A Virtual Event
The most difficult step in writing about your family is getting started. This session will focus on steps that you can take as society leaders to encourage your members to write and publish stories about their families.
We are honored to have Curt Witcher, Senior Manager for Special Collections at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, as our featured speaker for this event.
Meeting Date & Time
Saturday July 29 2023 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am Central Time.
Agenda
- Curt Witcher, Senior Manager for Special Collections, Allen County Public Library
- Things to consider to get your members writing
- Results of our Survey
Recording & Slides
- Video (2:00:42)
- Slides (PDF)
- Chat Messages (txt)
Featured Speaker
Curt Witcher is the Senior Manager for Special Collections at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, IN where he manages The Genealogy Center, the institution’s Rare and Fine Book Collection, and the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection of Abraham Lincoln materials. Curt is the project lead on many of the library’s digitization initiatives– initiatives that include partnerships with the FamilySearch International, the Internet Archive, ProQuest, Ancestry, Fold3, and WeRelate–as well as growing a site of free, searchable data files at GenealogyCenter.org.
Curt is a member of the Genealogy Committee of the American Library Association, a former president of both the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society, and the founding president of the Indiana Genealogical Society. In addition to the more than five hundred record and methodology articles he has penned, Curt has participated in many family history conferences and seminars across the country, presenting ideas and strategies to help individuals find and tell their family stories.
Upcoming Meetings (Save the date!)
- September 30 – Featuring David Rencher