Join us for a ghostly field trip and spooky presentation on Researching Cemeteries by SLGVS Vice President, Cheri Daniels.
Topics covered will include; cemetery versus graveyard, cemetery design clues, iconography, access laws, management, online databases, and pre-Find a Grave inventories.
After our business meeting, we will take a surprise field trip to a spooky fire pit for the presentation, followed by an exploration of a virtual graveyard to look for iconography clues. Don’t be alarmed if you encounter an ancestral ghost or two!
The winner of the FamilySearch Indexing Contest will be announced, so get busy indexing!
WHEN: Sunday, 11 October 2020
TIME: 5:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl
All are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend – but we’d love it if you’d join!
For information about how to join the SLVGS, please visit our Membership Page.
About The Speaker
Cheri Daniels, MSLS, is the Vice President of SLVGS. During the day, she serves as Head of Library and Archives at the Kentucky Historical Society as well as Editor of Kentucky Ancestors Online, their free genealogy publication. Other duties at KHS include Rights and Reproductions Coordinator, Project Director for Kentucky Ancestors Town Hall (event and soon-to-be state PBS program in 2021), and This Week in Kentucky History (NPR radio program).
She holds a B.A. in History and an M.S. in Library Science (MSLS), with a concentration in Archival Care and Management. For over 25 years she has worked in various types of libraries, including 11 years at the University of Kentucky, and 9 years at KHS. Her genealogy work pre-dates her career and continues to be a driving force. She is also a contributing author to the 2018 book from McFarland Publishers Genealogy and the Librarian.
Be watching for her latest project to be launched soon: The BloodRoot Podcast.
Other roles include DAR Member, blogger at Genealogy Literacy, Journeys Past, and speaker/on-air talent for regional/national events/programs (FGS: 2017, NGS: 2012/2014/2019, RootsTech: 2014/2019/2020, Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum: 2014, WTVQ Kentucky History Treasures: 2014, 2016, Kentucky Ancestors Town Hall: 2017-2019, This Week in Kentucky History: 2018-2020).
