The registration fee includes a workbook, with a bibliography of recommended books and web-sites. At the break will be coffee, water and juices.
William (Bill) Bienia is the owner and principal researcher for Cobblestone Legacies, a genealogical and family history research services business in Hillsburgh, Ontario. He is a frequent lecturer to genealogy and general interest groups. His favourite topics are genealogy software (RootsMagic, Legacy, Family Tree Maker, The Master Genealogist), and researching records for Upper Canada and 19 th Century Ontario, and for the United Empire Loyalists. His lectures include family history basics, getting started, documenting and evaluating your findings, and through the genealogy software, publishing the findings.
Bill Graduated from DeVry Institute of Technology in Electronics Engineering. He retired in 2004 after nearly 34 years in the electronics industry. He is now a full-time Canadian-based professional genealogist, is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and Chair of the Ontario Chapter. He is a member of the faculty of the National Institute for Genealogical Studies at the University of Toronto. He is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild and the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors.
He is involved in the Halton-Peel Branch, OGS, serving as Indexing Coordinator and previously as the local H-P coordinator for the APOLROD project that inventoried and helped preserve their local Land Registry records.
For more information, contact Ken Reese
