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Beating the Bushes: Using the GPS to Find Jacob Bush's Father

Elissa Scalise Powell, CG

Jun 20, 2017

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Content

Welcome

1:44

Learn about BCG

2:45

Speaker's Introduction

2:21

Introduction

2:00

The GPS

14:34

Case Study

39:08

Upcoming Webinars

1:39

Questions / answers

20:24

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About this webinar

Eli Bush's grandfather was reported to be Daniel Bush, but was his father Jacob? Witness the research process unfold as land, probate, census, tax lists, and church records are correlated. Watch out for pitfalls such as different men with the same name and other red herrings.

About the speaker

Elissa Scalise Powell, CG

Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL, a western Pennsylvania researcher for over 30 years, is the co-director of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP), and Genealogy as a Profession cours...

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