INSTRUCTORS:

PATRICK CRIPPEN - Member of Board of Trustees of OGS. Member of Montgomery County Chapter of OGS;NEHGS, the Irish Genealogy Society International; the Hilton Head Island Heritage Library, and several local genealogy groups in ancestral locations.

CHARLES EBER - Elder Charles Eber, FamilySearch Support Missionary, with emphasis on new FamilySearch (nFS). I have used nFS for about five years. I am a frequent attendee of the Dayton Ohio Genealogy Jamboree. I have also done genealogy research on my own family line for many years.

MIKE W. GARRAMBONE - a retired Army Officer and Military Operations Research Analyst for General Dynamics in Dayton, Ohio. He graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Engineering Science and has earned masters degrees in operations research, business administration, and education. He is a volunteer librarian at the Fairborn Family History Center where his interests are in Italian genealogy, historical research, computer applications, and all aspects of graphics and teaching. He has been doing family history research since 1988 where he has been tracking immigrants from Sicily and Central Italy, and early African and Native Americans from the Virginias. He is a web, database, and map user and keeper of correspondence. He has used the Family Tree Maker program since 1990 and is familiar with scanning, computer graphics, and most research sources at the national, state, and local archives. He likes to share interesting stories and unusual turn of events that have occurred in his own family searches.

DICK GAULT - is a Genealogist/Historian with over 25 years of experience. He was raised in Butler County, Ohio where he graduated from Edgewood High School. He is a U.S. Army Veteran and served in the Military Police. He has taught Adult Education classes and Seminars for Genealogy. He maintained the Archives at Butler County in the 1990's. He is related to five U.S. Presidents and six Mayflower passengers.

DANA PALMER - CG, is a teacher, lecturer, author and professional genealogist. President of Warren County Genealogical Society [WCGS], WCGS web designer & webmaster. Recipient of Salmon P. Chase book award given in April 2008, for being a co-author of the book, Warren County, Ohio, Will and Estate Records, Box 251-300, 1879-1883. Specialties include: midwestern research (specifically Ohio and Indiana), U.K., online records, cemetery research and manipulating digital images.

JIM PHILLABAUM - Past Director of Middletown Family History Center, has been involved in Family History research for more than 15 years, is a Kentucky colonel, Member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Civil War Descendants Society, Kentucky Pioneer Descendants, Associate Member of Hood's Texas Brigade, Associate Member of U.S.S. Alabama Crewmen's Association, is a recognized expert in Military History.

MILT RHYNARD - Ten year chairman of the Dayton Ohio Family History Jamboree. Extraction/Indexing Director for the Dayton Ohio Stake. Published Family Historian.

LAURIE ROHRBACH ? Has been an Administrative Assistant for 18 years, in charge of all records for a law enforcement agency. Has been treasurer for a private rescue squad, Inc. for 7 years, and has held various other record keeping positions. Loves to organize records, files, and paperwork.

DAVE VICKERS - 25+ years of computer experience (PCS to super computers) as a product marketing manager; served as a family records extraction worker and leader; has been working as a Family History Center Librarian for more than 15 years ; held several positions in the Montgomery County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, currently newsletter editor; teaches classes at the University of Dayton's Institute for Learning in Retirement and at the Sinclair Community College, College of Lifelong Learning in beginning and intermediate genealogy; a speaker on a variety of genealogical topics, specializing in the use of computers in genealogy.