Speaker:  Amber Oldenburg
Cost: $5.00
Location:  Lower Level Meeting Room
Registration required
 

The challenge and frustration of tracing female ancestors is one that every genealogist will experience at one time or another.  In her presentation “True Grit and Determination: Finding Your Female Ancestors,” Amber Oldenburg will share some tried and true techniques will help you overcome these challenges.  She will focus on why it can be difficult to locate the women in our trees as well as the records and techniques that can help locate these elusive women.  

 

Amber Oldenburg is a researcher and lecturer with a degree in family history research from BYU–Idaho, where she is currently an adjunct instructor. She specializes in Midwest and Great Lakes states research and is passionate about homesteaders.  When Amber is not researching, she enjoys traveling the country, exploring historical sites, and reading.