Curt Witcher will speak to us on:

Making the Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, IN Your Research Assistant, With an Emphasis on Jewish Family History Research

Description: The presentation will cover how to explore the expansive holdings and datafiles of the Genealogy Center to plan a research trip to Fort Wayne, to prepare for attending the 2025 IAJGS Conference, and to use the Genealogy Center remotely.

Curt Witcher is the Director of Special Collections at the Allen County Public Library, managing the widely acclaimed Genealogy Center as well as the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research. He is a former president of both the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society, and the founding president of the Indiana Genealogical Society. Curt currently serves on the Indiana State Historical Records Advisory Board, the Indiana Historical Society’s publications committee, and the executive committee of the Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana’s Board of Directors. He also serves on the Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society board of directors as well as an advisor for the African American Genealogical Society of Fort Wayne. He has numerous accolades, but I’m keeping this post short.