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18 January 2021

Monday Meet The Speakers - Jamboree 2021



Dave Dowell, PhD 
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David Dowell has two degrees in history and two in library science, as well as 35 years of experience as a librarian and 4 years as a special investigative officer in the USAF. He taught courses in U.S. genealogy research, European genealogy research and Ethics in the Information Age. He has chaired both the Ethics and Genealogy Committees of the American Library Association. As a member of the ISOGG, NGS, NEHGS, SCGS & MTGS, he coordinates 2 surname yDNA projects and a yDNA haplogroup project. 

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Peter Drinkwater 
Ancestry 

Peter Drinkwater has been working on genealogy websites including RootsWeb, Ancestry, Footnote, Fold3, and Newspapers.com for the past 20 years. He is currently the General Manager of Find A Grave. 


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Debra M Dudek 

Debra M. Dudek, MSc, is head of adult and teen services at the Fountaindale Public Library District in Bolingbrook, IL. 




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Daniel A. Earl 

Dan got his start in genealogy when he was ten years old. His dad took him to visit the grave of his great-grandfather. That event sparked a life long passion for genealogy. He has spent the last thirty years researching his own family and helping others make history a part of their story. He is a popular speaker and educator and has spoken to groups from coast to coast. 

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Southern California Genealogical Society 
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08 April 2014

Jamboree - Meet the Speakers - Peter Drinkwater

Peter Drinkwater has been working on genealogy websites for the past 12 years. He’s worked on projects for RootsWeb, Genealogy.com, Ancestry.com, Footnote, Fold3 and is currently the Director of product management for Newspapers.com. Peter loves to find interesting things in old documents, especially when they relate to his family and the places they lived.

SA013 Saturday June 7, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The Scoop on Newspapers.com

Newspapers.com is a new source for millions of pages of newspapers that can help you add facts and color to what you know about our ancestors. This session will explore the value of newspapers and show you how to get the most out of the content and tools on Newspapers.com.