CLAIRE BRISSON-BANKS BS, MLIS,AG

Claire, owner of Timeless Genealogies, a provider of ancestral research services. Her personal areas of expertise in connection with Genealogy and Family History are Technology Advances, Social Media, the US, Canada, England, Scotland, Brick Walls, and working with and Involving Youth in Family History and Genealogy.

• Scotland Online Resources: Friday  12:45pm
• Libraries: Portals to Your Ancestors Past: Friday 3:15pm
• Using Records for Finding Ancestral Homeland: Saturday 3:15pm

Scotland Online Resources - Claire V Brisson-Banks A large variety of websites is covered to work and search in Scotland: Scotland's People, Ancestry.com, FindMyPast.com, National Records of Scotland, Land Records, National Records of England & Scotland along with useful websites, National Archives of England, Scotland National War Museum, FamilySearch, FamilySearch Research Wiki, FreeCen, Scotland Archive Network, Genuki, Cindy's List, Electric Scotland and more.

Libraries: Portals to Your Ancestors Past - Claire V Brisson-Banks  Helping those who are trying to locate their family, regardless of age can be a daunting task, especially for local libraries who, unknowingly have great resources but may not be aware of them. This class reviews those resources held at the local, regional, state, historical libraries, museums and online resources so they are not overlooked when conducting research for your ancestors. 

Using Records for Finding Ancestral Homelands  - Claire V Brisson-Banks  Being frustrated from looking for your ancestors’ homelands can lead you to over looking the obvious as well as not knowing where to look and the clues left behind by your ancestors. A guide to some resources you might have but don’t realize it, or where to look in other locations or where a hint is provided for you that you could have missed. A look at those pesky boundary changes and more.