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Course 8:
Land Records: Case Studies

Designed for genealogists working at the intermediate and advanced levels, this course will explore the analysis and correlation of land records - and related records - in the context of actual research problems. Emphasis will be placed on problem solving and the presentation of the conclusions in final form as a case study, either written or oral. Students will participate in hands-on exercises, analyzing and correlating a variety of documents that solve actual genealogical problems. Lecturers will then present each problem as a case-study lecture, "bringing it all together." In addition, students will outline a case study of their own, using documents from a completed research problem of their own, or a supplied packet.

Faculty:

• Abbott, Deborah A.
• Bettag, Claire Mire
• Billingsley, Carolyn Earle
• Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt
• Green, Karen
• Holsclaw, Birdie Monk – Coordinator
• Powell, Elissa Scalise

Monday June 9, 2008

• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Introduction to Course (Holsclaw)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: "Private Land Claims" Exercises (Bettag)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: "Private Land Claims" (Bettag)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Preparing Written and Oral Case Studies (Holsclaw)

Tuesday June 10, 2008

• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: "Land and Census" Exercises (Powell)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: "Correlating Land and Census Records" Exercises (Powell)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: "Slave and Land" Exercises (Abbott)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Tracing a Slave Through Land Records (Abbott)

Wednesday June 11, 2008

• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: "Black Oak" Exercises (Holsclaw)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Beginning at a Black Oak: Reconstructing Your Ancestor's Neighborhood With Plat Maps (Holsclaw)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Finding a Maiden Identity Through Land Inheritance (Bockstruck)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: To Be Announced

Thursday June 12, 2008

• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Visualizing Migration With Maps Using Technology (Holsclaw)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: "House History" Exercises (Green)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Architectural and House History Gleanings Through Genealogy (Green)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Tracing a Migrating Community With Land Records (Billingsley)

Friday June 13, 2008

• 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Class Presentations (Holsclaw)
• 9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Class Presentations (Holsclaw)
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Summation and Presentation of Certificates (Holsclaw)