Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL, is a Trustee for the Board for Certification of Genealogists, a co-director of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIPitt.org), the Professional course coordinator at Samford University’s IGHR, and an instructor in Boston University’s Genealogical Research Certificate program and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. Elissa’s two lectures are:F-312: They Went West on the O-Hi-O: Using the GPS to Follow a Family’s Trail
This lecture is not about the GPS that replaces your car’s maps but the GPS that maps out whether we have enough proof to come to a conclusion. Following the Colglazier family of Indiana back up the Ohio River to their origins in Clermont County, Ohio, and probably Pennsylvania, we look at evidence in land, probate, census, and tax lists. Using the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) and sifting through “red herrings,” the audience is led on a records trail and asked if each of four research questions was “proven.” This fun frolic demonstrates standard analytical techniques and invites audience participation.
S-445: The Mighty Ohio: Migration West from Pennsylvania
No doubt about it, many Pennsylvanians helped to settle Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and other communities along the Ohio River and National Road. In order to understand this migration, we should consider the five W’s and H:
• WHO and WHAT: How can you find your ancestors’ migration path?
• WHEN and WHERE: migration routes leading out of Pennsylvania
• WHY: Push and pull reasons for migrating
• HOW: trails, roads, railroads, rivers and canals
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