Lisa Schumacher began working on her family history 30 years ago with an interest in computer programs for genealogical research. She is a professional genealogist and lecturer, member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Mayflower Society, and board member of South Bay Cities Genealogical Society. The society's version of "Who Do You Think You Are?" for the 2012 Torrance Centennial Celebration was her most rewarding and memorable accomplishment as a genealogist.

About the Program
The 1940 US Census opened in 2012 without a name index.  A FamilySearch-led consortium used 160,000 volunteers to name index that census in five months. In addition, Joel Weintraub and Steve Morse, over seven years, with about 125 volunteers, developed free utilities to find which of 150,000 census districts a person was in, when a location or address was known.  These projects are examples of crowdsourcing.  Steve and Joel are now doing a similar project for the 1950 census.  Joel will discuss differences between the volunteer response, Yahoo Group site, cloud storage, software, One-Step utilities, and project phases. 

Join us at our March meeting and program on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 7pm at Yorba Linda Community Center.

About the Program

Find Your Story in the United States Census

The US Census is a great way to learn about the details in the lives your ancestors lived. It can give you information on family relationships, birth dates and places, marriage, occupations, Immigration, Naturalization, and Military. The census can also give you clues to other records your ancestors may have generated and where to find them. It can be a real time saver. Come learn how!


About the Speaker

Elna Katherman is a professional genealogist. She became interested in genealogy when attending college and has been researching her family for over 30 years. She is currently a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (SCCAPG), the National Genealogical Society (NGS), and The New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS).  Elna works as a staff trainer at the LDS Family Search Library in Orange. In addition to public speaking, she enjoys her work with patrons at the Family Search Library in Orange, collecting family histories, attending Family History Conferences, quilting, kayaking with her husband and visiting with their 6 children and 16 grandchildren.