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Genealogy for Genealogists: “A Refresher Course”
Beginning Genealogy for Genealogists: “A Refresher Course”
by Russell Baker of Heritage Seekers
Today we literally live in a new world. What old skills do we need to refresh and what new ones do we need to learn, as we decide what new information to believe and what to be skeptical of?
RUSSELL P. BAKER, archivist, lecturer, historian, teacher, and author, is a native of Arkansas. He attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where he became a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received a B. A. in History in 1967. In 1985 he earned a M. A. degree in Public History by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. In 2009, he retired after nearly 40 years with the Arkansas State Archives in Little Rock, where he was that institution’s Archival Manager. When he retired, he was Arkansas’s senior archivist. It’s not uncommon to have a “Russell sighting” at the archives. Over the years, he has taught history and archival courses at several local colleges and universities, including UALR and Pulaski County Technical College.
Mr. Baker the author of several award winning historical and genealogical publications. His Historical Directory of Arkansas Post Offices 1832 – 1971 and Arkansas Township Atlas are modern classics. During his professional career, he has contributed articles on genealogy, southern history, and religion to local, regional, and national publications. He is also the author of a number of articles for the online Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Over the years, he has been a frequent lecturer on modern family history research theory at regional and national genealogical conferences. He is a life member of the Arkansas Genealogical Society and has served on its board of directors for five decades. He is a past president of that organization and he has been editor of the society’s quarterly publication, the Arkansas Family Historian since 2013.
He is a member of the Vimy Ridge Missionary Baptist Church in Alexander, Arkansas, where he has served as a Sunday school teacher and church organist for over thirty years. Currently, he is that congregation’s church clerk. Russell is also a long-standing friend of Heritage Seekers and a favorite guest speaker.
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0:00:23 Meeting
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0:49:24 Questions and Answers
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