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Dawn Carlile is a native Oregonian, having grown up in Eugene and Springfield, OR, and has been involved in genealogy for 30 years, starting when her dad asked if she had ever thought about researching their family history. His mother was orphaned at age 12, and he knew very little about her family. Once she started looking into the family she was hooked. She is a professional genealogist, educator, and lecturer who began teaching classes for the Oregon Genealogical Society in 2008 and then began lecturing at libraries, genealogical societies, and cultural events. She enjoys teaching others how to research as much as she does doing research herself.
 
Dawn is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Genealogical Speakers Guild, National Genealogical Society, and several local, state, and regional historical and genealogical societies. She is the current president of the Oregon Genealogical Society, and has attended many courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research, the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (now the GRIP Genealogy Institute), and the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records. She graduated from Bushnell University with a B.A. degree in management.
 

Geographic Specialities
United States:
    Illinois 
    Indiana 
    Iowa 
    Kansas 
    Missouri 
    Ohio 
    Oregon 
    Pennsylvania 
    Virginia

Additional specialities or search keywords
Irish American, Land Platting

Publications/Media
Dawn M. Carlile, "Genealogical Society Libraries: A Treasure Trove of Family Histories," OLAQ, Vol. 24. No. 1. pp32-34. 

Lectures
Methodology

• Getting Started
  • Genealogy 101: Getting Started
  • Genealogy 102: Next Steps
  • Genealogy Foundations Boot Camp (series of 4, 6, or 8 lectures)
• Abstracting, Extracting, and Transcribing Records
• Analyzing and Evaluating Vital Record Information
• Analyzing Information and Creating a Research
• Fact or Fiction? Analyzing Online Family Trees 
• Let AI Help You Create a Locality Guide
• Review Your Research and Create a New Plan

Records

• Beyond the Headstones
• Cemetery Research (can also be a 3-hour workshop)
• Census Records
  • Census Records, the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
  • There Were State Censuses, Too
  • Federal Census Non-Population Schedules
  • Unearthing Ancestors in Agricultural Census Records
• Researching in Church Records
• City Directories Fill In the Gaps Between Censuses
• Why You Should Research Those Collateral Lines
• Courthouse Records Beyond Probate and Land Records
• Death Records: Medical Terminology and Epidemic
• Deciphering Old Handwriting
• Comparing DNA Companies, Ethnicity, and Match Results
• Using the DNA Tools on AncestryDNA
• Tips for Getting the Most Out of FamilySearch.org
• Full-Text Searching on FamilySearch
• Did Your Ancestors Belong to a Fraternal Organization?
• Homestead Records
• Immigration, Passenger Lists and Naturalization
  • Early Immigration Records 1600s – 1855
  • Immigration 1855 – Early 20th Century
  • Naturalization Records
  • The Many Clues in Passenger Lists
  • Passports
• Guardianship Isn’t Just for Minor Children
• Using Land Records to Fill in the Blanks
• Platting Your Ancestor's Land
• Maps for Genealogists
• Military Records
  • Civil War Records
  • Civil War Pensions
  • A Civil War Pension Application for Minor Children Provides Many Answers
  • Researching Your Confederate Ancestor
  • Indian Wars
  • Revolutionary War Records
  • Spanish-American War
  • War of 1812
• Newspapers
  • Newspaper Research
  • Free Online Newspapers Resources
  • Finding Foreign Newspapers in the U.S. and Other Countries
• Oregon
  • Accessing Free Digital Collections for Oregon and Washington Research
  • Donation Land Claims: No Money? No Problem
  • Genealogy Resources at the Oregon State Archives
  • Researching Oregon Trail Ancestors
  • Researching the Oregon Territory
• Periodical Research
• Researching in Railroad Records
• Can Tax Lists Help Solve Your Genealogy Problems? Let's Find Out!
• Using Timelines to Break Through Brick Walls
• Understanding Wills and Probate Records
• WPA - Works Projects Administration

Miscellaneous

• AI – Basic Tasks That Save Time
• Create a Presentation to Share Your Family History

Repositories

• Oregon State Archives
• University of Oregon
• Lane County History Museum
• County Courthouses in Benton, Coos, Crook, Douglas, Deschutes, Jefferson, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, and Marion counties

Research Time Periods

• 21st Century
• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century

Certificates

• Genealogical Institute on Federal Records
• GRIP Genealogy Institute (formerly the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh)
  • AI Genealogy Seminar: From Basics to Breakthroughs
  • Answering the Call of Uncle Sam: Research in Military Records
  • Irish Research II
  • Irish Research III - Irish Law & Government Documents
  • Land and Property Records
  • Merging & Separating Identities
• Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research
  • Genealogy as a Profession
  • Genetics for Genealogists - Fundamentals of DNA
  • Walking in Penn's Woods - Pennsylvania Research
  • Writing and Publishing for Genealogists
• National Genealogical Society American Genealogical Studies
  • The Basics
  • Continuing Genealogical Studies:
    • Guide to Documentation and Source Citation
    • Transcribing, Extracting, and Abstracting Genealogical Records
• Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
  • Advanced Genealogical Methods
  • Art of Writing Research Reports
  • Assemblage Preparing, Writing, and Revising Case Studies
  • Intermediate Foundations
  • Norwegian, Danish & Icelandic Research
  • Pennsylvania Germans & Research in the Keystone State
  • Researching Like a Professional
  • Virginia from the Colonial Period to the Civil War
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Affiliations

• Genealogical Speakers Guild
• Association of Professional Genealogists - Oregon Chapter
• National Genealogical Society
• Oregon Genealogical Society
• Genealogical Forum of Oregon
• Ohio Genealogical Society
• Tennessee Genealogical Society
• Utah Genealogical Association
• Virginia Genealogical Society

Degrees
Bachelor of Arts in Management (Bushnell University)