Nancy Loe “Beyond Ancestry: Research Portals for Genealogy”

Nancy Loe will present “Beyond Ancestry: Research Portals for Genealogy” at the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society’s monthly meeting, Saturday, June 29th at the First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance at State Street, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm.  

This presentation will help you discover a new world of resources available for free on the Internet. Learn about portals for archives, newspapers, maps, and more. 

Nancy Loe is a professional archivist, librarian and genealogist, with master’s degrees in American History and Library Science. She has managed genealogy and special collections in public and academic libraries. In addition to directing NEH grants to digitize archives, Nancy has appeared on PBS’s American Experience, as well as at Rootstech and Jamboree. She has assisted hundreds of people with their family research and is working on her own family tree in Chicago, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, Austria, and Prussia. She has co-authored a book, Libraries in the Information Age: An Introduction and Career Exploration. Her website, sassyjanegenealogy.com, was featured in Family Tree Magazine’s “Social Media Mavericks: 40 to Follow.” 

Special Interest Groups meet at 9:30 am for New Member & Beginning Genealogy, Civil War Genealogy, Writers’ Support Group, German Ancestry, Italian Genealogy, Jewish Genealogy, French Canadian Genealogy, Scandinavian Genealogy, Computer Genealogy, and DNA.  The Society Monthly meeting starts at 10:30 and the featured speaker starts at 11:00am.
Come join us. You do not need to be a member to enjoy this wonderful free presentation. 
A calendar of genealogical events can be found at the Society web site (http://sbgen.org/eventListings.php?nm=216)