10 Reasons You Can't Find Your Ancestor

This Zoom event is presented by the Palm Springs Genealogical Society with guest speaker Gena Philibert-Ortega. Gena Ortega-Philibert is an author and instructor whose focus is genealogy, social and women's history. She holds master’s degrees in  Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Women's Studies) and Religion. Her published works include three books, numerous published articles, and “Tracing Female Ancestors” (Moorshead Publishing). She has been featured at the National Genealogical Society Conference, the Legacy Family Tree Webinar series, and on the PBS series “Genealogy Roadshow” and the Travel Channel’s “Follow Your Past”. Gena Philibert-Ortega will discuss the brick walls we face in our research, and explore 10 of those reasons and how to overcome them.

For more information and the Zoom Meeting Link, please email President Sondra Lucas at sunnysondra@gmail.com

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