Directory of Members

Served as president of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Inc, Oakland County Genealogical Society and Calhoun County Genealogical Society. Index editor of the DSGR Magazine since 1994 and past-Commander of Camp 22 (Battle Creek, MI) Sons of Union Veterans.
I have taught genealogical classes and presented talks to various local and international Societies.

Lucy Mary Kellogg Award presented by the Michigan Genealogical Council (2006)

My Michigan Biographical Index (michlist.com) selected as one of the best 75 State Websites of 2024 by Family Tree Magazine. with over 4 million citations from 1,400 sources.

Indexing
Local History Research
Military research

ABC's of indexing
Beyond the federal population schedule
Census research
Company K of the MI First Sharpshooters (the Indian Co.)
Getting around the brick-wall
How to Self-Publish your book
The Irish Brigade in the Civil War
Managing a large project: or how I indexed over four million entries from 1,000 Unrelated Sources
Planning a productive genealogical vacation
Putting it all together (tracing the Laura I. Wilder family)
Research that made me LOL
Tracing Your Civil war ancestors

Honorarium, Registration and Transportation
Supply masters for handouts and Syllabus

Abrams Seminar, Library of Michigan, Lansing, MI
American Society of Indexers Conf., Philadelphia, PA
Battle Creek Book Store, MI
Battle Creek Regional History Museum, MI
Civil War Round Tables, Various, MI
DAR, Battle Creek Chapter, MI
Family History Center, Various, MI
Genealogical Societies, Various, MI & OH
Great Lakes Conference, Fort Wayne, IN
Lifelong Learning Institute (Road Scholars), MI
Local History Conference, Detroit, MI
Michigan Genealogical Conference, Lansing, MI
NGS Family History Conference, Grand Rapids, MI
Ohio Genealogical Society, Sandusky, OH
Ontario Genealogical Society, Ontario, Canada
Pastfinders Genealogical Society, Clermont, FL