BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv7.26.0//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.permanent.org/ X-WR-CALNAME:Permanent.org X-WR-CALDESC:Nonprofit. Secure. Digital Archives. X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=03;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-6687cb56cc090abcaedefca26a8e6606@permanent.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240305T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240305T153000 DTSTAMP:20240228T113540Z CREATED:20240228 LAST-MODIFIED:20240228 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:42 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Finding Her: Our Female Ancestor DESCRIPTION:Though our female ancestor may be elusive, by understanding her role in other people’s lives and the community, we can find a variety of records documenting her life.\nMelissa Tennant Rzepczynski, with extensive experience in family history instruction and research methodologies, offers her knowledge and strong customer service skills to those interested in exploring their family roots. Founder of Branch Discoveries, LLC in 2022, she provides consultations, document retrievals, research services, and presentations. With over two decades in the genealogical field, Melissa’s expertise spans various areas, including Midwest and Southeast U.S. families, immigration, migration, property records, probate records, African American, and female ancestors.\nMelissa initiated her genealogical career at the Hillsborough County Public Library in Tampa in 2001 and later held key positions at the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Melissa has presented at numerous events, including RootsTech, FGS Conference, Ohio Genealogical Society Conference, and Indiana Genealogy Society Conference, and serves as an instructor for the Midwest African American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI).\n URL:https://www.permanent.org/events/finding-her-our-female-ancestors/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR