Jeanette Sheliga
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- Business Name
- Jeanette's Genealogy
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- Non-Research Specialties
- Blogger
- Instructor
- Lecturer/Presenter - On-site
- Lecturer/Presenter - Virtual
- Librarian
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- Research Counties
- Erie County, New York, United States
- Niagara County, New York, United States
- Orleans County, New York, United States
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- Research Provinces / States
- New York, United States
- Pennsylvania, United States
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- Research Time Periods
- 18th Century
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
Jeanette lives in Lockport, NY and has been researching her family tree since 2002. She began lecturing at the North Tonawanda Public Library in 2011 and soon after formed the North Tonawanda Library Genealogy Club of which she managed for ten years.
In 2013, she became a Board Member for the Niagara County Genealogical Society and holds positions as the society Vice President and Program Chairperson. Jeanette was also the Chairman of the Board for two years.
Jeanette has proven her ancestry and joined many lineage societies including the: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, First Families of Pennsylvania, National Society Descendants of American Farmers, and the National Society of Mayflower Descendants. She held the office of Chapter Registrar for her local Niagara Falls DAR for one year.
In 2021, Jeanette held a position as a Director for the Board for the Western New York Genealogical Society (WNYGS) for one year and continues in as Programming Chair.
Jeanette began holding an office for the Virtual Genealogical Association (VGA) as their Corresponding Secretary in the Fall of 2020 and became the VGA President in January 2022.
Geographic Specialties
NY, PA, Mid-Atlantic
Educational Certificates
Mastering Genealogical Documentation with Tom Jones - GRIP June 2019
Practical Genetic Genealogy with Blaine Bettinger - GRIP June 2020
Mastering Genealogical Proof Study Group with Cari Taplin - July 2020
Tackling Tough Research Problems with Kimberly Powell - GRIP July 2020
Researching Family in Pennsylvania - Historical Society of Pennsylvania August 2020
Mastering Genealogical Documentation Study Group with Cari Taplin - March 2021
Mastering Genealogical Documentation with Tom Jones - GRIP June 2021
ProGen 49 - Certificate Received August 2021
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- Degrees
- Masters (Music Education)
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- Repositories
- Niagara County Genealogical Society Library
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- 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
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- Affiliations
- Leadership:
Niagara County Genealogical Society (NCGS): Board Member, Vice President, Program Chair 2013 - present; Chairman of the Board 2020 - 2021.
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Niagara Falls Chapter (NSDAR): Registrar 2020 - 2021.
Western New York Genealogical Society (WNYGS): Board Member 2021 and Program Chair 2021 - present.
Virtual Genealogical Association (VGA): Corresponding Secretary 2020 - 2021, President 2022 to present.
Membership:
Association of Profession Genealogists (APG)
National Genealogical Society (NGS)
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B)
Contact
- Business site: jeanettesgenealogy.com
Work Contact
| Phone: | 716-622-2245 |
| Email: | jeanette@jeanettesgenealogy.com |
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| City: | Lockport |
| State/Province: | New York |
| Country: | United States |
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