Were your ancestors royalty or members of the working class? Were they rich or barely surviving? Whoever they were, we need to preserve their memory and stories for future generations. Steve Szabados, genealogy lecturer and author, will discuss a process and format that makes transforming your research efforts into a written family history easier, along with tips to help them “come alive.”
About the Presenter
Steve Szabados is a genealogy lecturer and author. He has been researching his ancestors since 2000 and has traced ancestors back to the 1600s in New England, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and the 1730s in Poland, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia. He has given numerous presentations to genealogical groups and libraries in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. He has also published over fifteen genealogy books. His mission is to share his passion for Family History with as many people as he can. He is a former board member of the Polish Genealogical Society of America, a genealogy volunteer at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library and is the genealogy columnist for the Polish American Journal.