Was your ancestor a victim of a tragedy? Sinking ships like the Lusitania or Titanic, Geological events like the 1907 San Francisco Earthquake and weather events like the Children’s Blizzard can mean destruction and death. Did those events touch your family? Where are the records to help tell that story? Using case studies, we will explore the events and the records they left behind.

 

Gena Philibert-Ortega is an author, researcher, and instructor whose focus is genealogy, social and women's history. She holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Women's Studies) & a Master’s degree in Religion. Her published works include 3 books, numerous articles published in magazines and online, & Tracing Female Ancestors (Moorshead Publishing). Her writings can also be found on the GenealogyBank blog. She has presented to diverse groups including the National Genealogical Society Conference, Alberta Genealogical Society Conference, Geo-Literary Society, & the Legacy Family Tree Webinar series.