Too Good to Be True: Learn How to Spot and Stop Genealogy Fraud with Candace Marx

The genealogy world has a long history of fraudsters and fabricated facts. Good family historians want to create truthful trees and avoid being conned by information that looks “too good to be true!” In this lecture, we learn about genealogy scams of the past and present, and discuss tips to avoid modern day “snake oil salesmen.” The Genealogical Proof Standard is also introduced, and we learn how it can be your best defense against family tree fraud.

This event will only be virtual. A Zoom link and a handout will be emailed to all registrants prior to the program.

Register on the Wheaton Public Library's events calendar:

https://www.wheatonlibrary.org/event/too-good-be-true-learn-how-spot-and-stop-genealogy-fraud-142305

Co-sponsored by the DuPage County Genealogical Society and the Wheaton Public Library.