Program September 16, 2026 7 pm.
Via Zoom with a watch party at Grace A Dow Library Genealogy Room
Tiptoe – Through the Tulips With Me!Got Dutch? This presentation will direct you to learn many things about the Dutch Heritage,especially from someone who landed in the middle of a Dutch community. Discover so many avenues and resources that by the time this event is over, you’ll be klomping your way to find facts on your family.
A brief introduction of our guest speaker: Megan Heyl
Megan has been teaching the majority of her life. She taught in the public school
systems in Ohio and Michigan where she now resides in Holland, Michigan. She
taught mostly in the middle and high school sectors teaching academic support –
where her students were either on probation, parole, or in special education.
After retiring from teaching in the public school system, she found herself
interested in genealogy, and pursued her second career as a researcher, doing
client work, offering educational services and speaking for various libraries,
societies, and conferences for the past 25 years. She has spoken at various
conferences such at RootsTech, The Genealogy Show in London, Genealogy
Palooza, W.I.S.E. Colorado and more. She is the owner of Hunting Down History,
runs the Genealogy Study Group now in its 14th year, is the Education Director
for the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History, and has her
Masters Degree in Education Administration. She belongs to many local, national
and international genealogical societies and historical societies, writes articles for
many quarterly publications, and is currently writing her first book.
