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Course 3:
Research in the South, Part 3

This course focuses on migration, settlement patterns, religion, geography, economics, kinship groups, race/slavery, and ethnic groups. Recommended for intermediate to advanced genealogists.

Faculty:

• Billingsley, Carolyn Earle – Coordinator
• Bettag, Claire Mire
• Geiger, Linda Woodward
• Hager, Ruth Ann Abels
• Layton, De'Niecechsi
• Lowe, J. Mark
• Meyers, Kelvin L.
• Sayre, Pamela B.
• Sayre, Richard G.
• Sellers, John A.
• Suffridge, Lynda Childers

Monday

• 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Introduction (Billingsley)
• 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Migration into and within the Western Frontier (Suffridge)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Kentucky/Tennessee (Lowe)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Kentucky/Tennessee (Lowe)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Kentucky/Tennessee (Lowe)

Tuesday

• 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Q&A/Announcements (Billingsley)
• 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Mississippi (Layton)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Arkansas (Suffridge)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Religion Spreads Across the South (Lowe)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: South Louisiana (Bettag)

Wednesday

• 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Q&A/Announcements (Billingsley)
• 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: North Louisiana (Sellers)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Texas: Is It the South? (Sellers)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Mexican War (R. Sayre)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Civil War Records R. Sayre)

Thursday

• 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.: Q&A/Announcements (Billingsley)
• 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mini-Break
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Upland vs. Lowland Southerners (Billingsley)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Missouri (P. Sayre)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Scallywags, Rogues and Ruffs: The Ancestors We Don't Talk About (Meyers)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Indian Territory (Geiger)

Friday

• 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Southern Claims Commission (Hager)
• 9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Morning Break
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.: Reconstruction Records (Hager)
• 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.: Review of Course/Certificates (Billingsley)