Eric Ott, a National Park Service ranger and immigration historian serving at the Castle Clinton National Monument Immigrant Depot in Battery Park New York City recorded a program of interest for those whose ancestors entered the U.S. in New York City before Ellis Island. Eric discussed the history of Castle Garden and the immigrant experiences. His presentation included old photos and illustrations of the Castle Garden facilities as well as groups of immigrants going through

Scott Norrick, lead genealogist with Ancestral Past, a genealogy consulting company, gave an interesting presentation how to search for revolutionary war ancestors.

Kim S. Harrison is a long-time genealogist and professional genealogist who has worked in the library community by providing information to, and representing, some of the big online providers of information such as Ancestry, NewsBank, ProQuest and others.

Patty Robison, Cranberry Genealogy Club Program Committee and Harry Karatassos, Club member presented an informative and useful talk and discussion on Full-Text Search and hints in the Family Search genealogy platform.