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Lisa Louise Cooke's Biography

Get the Scoop on Your Ancestors with Newspapers
Updated with the most cutting edge resources available!
Yearning to “read all about it?” Newspapers are a fantastic source of research leads, information and historical context for your family history. However, finding the exact newspaper you are looking for can seem daunting. Many classes tell you what you can find, but not how to find it. Learn the specialized approach that is required to achieve success in locating the news on your ancestors.

Common Surname Search Strategies
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Discover tips and tricks to find your ancestors with common surnames and surnames that double as common words in the English language with Google.  Learn how to weed out irrelevant search results to save time and get to what you want faster.  Then save and automate your searches to run for you! You'll not only improve your searches, but also improve the chances that the information you post online will be found by other genealogists facilitating collaboration!

Genealogy on the Go with the iPad (or Tablet)
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Technology has brought much more than the convenience of digitized genealogical records to our home computers.  It has also delivered an incredible level of portability to family history research!  The iPad is built for hitting the road and is ideally suited for genealogy due to the sleek lightweight size, gorgeous graphics and myriad of apps and tools.  In this class you will discover the top apps and best practices that will make your iPad a genealogical powerhouse!

10 Ways to Enhance Your Genealogy with Video
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A recent Nielsen Study shows Internet video is experiencing explosive growth. Don't let the video revolution pass you by! In this class Lisa Louise Cooke of the popular Genealogy Gems YouTube channel will give you ten ways that online video can enrich your family history. Genealogists can use video in countless ways to learn more about their ancestors, enhance their online presence to attract others researching the same family lines, and create intriguing projects to share their family stories.

How the Genealogist Can Remember Everything with Evernote
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Would you like to be able to remember everything in your ongoing genealogy research? With Evernote you can because it puts all your notes right at your fingertips no matter where you are. In addition to super fast and easy note taking and retrieval, you'll learn how to clip items from the Internet (rather than saving entire bulky web pages!) use OCR technology to search your digitized documents like newspaper articles, and tap into a myriad of apps that help Evernote help you do just about anything you need.  Evernote harnesses the power of the Cloud to allow you to work across all your computing devices (including your iPad and smart phone.) Best of all, it's free!

The Google Earth Scavenger Hunt -
Fascinating Family History Fun!
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Getting your family involved in the family history can be challenging, but with Google Earth you will be able to grab their attention and get them willingly involved! Google Guru Lisa Louise Cooke will show you how you can create a genealogy scavenger hunt in Google Earth that is exciting, interactive and rich with multi-media. Whether your relatives live next door or across the country, everyone can get involved, learn, and make discoveries!

Google Earth for Genealogy - Google Earth is a 360 degree three dimensional way to view your ancestor’s world!  In this class you will learn how to identify old photos, plot and virtually visit your ancestor's homestead, and incorporate historic maps.  Google Earth has the power to geographically document your ancestor’s lives, and lends itself very well to collaboration with other researchers.  It’s one of the best online genealogical tools available, and best of all, it’s FREE!

How to Create Exciting Interactive Family History Tours
with Google Earth - Google Earth is much more than just a mapping program.  In this presentation you will learn how to harness Google Earth's capabilities by using is as a multi-media way to tell your ancestor's story and leave a legacy for future generations. Learn how to incorporate images, videos, genealogical documents, and historic maps and bring it all together in a unique virtual family history tour that you can share on blogs, websites, by email and more, as well as use to further your research through geographic analysis.

Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems I
Lisa's most requested seminar!
This presentation covers getting a free Google account, creating your own "Genealogy Dashboard" with iGoogle, incorporating genealogy blog and podcast gadgets, desktop tools, and the Tabs feature.

Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems II
Gmail (ideal for creating research "threads"), The Google Toolbar, Google Video, Using Google Grand Central to connect with "new cousins", making Google Alerts your personal research assistant, and Bringing Websites Back from the Dead with Google.

Google Search Strategies & Tips
Learn search tips and tricks that will help you maximize the Google search box, and dig deeper into online books and newspapers.

The Best of Genealogy Gems
Research Tips from the First 20 Episodes of the Genealogy Gems Podcast. Researching the High School Years, Vehicular Forensics, The Power of YouTube, Hometown Reading, and Silent History. I give an overview of the wide variety of topics, and best of all, attendees can listen to all episodes in their entirety from home after the conference.

Inspiring Ways to Capture the Interest
of the Non-Genealogists in Your Family
If you are researching your family tree but haven't shared it with your family in a way that sparks their interest, then you are only experiencing half of the joy of genealogy! And if your descendants don't grasp the importance of their heritage, your hard work may tragically find it's way to the city dump when you are gone. Don't just collect your family history and store it away in binders and files! Learn how creative displays and crafts can capture the imagination of your non-historian friends and relatives, while honoring your ancestors. These projects are guaranteed to inspire your family to ask you to tell them more about the family tree!

How to Save Your Research from Destruction
& Ensure It's Future Survival
Don’t let your lifetime of genealogy research end up in the landfill!  Lisa Louise Cooke  will teach you the 7 key strategies to securing the future of your research including designating a  “research keeper,” setting up a Genealogy Materials Directive, and making donations with a Deed of Gift.  Don’t miss this class – your family research legacy depends on it!

Podcasts 101
Want to learn about genealogy while exercising, driving your car, cleaning your office or just relaxing?  Genealogy podcasts are the perfect way to pursue your family history passion no matter where you are or what you’re doing.   They are packed full of genealogy news, tips, entertainment and interviews with the experts.  However, the term “podcast” may seem a bit intimidating. Learn everything you need to know about how to find and listen to genealogy and history podcasts. 

Tap Into Your Inner Private Eye:
8 Strategies for Finding Living Relatives
Learn the techniques that Private Investigators use to track down missing people.  These strategies will help you find those elusive living relatives who just may hold the key to your brick wall or possess that treasured photo you’ve been looking for.

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Here's what folks who have attended Lisa's presentations say:

"Excellent Keynote speaker - thank you!"

"The members of our club thoroughly enjoyed your presentation.  You are clearly passionate about history.  You also did a terrific job with the PowerPoint photos and captions.  We would love to have you back from another genealogy presentation."

"What a grand job you did!  Everyone was engrossed."

Read the over 40 positive reviews for the podcast in iTunes