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George K. Schweitzer and Ruth Schweitzer Pratt are available for lectures and workshops. Dr. Schweitzer is Alumni Distinguished Professor at the University of TN and holds BA, MS, and PhD degrees in Chemistry, an MA in the History of Religion, a PhD in History of Science, and an ScD (Doctor of Science) in Philosophy of Science. He is Phi Beta Kappa and is listed in Who’s Who in America. He has authored 220 publications including 19 genealogical guidebooks. Professor Schweitzer uses historical reenactment to teach genealogy and has traced many of his ancestral lines back to the early 1500s. He has lectured to over 200 genealogical and historical societies in the US, Canada, England, and Germany.

Ruth Schweitzer Pratt, retired Assistant Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond, VA, holds a BA in Mathematics and an MS in Computer Science. In her position at the FED, she was director of the Automation Department and Customer Support where she was responsible for training financial institutions on the use of the FEDs PC applications. In her capacity as an Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank, she presented numerous lectures and talks to Bankers and Banking groups on automation issues. She is owner of a small company which specializes in the applications of computer, internet, and video technologies to genealogy and in providing training in these areas for genealogists.

Among George’s and Ruth’s current offerings are the following topics:

INTERNET LECTURES (Ruth and/or George)

___BEGINNING YOUR GENEALOGY WITH THE INTERNET

___INTERNET GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (net, web, e-mail, CD-ROMs, caveats)

___MAJOR GENEALOGICAL INDEXES ON THE INTERNET(the greatest time-saving devices)

___USING THE NEW INTERNET METHOD FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH

___GENEALOGY ON THE INTERNET How To Use the Internet to Find Your Ancestors. A 3-hour, hands-on internet course.

MILITARY LECTURES

___CIVIL WAR GENEALOGY (done in Union and Confederate uniforms)

___CONFEDERATE GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in Confederate uniform)

___MILITARY GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in military uniform)

___REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENEALOGY (done in Revolutionary uniform)

___WAR OF 1812 GENEALOGY (done in War of 1812 uniform)

ETHNIC GROUP LECTURES

___CHEROKEE GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in Cherokee costume)

___ENGLISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in English costume)

___GERMAN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in German costume)

___GERMAN EMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION, & MIGRATION PATTERNS (German costume)

___IRISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in Irish costume)

___2 hour workshop on READING OLD GERMAN WRITING (done in German costume)

___SCOTS-IRISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in frontier costume)

___SCOTTISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in costume)

___TRACING ANCESTORS BACK ACROSS THE ATLANTIC (to Britain, Germany, Ireland, etc.; done in European costume)

MIGRATION LECTURES

___GERMAN EMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION, & MIGRATION PATTERNS (in German costume)

___NORTH-SOUTH COLONIAL MIGRATION ROUTES (done in Colonial costume)

___MIGRATION ROUTES AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS (in frontier costume)

___PENNSYLVANIA IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION (done in Quaker costume)

___RIVERS TO TRAILS TO ROADS TO CANALS TO TRAINS (transportation & genealogy; done in railroad costume)

___TRACING ANCESTORS BACK ACROSS THE ATLANTIC (to Britain, Germany, Ireland, etc.; done in European costume)

SPECIAL RESEARCH LECTURES

___AMERICAN FEDERAL AND STATE LAND GRANTS (done in frontier costume)

___COLONIAL NATURALIZATION LAWS AND RECORDS (done in Colonial costume)

___FINDING YOUR ANCESTORS' PARENTS(methods for finding another generation)

___FRONTIER RELIGION & ITS GENEALOGICAL EFFECTS (done in frontier preacher garb)

___KISSING COUSINS AND PEDIGREE COLLAPSE (duplicate entries in your ancestral chart)

___MAKING SURE YOU DON’T MISS A SPELLING VARIATION IN AN INDEX (utterly essential)

___OBSCURE GENEALOGICAL SOURCES (very important, rarely-recognized sources)

___RESEARCHING IN BURNED OUT COUNTIES (finding and using alternative records; done in county clerk costume)

STATE LECTURES

(history, geography, migration, settlement, internet, records, repositories, problems)

___GENEALOGY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN US (done in Colonial costume)

___ GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in Colonial costume)

___ILLINOIS GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in frontier costume)

___INDIANA GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in frontier costume)

___KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in frontier costume)

___MARYLAND GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in Colonial costume)

___ MASSACHUSETTS GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in Pilgrim costume)

___MISSOURI GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in pioneer costume)

___NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in Dutch costume)

___NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in Colonial costume)

___OHIO GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in pioneer costume)

___PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in Quaker costume)

___SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in Colonial costume)

___TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in frontier costume)

___VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (done in Colonial costume)

Any three lectures can be combined to set up a one-day workshop or seminar. The following schedule is recommended: 9:00am(Opening), 9:15(1st Lecture), 10:20(Break), 10:50(2nd Lecture), 11:55(Lunch), 1:45pm(3rd Lecture), and if desired, 2:55-3:25(Questions & Answers).

The three-hour Genealogy on the Internet Class is scheduled as a half-day session. This class is equivalent to three one-hour lectures for the purpose of scheduling a workshop. Sponsor must provide 25-30 computer lab.

For further information please contact

George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD

407 Ascot Court, Knoxville, TN 37923, Tel 1-865-690-7831, 7-10pm Eastern Time

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