Janeen Bjork is not your typical genealogist.
This television researcher has been helping people of all walks to life discover their ancestries that has spanned 30 years. Janeen Bjork is holding a series of genealogical at the Greenwich Historical Society. You can learn much more about her at Janeenslist.com and GreenwichHistory.org.
I'd like to extend my sincerest thanks to Greenwich resident and show listener Sue McClenanhan for connecting us.
Television researcher Janeen Bjork applied the detective, analytic and presentation skills she garnered in a 30-year career to her family tree and then to the trees of friends, students and clients. Ms. Bjork’s sister-in-law recruited her to genealogy, explaining, “You are going to do this for your niece and nephew.”
Her response was a dynamic tree that included over 100 years of family photos and over 150 years of newspaper stories. Her discoveries include thousands of items that range from the mundane to the sensational.
She enjoys introducing others to the colorful characters in her family tree as well as to the research methods and strategies that made it possible for her to find and preserve their legacies for posterity.
Her engaging and interactive presentation style uses audience participation with actual examples and case studies to prepare audiences to find the family members and stories that have eluded them.
Ms. Bjork is the resident genealogy teacher at the Greenwich Senior Center where she has helped those who wanted to seek out, trace and record their family histories.
Her infectious enthusiasm for newspapers as genealogy tools inspire others to search for “the rest of the story.”
Tune in to the broadcast of Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons on Radio 1490 WGCH and WGCH.com anywhere. It starts at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time every other Wednesday morning after the top-of-the-hour news.
The host and producer of the show is Jeffrey Bingham Mead, a descendant of the founders of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut (Founded July 18, 1640).
Learn more at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.com.
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