Genealogy Services:
Genealogy Speaker and Teacher
Lineage Research Preparation
Repair and Preserve Family Documents and Photographs (paper conservation)
Digitize documents, photographs, slides, and VHS
America250 Presentations for Libraries
Genealogy Skills Classes
Upcoming Classes: (Click on image to view)
Friday, May 15, 2026
Waukesha Public Library
The Enumerator Visited Today! Census Records and Your Ancestor
This skills class will explore the variety of information that you will find in the US Federal Census and State census records to fill in your ancestor’s timeline. This skills class focuses on US records.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Greenfield Public Library
What Are We Doing? Begin Your Genealogy On the Right Branch!
If you are interested in genealogy, but haven’t really started, this skills class will help you start on the right branch. We will talk about charts and forms, primary and secondary resources, and databases that can be used to fill in the blanks of your family history.
Monday, July 6, 2026
Town Hall Library
Revolutionary War Patriots and Pension Records
Would you like to read real accounts of Patriots and their service in the Revolutionary War? Dive into the pension records that these soldiers left behind filled with facts. Discover where those records can be found from the comfort of your own home.
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Pauline Haas Public Library
Lineage Societies to Celebrate Patriotism
In the 1890s it became a trend to claim a Revolutionary War Patriot and join a society that represented your Americanism. Find out about the history of these organizations and what they meant then and now.
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Shorewood Public Library
Revolutionary War Patriots to Wisconsin
Revolutionary War Patriots came with their families to the newly opened land of the Wisconsin Territory as early as the 1820s. What states did they come from and where did they settle in the new state of Wisconsin?
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Offer your patrons and society members an opportunity to learn more about US genealogy research. Southeast Wisconsin on-site presentations and zoom presentations for any US library, genealogical or historical society!
Where I have presented: Elm Grove Library, Elm Grove, WI; Mukwonago Community Library, Mukwonago, WI; North Shore Library, Glendale, WI; Plymouth Public Library, Plymouth, WI; Town Hall Library, North Lake, WI; Delafield Public Library, Delafield, WI; Greendale Public Library, Greendale, WI; Pewaukee Public Library, Pewaukee, WI; Ted and Grace Bachhuber Memorial Library, Mayville, WI; Pauline Haas Public Library, Sussex, WI.
Now Booking for Summer 2026 and 2027!
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From beginner to advanced classes, Archive Your Past can help you with reminders, new ideas, and resources to fill in your ancestral lines in the United States.
Would you like to have me speak at your event, but need a customized presentation? Let me know!
Contact info@archiveyourpast.com
Lineage Research Preparation
We are available to research and present you with lineage research documentation for a variety of lineage societies. Lineage Research preparation is available at a cost of $80 per hour with a 2-hour minimum. Most lineage research prep involves at least 8 hours of research. Contact info@archiveyourpast.com to begin this research work.
Repair and Preserve Family Documents and Photographs
Preserve your family documents, photographs, and other memorabilia with in-home service
(within 60 miles of Milwaukee, WI) or in studio organization for the genealogist/family historian.*
Genealogy Collection Organization
Email info@archiveyourpast.com for more information.
Have documents, photographs, and other ephemera cleaned and/or repaired through in-studio service. Repair and preservation services are based on an hourly rate and the preferences of the client. To arrange an appointment, please email.
Preserve family photographs, slides, and VHS through in-studio digitization.
Digitization
Digitize Photos and Slides
*We have now added a preservation class for genealogists to the genealogy skills classes offered to libraries, historical societies, and genealogical societies!
Anni Parsons is a member of the
Association of Professional Genealogists.
