I ended up presenting 4 times, "Follow Your Family's Trail with Google Earth" the same material each time. Both Friday and Saturday I was in the small rooms just after lunch and then the large corner rooms for the last presentation of each day. I think it worked out great, my small class rooms didn't even have standing room avalible and the large rooms had every seat filled. I did not get a good head count but based on how many handouts I had left over I had ~183 people come watch the presentation. I really enjoyed myself presenting to this crowd. They were all very interactive, a few oohed and aahed, and some very good questions. I already have been asked to speak at another event this fall.
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I heard your presentation on KCGenealogy, and enjoyed it very much
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it, and thanks for taking an hour of your time to listen to my presentation.
DeleteI was at the conference and really enjoyed your presentation. There were too many people to talk with you afterwards, but my dad was stationed in Germany about the same time as your relative. (His papers indicate he "left Jan 1946" so don't know if that's when he left there or the US.) Anyway he was stationed outside of Frankfort and am thinking he was flying then. I have his military records. How do I determine his trips - by checking out his squadron?
ReplyDeleteSorry Pat that we didn't get to chat. I got his papers which included his flight log. Then I compaired that to the squadron history. If you know what group he was appart of I would go check out www.fold3.com also go see if there is a group association on Facebook. I have found living vets and there desendants on facebook who still have memories of those days. A huge wealth of information to be found and documented.
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