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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 president of the APG Writers SIG, a director of the Genealogical Speakers Guild, and Director of the Oakhurst FamilySearch Center.  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 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