The Heritage Lady

Elaine is available to present any of the following as a class or lecture:

Creating A Family Heritage Album

The Heritage Album class teaches the importance of creating a Family Heritage Album. You will be given a step-by-step plan of action that will teach you everything you need to know to create your own family heritage album. You will learn how to include the photos, documents, genealogy, and memorabilia of your family, past and present. You will learn how to interview your family members, how to journal the family stories, and how to include genealogical charts in your album.

Dating And Identifying Family Photos

This class will teach you how to date a photo, and will help you to determine who is in your unidentified photos.

Elaine will illustrate several different resources to show you how you can identify the photos in your collection. Handouts are provided to help you identify your photos at home. Class attendees may bring photos to be dated or identified.

Preserving Your Documents, Photos, Genealogy Papers, and Memorabilia

Elaine will teach attendees the proper way to copy, clean, repair, display, and store their photos, documents, family papers, letters, and memorabilia. Attendees will learn everything they need to know to prevent damage and preserve what they own. They will learn how home conditions, humidity levels, and temperature contribute to deterioration of items. Proper storage products, and products that can be purchased to help preserve and protect will be discussed.

Organizing Your Genealogy Papers & Documents

You will learn how to organize the “stuff” you accumulate as you research – all your documents, letters, miscellaneous papers, books, magazines, and more. You will learn the safe way to store your documents and how you can find what you need quickly. You will learn about the basics of file storage, and we will cover the best products to use to store your items. You will learn how to organize paper files as well as Internet files, your genealogy books, your computer documents, and more.

Tips & Tricks For Researching in Libraries and Courthouses

While researching her Colonial ancestors in Virginia, Elaine Powell discovered what to do and what not to do while researching. This program will help you to avoid mistakes and omissions while doing your own research. You will also learn how to use your research time more efficiently and how to document your research properly so that it is acceptable documentation for any lineage society. You will learn how to be better prepared and what to do before leaving home and what to bring for future research trips.

If you are interested in having Elaine present one of these programs to your group, please contact her through this website.