Lori Coffey | SpeakerHub

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Lori Coffey (known as TrainerLori on YouTube), has spent 30 years as a trainer of computer and other skills and 40 years researching her family tree! Merging her two passions, she creates presentations on curious and forgotten facts of history, including the nine Mayflower Pilgrims in her ancestry. Even though she boasts kings and presidents in her family, none have inspired her like the Pilgrims!

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Mayflower Descendant

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Meet the Pilgrims

You know them as monuments and myths, but now you can get to know the Pilgrims as people! Understand their family ties, their jobs, their hopes, and even their failures. Follow our Pilgrim ancestors from England to Holland and finally to the New World where only half survive that first winter to help found a new nation!

The Women of 1620

Nineteen women (along with 50 men and 23 children) boarded the Mayflower in 1620. This is the heart-wrenching tale of the four women who survived to the first Thanksgiving. Overshadowed by the men you studied in school, this true-life drama shines light on the strong women who endured limitations, hardships, and tragedy to give birth to a new nation!

Isaac Allerton: Fallen Saint of Plymouth Colony

Meet Isaac Allerton, one of the most complex figures in Plymouth Colony. While there is no monument to this ambitious Pilgrim, we can thank him for the thriving fishing industry and the booming economy of New England in the 1600s. So why was he banished from Massachusetts? Learn his intriguing story!

Mayflower Pilgrims Trivia

This is a fun, interactive learning session about the facts of the pilgrims in Q&A format with vivid images. There are no losers or prizes, but everyone wins as they discover details about our intrepid ancestors that you never knew before! Do you know who named it Plymouth? Hint: it wasn’t the Pilgrims!

Hiking the Pilgrim Paper Trail

Learn tips for documenting your early arrival ancestors for lineage society use. We will discuss what is a hereditary society, why you might want to join and how to find the right ones for you. Then we explain the paper trail requirements and what tools can help you verify that your tree is ready for submission.

DNA Basics Illustrated

If you feel overwhelmed by the scientific world of DNA, this is the program for you! Using easy-to-understand terms with helpful images, we first explain the definitions (like chromosome, SNP, and haplogroup). Then we show you how you can use DNA in genealogy and describe the four kinds of DNA that you can test.

Intro to Genealogy for Families Workshop

Learn to create your family tree – together! This is a great way to introduce the children in your life (ages 10-17) to the fun and educational hobby that we know and love. This easy, step-by-step training will bring you together as it brings history alive. We will show them that collecting historical facts about real family members is exciting! All participants take home a useful notebook. [Note: children MUST be accompanied by an adult.]

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The Pilgrims Are People First!

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Clients

General Society of Mayflower Descendants; PEO International; The Dunedin Newcomers Club; Sons of the American Revolution; Westminster Shores; Largo Library Foundation