Learning to Love the Pre-1850 Censuses,” presented by Connie Walton Moretti.
This program examines methods of extracting and interpreting information from the scant data contained in pre-1850 federal census records.
Speaker Biography:

Connie Walton Moretti
A Torrance native and third-generation Californian, Connie Moretti claims to have done genealogy all her life due to a story-telling grandmother who enrolled her in the Covered Wagon Club at Knott’s Berry Farm in the 1940′s. Retired from 30 years as an educator, Connie is the former editor of the South Bay Cities Genealogical Society Newsletter, teaches beginning internet and computer genealogy classes for South Bay Adult School, is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogist, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, United States Daughters of 1812, and is past President of the California Division and 2004-2006 Historian General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She learned about land records, one of her special interests, while earning a Real Estate License. She is a genealogy professional with a specialty in American lineage, has traveled extensively for research, especially in Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, and California. Connie lectures for genealogy and civic groups on a variety of genealogy and patriotic topics.