time You Started Using Timelines to Organize Your Research
Maximizing Your DNA Results at Ancestry
Using Third-Party Tools to Analyze Your DNA
Starting Out With DNA
Analyzing Census Records
Across the Prairie: Land Records in the Public Land State
"If he could do it, I could, too" Stories of Women Homesteaders
Stories of Famous Homesteaders
Introduction to Research Through US Land Records
Homesteading that Little House on the Prairie
Plotting Federal Land Grants - Hands-on workshop
Plotting Metes and Bounds Land Grants - Hands-on workshop
Homesteading California
Getting the Most Out of the FamilySearch Wiki
How to Use FamilySearch for Researching Your Family
Introduction to FamilySearch FamilyTree
FamilySearch catalog-An Underused Gem

Additional talks on US land records, FamilySearch, and DNA are being developed.

• Available for webinars; experienced in Zoom and GotoWebinar
• Honorarium and transportation
• Speaker will provide laptop and multimedia projector
• Speaker supplies masters for handouts
• Will consider home housing
• Will develop new topics on request
• Willing to travel

• Southern California Jamboree-Ladies and Land, 2022
• Roots Tech-An Introduction to Gazetteers, Ladies and Land, 2022
• Sequoia Genealogical Society - It's Time You Started Using Timelines - May 2022
• Glendora Genealogical Group - California Land Ownership - January 2022
• Fresno-Yosemite Chapter DAR - Half-day Webinar -  Introduction to Research through US Land Records, Getting the Most out of FamilySearch Wiki
• Fresno County Genealogical Society - Webinar - Finding that Elusive Woman in your Family.
• RootsTech 2020 - Workshop 2 hr. - Mapping Your World Using Google My Maps
• Fresno County Genealogical Society - Full Day Seminar Sept 2019
• Oakhurst Family History Center - Sept 2019, August 2019, July 2019
• Fresno County Genealogical Society - July 2019
• Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree - June 2019
• North San Diego County Genealogical Society - March 2019
• Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society - February 2019