Speakers and Topics for BYU Conference on Computerized Genealogy, April 26–27, 2010.
Printable Version| MONDAY | |||||
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| Tracks | FamilySearch | FamilySearch Affiliates | Publishing | Methodology | Software & Technology |
| 8:30 – 9:30 | Keynote Address — David Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer, FamilySearch | ||||
| 9:50 – 10:50 | New Family Search.org (Repeat Tuesday) |
Getting the Most out of New FamilySearch | Transform Family History Treasures to Digital Formats | Search Strategies at Ancestry.com | What’s New in Family History Online (Repeat Tuesday) |
| Tim Cross | Janet Hovorka | K. Webb & L. Sharp | Suzanne Adams | Alan Mann | |
| 11:10 – 12:10 | Keys to Success Using FamilySearch Research Wiki | Family Insight: NFS Sync and Ordinance Prep | The “How-To” Guide to Blog Building | Computerized Reconstruction of the Families of a 16th Century Village | All aTwitter About Wave: Ten Disruptive New Web Services |
| Fran Jensen | John Vilburn | Reed Powell | Liz Snow | Alan Mann | |
| 12:10 – 1:40 | LUNCH | ||||
| 1:40 – 2:40 | Letting Your Expertise Shine in the FamilySearch Community | Ancestral Quest — Sync Your PAF Data to new.FamilySearch.org and Reserve Ordinances | Publishing Your Research With Your Computer | Intro to Google for Genealogists (Repeat Tuesday) |
Feeding Frenzy: Learn How RSS Feeds Can Help You Satisfy Your Appetite for Genealogy News |
| Anne Roach | Gaylon Findlay | William Priest | Dan Lynch | Rick Crume | |
| 3:00 – 4:00 | New Resources for Consultants: What They Are and Real Examples of How to Use Them | Basic Research Practices in the Age of New FamilySearch | Building your First Genealogy Web site | Technology as Part of the Research Process: A Case Study | Browser Wars: Improving Your Internet Experience |
| Jim Greene | Janet Hovorka | Reed Powell | Devin Ashby | Alan Mann | |
| 4:20 – 5:20 | Records Access: How FamilySearch is Unlocking Access to Billions of Free Family History Records Worldwide | Getting Your Notes and Sources Right in Your Genealogy Software | I Built My Web site But Nobody Can Find It: Search Engine Optimization | Effective Database Search Tactics | Genealogy Software: How do the Top Programs Compare? |
| Jesse Spisak | Janet Hovorka | Reed Powell | Kory Meyerink | Rick Crume | |
| MONDAY (continued) | |||||
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| Tracks — | Tools & Hardware | Books | Records on the Internet | Other Countries | Vendors |
| 8:30 – 9:30 | Keynote Address — David Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer, FamilySearch | ||||
| 9:50 – 10:50 | Choosing and Using the Right Hardware and Software for Genealogy (Repeat Monday) | Finding Genealogy Books, Online! | Online Census Records | Internet Sources for German Research | RootsMagic |
| Barry Ewell | Kory Meyerink | Loretta Evans | Baerbel Johnson | ||
| 11:10 – 12:10 | The 10 Best Web Tools of the Past 10 Years (repeat Tuesday) |
Finding Hidden Treasure in Online Library Web sites | U. S. Vital Records | Tools, Rescources, Trends for Scandinavian Research on the Internet | Visualegacy |
| Rick Crume | Tami Glatz | Loretta Evans | Geoff Morris | ||
| 12:10 – 1:40 | LUNCH | ||||
| 1:40 – 2:40 | The 50 Most Popular Genealogy Web site (Really!) (Repeat Tuesday) |
Books, eBooks and the Archive: A Genealogical Take on Google Books, News Archive and Digital Projects | The Ports of New York: The Legacy of Alien and Citizen Arrivals, 1820–1950s | Online Tools for British Genealogy: A Beginner’s Guide | LegacyFamily Tree |
| Kory Meyerink | Tony Bandy | Jayare Roberts | Joseph Shumway | ||
| 3:00 – 4:00 | Choosing and Using the Right Hardware and Software for Genealogy (Repeat Monday) | Organize for Efficiency | Unique U.S. Death Records: In-Earth and Online | English Church Records Online | Ancestral Quest (Incline Software) |
| Barry Ewell | Dan Lynch | Jayare Roberts | Joseph Shumway | ||
| 4:20 – 5:20 | Freeware and Shareware for Family History | FamilySearch Digital Book Scanning Program | Cemetery Research from Your Computer | Research in a Snap! Cutting Edge & Gateway Web sites for Tracing Irish & British Ancestry | Life Story Productions |
| D. & D. Snow | Michael J. Hall | William Priest | Phillip Dunn | ||
| TUESDAY | |||||
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| Tracks | FamilySearch | Internet | Publishing | Methodology | Software & Technology |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Tips and Tricks for Searching Historical Records on Record Search | What’s New at Ancestry | Beyond Blogging: Google Sites | Finding Descendents Online | Software Note-taking With Microsoft OneNote, Zotero & Others! |
| Bryce Roper | Suzanne Adams | Devin Ashby | Lorinda Mann | Tony Bandy | |
| 9:20 – 10:20 | Online Research Classes at FamilySearch.org |
World Vital Records: A Guide | Where Are MY Family’s Stories Online? | Evaluating Databases and Overcoming Their Errors | Top Technologies and Technology Trends |
| Darin Hakes | Rick Crume | Tami Glatz | Kory Meyerink | Alan Mann | |
| 10:40 – 11:40 | New FamilySearch (Repeat) |
Genealogical and Historical Societies Online | Your Genealogy Research — Till Death Do Us Part? | Using Search Engines Effectively for Genealogical Research | Google News Archive, News Timeline, Alerts |
| Tim Cross | Rick Crume | William Priest | Tami Glatz | Dan Lynch | |
| 11:40 – 1:00 | LUNCH | ||||
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Creating Your Own Digital Archive | The 50 Most Popular Genealogy Web sites (Really!) (Repeat) | Gathering Materials for Publishing Your Family History | Finding and Using Compiled Sources to Jump-start Your Research Project | The Google Genealogist |
| Joseph B. Shumway | Kory Meyerink | Lorinda Mann | C. Lynn Andersen | Devin Ashby | |
| 2:20 – 3:20 | Serendipity and Other Miracles: Why You Need Family History | What’s New in Family History Online (Repeat) |
Organizing, Editing and Improving Your Family History for Publication | Internet vs. the Road Trip | Learn the Technology to Trace Your Roots |
| Janet Hovorka | Alan Mann | Lorinda Mann | Margret Aldridge | Barry Ewell | |
| 3:40 – 4:40 | The 10 Best Web Tools of the Past 10 Years (Repeat) | Family History Web sites You May Have Missed | Publishing Your Family History (Using Lulu) | Intro to Google for Genealogists (Repeat ) |
Microsoft Excel as a Research Tool |
| Rick Crume | Ken Alford | Lorinda Mann | Dan Lynch | Debbie Gurtler | |
| 5:00 – 6:00 | My Ancestor on eBay®? | Self-Publishing Using Ancestry | Citing and Evaluating Online Sources | Genealogy Software for the Mac | |
| Loretta Evans | Margret Aldridge | Joseph Shumway | Russell Anderson | ||
| 6:00 PM | Conference Ends | ||||
| TUESDAY (continued) | |||||
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| Tracks | Tools & Hardware | Social Networking | Records on the Internet | US Regional | Vendors |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | How Genealogical Software Handles Source Citation | On-Line Interactive Family History Collaboration Research Through Distance-Learning Technology | Amazing Stories from City Directories | The Most Important Pennsylvania Web sites for Your Genealogy | Legacy Family Tree |
| William Priest | John Kuzmich Jr. | B. Sharbrough | Kory Meyerink | ||
| 9:20 – 10:20 | Google Images, Video, and Other Tools for Genealogy | Genealogy for Groups: Collaboration Tools for Completing Your Project Online! | Amazing Stories from the Revolutionary War Pensions | Midwestern Sources Online | Roots Magic |
| Dan Lynch | Tony Bandy | B. Sharbrough | Trish Tolley | ||
| 10:40 – 11:40 | Using Digital Camera to Copy Records | Sharing: Rich Value in Data and Relationships | Did Grandpa Make the Headlines? Newspaper Research Online | State by State: A Closer Look! | AGES Online |
| Mary Hill | Alan Mann | Loretta Evans | Tony Bandy | ||
| 11:40 – 1:00 | LUNCH | ||||
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Using Boxes to Think Outside the Box | Avatars, Tweets and Blogs, Oh My! Social Networking for Genealogists | Amazing Stories from Newspapers Online | New England Land, Probate and Tax Records | Ohana Software |
| B. Nuehring | Tami Glatz | B. Sharbrough | Marilyn Markham | ||
| 2:20 – 3:20 | Family History and the Mobile Genealogy Perspective | Making the Most of GenealogyWise Networking | Genealogy Jeopardy: 2010 Technology Edition | Internet Resources for Mid-South State Land Records | Footnote |
| Curtis Tirrell | Jayare Roberts | Kory Meyerink | C. Lynn Anderson | ||
| 3:40 – 4:40 | Gadgets 101 | Sharing Family History with the Next Generation Using Social Networking | Dead Men Do Tell Tales | 10 LDS Family History Databases You’ve Got to Try | OneGreatFamily |
| Alan Mann | Janet Hovorka | Loretta Evans | Devin Ashby | ||
| 5:00 – 6:00 | Back Up Before You Hear the Beep | Twitter Your Family History: The Internet Publishing Revolution | Exploiting Maps to Track Down Your Ancestors | Internet Solutions to Mid-South States Research Problems | Genealogy Registry |
| Linda & Paul Sharp | Joseph Irvine | B. Nuehring | C. Lynn Andersen | ||
| 6:00 PM | Conference Ends | ||||