Rick Sayre, a genealogy expert, is the speaker for this year’s Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society conference.
The free event is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland. Sayre is a researcher and instructor in genealogical topics. He coordinates a course on using maps in genealogy at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University. He also instructs in the advanced methodology course, the methods and sources course, and the advanced military courses.
“Rick is experienced in the localities of Western Pennsylvania and Ohio,” said Rebecca Kitchta Miller, president of the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. “His areas of expertise encompass records of the national archives, the bureau of land management, and the daughters of the American Revolution, including military records, land records, using maps in genealogy, urban research and government documents.”
Miller said the day’s program will include discussions about inquiries received by the genealogy society this year. The society is dedicated to the study and preservation of family history.
One session focuses on “Allegheny City,” which began in 1788 as Alleghenytown, grew to a borough in 1828, and was incorporated as a city in 1840.
Today it is known as the North Side.
