On the Road with Gena and Jean’s Genealogy Tour

Don’t you love the theme photo at Gena and Jean’s Genealogy Journey Blog?
Museum of Hartlepool. Flickr the Commons

Gena Philibert-Ortega and Jean Wilcox Hibben are on the road this month lecturing on genealogy and social history, and sharing their new books. This week Gena and Jean have appearances in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley before driving up the Pacific coast to stop off in Santa Barbara. Next week, the pair will be speaking in Sacramento. 

The complete tour schedule is posted on their tour blog, Gena and Jean’s Genealogy Journey. The concept of a genealogy book tour is a unique idea, and contributions from tour sponsors will  help to defray Gena and Jean’s travel expenses.

Gena is the author of From the Family Kitchen: Discover Your Food Heritage and Preserve Favorite Recipes  and a popular speaker and prolific writer on women and social history topics. Gena blogs about cookbooks, recipes, and all kinds of cool stuff at her blogs Gena’s Genealogy and Food. Family. Ephemera.

Gena and Jean are long-time friends and are both active in the Association of Professional Genealogists and other national and local genealogy organizations

Jean is a Board Certified genealogist with a special interest in folk music and a new historical novel chronicling the story of her great great grandmother, Elisabeth.  Jean writes about her projects and research at Circlemending.

Jean is also the lead researcher for the upcoming PBS television program Genealogy Roadshow.Gena and Jean also plan to make a stop in San Francisco to be on-site for the Genealogy Roadshow filming in San Francisco.

Everyone who attends their presentations is in for a treat. Check out the schedule and follow their adventures on their genealogy journey.