User:Dggard

About Me
My interest in family history came when I was young. My first 2-1/2 minute talk in Senior Sunday School was about a pioneer ancestor, Parley Parker Pratt, Jr. I took two 2-credit classes in Genealogy at BYU. I helped my aunt Dorothy Topham, who was serving as the president of the Pratt Family Association, by creating Hollerith cards from her 3x5 card file of about 1500 names and addresses of association members and then printed address labels to simplify the mailing of the newsletters. I have taught genealogy classes for Sunday School. The Howard County (Maryland) Genealogical Society elected me President and I served for 3 years, publishing their newsletter as well. I was called as Assistant Family History Center Director in Columbia, Maryland where I served for 3 years. I also taught genealogy classes at Howard Community College ("New Genealogy on the Internet Parts I & II").

Things to Remember

 * To suggest a new standardized place name (like a cemetery) go to https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/ (in Chrome if necessary)
 * My most recent African-American ancestor is Thomas Norris Jr. M9SV-K2X
 * Finding With Family History, a video about the Houston, Texas Mission
 * PDF Merge, convert, edit and much more
 * 20 ancestors who lived in Nauvoo

Ancestor Groupings

 * Campaigns

Mayflower (Davis)

 * Mayflower Campaign

War of 1812

 * War of 1812 Campaign