Webtember 2025 (free) starts Wednesday. Register here.

Webtember 2025 (free) starts Wednesday. Register here.

Amie Bowser Tennant

Amie Bowser Tennant is a professional research genealogist, speaker, and writer. She has a degree in Advance Family History Research and works for FamilySearch as a blogger. In addition to FamilySearch, Amie’s writings have been published in the NGS Magazine, the Ohio Genealogical Society Quarterly, and many other journals and magazines. Amie is also actively involved in the Wilford Woodruff Papers Project as a research assistant. Her expertise is heavy in the Midwest and southern United States and Eastern Native American research. She and her family live on a small farm in Ohio surrounded by many family members.

Amie's Upcoming Live Webinars (1)

Wed, September 10 2025: 16:45 UTC
The Five Writing Scripts of the World
Wed, September 10 2025: 16:45 UTC
There are 5 writing systems in the world. These are abugida, syllabary, logography, abjad, and alphabet. These writing systems have been used anciently through today. As genealogists go back in time and across the globe, they may run into these different types of scripts. This lecture briefly explains the differences, gives examples, and directs you where to find more information. Scripts that will be covered include but are not limited to Cherokee, Baybayin (Filipino script), Egyptian, Hebrew, and Old English.
There are 5 writing systems in the world. These are abugida, syllabary, logography, abjad, and alphabet. These writing systems have been used anciently through today. As genealogists go back in time and across the globe, they may run into these different types of scripts. This lecture briefly explains the differences, gives examples, and directs you where to find more information. Scripts that will be covered include but are not limited to Cherokee, Baybayin (Filipino script), Egyptian, Hebrew, and Old English.
Wed, September 10 2025: 16:45 UTC

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