GRIP 2013 Wrapup

Days 4 and 5 of GRIP 2013 followed the pattern of the first three–great lectures and class discussion

Day 4 opened with Craig Scott, CG, giving a talk on Bounty Land, State and Federal. Craig started off by defining bounty land and pointing out its roots in the practice of the Roman army. He proceeded through a description of colonial and post-Revolutionary bounty land grants, including a bibliography of source materials and finding aids.

Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, returned with a talk on Manuscript Sources, 1780-1840. Her talk illustrated a variety of ways including the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) to locate these materials.

After lunch Josh Taylor presented Resources of the DAR: Beyond Revolutionary War Soldiers, describing the DAR’s online databases, library, manuscript collections, and application files. The discussion was enriched by contributions from several class members who are DAR registrars and genealogical consultants.

The afternoon concluded with a Pennsylvania case study led by Josh. Thursday evening Michael Hait, CG, stepped in on short notice to replace a scheduled lecture by Pamela Stone Eagleson, CG, giving a lecture on probate processes.

Day 5 was a short day, with sessions in the morning, followed by lunch and departures. Debra Mieszala, CG, presented a session called Families after Transit: Case Studies in Ohio, which included lots of class participation.

GRIP 2014 will include a couple of innovations. First, there will be not just one, but two GRIP sessions next year, one in Pittsburgh a new one called GRIP on the Road in Orchard Lake, Michigan, near Detroit. And, the Pittsburgh session will offer three new courses.

Pittsburgh GRIP dates are July 20-25, 2014. Course offerings are

  • Intermediate Genealogy: Tools for Digging Deeper (Paula Stuart-Warren, CG)
  • Determining Kinship Reliably with the Genealogical Proof Standard (Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG)
  • Becoming an Online Expert: Mastering Search Engines and Digital Archives (D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS)
  • Finding and Documenting African-American Families (J. Mark Lowe, CG, and Deborah Abbott, Ph.D.)
  • Practical Genetic Genealogy (Debbie Parker Wayne, CG, CGL, CeCe Moore, and Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.)
  • Law School for Genealogists (Judy G. Russell, J.D., CG, CGL and Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL)

Orchard Lake GRIP on the Road dates are August 3-8, 2014. Course offerings are

  • Intermediate Genealogy: Tools for Digging Deeper (Paula Stuart-Warren, CG)
  • Determining Kinship Reliably with the Genealogical Proof Standard (Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG)
  • Bridging the 1780-1840 Gap: From New England to the Midwest (D. Joshua Taylor, MS, MLS)
  • Polish Genealogy (Cecile Wendt Jensen, MA, CG)

Registrations opens Wednesday 12 February 2014 at noon eastern time for the Pittsburgh courses, and Tuesday 25 February 2014 at noon eastern for the Orchard Lake courses. I’ll see you in Pittsburgh!

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