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REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED.
The Maryland Genealogical Society and Maryland Public Television are partnering to offer a special day-long, in-person workshop focusing on alternative ways to approach your research, including new ideas for breaking through brick walls and how indirect evidence can sometimes offer more compelling support to your research questions.
The event includes:
- Two presentations by Rebecca Whitman Koford: "How I Built My Own Brick Wall & The Sledgehammer of Experience" and "Indirect Evidence: Finding What Was Not Written," plus breakout discussion and Q&A.
- Light breakfast refreshments and a lunch.
- Screening of a PBS Finding Your Roots video presentation.
- A copy of the book, NGS Research in the States Series: Maryland, for each attendee.
Thanks to the generous support of Maryland Public Television, this workshop is free. However, advance registration is required because space is limited, and a $8 per person refundable deposit is required to hold your space. To register, please visit the MPT registration page.
Rebecca Whitman Koford focuses on research in Maryland, Upstate New York, Virginia, the District of Columbia, colonial records, military records from the Revolution through the Civil War, federal records at the National Archives (D.C.), and land records of all types. She has published numerous articles and is co-author of the NGS Research in the States series book on Maryland. She speaks at national conferences and regularly teaches at major genealogical institutes. Rebecca is the Director of the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed) in Washington, D.C., and is the vice-president of the National Genealogical Society.