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Tuesday: July 28th, 2009
8:30 – 9:30	Keynote Address: John H. Groberg Emeritus General Authority
Tracks	Basic Research Methodologies	Computers/ Internet/Technology	Harold B. Lee Library (BYU)
9:45 - 10:45	Photographic Treasures: Bringing Your Research Into Focus Michael L. Strauss	Ten Great LDS Family History Databases You've Got To Try Devin Ashby	Maps,Atlases,Gazetteers Mary E. V. Hill
10:00 - 11:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
11:00 - 12:00	Humor, Drama, Suspense: Capture It All With PowerPoint Nancy Waters Lauer	Gadgetology 101: Cool Tools for Gadget Lovers Alan Mann	What is Fee Simple Absolute? How Understanding Legal Land Concepts Helps Research George R. Ryskamp
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch (On Your Own)
12:45 - 2:15	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
1:30 - 2:30	One Approach to Writing Your Family History David Appleton	From BLM to Google Earth - Finding Your Ancestor's Land and Land Records Terry Nels Lee	Why Look There When My Ancestors Made No Will: American Probate Records George R. Ryskamp
2:45 - 3:45	Getting More Life Out Of Your Hand-me-down Genes: Using Family Health History To Enrich Your Genealogy Records Jenny Johnson	Tips for Using the Internet More Effectively Alan Mann	Up In Smoke! What To Do When the Courthouse Burns Peggy Clemens Lauritzen
3:00 - 4:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
4:00 - 5:00	Tips for Making a Family History Interview Better Mary H. Slawson	A Goldmine of Data - The Family History Library Catalog Gary Bryant Pack	Homespun and Calico Peggy Clemens Lauritzen
Vendor Demos 5:15 - 6:15	Family Pursuit Demo	World Vital Records Demo	Incline Software Demo
Wondering what the new FamilySearch looks like and how it works? Experience it in our hands-on new FamilySearch classes taught in computer classrooms. These labs will be in the Harold B Lee Library, not the Conference Center. Each conference participant is invited to choose and attend one lab that fits their schedule. These labs must be registered for before the conference begins. If a lab is full please select another time.To register for these classes you must have an LDS membership number and your confirmation date which are used as credentials to register for the program.

Tracks	Beginners Tracks	Methodology	British Research
Tuesday July 29,2008 8:30 - 9:30	Keynote President Merill J.Bateman.
9:45 - 10:45	Beginning Basics Kelly Summers and C. Lynn Anderson	Historical Context - An Important Key in Unlocking Ancestral Mysteries Baerbel K. Johnson	Getting Started in England Research Echo King
10:00 - 11:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
11:00 - 12:00	Let's Begin Researching Kelly Summers and C. Lynn Anderson	Effectively Tapping into Historical Societies and Libraries Barry J. Ewell	Who's the Father? Finding the Fathers of Illegitimate Children in England Dan Poffenberger
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch (On Your Own)
12:45 - 2:15	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
1:30 - 2:30	Looking for Clues Kelly Summers and C. Lynn Anderson	Genealogist's Cookbook: How to Ask the Right Genealogical Questions Barry J. Ewell	Tracing Elusive pre-1837 Ancestry in England Phill Dunn
2:45 - 3:45	What's Missing? What Records Will Give Me the Answers I Need? Kelly Summers and C. Lynn Anderson	Organizing Sources and Dispelling Myths Barbara J. Starkey	Surfin' Ancestry.co.uk: Getting the Most Out Of Ancestry's English Databases Dan Poffenberger
3:00 - 4:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
4:00 - 5:00	What if I Can't Get Vital or Church Records? Kelly Summers and C. Lynn Anderson	Becoming a Professional Genealogist: Preparation and Credentialing George R. Ryskamp	Vanishing Act! Tracing Elusive Ancestry in London & Other Big Cities Phill Dunn
Vendor Demos 5:15 - 6:15	US FamilyTree.com Demo	Life Story Productions Demo	Roots Magic Demo
Wondering what the new FamilySearch looks like and how it works? Experience it in our hands-on new FamilySearch classes taught in computer classrooms. These labs will be in the Harold B Lee Library, not the Conference Center. Each conference participant is invited to choose and attend one lab that fits their schedule. These labs must be registered for before the conference begins. If a lab is full please select another time.To register for these classes you must have an LDS membership number and your confirmation date which are used as credentials to register for the program.

Tracks	Family History Department	Computer/Technology/Internet	United States/Canada
Wednesday July 30,2008 8:30 - 9:30	Keynote Don Anderson, Family History Department Division Director, FHL/WWS
9:45 - 10:45	The New FamilySearch: Informed and Knowledgeable Jim Greene	Capturing the Image: Digital Photography and Scanning for the Genealogist Barry J. Ewell	Using U.S. Territorial Records to Expand Your Pedigree Karen Clifford
10:00 - 11:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
11:00 - 12:00	FamilySearch Wiki Michael Ritchey	Eleven Layers of On-line Searches Barbara Renick	U.S. Vital Records Mary E. V. Hill
12:00 - 1:30	Luncheon Speaker: Daniel Poffenberger—Funny Names and Other Funny Finds
12:45 - 2:15	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
1:30 - 2:30	What's New at FamilySearch? Steve W. Anderson	Moving new FamilySearch to a Freely Editable, Freely Open, Wiki-style System Ronald M. Tanner	Justice for All: American Court Records George R. Ryskamp
2:45 - 3:45	The new FamilySearch: Informed and Knowledgeable Jim Greene	The Internet for Beginners Barbara Renick	Advanced and Expert Analysis and Use of U.S. Federal and State Censuses Stephen K. Ehat
3:00 - 4:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
4:00 - 5:00	Record Search Overview Tim Crabb	What's New at FamilySearch? Steve W. Anderson(Repeat)	Southern States Research Methods Combined Karen Clifford
Vendor Demos 5:15 - 6:15	Heritage Makers Demo	Incline Software Demo	World Vital Records Demo
Wondering what the new FamilySearch looks like and how it works? Experience it in our hands-on new FamilySearch classes taught in computer classrooms. These labs will be in the Harold B Lee Library, not the Conference Center. Each conference participant is invited to choose and attend one lab that fits their schedule. These labs must be registered for before the conference begins. If a lab is full please select another time.To register for these classes you must have an LDS membership number and your confirmation date which are used as credentials to register for the program.

Tracks	International	Methodology	British
Wednesday July 30,2008 8:30 - 9:30	Keynote Don Anderson, Family History Department Division Director, FHL/WWS
9:45 - 10:45	Jumping Over Hurdles in German Research Leslie Albrecht Huber	12 Sons Named George - Naming Conventions of Our Ancestors Nancy Waters Lauer	A Comparative Look at English Research for U.S. Genealogists Nathan William Murphy
10:00 - 11:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
11:00 - 12:00	Understanding How to Use Reference and Research Tools in German Research Larry Jensen	Genealogist's Cookbook: Planning and Preparing for Successful Research Barry Ewell	Reading the Old Handwriting Just Got Easier Vona Williams
12:00 - 1:30	Luncheon Speaker: Barbara Renick—The Perils of Pursuing Pedigrees
12:45 - 2:15	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
1:30 - 2:30	Understanding German Jurisdictions Larry Jensen	The Effectiveness of Staying Organized Karen Clifford	Basic Overview of Scottish Research Vona Williams
2:45 - 3:45	So You Think You Want to Get Married - Marriage Laws and Customs in Germany Baerbel K. Johnson	15 Minute Family History Kim Woodbury & Deb Lambert	Scotland Research on the Internet Barbara Baker
3:00 - 4:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
4:00 - 5:00	Internet Sources for Locating Your German Ancestor's Town of Origin Baerbel K. Johnson	Preposterous, Possible or Proved? Concepts for Evaluating Evidence in Genealogical Research George R. Ryskamp	Your Family is Scottish? Things You Need to Know Vona Williams

Wondering what the new FamilySearch looks like and how it works? Experience it in our hands-on new FamilySearch classes taught in computer classrooms. These labs will be in the Harold B Lee Library, not the Conference Center. Each conference participant is invited to choose and attend one lab that fits their schedule. These labs must be registered for before the conference begins. If a lab is full please select another time.To register for these classes you must have an LDS membership number and your confirmation date which are used as credentials to register for the program.

Tracks	Family History Consultants	Computers/Technology/ Internet	Immigration/Emigration/ Migration
Thursday July 31,2008 8:30 - 9:30	Keynote Paul Allen, CEO of FamilyLink.com, Inc.
9:45 - 10:45	New Resources for Teaching Family History Classes Todd Jones & Stephen F. Anderson	Can Archiving Save Space, Time, Money, and Your Marriage? Judy Jones	The Sail Before the Trail: The Mormon Immigration Index Fred E. Woods
10:00 - 11:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
11:00 - 12:00	Family History Consultant Training, Part 1 - Helping Family History Happen Stephen C. Young	Using Your Digital Camera to Copy Records Mary E. V. Hill	Finding the Place of Origin of your Immigrant Ancestor Ruth Ellen Maness
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch (On Your Own)
12:45 - 2:15	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
1:30 - 2:30	Family History Consultant Training, Part 2 - Helping Members Merrill White	Search Engines: Getting More from Google and Using More than Google Alan Mann	Tracing 19th Century Immigrants Karen Clifford
2:45 - 3:45	Help Resources for Consultants Sandra Joseph	101 MSWord 2007 Tips & Tricks for Genealogists Nancy Waters Lauer	Crossing the Ocean with the Internet Leslie Albrecht Huber
3:00 - 4:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
4:00 - 5:00	Bringing Priesthood Leaders and Family History Workers Together Arthur Johnson	A New Strategic Research Log: Quick Links to Documents David Perry	My Ancestor Came to Colonial America as an Indentured Servant Nathan W. Murphy
Vendor Demos 5:15 - 6:15	Life Story Productions	Ohana Software Demo	Roots Magic Demo
Wondering what the new FamilySearch looks like and how it works? Experience it in our hands-on new FamilySearch classes taught in computer classrooms. These labs will be in the Harold B Lee Library, not the Conference Center. Each conference participant is invited to choose and attend one lab that fits their schedule. These labs must be registered for before the conference begins. If a lab is full please select another time.To register for these classes you must have an LDS membership number and your confirmation date which are used as credentials to register for the program.

Tracks	International	Methodology	British
Thursday July 31,2008 8:30 - 9:30	Keynote Paul Allen, CEO of FamilyLink.com, Inc.
9:45 - 10:45	Scandinavian Research (Norway, Sweden, Denmark) Part 1 Mel Stephensen	Going in Through the Back Door and Rear Window Research Techniques Virginia Ackerson	Irish Civil Registrations of Birth, Marriages and Deaths David S. Ouimette
10:00 - 11:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
11:00 - 12:00	Scandinavian Research (Norway, Sweden, Denmark) Part 2 Mel Stephensen	Beginner's Guide to Surnames: Their Origin and Evolution by Country Mary Slawson	Irish Censuses and Census Substitutes David S. Ouimette
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch (On Your Own)
12:45 - 2:15	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
1:30 - 2:30	The Handwriting Workshop - Reading the Records of Your European Ancestors Part 1 Ruth Ellen Maness	How to Organize Your Own and Extended Family Robert R. Dunford	What's New in Irish Family History on the Internet David S. Ouimette
2:45 - 3:45	The Handwriting Workshop - Reading the Records of Your European Ancestors Part 2 Ruth Ellen Maness	Evaluating What You Have Found: The Third Stage of Research Barbara Renick	Church of Ireland Records David S. Ouimette
3:00 - 4:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
4:00 - 5:00	Understanding Your Western European Ancestors Leslie Albrecht Huber	Citing Sources for Beginners Barbara Renick	Eighteenth Century Record Sources in Ireland David S. Ouimette

Wondering what the new FamilySearch looks like and how it works? Experience it in our hands-on new FamilySearch classes taught in computer classrooms. These labs will be in the Harold B Lee Library, not the Conference Center. Each conference participant is invited to choose and attend one lab that fits their schedule. These labs must be registered for before the conference begins. If a lab is full please select another time.To register for these classes you must have an LDS membership number and your confirmation date which are used as credentials to register for the program.

Tracks	Preserving Your Heritage	Computer/Technology/Internet	United States/Canada
Friday August 1 ,2008
8:30 - 9:30	Creating, Improving and Publishing Your Family History Lorinda Mann	Getting the Most Out of the Family History Library Catalog: A Professional Researcher's Tips and Tricks Dan Poffenberger	Researching Your Civil War Ancestor - A Comprehensive Study Michael L. Strauss
9:45 - 10:45	Creating a Family Archive Stephen F. Anderson	Online Resources for Scandinavian Genealogy Jennifer Hansen	Research Helps for U.S. Research: How to Recognize Your Ancestor C. Lynn Anderson
10:00 - 11:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
11:00 - 12:00	Using the Internet to Create and Support a Family Archive Stephen F. Anderson	Capturing the Interest of Your Family with Fun Photo Presentations Raymon Naisbitt	The National Archives - A Wealth of Information Barbara J. Starkey
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch (On Your Own)
12:45 - 2:15	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
1:30 - 2:30	Organizing a Family Reunion that Strengthens Family Ties CindyLee Butler Banks	How to Use Free or Low-Cost On-Line Meeting Services Robert R. Dunford	Draper Manuscripts: A Million Names in the South and Midwest Mary E. V. Hill
2:45 - 3:45	New Ways to Publish Your Family History Fran Jensen	Will Your Work Survive the Digital Age? Janet Hovorka	Little Known Mid-West Records and Where to Find Them Virginia L. Ackerson
4:00	Conference Concludes
Wondering what the new FamilySearch looks like and how it works? Experience it in our hands-on new FamilySearch classes taught in computer classrooms. These labs will be in the Harold B Lee Library, not the Conference Center. Each conference participant is invited to choose and attend one lab that fits their schedule. These labs must be registered for before the conference begins. If a lab is full please select another time.To register for these classes you must have an LDS membership number and your confirmation date which are used as credentials to register for the program.

Tracks	Immigration/Emigration/ Migration	Methodology	British
Friday August 1,2008
8:30 - 9:30	Voyage to America Leslie Albrecht Huber	Doing Family History from Home CindyLee Butler Banks	A New Look at English Research on the Internet Alan Mann
9:45 - 10:45	Do People Leave Home When Times Are Good? Barbara Hovorka	All in a Day's Work: Occupational Genealogical Research Michael L. Strauss	Using English Court Records Katy Naef
10:00 - 11:30	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
11:00 - 12:00	U.S. Naturalization Records Carol E. Smith	Using Indirect Evidence and the Genealogical Proof Standard to Solve Tough Research Problems James Ison	The Heralds' Visitations: An Often Overlooked Genealogical Resource David B. Appleton
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch (On Your Own)
12:45 - 2:15	* Family Search Hands-on-lab
1:30 - 2:30	Migration Trails to the Ohio Peggy Clemens Lauritzen	The Big Family Reunion: A Look at Descendancy Research Kelly R. Summers	Solving Research Problems Using Probate Records Evva Benson
2:45 - 3:45	Is There an Index to THE Index of the Immigrant Index Barbara Hovorka	How to Use Today's Modern Miracles, Electronic Media - an Overview Robert R. Dunford	British Census Research and Civil Registration Online Lorinda Mann
4:00	Conference Concludes
Wondering what the new FamilySearch looks like and how it works? Experience it in our hands-on new FamilySearch classes taught in computer classrooms. These labs will be in the Harold B Lee Library, not the Conference Center. Each conference participant is invited to choose and attend one lab that fits their schedule. These labs must be registered for before the conference begins. If a lab is full please select another time.To register for these classes you must have an LDS membership number and your confirmation date which are used as credentials to register for the program.

EVENING COURSES

Wednesday July 30, 2008
5:30 - 6:30	The New FamilySearch: Informed and Knowledgeable Jim Greene	Ten Great LDS Family History Databases You've Got to Try Devin Ashby	Understanding How to Use Reference and Research Tools in German Research Larry Jensen
6:45 - 7:45	Record Search Overview Steve W. Anderson	Gadgetology 101: Cool Tools for Gadget Lovers Alan Mann	15 Minute Family History Kim Woodbury & Deb Lambert
8:00 - 9:00	What's New at FamilySearch? Jim Greene	Photographic Treasures: Bringing Your Research Into Focus Michael L. Strauss	Who's the Father? Finding the Fathers of Illegitimate Children in England Dan Poffenberger

Thursday July 31, 2008
5:30 - 6:30	Family History Consultant Training, Part 1 - Helping Family History Happen Stephen C. Young	Search Engines: Getting More from Google and Using More than Google Alan Mann	Eleven Layers of On-line Searches Barbara Renick
6:45 - 7:45	Family History Consultant Training, Part 2 - Helping Members Merrill White	Getting the Most Out of the Family History Library Catalog: A Professional Researcher's Tips and Tricks Dan Poffenberger	Doing Family History from Home CindyLee Butler Banks
8:00 - 9:00	Using Indirect Evidence and the Genealogical Proof Standard to Solve Tough Research Problems James Ison/td>	101 MSWord 2007 Tips & Tricks for Genealogists Nancy Waters Lauer	Researching Your Civil War Ancestor - A Comprehensive Study Michael L. Strauss

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