WE ARE STILL ALIVE!

While it may seem that the Gena and Jean blog has gone dormant, let me assure you that such is only sort of the case. Our technician (Butch Hibben) has been undergoing some health issues, involving a fair amount of pain (anyone who has had pain knows that it is hard to concentrate when the body aches). As a result, he has not been able to edit our latest recordings of our Genealogy Journeys podcasts. I assure you, that the 4 of us: Gena Philibert-Ortega, Sara Cochran, and Jean and Butch Hibben are still out there, giving lectures far & wide. Let's check the upcoming speaking engagements:

Gena

This engaging speaker is engaged all over! Check out her calendar at http://philibertfamily.blogspot.com and you will find that she is frequently speaking in webinar format (you can see and hear her programs without leaving home!). And travel!?! She has some speaking engagements in Arizona this month, then she'll be speaking at the annual Jamboree (see link to the right), soon after taking off for her annual California speaking tour: Sacramento, Marin County, Ventura County, the Mother Lode country, and more. Well, there's too much to list here because I want to be sure to add her exciting genealogy journey on the high seas: The Founders, Fishermen, and Family History Cruise, taking place on the east coast. Spaces are still available. Autumn will find her back in California for some "local" programs.


Sara

Our newest partner, Sara Cochran, is filling up her calendar with a number of programs, not all local. She will be speaking at Jamboree for the first time and is conducting one of her workshops - this one on preserving your photos and memorabilia. It's a hands-on experience, but the space is limited, so signing up sooner rather than later is a very good idea (and early bird registration for the Jamboree Conference ends on April 22). Then she's off to the Pacific Northwest for the NorthWest Genealogy Conference in Arlington, Washington where, again, she will be conducting a workshop as well as giving some lectures. Then it's back to her home turf for local programs, including the town she calls home: Moreno Valley. Check her schedule at <https://theskeletonwhisperer.com/>


Jean

I, too, have a busy schedule this year. I thought there would be some down time, but that's not in the cards. All of us are preparing new programs constantly and I'm no exception. I'll be in Ventura on April 20th, doing 2 presentations, then back to a couple of "gigs" in the Inland Empire. As my colleagues are doing, I, too, am presenting at the Jamboree - including a discussion at the "JamboFree" session on Friday of the conference, discussing becoming a professional genealogist. I am most excited about a program I am working on with the Fresno Genealogical Society on helping local societies grow their membership and maintain a comfortable bank balance. That's in August and, like Sara, I will also be heading to Washington State for the NorthWest conference. We hope to do some recordings there, and also at Jamboree, that will make suitable podcasts, so watch for that. I have a couple of webinars coming up and a lot of local bookings, so I'm not always on the road. My full schedule is at <http://circlemending.org/calendarvenues/>


Butch

In spite of his pain, Butch has a class he will be doing on April 16th about "Portable Apps." This is a really interesting approach to organizing and locating your genealogical material and he is trying to make it a hands-on workshop. That will be in Corona at the public library.


For details on any of these items, check our websites.

We hope that any traveling you will be doing this summer will be paved with events that make great memories. Don't forget to take the camera!