Since receiving the Suzanne Winsor Freeman Student Genealogy Grant in 2012, Elyse Doerflinger has graduated from college with a bachelors degree in education and expanded her classroom teaching skills to include genealogists and grade schoolers.
She is busier than ever, completing her student teaching requirement, presenting at genealogy conferences, blogging, and publishing content to her YouTube Channel.
This year marks the Fourth Suzanne Winsor Freeman Student Genealogy Grant. Founded in 2010, the Student Genealogy Grant aims to encourage young family historians by providing funding for educational opportunities and enrichment in genealogy. In partnership with the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree, the Grant includes a $500 cash prize and full registration to the annual genealogy conference in June.
Elyse has a keen interest in organizing genealogy paperwork and keepsakes (sounds familiar!). She writes about her own family treasures at Elyse’s Genealogy Blog and describes how she used some of her grant funds to help purchase archival supplies to store her growing home archive: Treasure Chest Thursday: Grandma & Grandpa Doerflinger’s 50th Wedding Anniversary Album.
Elyse with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Paula Stuart-Warren at the
2013 SCGS Genealogy Jamboree. (Photo: Cyndi Ingalls)
Her speaker biography for the 45th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree where she will be a featured lecturer, notes
Elyse Doerflinger is a professional genealogist specializing in using tech tools to make research more efficient and organized. She is the author of Elyse’s Genealogy Blog and has created a YouTube Channel with a variety of genealogy videos. She loves to research her Appalacian ancestors, Colonial New England ancestors, and her never-stay-in-one-place-for-long ancestors that moved all over the country. She also has ancestry from England, Wales, France, and Germany.
Grant applications are now being accepted for the 2014 Student Genealogy Grant to be presented at the 45th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree. Visit the Suzanne Winsor Freeman Grant Webpage for information and application materials.
