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Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy

Schedule

March 2008 Computerized Genealogy Conference
Brigham Young University Conference Center, BYU Campus, Provo, Utah
Conference Schedule

Friday
Time Online Resources Libraries & Archives New FamilySearch International (Fri. only) Publishing (Fri. only) MultiMedia Vendor
Time Online Resources Libraries & Archives New FamilySearch International Publishing MultiMedia Vendor
8:30-9:30 #58 - Keynote address - Paul Allen - Inventing the Future: Genealogy in 2010
9:45-10:45

Beyond Ancestry - Overlooked and Underused Subscription Sites
Luana Darby
Room: 2258

Reading the Old Handwriting Just Got Easier: Using the Internet to help read old documents
Vona Williams
Room: 2265

No class - Museum not open British Fee-Based Web Sites: Should You Subscribe?
Rick Crume
Room: 2295
Emphasizing the Family in Family History: Putting Meat on the Bones
Alan Mann
Room: 2254 (Auditorium)

Listening to Podcasts: Learn while jogging
Pat Richley
"Dear Myrtle"
Room: 2260

Make Family History Presentations that Your Family will Cherish
John Shupe
Room: 2267

11:00-12:00 LDS Resources on the Internet - Where Can I Find Them and How Do I Use Them?
Luana Darby
Room: 2258

The Family History Library Patron Desktop - A Gold Mine of Data!
Gary Pack
Room: 2265

The new FamilySearch: Up to Date and Informed (Repeat-Sat. Evening)
Jim Greene
Room: Bean Museum Auditorium
Computerized Scottish Research
Paul Smart
Room: 2295

No Experience Needed - A Beginners' Guide to Building FREE Family History Websites
Joseph Irvine
Room: 2254 (Auditorium)

Are Your Ancestors Frozen In Digital Time?
Claire Brisson-Banks
Room: 2260
Generation Maps Charts From Your File and New FamilySearch
Janet Hovorka
Room: 2267
12:00-1:15 Lunch Break
1:15-2:15 Innovative Tools to Connect Families
David Lifferth
Room: 2254 (Auditorium)
German Language & Handrwiting Help Online
Kory Meyerink
Room: 2258

FamilySearch Web Services and Third-Party Products
Gordon Clark
Room: Bean Museum Auditorium
Tracing Immigrant Origins Online (Repeat Sat. Evening)
Rick Crume
Room: 2258

Making Podcasts: Getting the word out
Pat Richley
"Dear Myrtle"
Room: 2265

The Well-Armed Genealogist
Anne Roach
Room: 2295
Tips and Tricks for Searching on Ancestry.com
Echo King
Room: 2260
2:30-3:30 The Fifty Most Popular Genealogy Websites (Really!) (Repeat-Sat. Evening)
Kory Meyerink
Room: 2254 (Auditorium)
Genealogical Research Using the BYU Lee Library Online Catalog
Howard Bybee
Room: 2258

New FamilySearch Compatible Products Showcase
Gordon Clarke
Room: Bean Museum Auditorium

British Census Research and Civil Registration Online
Lorinda Mann
Room: 2260

Blogging: An Alternative for Family & Society Newsletters (Repeat-Sat. Evening)
Pat Richley
"Dear Myrtle"
Room: 2265

Digital Sound: Locating, Preserving, and Editing Voices from the Past
Anne Roach
Room: 2295

New Ways to Enhance, Study and Share Your Family History
Marlo E. Schuldt
Room: 2267
3:45-4:45 German Research on the Internet
Baerbel Johnson
Room: 2260

Genealogical Research in BYU: Lee Library Online Databases
Howard Bybee
Room: 2258

FamilySearch Record Search
Tim Crabb
Room: Bean Museum Auditorium
Kyrkoböcker and Kirkebøger: Using Scandinavian Church Records on the Internet
Geoffrey Fröberg Morris
Room: 2265

How to self publish the easy and FREE way
Matt Misbach
Room: 2254 (Auditorium)
Bringing Old or New Photos to Life using Online Resources
Marci Purnell
Room: 2295

RootsMagic Using New FamilySearch with RootsMagic
Bruce Buzbee
Room: 2267
4:45-5:30 Break, followed by evening classes and Vendor Demonstrations
  NOTE: evening classes not in tracks   Vendor Demos
5:30-6:30 #8 - The Role of the Commercial Sector in Advancing Family History
Tim Sullivan President/CEO - The Generations Network plenary
Room: 2254 (Auditorium)
  Family Pursuit
Michael Martineau
Room: 2295

Next Generation
Darrin Lythgoe
Room: 2265
Family Link.com
Amy Rhoads
Room: 2267

6:45-7:45 Googling for Books
William Priest
Room: 2258

Internet Sources for Locating Your Geman Ancestor's Town of Origin
Baerbel Johnson
Room: 2260

FamilySearch Wiki
Michael Ritchey
Room: 2254 (Auditorium)

Incline Software
Gaylon Findlay
Room: 2295
Roots Magic Inc.
Bruce Buzbee
Room: 2265

Geni, inc.
JoAnne Rockower
Room: 2267

8:00-9:00 Exploring Virtual Libraries - Online Books (repeat)
Mary Penner
Room: 2258

US Vital Records Online (repeat)
Loretta Evans
Room: 2254 (Auditorium)

Choosing and Using Hardware/Software (repeat)
Barry J. Ewell
Room: 2260

 


Saturday
Time Online Resources Libraries & Archives New FamilySearch Digital Organization Methodology MultiMedia Vendor
Time Online Resources Libraries & Archives New FamilySearch Digital Organization Methodology MultiMedia Vendor
8:00-9:00 Online Maps & Family History
Russ Lynch
LDS Family History Resources
Kip Sperry
No class - Museum not open Hidden Problems (What you don't know CAN hurt you)
John Vilburn
A More Effective Way of Internet Research
John Kitzmiller
Creating Your First Digital Video
Geoff Rasmussen
An Introduction to Collaborative Genealogy (Geni.com)
JoAnne Rockower
9:15-10:15 Staying on Top of Genealogy News: RSS feeds and Google Alerts
Lynn Turner
Family History Library Internet Favorites
David Dilts
No class - Museum not open Genealogical Software Comparison: One Societies' Experience
William Priest
The 5 Most Important Resources for Your US Research
Kory Meyerink
Using Your Digital Camera to Copy Records (Repeat-Sat. Evening)
Mary Hill
Using a Wiki to Share Genealogy
Stephen D. Robison
10:30-11:30 One Name Studies on the Internet
John Kitzmiller
Online Public Library Resources for Genealogists
Mary Penner
Tricks and Tips for Saving Time in New FamilySearch
Leland Moon
Tracking and Reporting Your Research
Russ Lynch
Tips for using the Internet more effectively
Alan Mann
Manipulating and Enhancing Document Images using Free Software
Rick Laxman
Legacy Family Tree (title to come from GR)
Geoff Rasmussen
11:30-12:30 Lunch Break
12:30-1:30 Did Grandpa Make the Headlines?
Loretta Evans
Periodical Source Index (PERSI)
David Dilts
Connecting PAF data to New FamilySearch with Ancestral Quest, the program upon which PAF 5 was built
Gaylon Findlay and Claire Brisson-Banks
A New Strategic Research Log: Quick Links to Documents
David Perry
Harnessing the Power of DNA: DNA Methodologies
Trish Tolley
Personal Family Interviews in the Digital Age (Besides I can't buy those 60 minute cassette tapes anywhere)
Charles E. Hughes
Misbach Enterprises A Discussion On How To Display or Chart Your Family History
Matt Misbach
1:45-2:45 US Vital Records Online (Repeat-Fri. Evening)
Loretta Evans
Exploring Virtual Libraries - Online Books (Repeat-Fri Evening)
Mary Penner
PAF Insight, FamilyInsight, and the New FamilySearch
John Vilburn
Genealogical Organization in the 21st Century
Leland Meitzler
Locating the Living: Online!
Kory Meyerink
Preserving Digital Images and Family History Data
Rick Laxman
Family Pursuit Using the Internet to organize your research and eliminate duplicate efforts
Michael Martineau
3:00-4:00 Now and Forever: What's New and What's Coming in Family History Online (Repeat-Sat. Evening)
Alan Mann
Finding Digital Items in the Family History Library Catalog
Pat Richley
FamilySearch Indexing
(to be assigned by FCH)
Choosing and Using Hardware/Software (Repeat-Fri Evening)
Barry J. Ewell
Finding Descendents with Online Sources
Lorinda Mann
No More Fuzzy Faces: The Secrets of Digitizing Family History
Scott D. Huskey
Godfrey Memorial Library Navigating Godfrey
Richard Black
4:15-5:15 Technology and Land & Property Records
Joseph B. Shumway, AG
The Paper Chase: Using Online Tools to Find Manuscripts
Rick Crume
No class - Museum not open Managing Your Electronic Genealogical Files
William Priest
Search Engines: Getting More from Google and Using More than Google
Alan Mann
Multimedia File Formats, why are there so many and what's the difference between them?
Darin Hakes
Find My Past (need class title from them)
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5:15-5:30 Break, followed by evening classes
  NOTE: evening classes not in tracks   Vendor Demos
5:30-6:30 Using Technology to Involve Children in Genealogy and Family History
Claire Brisson-Banks
The Fifty Most Popular Genealogy Websites (Really!) (repeat)
Kory Meyerink
Irish Genealogy Online: New Tools Open a Path to the Emerald Isle
Rick Crume
  Family Link.com
Amy Rhoads
US Family Tree.com
Rich Washburn
Find My Past.com
Matt Garner
6:45-7:45 The new FamilySearch: Up to Date and Informed (repeat)
Jim Greene
Top 25 English Websites
Nathan W. Murphy, AG
Now and Forever: What's New and What's Coming in Family History Online (repeat)
Alan Mann
Legacy Family Tree
Geoff Rasmussen
Ancestry.com
Adele Marcum
Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation
Melissa Phillips
8:00-9:00 Using Your Digital Camera to Copy Records (repeat)
Mary Hill
Blogging: An Alternative for Family & Society Newsletters (repeat)
Pat Richley
Tracing Immigrant Origins Online (repeat)
Rick Crume
 

NOTES

Conference schedule is subject to change

All classes excluding the FamilySearch Track will be held in the BYU Conference Center, Provo, Utah.

The FamilySearch track will be in the Bean Museum Auditorium. (See map for location)

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