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Beginning Genealogy 101 Class/Workshop
Sat, November 2, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am MDT
Beginning Genealogy 101 – “Getting Started Building Your Family Tree”
With Instructors: Gail Elias and Jacquelyn Mahan
Get ready for 2025 by ending this year with a class/ workshop on Beginning Genealogy 101 Workshop at the Broomfield Library, hosted by the Broomfield Genealogy Society (BGS).
When: Saturday, November 2, 9:00 to 11:00 AM
Where: Eisenhower Meeting Room B,
Broomfield Library, 3 Community Park Rd, Broomfield. CO 80020
Interested in starting your family tree, but don’t know where to begin? Join us to learn the basics and about the resources that are available to help you!
This class is for beginners or those looking for a refresher on the fundamentals.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
This a course designed especially for beginners, but even more advanced researchers can learn something new. We will cover the basics of getting started in building a family tree and record keeping. We will highlight the major online sites and differences between them so you can decide which to use for your research.
Various techniques will be explored that can be used to find solid documentation for your family. Including records like vital records (birth, marriage, death), census records, wills & probate, land records, Internet resources and genealogy software.
The class instructors and BGS volunteers will offer limited personal assistance to help you create or update your family tree on FamilySearch, Ancestry, or MyHeritage using their free account options.
MATERIALS LIST
Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops or tables, as they will be able to start building their family tree using one of several free genealogy websites. Additionally, it is suggested you bring a notepad and pencil/pen for taking notes. A Workshop Handout will be made available at class.
COST AND REGISTRATION
BGS Non-Members – $10 Workshop Fee*
To sign-up for the workshop, please use the Ticketing form below to register and make payment using your credit card or your PayPal account. Thank You!
*NOTE: The $10 workshop fee includes a 2025 Individual membership to the Broomfield Genealogy Society. A $30 value.
BGS Members – Free Workshop
To register for the workshop, for BGS Members that are interested in attending, please use the RSVP below to register your attendance. Thank You!
Meet the Instructors —
Gail Elias, a BGS member and current BGS Newsletter Editor, hails from New York but settled in Colorado after completing her MPA at CU Boulder. With a BA from Wells College, she worked as the Director of Administration at the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and later as a partner in a criminal justice planning firm, authoring several technical publications for the National Institute of Corrections.
A passionate genealogist and member of the Daughters of the American Revolution since 1963, Gail served as Regent of the Indian Peaks Chapter from 2021-2023. In this role, she contributed to the Mitigation Working Group for the Colorado Department of Transportation, helping to preserve the World War I Memorial in East Boulder County. Her storytelling effort, “A Soldier’s Story,” highlights the significance of the memorial’s two towers.
Jacquelyn Mahan, graduated from Edinboro University with a BA in History. She continued her education with computer classes hoping to do statistical research. Moving to the Silicon Valley at just the right time, she leveraged that knowledge and worked in technology for thirty-five years. Her last position was Director of Data Integrity at Adobe Systems where she was responsible for product and customer data including pricing and royalty reporting. In 2012 she earned a master’s degree in history focusing on the birth of modernity.
All these experiences contributed to the family story that she has been working on since the age of twelve. Her ancestors were Dutch in New Netherlands, Huguenots in New York, German Baptist Brethren in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia, and Quakers in Philadelphia and North Carolina. Joining the Broomfield Genealogy Society as secretary this year has given some structure to her research, and she loves to talk about the latest discoveries in anyone’s family tree.
