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

Friday, July 7, 2023
8:30am – until
Patrons Room
Registration
Refreshments, Donuts and Coffee
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
9:30am – 10:30am
Auditorium
Diana Elder, AG®
Title: Research Planning for the Win: Next Steps for Breaking Down a Brick Wall
10:30am – 10:45am
Break
10:45am – 11:00am
Auditorium
Announcements and Door Prizes
11:00am – 12:00pm
Auditorium
Cheri Hudson Passey
Title: Beginning Strategies for Searching Online Records and Resources
11:00am – 12:00pm
Archives
Wade Dorsey
Title: Introductory Tour of the Research Room for New Patrons
12:00pm – 1:15pm
Lunch – Wachovia Rooms 1, 2 and 3 Open for seating
1:15pm – 1:30pm
Auditorium
Announcements and Door Prizes
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Auditorium
Diana Elder, AG®
Title: Evidence Analysis in a Timeline to Separate Individuals of the Same Name
2:30pm – 2:45pm
Break
2:45pm – 3:45pm
Auditorium
Brent Holcomb
Title: Women in South Carolina Records: When, Where, and Why?
2:45pm – 3:45pm
Wachovia 1
Robert S. Davis
Title: Blue; Gray, Black; White: Basics of Civil War Research
2:45pm – 3:45pm
Wachovia 2
John Smith
Title: Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal: An Unbelievable New Way to Search the Records
2:45pm – 3:45pm
Wachovia 3
Mags Gaulden
Title: My Gaulding |Gaulden |Gauldin Family – Next Gen DNA Testing – Case Study
3:45pm – 4:00pm
Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Auditorium
Katherine Bolt Borges
Title: DNA Painter Tips & Tricks
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Wachovia 1
Cheri Hudson Passey
Title: Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Wachovia 2
Charity Rouse
Title: : DNA Basics for Genealogists: Autosomal DNA Overview
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Wachovia 3
Dianne Culbertson
Title: South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission (SC 250)
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Speakers Reception
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
8:30am – until
Patrons Room
Registration
Refreshments, Donuts and Coffee
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
9:30am – 10:30am
Auditorium
Diana Elder, AG®
Title: Ancestry DNA: Getting the Most Out of Your Results.
10:30am – 10:45am
Break
10:45am – 11:00am
Auditorium
Announcements and Door Prizes
11:00am – 12:00pm
Auditorium
Diana Elder, AG®
Title: Write it Up: Tools of the Trade
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Lunch: BBQ and all the trimmings
1:30pm
Silent Auction Ends
1:30pm – 2:15pm
Auditorium
Silent Auction Winners Announcement- Door Prizes
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Auditorium
Robert S. Davis
Title: County of Birth Resources in the Old South
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Wachovia 1
Brent Holcomb
Title: Records Which You May Have Never Seen
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Wachovia 2
Johnny Andrews
Title: Beginning Genealogy
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Wachovia 3
Lahnice Hollister
Title: Casting a Wider Net in Your Research
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Archives
Patrick McCawley
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Records Collection
3:15pm – 3:30pm
Break
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Auditorium
Mags Gaulden
Title: Jumping The Pond – Three Templeton Brothers In Carolina – Case Study
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Wachovia 1
Dr. Walter Curry
Title: South Carolina African American Confederate Pensioners
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Wachovia 2
Katherine Bolt Borges
Title: : Tracking Down Your South Carolina Ancestors Using DNA
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/