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) ?
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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