Lisa S. Gorrell
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- Business Name
- Gorrell Genealogy Services
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- Non-Research Specialties
- Instructor
- Lecturer/Presenter - On-site
- Lecturer/Presenter - Virtual
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- Research Specialties
- Catholic
- Court Records
- German American
- Land Records
- Naturalization
- Scandinavian American
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- Research Time Periods
- 18th Century
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
I have been researching for over 20 years. My specialties include southern states and Texas; western states of California, Montana, and Oregon; 18th & 19th century German research, and 18th & 19th century Swedish research. My German language capability is intermediate. I am the former recording secretary for California Genealogical Society & Library, and past president for Contra Costa County Genealogical Society. I am currently a board member and volunteer at Contra Costa County Historical Society History Center in Martinez.
Services
Record pulls in Contra Costa, Solano, and Napa counties. Speaker to local and state-wide societies, either one hour or all day presentations. Multi-class courses on beginning through advance genealogy.
Geographic Specialties
CA, MT, OR, TX, South, Midwest, West, San Francisco, Sacramento
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- Languages
- German, intermediate level
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- Repositories
- California Genealogical Society, Oakland, CA,California State Library, Sacramento,Contra Costa History Center, Martinez, CA, Contra Costa County Vital and Court record retrievals
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- Lectures
- My lectures include: Introduction to Genealogy, Using City Directories, Writing Your Family History, Breaking Down Brick Walls, Introduction to German Research, Focused Research: Using Research Plans; I also teach multi-class courses on beginning and intermediate genealogy.
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- Credentials
- CG®
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- Blog
- mam-massouthernfamily.blogspot.com/
Contact
- Website: mytrailsintothepast.blogspot.com/
Work Contact
Phone: | 925 788-7245 |
Email: | snrylisa@gmail.com |
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State/Province: | California |
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