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Diana Crisman Smith |
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PO Box 38314
Olmsted Falls, OH 44138-0314
USA
Phone: (440) 281-6288
Business Phone: (440) 281-6288
Email: TalkGenealogy@aol.com
Contact between 10:00 am to 08:00 pm Eastern Time |
Awards:
In August 2010 at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Knoxville, she was presented the Association of Professional Genealogists APGQ Excellence Award, recognizing exceptional articles submitted to the organization's quarterly magazine. |
Specialties:
Research in Scandinavia (especially Denmark)
Midwest Research
Essential Methodology
Advanced Methodology and Analysis
Professional Development |
Lectures:
Scandinavian Topics
Not All Vikings Were Horrible: Researching Danish Ancestry
Beyond the Sea: An Overview of Scandinavian Migration to America
Basic Scandinavian Research
Advanced Topics
I Know She's Out There Somewhere! Finding Female Ancestors
It Takes A Village: Community Research
Mining Collateral Lines for Fun and Genealogical Profit: Researching Sideways Around Brick Walls
To Transcribe, Abstract, Extract: What's the Difference?
Beyond Vital Events: Making Them Real
Basic Methodology
Who Says So? Documenting Your Sources
The US Federal Census: Good, Bad, and Ugly for Genealogists
There's More to Immigration than Ellis Island
Using the Family History Library Catalog: More Than a Catalog
On Your Mark, Get Set, Go: Beginning Research
Now That I've Found Them, How Do I Keep Track of Them?: Organizing Your Research
The World's Largest Genealogical Library in Your Own Backyard: Using the LDS Family History Centers
You Can Get There From Here: Using Maps
Surveying the Land: Public Domain or Metes & Bounds or What?
Blankety-Blank Forms in Genealogical Research
Extra! Extra! Ancestors Exposed in the News: Using Newspapers in Genealogy
What's Black & White and Read Online: Using Online Newspapers in Genealogy
Counting on the Census: Using the US Federal Population Census
Researching with Bridget: The Genealogists' Home Bookshelf
So Many Ancestors, So Little Time: Preparing for a Genealogy Research Trip
Strolling Through the Park: Revealing Ancestors in the Cemetery
Somewhere in Time: Using Timelines to Put Families in Context
Getting the Right Genealogical Date
Beyond Death Records: Will, Probate, Inventory
An Orderly Life: Using Directories
Special Topics
United We Stand: Using Civil War Pension Records
Well, They Didn't SWIM Over! Using Passenger List Records
Talking With Grandma: Interviewing the Living for Leads to the Past
Little Houses on the Prairie: Midwestern Research Techniques
The Quakers are Our Friends
Here Comes the Family: Preparing for the Reunion
The Importance of Belonging: The Role of Genealogical Societies in Your Research Plan
Who Needs Genealogical Conferences? Everyone!
Genealogy is a Journey of Discovery: Start It Right and Keep It Right (full-day seminar)
Professional Development
Here I Am! Marketing Yourself
Keep the Message Consistent: Deliver from Proposal to Syllabus to Presentation
The Story of John Doe: Case Studies As Teaching Tools
Something for Everyone! Or Not? Establishing the Right Presentation Mix |
Speaking Conditions:
Will provide computer and projector
Request sponsor provide appropriate size screen for audience
Request Lavaliere microphone (for groups over 20)
No home housing
Will develop new lectures if requested. Although lectures shown are 1-hour (with question period), many can be developed into part of a longer group of lectures for workshops.
Also work as a team with husband Gary M. Smith for a unique program experience.
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Previous Engagements:
Samples of major speaking engagements include:
Oklahoma Genealogical Society Seminar
National Genealogical Society Conference in the States, Raleigh
Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, Orlando, Boston, Fort Wayne, Philadelphia, Little Rock
Lake County Library Lock-In
RootsMagic Cruises - Caribbean and Mexico
West Virginia Palatines to America
Ohio Genealogical Society Conferences
Fairfax, VA, Fall Workshop
Family History Centers, MI and OH, 2000-2011
Cleveland Computer Assisted Genealogy Group
FlyAway Genealogy at Sea
Bessemer Historical Society (Pueblo, Colorado)
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Bio:
Diana has been researching since childhood and has served as a lay librarian at the local Family History Center for more than twenty years. She has written for numerous genealogical publications, including a regular column in the NGS NewsMagazine and the APG Quarterly; she was a frequent contributor to Digital Genealogist Magazine, as well as penning a regular column that ran for two years in the Cleveland Sun Newspapers). She is Treasurer of the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE), Treasurer, Genealogical Speakers Guild (GSG), and founding member of the Great Lakes Chapter of APG - as well as a Past District Director of APG. She has enjoyed speaking at conferences around the country (and at sea) the last fifteen years and looks forward to expanding her genealogical endeavors after concluding a career in software consulting. | |
