Katherine Willson

Katherine Willson

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

T06-Preserving Veterans’ Voice’s

This hands on lecture provides resources and tools for creating a community-wide project to record local veterans’ stories and preserve them within local and national repositories.

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

T14-Genealogy Research with Military Records

How can you determine which major conflict your ancestor may have served in? Which records may have been generated during that time and where might those records be held? We’ll learn about the various places we might look to determine whether an ancestor served in the military and what might we expect to find in his or her military records.

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

F13-Was Your Ancestor’s Migration Motivated by the 19th Century Financial Panics?

Exploring the triggers and outcomes of 19th century financial panics and whether they may have motivated our ancestor’s migration.

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

F34-Ohio’s Role in America’s Westward Expansion

Exploring Ohio’s role in America’s westward expansion, with a focus on Native Americans, soldiers, pioneering settlers and formerly enslaved African Americans.