Researching Family in Pennsylvania August 1-5, 2016 Hosted at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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1 Researching Family in Pennsylvania August 1-5, 2016 Hosted at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Instructor Biographies Amy E. K. Arner is a researcher specializing in western Pennsylvania and an editor. She serves as the secretary of the Association of Professional Genealogists and is a past president of its Great Lakes Chapter. She is a proofreader for the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly and co-editor of the North Hills Genealogists (of Pittsburgh) newsletter. In 2015, the Association of Professional Genealogists awarded her its Grahame T. Smallwood Jr. Award of Merit for her service to the organization. Her early interest in a box of old family documents led to her taking courses at Westminster College, Brigham Young University, the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University, and the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh. She applies her knowledge in researching both personal and clients families. Lee Arnold, DLitt et Phil is the Senior Director of the Library and Collections and Chief Operating Officer, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He has been with the society since Lee is well -versed on the holdings of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and has lectured extensively on genealogical topics throughout the Pennsylvania region. He received a doctorate in archival science from the University of South Africa in 2016, an MLIS from the University of Wisconsin in 1988 and an MLA (concentration in Archives Management) from Temple University in He is a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists and a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists. Lee is a travel writer and a regular reviewer of travel literature for Library Journal. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and a member of the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides. Kim Bucklaw is an archivist and the primary genealogical researcher for the Chester County Archives and Chester County Historical Society. Kim has a master s degree in American History from Temple University. With over 15 years experience in historical research, she specializes in county government records and property research. Her personal research interests are African American genealogy and social history.

2 Sydney F. Cruice Dixon, MBA, is a well-known researcher and genealogy instructor in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of Penn State and Drexel universities, she is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and has been actively researching family genealogies since She conducts genealogical research for clients as well as providing genealogy coaching for those clients who prefer to do their own family research. Currently teaching both beginner and intermediate level genealogy courses, she conducts the Foundations of Genealogy program at HSP. In addition, Sydney lectures regularly throughout the tri-state area with particular emphasis on United States military records. She is a member of the planning committee for the Main Line Genealogy Club. Dean A. Henry is a professional genealogist and well-known African American researcher in Philadelphia. He is owner of Family Pearl, LLC, which offers genealogical research, family connection, and legacy stories recording services. Dean s interest in genealogy began in the 1980 s when he was asked to assist a family member in organizing her ancestral tree in preparation for a family reunion. From there, Dean has spoken on African American genealogy at the University of Pennsylvania, the Genealogy Event in New York City, Salem Baptist Church of Jenkintown, and local Jack & Jill of America Rites of Passage sessions. He has appeared on the Morning Mojo with WURD s Stephanie Renee, and will appear on an upcoming local cable TV genealogy show. Dean is an officer of the Greater Philadelphia Area Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists and the African American Genealogy Group. He is a member of the National Genealogical Society and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, as well as various other genealogical groups and historical societies. Seth Hinshaw is an architectural historian working in the Delaware Valley. He was employed by Wise Preservation Planning LLC from 2001 until 2015 and held the position of Senior Preservation Planner. Beginning in 2016, Seth is an employee of RGA, Inc., a cultural resource firm based in Cranbury, New Jersey. Seth earned a master s in History from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and a second master s in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania. He has contributed to dozens of projects in the Delaware Valley, recording the history and significance of historic architecture primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He has

3 completed property research for hundreds of properties in the Delaware Valley, including an intensive project in Upper Uwchlan Township that researched the historic ownership of 80 historic properties. Other projects include nominations for seven historic districts and 11 historic buildings now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He designed the website eriebuildings.info that presents the results and architectural information of the survey of 31,000 properties in Erie County, Pennsylvania. Seth served on the Downingtown Historical and Parks Commission for five years and served on the Committee that planned the borough's 150th events in Among his interests has been the architecture of houses of worship. Seth has visited hundreds of meeting houses and churches in North America and England. He has written two academic articles on the architecture of Friends (Quaker) meeting house design ( ) and one documenting the tie between religious architectural trends in England in the 1600s and religious architecture of Anglicans, Congregationalists, Presbyterians, and Quakers in colonial North America. He has given lectures on religious architecture of the eighteenth century and the history of the design of Baptist houses of worship in North America. Seth serves on the board of the Friends Historical Association, a nationwide association of Quaker historians. Joseph R. Klett is Executive Director of the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton, N.J. He holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University. He joined the full-time staff of the State Archives in 1989 as collection manager, and became chief of operations in He has held the director title since A genealogist since adolescence, he has traced direct ancestry in nearly all of New Jersey s counties. He has served on the board o f trustees of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey since 1987, and is a past editor of both its newsletter and journal. In 2015, he received the Donald Lines Jacobus Award of the American Society of Genealogists for his monograph, Understanding New Jersey s Geography in the Proprietary Period. This was published as a special issue of The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey to commemorate New Jersey s 350th anniversary in Sue Long completed her graduate work at Cornell University and received a PhD in 1975 in experimental psychology while gaining valuable experience in conducting research, evaluating evidence, writing a doctoral thesis, and teaching. After raising her children she went to work as a school district technology coordinator and computer teacher. Since retiring, she has focused on genealogy and the history of the early Pennsylvania settlements. Some years ago she broadened the scope of her studies to include measures of

4 wealth (probate records and inventories of the early days), land ownership (how the early tracts were subdivided into the 1700s), and biographies of the people on Thomas Holme s map (the ultimate cluster genealogy for the early settlers). She continues to study these people and to write about them on her blog. Thomas J. McCullough is an assistant archivist at the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he provides research assistance to the Moravian Archives and the Moravian Historical Society. He holds an M.A. in Applied History from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania having focused in archival studies. Previously he served in the archives of the Shippensburg University Fashion Archives and Museum, The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, the Cumberland County (PA) Archives, and the Chester County (PA) Archives. He is an expert instructor of German paleography and has taught over 200 librarians, archivists, professors, genealogists, and high school students how to read and write German script. Thomas has instructed several workshops regarding Moravian genealogy and lectured on German missionary experiences during the First World War. Aaron McWilliams is a reference archivist at the Pennsylvania State Archives. He is responsible for handling research inquiries at the Archives and frequently represents the agency at genealogical events. His areas of expertise include Pennsylvania state land records, Pennsylvania s Revolutionary War militia, and genealogy. He has appeared on WITF s Radio Smart Talk and Who Do You Think You Are? Prior to joining the Pennsylvania State Archives, Aaron worked as a reference archivist at the Maryland State Archives and as a professional genealogist. Jefferson M. Moak is a graduate of Randolph-Macon College (B.A. in History, 1974) and Temple University (M.A. in American History, 1998) and has enjoyed a 41-year professional career with appointments at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 76, Inc., the Philadelphia Historical Commission, the City Archives of Philadelphia and the National Archives, Mid-Atlantic Region. He now works as a freelance genealogist and archivist. He has undertaken extensive research into the architectural, cartographic and neighborhood histories of Philadelphia, publishing several guides to Philadelphia research including Philadelphia Street Name Changes (1995, 2000), and Architectural Research in Philadelphia ( ). Jefferson currently sits on the boards of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution (as Registrar); Pennsylvania Society of the War of 1812 (as Registrar and Vice- President) and the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania (as Registrar). In addition, he is General

5 Registrar for the General Society of Sons of the Revolution. He currently serves on the board of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania and has previously served as its Vice President. Judy G Russell, JD, CG, CGL, The Legal Genealogist, is a genealogist with a law degree, and her purpose is, in part, to help folks understand the often arcane and even impenetrable legal concepts and terminology that are so very important to those of us studying family history. Without understanding the context in which events took place and records were created, we miss so much of both the significance and the flavor of what happened. Judy holds a bachelor s degree in journalism with a political science minor from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and a law degree from Rutgers School of Law-Newark. She has worked as a newspaper reporter, trade association writer, legal investigator, defence attorney, federal prosecutor, law editor, and, for more than 20 years, an adjunct member of the faculty at Rutgers Law School, as well as a genealogist. She now serves on the faculty at the Institute for Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR), at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP), and at Boston University s Center for Professional Education. Thomas M. Summers is the Manager of Outreach Services, at the Delaware Public Archives. A 12th generation native of Sussex County, Delaware, Tom graduated from Washington College (Maryland) in 1983 with a B.A. in History. After serving as an air traffic controller in the United States Navy for four years he returned to the Delaware area and began working as an archivist at the Delaware Public Archives in Tom earned his Master of Education in Elementary Studies from Wilmington College in In 1997, Tom was assigned the position of Coordinator of Public Programming for the Archives. This role included the development of educational programs. The first Archives education kit, entitled Teaching Delaware History with Primary Sources, was distributed in 1998 to public and private schools throughout the state. The Society of American Archivists honored the kit with the Hamer-Kegan Award. This national award recognizes successful projects that increase public awareness of archival or manuscript materials. Promoted to Manager of Outreach Services in 2005, Tom has continued to expand the Archives educational program by organizing and distributing education kits aimed at the eighth grade and the high school levels. Frank Southcott, MBA, is a professional genealogist who specializes in historic Chester County, Pennsylvania, research and family history. He is an avid enthusiast of the Pennsylvania Revolutionary War militia and is currently seeking to establish family relationships by correlating early tax records, oaths of allegiance, and militia service to the various early

6 townships of Chester County. His family has deep roots in Chester County and a late Irish grandmother who has tested his genealogical skills. He is the President of the Greater Philadelphia Area Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists, and President, International Society for British Genealogy and Family History, which conducts the annual British Institute in Salt Lake City. He has researched extensively in the British Isles, Newfoundland, and Pennsylvania. Researching Family in Pennsylvania is made possible through the collaboration of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and The Greater Philadelphia Area Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists. Tuition for Researching Family in Pennsylvania is $395 for HSP members, $385 if you attended the fall 2015 Foundations of Genealogy course or enrolled in the spring 2016 Foundations of Genealogy course, and $449 for non-members. Enrollment will be limited to 40 persons on a first come, first enrolled basis. To register, visit hsp.org/rfipa. Hotel accommodations and other travel information can be found in HSP's Plan Your Visit portal at hsp.org/planyourvisit