The Ohio Genealogy Society Speakers Bureau
| NEEL, Thomas Stephen 169 East Main Street New London OH 44851-1253 419-929-3441 tneel@ogs.org |
T Available evenings F $35.00 50-75 miles maximum travel |
Biography: Lifelong resident of Huron County, Ohio; BA Liberal Arts, majors history and botany-bacteriology, Ohio Wesleyan University; MA Library & Information Science, Kent State University; Library Director, Ohio Genealogical Society; President, New London Area Historical Society; Active in Ashland Co Chapter OGS and Huron Co Chapter OGS; Member FFO, SCWFO, SBO, CFO, Sons War of 1812; Author of several genealogical books and articles; Speaker at Ohio and national genealogical conferences
Topics:
- Beginning Your Family History Research
- Census Records: Are we Comfortable with them being the Standard Again?
- Census Records: The Special Schedules
- Clues to Your Ancestors in the Newspapers
- Courthouse Records: An Overlooked Source?
- Creating a Family Archives at Home
- Effective Use of the Library
- Exploring Family History in New England
- Fitchville Township, Huron County, Ohio Historic Photographs
- Genealogical Research in Kentucky
- Have Car Will Travel: Taking Your Chapter Members on a Field Trip
- Hidden Resources at the Ohio Genealogical Society
- History of New London, Huron County, through Photographs
- Indians of Ohio: A Chapter in Native American Research
- Internet Sites for the Genealogist
- Lost in the 20th Century? Ways to Provide Access to Your Chapter’s Books & Manuscripts
- Maryland Genealogical Research
- New England: Exploring Old Churches, Homes, and Cemeteries
- No Money for Books? Running the Gen/Hist Room with Little or no Cash
- North Central Ohio Gold Rush Emigrants
- OGS: A New Family History Research Facility for Ohio
- Ohio Land Records: The Great Experiment
- Research in Cemeteries
- Research in Richland County, Ohio
- Simple Archival Procedures for the Genealogist: Stepping Back into the Box
- So You Belong to the Dead People’s Society?
- Some Documents that Might Work when Joining a Lineage Society
- The Art of Cemetery Transcription
- The Genealogical Society and Your Community: Interaction, Service, Advocacy
- The Golden Age Nursing Home Fire, Fitchville, Ohio, Nov. 23, 1963
- The LDS Family History Center in Salt Lake City
- The Migration Story: Why did Your Family Settle Here?
- The Western Reserve – “of Connecticut???”
- Township & Other Local Records: An Overlooked Resource for Genealogists
- Tracing Family History in Ohio
- Using Church Records as a Genealogical Resource
- Using Maps to Solve Genealogical Puzzles
- Using Military Records
- Using Tax Records to Trace Ancestors
- Why Washington DC?
