Schedule

South Carolina Genealogical Society
50th Annual Summer Workshop
July 7-8, 2023

Friday, July 7, 2023

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8:30am – until

Patrons Room

Registration

Refreshments, Donuts and Coffee

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9:00am – 9:30am

Auditorium

Welcome and Announcements

Mike Becknell – President
Shelby Hart Lollis – 1st Vice President; Workshop Chair
President; Dr. Eric Emerson, Director SCDAH

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9:30am – 10:30am

Auditorium

Diana Elder, AG®

Title: Research Planning for the Win: Next Steps for Breaking Down a Brick Wall

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10:30am – 10:45am

Break

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10:45am – 11:00am

Auditorium

Announcements and Door Prizes

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11:00am – 12:00pm

Auditorium

Cheri Hudson Passey

Title: Beginning Strategies for Searching Online Records and Resources

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11:00am – 12:00pm

Archives

Wade Dorsey

Title: Introductory Tour of the Research Room for New Patrons

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12:00pm – 1:15pm

Lunch – Wachovia Rooms 1, 2 and 3 Open for seating

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1:15pm – 1:30pm

Auditorium

Announcements and Door Prizes

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1:30pm – 2:30pm

Auditorium

Diana Elder, AG®

Title: Evidence Analysis in a Timeline to Separate Individuals of the Same Name

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2:30pm – 2:45pm

Break

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2:45pm – 3:45pm

Auditorium

Brent Holcomb

Title: Women in South Carolina Records: When, Where, and Why?

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2:45pm – 3:45pm

Wachovia 1

Robert S. Davis

Title: Blue; Gray, Black; White: Basics of Civil War Research

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2:45pm – 3:45pm

Wachovia 2

John Smith

Title: Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal: An Unbelievable New Way to Search the Records

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2:45pm – 3:45pm

Wachovia 3

Mags Gaulden

Title: My Gaulding |Gaulden |Gauldin Family – Next Gen DNA Testing – Case Study

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3:45pm – 4:00pm

Break

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4:00pm – 5:00pm

Auditorium

Katherine Bolt Borges

Title: DNA Painter Tips & Tricks

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4:00pm – 5:00pm

Wachovia 1

Cheri Hudson Passey

Title: Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan

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4:00pm – 5:00pm

Wachovia 2

Charity Rouse

Title: : DNA Basics for Genealogists: Autosomal DNA Overview

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4:00pm – 5:00pm

Wachovia 3

Dianne Culbertson

Title: South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission (SC 250)

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5:30pm – 6:30pm

Speakers Reception

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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/

Saturday, July 8, 2023

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8:30am – until

Patrons Room

Registration

Refreshments, Donuts and Coffee

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9:00am – 9:30am

Auditorium

Welcome and Announcements

Mike Becknell – President
Shelby Hart Lollis – 1st Vice President; Workshop Chair
Patrick McCawley, Deputy Director, SCDAH
Dianne Culbertson – Report on 250th Anniversary of The Revolutionary War SC-Project

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9:30am – 10:30am

Auditorium

Diana Elder, AG®

Title: Ancestry DNA: Getting the Most Out of Your Results.

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10:30am – 10:45am

Break

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10:45am – 11:00am

Auditorium

Announcements and Door Prizes

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11:00am – 12:00pm

Auditorium

Diana Elder, AG®

Title: Write it Up: Tools of the Trade

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12:00pm – 1:30pm

Lunch: BBQ and all the trimmings

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1:30pm

Silent Auction Ends

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1:30pm – 2:15pm

Auditorium

Silent Auction Winners Announcement- Door Prizes

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2:15pm – 3:15pm

Auditorium

Robert S. Davis

Title: County of Birth Resources in the Old South

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2:15pm – 3:15pm

Wachovia 1

Brent Holcomb

Title: Records Which You May Have Never Seen

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2:15pm – 3:15pm

Wachovia 2

Johnny Andrews

Title: Beginning Genealogy

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2:15pm – 3:15pm

Wachovia 3

Lahnice Hollister

Title: Casting a Wider Net in Your Research

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2:15pm – 3:15pm

Archives

Patrick McCawley

Behind the Scenes Tour of the Records Collection

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3:15pm – 3:30pm

Break

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3:30pm – 4:30pm

Auditorium

Mags Gaulden

Title: Jumping The Pond – Three Templeton Brothers In Carolina – Case Study

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3:30pm – 4:30pm

Wachovia 1

Dr. Walter Curry

Title: South Carolina African American Confederate Pensioners

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3:30pm – 4:30pm

Wachovia 2

Katherine Bolt Borges

Title: : Tracking Down Your South Carolina Ancestors Using DNA

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3:30pm – 4:30pm

Wachovia 3

John Smith

Title: A Deeper Dive into the 1880 Federal Census: Using the Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes  Schedules in Research

Thank you for coming!
See you in 2024!

*All sessions are Eastern Daylight Time* Link to convert your time to EDT:
https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/

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