SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
January 21, 2023
“Western Overland Trails – Following the Seven Ts”
Presented by: Steven Waltz Morrison
Western migration was a key factor in the settlement of our country. Whether your ancestors travelled west to homestead, try their luck in the gold fields, or for economic opportunities, they likely took one of the major trails westward from the Midwest. This presentation will cover the principal routes, including the Oregon and California Trails, the Mormon migration, the Santa Fe Trail, and more. These were the “Overland Rivers” which helped populate the West. Join us as Steven Waltz Morrison discusses the history of these trails, and our ancestors’ experiences as they travelled west.
About the speaker: Steven Waltz Morrison is the past president of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Olympia Genealogical Society. He attained a master’s degree from The Evergreen State College where he taught for seven years as an adjunct faculty. In 2018 Steven coordinated Exploring
Quaker Records – At Home and Abroad at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, in 2020 co-coordinated Exploring American Quaker Records at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, and in 2021 coordinated Quaker Records of North America, Ireland and the British Isles for the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History. He’s addressed international audiences on Quaker topics at the Ulster American Heritage Symposium in Omagh, Ireland & Toronto, Canada, and the Yearly Meeting of Friends in Ireland. In 2016, the American Society of Genealogists awarded him their Scholar Award.
This month we will be offering our speaker’s presentation In-Person AND Online!
Meeting Place:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
27976 Marguerite Pkwy, Mission Viejo, CA 92692
and
Online
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
