Public Lectures

If you are interested in having a speaker on some aspect of the region’s history or on historical and genealogical research methods, I offer a range of enthusiastically received, lively and engaging programs, which may fit your need.  These programs are appropriate for a wide range of groups, including historical & genealogical societies, libraries, museums, churches, fraternal groups and almost any organizational gathering.  As a professional historian, I also offer programs to support classroom instruction. 

• TOPICAL LIST -- Each major topical heading below contains a list of related talks
• ALPHABETICAL LIST -- Or click this link to see an alphabetical list

Genealogy & History Research

• Adventures in Research: Becoming a History Detective
• Genealogy Research
• Oral History Research
• Researching the History of an Old House
• Tales the Tombstones Whisper
• Uncovering the Past: A Practical Introduction for Students
• ​Saving Family Treasures

Local & Regional History

• The C & D Canal
• Delmarva During the Pandemic of 1918
• From Here to There:  Crossing Delmarva in the Age of Ferries and Bridges
• The Mason Dixon Line
• The Stories of Everday People in the War of 1812

Social Movements & History

• Pass the Rum: The Risk and Fall of Prohibition
• Voters at Last: Battling for the Ballot

Transportation & Travel - Railroads, Canals & Roads

• The C & D Cana: A Tale of Towns, Villages, Locks and Bridges
• From Here to There:  Crossing Delmarva & the Delaware in the Age of Ferries and Bridges
• Life in the Past Lane; Country Roads
• ​Murder and Mayhem Rode the Rails
• Tales from The Rails - A History of Railraoding 

Dark & Mysterious History

• The Crime and the Time
• CSI: The Historical Edition
• Dark History of Patty Cannon, a Notorious Gang Leader Who Kidnapped African Americans 
• Murder and Mayhem Rode the Rails
• The Shadow of the Gallows; The History of Capital Punishment in America

African American History & Civil Rights

• The Long Fight for Civil Rights in Health Care and Medicine
• ​Trouble on Route 40: The Civil Rights Movement Comes to Maryland and Delaware

Crime and Justice

• The Crime and the Time
• CSI: The Historical Edition
• Trouble on Route 40: The Civil Rights Movement Comes to Maryland and Delaware
• ​Murder and Mayhem Rode the Rails

Disasters & Public Safety

• Cause for Alarm:  Protecting the Community from Fire
• Duck and Cover:  Remembering the Days of Fallout Shelter, Conelrd and Sputnik

Media History

• Spread the Word:  Newspapers, Mail & Communications During the War of 1812
• This Just in:  When Radio, Televison & Mass Communication Came of Age
• Through the Lens

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