Banquet Talks
“John is an engaging speaker whose entertaining approach combined with his depth of knowledge commands the attention of his audience.”
— Ann Carter Fleming, CG, CGL, FNGS
“John doesn’t lecture at you, he talks with you, educates you, and makes you clamor for more. His knowledge and enthusiasm for the subjects and his style bring back audiences and students time after time.”
— Paula Stuart-Warren, CG
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- Is Any Body There? – Tracking Ancestral Remains
- Searching for Ancestors, a Yankee Boy Stumbles into the Deep, Deep South
- An Italian-German-French-Swiss American Boy’s Story: Genealogy in Buffalo in the 1960s
- Catholic, Lutheran and Jew: German-Speaking Merchants in Mississippi, 1850s-1880s
- The Keepers of the Records and I: Tales of Accessing Historical Sources
- Hacks and Hookers and Putting Up Pickles: Snares of Yesteryear’s English
- Love and Marriage in the Family Tree: Writing and Speaking about Ancestors
- Pruning the Family Tree: What to Do with Unwanted Ancestors
- Exploring Ancestral Places: Tales of Research in Europe
- Visiting Ancestral Towns in Europe: How to Avoid the Mistakes I Made!
- Only a Few BONES: How to Turn a Juicy Family Story into a Book… and a Career!
- Speaking of Genealogy, Now and Then: A Brief and Personal History