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2012 Schedule
*Schedule may be subject to change.
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| Tuesday, July 31st | |||||||
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| 8:30 – 9:30 | Plenary Speaker: Richard E. Turley Jr. | ||||||
| Tracks | Hands–On Workshops | Methodology | U.S. Research | International Research | Immigration to America | FamilySearch Compatible | Family History Consultants |
| 9:45 – 10:45 | Warren Bittner German Gothic Handwriting Workshop JFSB 1031 You MUST PRE–REGISTER for Warren Bittner’s workshop online or by phone. |
David Ouimette But She Died in Upstate New York in the 1850s — How Can I Identify Her Parents? |
James Beidler Beginning a Search for Pennsylvania Roots |
Roger Minert Communicating with Agencies and Individuals in Europe |
George Ryskamp From Emigrants to Immigrants: Your Family’s Passage from the Ancestral Home to a New World |
Bruce Buzbee Publishing a Complete Family History with RootsMagic |
Shipley Munson Priesthood Support for Family History |
| 11:00 – noon | Karen Clifford Concept to Conclusions — It’s Magical |
Diane Van Skiver Gagel Gateway to the West: Researching in Ohio |
Peggy Ryskamp Who Made the Bread? Reconstructing Life in Your European Ancestral Hometown |
Hannah Z. Allan Connecting English Immigrants with the Old Country |
Geoff Rasmussen? Using Legacy as a Genealogy Database |
Jim Greene The Role of the Consultant |
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| Noon – 1:30 | Lunch | ||||||
| 1:30 – 2:30 | Rebecca Smith, Noel Coleman, Hannah Allan Building a Genealogy Website Workshop JFSB 1031 You MUST PRE–REGISTER for this Website Workshop online or by phone. |
George Ryskamp Confronting Complex Evidentiary Issues in Continental Europe |
James Beidler Philadelphia Research: Repositories and Records |
Stephen Young Canadian Censuses and Vital Records |
David Ouimette From Wojtowa to Chicopee: Chain Migration of Polish Immigrants |
Gaylon Findlay Using Ancestral Quest as a Genealogy Database |
Panel Discussion I’m in the Home, Now What? |
| 2:45 – 3:45 | Jill Woodbury Illuminating Puzzle Pieces of Life |
Karen Clifford Unique Mountain West Sources and Research Methods |
Ruth Merriman Reading Church Records in Latin |
Diane Van Skiver Gagel The Irish Diaspora: The Famine Irish in America |
Bruce Buzbee Using RootsMagic as a Research Tool |
Jim Greene ‘To Turn the Hearts’ and Other Videos |
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| 4:00 – 5:00 | Warren Bittner Fitting the Pieces Together: A Case Study in City Research |
Kory Meyerink New Jersey: Hidden Sources for Elusive Ancestors |
George Ryskamp Civil Registration Records in Europe |
James Beidler Germany to America: 18th Century Odyssey |
Geoff Rasmussen? Using Legacy as a Research Tool |
Cynthia Doxey Green, Rachael Hiatt What I Wish I Knew Before I Accepted the Call: A FH Consultant’s Survival Guide |
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| Wednesday, August 1st | |||||||
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| 8:30 – 9:30 | Plenary Speaker: John Titford | ||||||
| Tracks | Online Family Trees | Methodology | U.S. Research | British Isles Research | German Research | Sharing Family History | Family History Consultants |
| 9:45 – 10:45 | Ron Tanner FamilySearch Family Tree |
Hannah Z. Allan Filling and Breaking Roadblocks with History |
Elizabeth Snow U.S. State Censuses: How to Find and Use |
Judy Wight The Three Cs of Irish Research |
James Beidler Contrasting German Migrations: 18th Century vs. 19th Century Waves |
Stephen Anderson Evaluating Family Traditions, Stories and Myths as Valid Information Sources |
Cynthia Doxey Green Research Basics for Consultants |
| 11:00 – noon | Echo King Ancestry.com Online Family Trees |
Loretta Evans Making Educated Guesses — Analyzing Your Pedigree |
Diane Van Skiver Gagel My Father’s War: A Case Study in World War II Research |
Claire Brisson–Banks Scotland Research Strategies |
Roger Minert Church Records in Germany |
John Titford How to Write Your Family History |
Peggy Ryskamp Born and Died in Utah: Basics for Consultants |
| Noon – 1:30 | Lunch | ||||||
| 1:30 – 2:30 | Samantha Sulser, Amanda Terry If New FS is New, Why do we need Family Tree? |
Warren Bittner Once You Get to Europe, Then What? Proving Immigrant Identities |
Kory Meyerink Church Records: A Mixed Blessing for American Research |
Apryl Cox Finding England’s Pre–1858 Probate Records |
Roger Minert Marriage and Courtship in Germany, 1500 to 1800 |
Elizabeth Snow Compiling, Writing and Sharing Your Family History |
Cynthia Doxey Green British Research Primer for Consultants |
| 2:45 – 3:45 | David Barrs Introduction to FS Community Trees |
John Titford Barking Up the Wrong Tree |
Dan Lynch 1940 Census — Ready, Set, Search |
Margo McKinstry England and Wales Beginning Research |
James Beidler Your Immigrants’ Germany: Dealing With Microstates |
Stephen AndersonM Creating an Oral History Program for the Extended Family |
Devin Ashby Setting a Vision for Temple and Family History Work |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | George Ryskamp Apples and Oranges: Trees on Ancestry and FamilySearch |
Megan Smolenyak Neglected History Webinar (4:00 – 5:30) |
Warren Bittner Land on the Frontier — Hidden Treasures in Federal Land Case Files |
Apryl Cox Reading England’s Pre–1858 Probate Records |
Kory Meyerink Internet Sources for German Research |
Barry Ewell Genealogy Treasures: How to Find, Learn and Share Genealogy One Generation to the Next |
Michael & Sheila Huntsman Working with Youth |
| Thursday, August 2nd | |||||||
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| 8:30 – 9:30 | Plenary Speaker: Rod L. DeGiulio | ||||||
| Tracks | Internet Research | Methodology | U.S. Research | British Isles Research | Scandinavian Research | LDS Church History Library | FamilySearch |
| 9:45 – 10:45 | Dan Lynch Google Books |
John Titford Who Was Mrs. Williamson? An 18th and 19th Century Genealogical Detective Story |
Hannah Z. Allan Digging Into the Past: Land Records and Tax Lists |
Raymon Naisbitt Wales Research Online |
Jennifer Hansen Beginning Scandinavian Research |
Jay Burrup Introduction to the Church History Library |
Samantha Sulser What I Should know about FamilySearch.org |
| 11:00 – noon | Donald & Diane Snow Family History Books Online |
Bart Kowallis Using Neighborhoods to Solve Difficult Pre–1850 Problems: A New York Case Study |
Diane Van Skiver Gagel They Went West: Researching Colonial and Territorial Records |
Alan Mann Recently Filmed Resources for Irish Research |
Ruth Manness Mumbo Jumbo? Tips for Interpreting in Germanic and Scandinavian Gothic Script |
Alan Morrell The Church History Library’s Online Presence and Databases |
Fran Jensen Something WiKi This Way Comes |
| Noon – 1:30 | Lunch | ||||||
| 1:30 – 2:30 | Dan Lynch Google + |
Hannah Z. Allan Organizing Records: Burying the Dead, Not the Living |
Bart Kowallis Don’t Forget to Check the Newspaper |
Margo McKinstry Scotland’s People: All the Records You Need Online |
Jennifer Hansen Scandinavian Church Records |
Jeff Anderson Influencing Your Descendants: Writing a Journal for Your Descendants |
Kelly Summers Case Study on FS Historical Records |
| 2:45 – 3:45 | Suzanne Russo Adams Paradigm Shifts When Searching Online Genealogical Records |
Loretta Evans Finding the Invisible Half of the Population |
Cynthia Doxey Green How Did Y’all Find Your Family? Beginning Southern Research |
John Titford Marry ‘em off, Kill ‘em off: Researching a London Family, 1640–1840 |
Ruth Manness Little Used But Important Sources: Swedish/Finnish Tax, Catechism and Danish Communion Records |
Marie Erickson Researching Branch, District, Ward, Stake, and Mission Records |
Lynn Turner Browsing Historical Records |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Dan Lynch Google Power Search Tools |
Stephen Young Descendancy Research |
Deborah Glenn, Adam Glenn LDS Sources and Resources |
Alan Mann England’s Records of the Poor — Coming to a Website Near You |
Jennifer Hansen Which Hans Jensen is Mine? Navigating Patronymics |
Brittany Chapman, April Williamsen Using Photographs at the Church History Library |
Kelly Summers Educational Resources at FS |
| Friday, August 3rd | |||||||
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| Tracks | Online Sources | Methodology | U.S. Research | Computers & Technology | International (Small) | Youth and Genealogy | FamilySearch |
| 8:30 – 9:30 | Echo King Searching Ancestry.com |
Hannah Z. Allan Research Ties: Log Your Research and Stay on Track |
Mary Hill Find Lost Ancestors in the Draper Manuscripts |
Geoff Rasmussen Digital Cemeteries and Mobile Apps: FindAGrave, BillionGraves, and RestingSpot.com |
Heidi Sugden France: Internet Resources — Top Research Sites and Databases |
Jean Naisbitt Use Technology With Family History to Strengthen Ties With the Rising Generation |
Devin Ashby FamilySearch Indexing: Basics and Beyond |
| 9:45 – 10:45 | Gordon Atkinson Getting to Know Fold3 |
Beth Taylor Are You Your Own Brick Wall? Common Genealogy Mistakes and How to Overcome Them |
Carol Smith Employing the Masses, What the WPA Did for Genealogists |
Barry Ewell Use a Digital Camera to Cut Your Research Time by Half |
Ruth Merriman The Floodgates Have Opened for Italian Records Online |
Janet Hovorka Incubating Eggs: The Chart Chick Engages Her Teenage Children With Their Family History |
Peggy Ryskamp Reading and Indexing Spanish and Italian Records in FSI |
| 11:00 – noon | R. Brian Moncur Geo–caching for Ancestors: Using smartphones to collect headstone images worldwide |
Anna Swayne DNA: The Biological Tie That Binds Families |
Mary Hill Migration Patterns in the U.S. |
Donald & Diane Snow Freeware and Shareware for Family History |
George Ryskamp Dutch Research for Those Who Don’t Know Much Dutch |
Jean Naisbitt Creative and Fun Ways to Bring Life to Family History |
Devin Ashby You Too Can Arbitrate in FSI |
| Noon – 1:30 | Lunch | ||||||
| 1:30 – 2:30 | Echo King U.S. Census Records on Ancestry.com |
Barry Ewell Top Twenty Lessons Every Genealogist Needs to Know |
Beth Taylor Where There’s a Will There’s a Probate: Basic U.S. Probate Research |
Geoff Rasmussen Blogging for Genealogists |
Michael Hall Immigration of Azoreans to the United States: A Case Study of One Family |
TBD TBD |
Suzanne Russo Adams What If It’s Not Online? |
| 2:45 – 3:45 | Gordon Atkinson Finding Your Family on Fold3 |
Robert Raymond Records are the Darndest Things |
Diane Van Skiver Gagel Reading Between the Lines: Expanding on a Military Record |
Jean Naisbitt Learn the Uses for Smart Phones as a Family History Tool |
Kelly Summers Latin America Online |
Janet Hovorka Grandma’s Bullet Proof Vest: Why Your Children Need You to do Family History |
Jill Woodbury Learning the Research Process Within FamilySearch Products |
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