On Wednesday, March 13, at 7 pm, the Genealogy Club of Newtown will welcome speaker Katherine R. Willson of Michigan for a virtual meeting. Her topic will be “85+ Tips and Sources for Locating Ancestral Photos (Online & Offline).”

During her one-hour presentation, Willson will discuss online and offline sources for finding ancestral photos, along with tips for effectively searching for them on a variety of websites. She will also share methods for locating living distant relatives who may be in possession of these photos, along with recommendations for successfully contacting them.

Willson is an engaging and dynamic lecturer at regional and national events. She is a full-time researcher for private clients, and she has been a genealogy educator for over 25 years.

She is the founder and past president of Virtual Genealogical Association, past president of Michigan Genealogical Council, and past board member for The Association of Professional Genealogists. She has coordinated and taught courses for Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, with sessions focused on America’s westward expansion.

Willson’s genealogy interests began as an 8-year-old Junior Girl Scout working towards the now-retired “My Heritage” badge. Her passion was fueled when, after college, both her mother’s and father’s relatives gave her binders containing generations’ worth of family information.

She is a seventh generation Michigander with pre-statehood ancestors arriving from New York in the 1830s. She maintains a website at SocialMediaGenealogy.com which contains multiple resources, including a catalog of over 17,000 genealogy/history links on Facebook, a catalog of 190+ genealogy YouTube channels, and a catalog of 76 genealogy podcasts.

The March 13 meeting will be held via Zoom. Anyone interested in joining the meeting may request an invitation by sending an email to genclubnewtownct.secretary@gmail.com by March 11. Include your name, address, phone number and email address.

All are requested to sign in at 6:45 so that everyone can be admitted before the meeting begins promptly at 7.