August Genealogy News

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Genealogy Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) announced the 2026 courses. Registration opens 3 February 2026

GRIP Virtual Courses, 22-26 June 2026

• Advanced DNA (Coordinator: Blaine Bettinger, PhD, JD)
• Practical AI for Genealogists: Foundations and First Steps (Coordinator: J. Stephen Little Jr.)
• Navigating Independence: Researching the Lives of Revolutionary War Ancestors (Coordinator: Cheri Daniels, MSLS)
• Not Just Farmers: Records, Relationship, and the Reality of Their Lives (Coordinator: Cari Taplin, CG)
• Digging Deeper: Records, Tools, and Skills (Coordinator: Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA)
• Women and Children First!: Research Methods for the Hidden Half of the Family (Coordinator: Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL, FUGA)
• Marching Toward Change: Reformers, Crises, and Movements that Transformed 19th and 20th Century America (Coordinator: Katherine R. Willson)
• The Intentional Genealogist: From Chaos to Clarity (Coordinator: Kelli Bergheimer)
• Land, Faith, and Family: Navigating Early Ontario and Quebec Research (Coordinator: Kathryn Lake Hogan, BA, PLCGS, UE)

GRIP In-Person Courses at the University of Pittsburgh, 12-17 July 2026

• Genetic Networks: Start at the Beginning (Coordinator: Kelli Bergheimer)
• Interdisciplinary Civil War Research: The Road to Disunion and Reconstruction, 1820–1877 (Coordinator: Michael Strauss, MA, AG)
• Records Loss: Overcoming Destroyed, Missing, or Non-Extant Records (Coordinator: Kelvin Meyers)
• Surrogates and Substitutes: The 1890 US Census Exemplar (Coordinator: Cecelia McFadden, MISM, MEd)
• Researching Penn's Colony (Coordinator: Sandra Rumble)
• Skill-Building Practicum for Genealogical Research Success (Coordinator: Sunny Jane Morton)
• Advanced AI Techniques for Genealogists: Expanding Your Research Skills (Coordinator: Mark Thompson)
• Metes and Bounds: Land Platting (Coordinator: Gerald "Jerry" Smith)