Beyond the Records – Putting Flesh on the Bones of Your Civil War Ancestor
Sat, Sep 19
|Virtual Event
Presented by Annette Burke Lyttle Over three million Americans were in uniform during the Civil War. It’s becoming easier to find the facts of our ancestors’ service, but how do we reconstruct their experiences?


Time & Location
Sep 19, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM MDT
Virtual Event
About the event
Presented by Annette Burke Lyttle
Over three million Americans were in uniform during the Civil War. It’s becoming easier to find the facts of our ancestors’ service, but how do we reconstruct their experiences? This presentation will show you how to fill in the blanks between the facts, allowing you to tell your ancestors’ stories.
Annette Burke Lyttle
Annette holds the Certified Genealogist® credential. She provides professional genealogical services in research, education, and writing. She speaks on a variety of genealogical topics at the national, state, and local levels and loves helping people uncover and share their family stories. Annette is a course coordinator for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and the British Institute. She is a published writer whose research interests include Quaker ancestors and ancestral migrations in the US. She is past president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and editor of The Florida Genealogist.
