Lisa Louise Cooke found her passion for family history at her grandmother’s knee at the age of 8. She is now co-owner of Genealogy Gems, a genealogy and family history multi-media company founded in 2007, and a sought-after international genealogy speaker. Whether in person or online, Lisa strives to dig through the myriad of genealogy news, questions, and resources to deliver the gems that can unlock each genealogist’s own family history treasure trove!
In addition to being the author of several books, Lisa produces and hosts the popular Genealogy Gems Podcast, Elevenses with Lisa, and many more videos at the Genealogy Gems YouTube channel. She offers on-demand genealogy education through her website https://lisalouisecooke.com and writes a regular column for Family Tree Magazine with an accompanying podcast.
Lisa Louise Cooke
WHAGS' May Meeting will include our Annual General Meeting where newly-elected officers will be announced, next year's budget voted on, and any business at-hand will be conducted. Plus it's a chance to celebrate the conclusion of another successful year. We'll keep the business as brief as possible.
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Saturday, May 17, 2025
Katherine Tyra Branch Library
16719 Clay Road
Meet & Greet 10:00 am
Meeting Begins 10:30 am
Business meeting to follow the Presentation
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Lisa Louise Cook
Google Books: The Tool You Should Use Every Day! 
​​Learn the secrets of getting more than you ever imagined from the largest online collection of digitized books, Google Books.
With 25 million books, many of which are digitized and fully searchable, Google Books should be the first place to which you turn as you climb your family tree.
Learn how to make the most of this goldmine chock full of historical data with little-known techniques from the “Google Guru” and author, Lisa Louise Cooke.​
If you plan to attend the meeting virtually, please click on the link above to register.
Program will be in-person, and via Zoom, unless otherwise stated.