Online with Zoom

Saturday, April 20, 2024, 1:00-3:00 pm PT

https://venturacogensoc.org/this-month/

Presenter: Debra Dudek

“Unusual Places to Find Births and Naturalizations”

Widen your search for birth dates, locations, and naturalizations from various underutilized resources such as military rosters, consulate applications, voter registrations, canceled passports, frakturs, and much more. This lecture focuses on digital and physical resources, so bring your research checklist and see if these resources can help you fill in the gaps in your family tree.

Speaker Bio

Debra M. Dudek is Head of Adult and Teen Services at the Fountaindale Public Library District in Bolingbrook, IL. She holds a postgraduate certificate in Genealogical, Paleographic & Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Ms. Dudek is the Book Review Editor of the Illinois State Genealogical Society, an executive board member of the Illinois State Historical Society, and a website coordinator for the Chicago Chapter NSDAR. She authorizes the World War I Research Guide: Tracing American Military and Non-Combatant Ancestors.

All our monthly lectures and workshops are free to our members and the public. Non-members should request a Zoom invitation here: https://venturacogensoc.org/request-invitation-to-lecture/. Please note that we cannot respond to same-day requests.