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Heritage Travel: Top 10 Tips for Walking in Ancestral

Footsteps

Join us for a FREE virtual program on January 16th at 6:30 p.m. ET!

You don’t have to be a celebrity on Finding Your Roots to travel in your ancestor’s footsteps. Whether you’re an armchair traveler, interested in planning a trip to visit U.S. battlefields of your patriotic ancestors, walking the streets of an ancestral village, or meeting distant relatives, heritage travel offers a rich and rewarding experience.
Lisa is the founder of Travel Your Tree: Where Ancestry Meets Adventure, she’ll provide her TOP TEN TIPS for researching, planning, and connecting on your personal journey. Find out how to avoid common pitfalls, what DNA tests reveal & they can be used for heritage travel when your paper trail ends and setting goals & expectations for your trip! Come hear inspirational stories from real-life heritage travel experiences! 

Lisa Vogele is a professional genealogist and certified travel advisor (CTA). She is the Chief Tree Climber at Travel Your Tree: Where Ancestry Meets Adventure, a full-service family history research, travel planning and tour operator. In 2016, Lisa authored Food & Folklore: A Year of Italian Festivals, a guide book to assist travelers with incorporating festivals into their itineraries and experience local culture through food and historic events. Her travel tips have been featured in the Huffington Post, 1000traveltips.com and her travel blog LisaLovesToTravel.com.

Lisa earned a Boston University Certificate in Genealogical Research (OL21). She holds a Masters degree from Clemson University, was raised in Connecticut and resides in Colorado. All research is conducted using the Genealogy Proof Standard. Lisa is a member of the following professional organizations: American Society of Travel Advisors, Association of Professional Genealogists, National Genealogical Society and the New England Historic Genealogical Society.  Contact her at: lisa@travelyourtree.com.