Schedule
South Carolina Genealogical Society
51st Annual Summer Workshop
July 12-13, 2024
Friday, July 12, 2024
8:30am – until
Patrons Room
Registration
Refreshments, Donuts and Coffee
9:00am – 9:30am
Auditorium
Welcome and Announcements
Mike Becknell – President
Shelby Hart Lollis – 1st Vice President; Workshop Chair
Dr. Eric Emerson, Director SCDAH
9:30am – 10:30am
Auditorium
Blaine Bettinger
Title: Understanding and Utilizing X-DNA
10:30am – 10:45am
Break
10:45am – 11:00am
Auditorium
Announcements and Door Prizes
11:00am – 12:00pm
Auditorium
Blaine Bettinger
Title: Third Party Genetic Genealogy Tools
11:00am – 12:00pm
Archives
Wade Dorsey
Title: Introductory Tour of the Research Room for New Patrons
12:00pm – 1:15pm
Lunch – Wachovia Rooms 1, 2 and 3 Open for seating
1:15pm – 1:30pm
Auditorium
Announcements and Door Prizes
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Auditorium
Drew Smith
Title: Your Ancestor’s FAN Club: Using Cluster Research to Get Past Brick Walls
2:30pm – 2:45pm
Break
2:45pm – 3:45pm
Auditorium
Cheri Hudson Passey / Laura Wilkinson Hedgecock
Title: Beyond Dry Facts: How to Examine Records for Information that Leads to Great Stories
2:45pm – 3:45pm
Wachovia 1
Steve Tuttle
Title: Admitted into the Asylum: Abstracts of Patient Treatment Records at the South Carolina State Hospital 1828-1880
2:45pm – 3:45pm
Wachovia 2
Brent Holcomb
Title: Border Problem in the Carolinas in the Colonial Period
2:45pm – 3:45pm
Wachovia 3
John L. Andrews, Jr.
Title: Guidelines for Beginning and Continuing South Carolina Genealogical Research
3:45pm – 4:00pm
Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Auditorium
Craig Scott
Title: Colonial, State, and Federal Bounty Land
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Wachovia 1
Tina LaFreniere
Title: Connecting Faces Through Time
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Wachovia 2
Charity Rouse
Title: : DNA Basics for Genealogists: Autosomal DNA Overview
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Wachovia 3
Cheri Hudson Passey
Title: Someone to Watch Over Me: Guardianship Records
5:00pm – 8:00pm
SC Archives – Open for Research!
*All sessions are Eastern Daylight Time* Link to convert your time to EDT:
https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/
5:00pm – until
Wachovia 3
SCGS Board Meeting
Saturday, July 13, 2024
8:30am – until
Patrons Room
Registration
Refreshments, Donuts and Coffee
9:00am – 9:30am
Auditorium
Welcome and Announcements
Mike Becknell – President
Shelby Hart Lollis – 1st Vice President; Workshop Chair
Patrick McCawley, Deputy Director, SCDAH
9:30am – 10:30am
Auditorium
Blaine Bettinger
Title: Evaluating a Genealogical Conclusion Including DNA Evidence
10:30am – 10:45am
Break
10:45am – 11:00am
Auditorium
Announcements and Door Prizes
11:00am – 12:00pm
Auditorium
Blaine Bettinger
Title: Using Artificial Intelligence Tools for Genealogy
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Wachovia 1, 2, and 3
Lunch: BBQ and all the trimmings
1:30pm
Silent Auction Ends
1:30pm – 2:15pm
Auditorium
Silent Auction Winners Announcement- Door Prizes
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Auditorium
Craig Scott
Title: Getting the Men Paid: The Records of the Pension Offices
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Wachovia 1
Brent Holcomb
Title: Using South Carolina’s Statutes and Legislative Petitions in Your Research
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Wachovia 2
John Smith
Title: Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal, Part II: A Never-Ending Search
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Wachovia 3
Drew Smith
Title: Organizing Your Genealogy Research Process
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Archives
Patrick McCawley
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Records Collection
3:15pm – 3:30pm
Break
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Auditorium
Drew Smith
Title: Front Page News (and Beyond): Finding Archived Newspapers
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Wachovia 1
Cheri Hudson Passey
Title: Discovering Enslavers in the Family Tree: Turning the Negative into Something Positive
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Wachovia 2
Laura Wilkinson Hedgecock
Title: : Why Genealogists Need to Tell Family Stories
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Wachovia 3
Paul Stoetzel
Title: Cataloging Communities: Finding Families in the Midlands
Thank you for coming!
See you in 2025!
*All sessions are Eastern Daylight Time* Link to convert your time to EDT:
https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/