Two Hands–On Workshops will be offered on Tuesday — pre–registration is REQUIRED for these two workshops. See the 2012 Conference Schedule for more information.
The 44th annual BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy will offer more than 100 classes, allowing participants to gain new skills and helpful information.
Class topics include:
- Family History Consultants
- Online Family Trees
- Youth and Genealogy
- Computers & Technology
- Methodology
- Internet Research
- FamilySearch
- British Isles Research
- International Research
- Scandinavian Research
The conference will be in the BYU Conference Center (770 East University Parkway, Provo, Utah).
Tuesday, July 31th
Richard E. Turley Jr. was appointed assistant Church historian and recorder for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints on March 12, 2008. Under his guidance in 1999, the Family History Department launched the popular FamilySearch.org website. He received a bachelor’s degree in English from Brigham Young University, and later graduated from the J. Reuben Clark Law School.
Wednesday, August 1st
John Titford, a Londoner by birth, works as a writer, broadcaster, researcher and genealogical bookseller, is a regular feature writer and genealogical consultant for Family Tree magazine, and has lectured on family history, dialect and related topics throughout Britain, in the United States of America, the Caribbean, New Zealand and elsewhere.
Thursday, August 2nd
Rod DeGiulio is currently director of Information Pipeline Operations, which publishes historical records on FamilySearch–s Internet site. He received a bachelor–s degree in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Boise State University. At Hewlett Packard, he was vice president.