Jeanette Sheliga

Genealogy Lecturing Services
Jeanette's Genealogy
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Jeanette Sheliga of Jeanette’s Genealogy lives in Lockport, NY and has been researching her family tree since 2002 and lecturing since 2011. She has had the privilege to speak for societies and libraries locally and virtually all over the world. Jeanette is the President of the Virtual Genealogical Association (VGA); she holds positions in local, state, and national societies; she has completed the study groups of ProGen 49 and ProGen Practicum 02; and has attended many genealogy institutes.

To view an examples of Jeanette lecturing, click on the below images to go to YouTube:
My Current Obsession: WPA Inventories

United States Delayed Birth Certificates

Using Ancestry.com's My Tree Tags

 
Lectures
* Beginning Genealogy * Newspapers: Above the Fold, Your Ancestors in the News * The D in B-M-D * Genealogy Lineage Societies * Getting Acquainted with the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) * Beginning Genealogy: Vital Records * Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Genealogy * New York State Vital Records * New York State Censuses: You Won't Believe What's Hiding In There! * Beefing Up an Ancestor's Timeline * Navigating FultonHistory.com * They All Resided in the Same Area: Creating a Locality Guide
Repositories
Niagara County Genealogical Society Library
Research Time Periods
  • 20th Century
  • 19th Century
  • 18th Century
Affiliations
Leadership:
  • Niagara County Genealogical Society (NCGS): Board Member, Vice President, Program Chair 2013 - present; Chairman of the Board 2020 - 2021.
  • Western New York Genealogical Society (WNYGS): Board Member 2021, 2024-present; and Program Chair 2021 - present.
  • Virtual Genealogical Association (VGA): Corresponding Secretary 2020 - 2021, President 2022 to present.
  • Association of Professional Genealogists (APG): Professional Development Committee member 2023-present.
Membership:
  • Association of Profession Genealogists (APG)
  • National Genealogical Society (NGS)
  • New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B)
  • National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Niagara Falls Chapter (NSDAR)
Degrees
Masters of Music Education