Death certificates or death registers aren't always available. Learn about other records that can provide details about our ancestors’ passing.

Barbara Coakley began her interest in family history over 40 years ago with an envelope of family papers. She traveled throughout the U.S. and Europe, visiting her ancestral homelands and doing research. To further her education, Barbara completed ProGen49 and attended all of the major institutes and many national and regional conferences. Her current focus is on sharing the stories of her ancestors. Barbara is the President of Genealogy Friends of Plano, TX Libraries, the Treasurer for the Texas State Genealogical Society, and a volunteer for the Dallas Genealogical Society. She is a member of DAR and many national, state, and local genealogical and historical societies. Before she retired, Barbara taught genealogy continuing education classes at Collin College for 15 years. Now she lectures on a wide variety of topics for genealogical societies, libraries, and senior communities across the U.S.

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Come learn about the 10 Million Names project by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Find out the extent of the partnerships of organizations beginning to share and unlock millions of documents. This historic project can affect all American genealogy.

SUZANNE FRITZ is a Librarian with the Genealogy, Local History & Archives Unit of the Fort Worth Public Library, now the Fort Worth History Center. She relocated to Fort Worth from Naples, Florida, where she worked as a Public Service Librarian and Genealogy Specialist. Suzanne received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and her M.S., L.I.S., from Simmons College, Boston. Suzanne is interested in a variety of topics, including: Italian-American immigration, German-American genealogy, and Native-American records. She’s realized that one of the benefits of moving to Texas is working on family history projects that draw from the rich record resources pertaining to Texas.

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