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Gene-A-Rama 2026! Downs & Ups In Genealogy: The Insults & Joys In Our Efforts March 27-28, 2026, at the Hotel Marshfield in Marshfield, WI & Streaming Live Online! Click Here For All Details & To Register Conference Presenters
Click Here For All Details & To Register  | Free Webinar! Alina Khuda—Social Media Tools for Genealogists: Building Connections, Finding Clues, and Sharing Your Research
Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 7pm Social media has transformed how we communicate & it’s also transforming genealogy. Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and even TikTok are rich resources for family historians, offering opportunities to connect with distant cousins, join active genealogy communities & discover records and stories you might not find anywhere else. In this engaging one-hour session, we’ll explore the social media tools most useful to genealogists today. You’ll learn how to:
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Dr. David Mc Donald, “The Preacher Genealogist”, has lectured across the country & internationally on matters of genealogy research, methodology, localities & religions. A retired Protestant minister, he has been actively engaged in genealogical matters since the Bicentennial era of the 1970s. Together with Billie Stone Fogarty, he is the founder of the Genealogy Symposium, a state archives-based institute.
Karla Leppen, a native of Marshfield, now living in eastern Portage County, has been doing genealogical research for almost 40 years. Since 2021 she has been certified by the National Institute of Genealogical Studies in Basic Level American Records and Methodology. Her special areas of interest are Norwegian and Central European ancestry. 
Natalie Kruse was employed at the Marshfield Public Library for almost 30 years. She has assisted hundreds of patrons seeking answers to their family lineage, but never had success with her own until a breakthrough in 2009 uncovered details of her Icelandic family going back at least 29 generations. In 2022, Natalie found herself traversing the rough and windswept terrain of an ancient heath in Iceland to stand in front of a cairn erected by her 3X Great-Grandfather who had marked the spot where a miracle of his survival occurred.