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ECHOES OF OUR ANCESTORS
SPECIAL PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS, TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
BCG EDUCATION FUND WORKSHOP—
PUTTING SKILLS TO WORK TUESDAY TOURS
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $110 BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY FAMILY
This intensive, full day of learning focuses on
HISTORY LIBRARY AND SPECIAL
Join thousands of family historians and genealogists in Salt Lake City, Utah, 20–23 May 2020, for the National skills needed by any genealogist and COLLECTIONS
Genealogical Society’s 42nd Annual Family History Conference. Choose from more than 175 lectures and special advocates established genealogical standards. 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. $30
programs with a variety of topics to enhance your research techniques and fine-tune your analysis and problem- Limited to sixty students and geared to A visit to the BYU campus in Provo will
intermediate and advanced practitioners, the provide a tour of the facilities and free research
solving skills. two in-depth sessions incorporate hands-on time in the database, archive, and library
exercises and active class discussion. The collections. Includes the Center for Family
The conference provides a great opportunity to share your success stories and discuss roadblocks with fellow registration fee includes lunch, class sessions, History and Genealogy, the Family History
family history researchers. Sign up for social and pre-conference events. Explore the latest products, online and syllabi. NGS conference registration not Library within the Harold B. Lee Library, and
resources, books, and demonstrations at the exhibitors’ booths and learn about NGS online courses and publica- required. Space is limited so register early at the L. Tom Perry Special Collections—which
BYU Photo
conference.ngsgenealogy.org/register. contain manuscript collections relevant to the
tions. Spread the news about the conference to friends, family, and colleagues. Sponsored by the BCG Education Fund, an Intermountain West, American Indians, BYU HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY
independent charitable trust, bcgedfund.org/ western migration, and Latter-day Saint
PRE-REGISTER & SAVE Attendee Check-in Hours CONFERENCE HOTELS putting-skills-to-work. history/genealogy. A limited number of
Discounted, early-bird conference registra- Tuesday 12:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. For services, pricing, and availability at the one-on-one or two-on-one research consulta-
tion runs from 1 December 2019 through 17 Wednesday 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Hilton Salt Lake City Center, Radisson Hotel UNDERSTANDING THE RECORDS, tions will be available. Lunch is not included,
March 2020. Fill out the registration form on Salt Lake City Downtown, and the Salt Lake UNDERSTANDING THE LAW but there will be a wide range of lunch
Thursday 7:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
page 15 or register online at conference. Plaza Hotel, see conference.ngsgenealogy. Stefani Evans, CG, applies the lens of a options in eateries and on-campus cafes.
ngsgenealogy.org/register/. Attendees may Friday 7:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. org/accommodations/. social historian to genealogy problems.
also register for tours, meals, and special Saturday 7:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. WELFARE SQUARE AND
events until 17 April 2020 (or until events are GETTING THERE Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL, provides expert
guidance through the murky territory INTERNATIONAL PEACE GARDENS
fully booked). Space is limited for all social By Air: The Salt Lake International Airport
events, so register early. CONFERENCE VENUE has several airlines with nonstop flights daily where law, history, and genealogy come 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. $40
Salt Palace Convention Center, located at 100 to many cities. together. Learn what The Church of Jesus Christ of
Online registration ends on 17 April 2020. Latter-day Saints does to care for the poor,
South West Temple, will host most conference This two-part workshop covers key aspects of
Registration sent by USPS must be post- CONFERENCE BLOG foster self-reliance, and provide work and
events. legal records critical to genealogy: reading,
marked by 17 April 2020. On-site conference service opportunities. Tour Welfare Square’s
Parking: public parking at the Salt Palace is Subscribe to the NGS conference blog at abstracting, understanding, and properly
registration opens Tuesday, 19 May 2020, storehouse, cannery, bakery, and dairy. Then
currently $12 per day. conference.ngsgenealogy.org/blog. The interpreting them under the laws of their time.
noon to 8:00 p.m. visit the International Peace Gardens, which
conference blog will provide the latest
NGS offers a refund, minus a $50 service fee, information about conference events, feature native plantings, garden architecture, INTERNATIONAL PEACE GARDENS
until 17 April 2020. No refunds after 17 April speakers, exhibitors, research facilities in
LIBRARIANS’ DAY and statues of world peace leaders.
2020. Utah, and things to do in and around Salt 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. $20 Transportation and box lunch included.
Lake City. ProQuest invites librarians who work with
family history patrons to its pre-conference THE UTAH STATE ARCHIVES AND
program. Echoes of Our Ancestors―Who DIVISION OF STATE HISTORY
CONFERENCE EVENTS, WEDNESDAY–SATURDAY, 20–23 MAY 2020 Went West will cover a wide range of 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. $25
resources available both online and in other Tour the Utah State Archives & Records Service
OPENING SESSION—FAMILY SECRETS A NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY NGS ANNUAL MEETING media. Space is limited so register early. and the Utah Division of State History. Learn
Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. W101 The Family History Library will be open Saturday, 5:15 p.m. Registration closes on 17 April 2020. Lunch how they manage their collections and preserve
extended hours, until 11:00 p.m., and syllabus materials will be provided. records and see the interesting records and
Dani Shapiro, author of Meet the NGS officers and Board of Directors
Wednesday–Saturday evenings. Parking is $12. artifacts they house. Observe the State Archives
Inheritance: A Memoir of and hear updates on courses, publications,
Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, Special Activities on Wednesday: Food and more from NGS President, Ben Spratling. Ari Wilkins, Serving Genealogical “robots” in action, visit the Research Room,
trucks nearby will offer affordable food for browse the Rio Gallery Museum, and enjoy
Michael Maren
has spent a lifetime writing Researchers at Public Libraries
fiction and memoirs about the purchase from Salt Lake City’s finest on BCG SKILLBUILDING TRACK lunch at the iconic Rio Grande Café.
James K. Jeffrey, Researching the West:
corrosive power of secrets wheels, during the dinner hours. Activities The Board for Certification of Genealogists® Transportation included, lunch on your own
Denver Public Library UTAH STATE ARCHIVES
within families. She stumbled will include a “punch pass” for prizes, (BCG) will sponsor a four-day skillbuilding at the café.
mini-presentations, and access to research track designed for intermediate to advanced Alison DePrey Singleton, MLS, Calamity
on a massive secret of her own:
professionals. Allow time to walk two blocks researchers. Presentations include analyzing Janes, Cowboys, and Catalog Women: NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND RED BUTTE GARDEN
her beloved father was not her father. As she
to the Family History Library. sources, evidence, proving identity, and case Researching Frontier Men and Women in
writes in Inheritance: “I always knew there 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. $65
studies for problem-solving. Newspapers
was a secret. What I didn’t know: the secret Utah’s Natural History Museum is one of the Garden, one of the largest botanical gardens
UTAH GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION Michael L. Strauss, AG, Soldiers, Sailors,
was me.” country’s finest natural history museums. in the Intermountain West. It features themed
HOST EVENT ICAPGEN ACCREDITATION TRACK and Marines: Guarding and Patrolling Our Explore artifacts highlighting Utah’s history, gardens, a children’s garden, waterfall and
SOCIETY NIGHT Thursday, 6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. T264 $55 The International Commission for the Western Frontier dinosaurs, native peoples, world-famous pond, and hiking trails. Admission,
Wednesday, 5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Enjoy the talents of former Broadway stars in Accreditation of Professional Genealogists™ landscapes, and more. Also visit the Red Butte transportation, and box lunch included.
Society Night is a great opportunity to meet Echoes of Broadway, an excellent night of (ICAPGen) will sponsor a one-day track
representatives of genealogical and historical entertainment hosted by the Utah highlighting skills that are essential for a
societies from Utah and nearby states; Genealogical Association at the Salt Palace strong genealogical foundation. Lectures are
discover new research resources and Convention Center. This Thursday evening open to all who are registered for the
publications. Volunteers will be delighted to event will begin with a silent auction, allowing conference.
answer questions about membership time to chat about the stimulating classes
attended that day, followed by a scrumptious EXPLORE THE FAMILY HISTORY EXPO
opportunities. This event is free and open to
the public. dinner and the evening’s showcase. Free and open to the public Wednesday
through Saturday, the exhibit hall features a
INTERNATIONAL AND ETHNIC NGS RECEPTION AND BANQUET— family history expo and typically hosts more
WORKSHOP SESSIONS $35 ECHOES OF THE WOMEN WHO HAVE than eighty exhibitors. Browse the exhibit
hall for the latest in software for genealogists,
Get help from Family History Library specialists GONE BEFORE
books and periodicals, products and
in six two-hour workshop sessions, Thursday- Friday, 6:00 p.m. accessories of interest to family historians,
Saturday. Seating is limited. Workshops will Reception (Cash Bar): 7:00 p.m. F360 $50 demonstrations, book signings, daily
focus on German, Hispanic, Irish, Italian, Enjoy dinner and enlightenment as Steffani drawings, and giveaways.
Swedish, and Native American heritage. The Raff, an award-winning storyteller, takes us
workshops will be held 2 blocks from the Salt on a journey through the history of women’s
Palace at the Family History Library. suffrage. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MARRIOTT LIBRARY NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND RED BUTTE GARDEN
Transportation will NOT be provided.
2 National Genealogical Society | 2020 Family History Conference Echoes of Our Ancestors | Salt Lake City, Utah 3CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS (Continued)
Ancestry Birdie Monk Holsclaw Memorial Family History Library Genealogical Institute of Federal MyHeritage ProQuest
Arizona Genealogical Advisory Fund Family Search Records Alumni Association New England Historic Genealogical Records Preservation and Access
Board Board for Certification of (Gen-Fed) Society (NEHGS) Committee (RPAC)
FamilyTreeDNA
Association of Professional Genealogists (BCG) Genealogical Speakers Guild (GSG) New York Genealogical & Research Ties
Federation of Genealogical Societies
Genealogists (APG) BYU Center for Family History and (FGS) International Commission for the Biographical Society (NYG&B) Utah Genealogical Association
BCG Education Fund Genealogy Accreditation of Professional Palatines to America (UGA)
Findmypast Genealogists (ICAPGen)
WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE—20 MAY 2020 WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE—20 MAY 2020
8:00 a.m. Track 11:00 a.m. Luncheons 12:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Evening
OPENING SESSION BCG Strategies for Resolving Conflicting Evidence Establishing Identity and Kinship with Military Identifying Ancestors Through Advanced Reasoning
Skillbuilding Angela McGhie, CG W121 Records Skills
Keynote Address Records often provide information that is inconsistent with other
New York Genealogical
and Biographical Society Craig Scott, CG, FUGA W141 Warren Bittner, CG W151
Dani Shapiro, author of records. The challenge is in resolving these conflicts accurately, and
these six strategies can help. IA Luncheon Using case studies, this lecture focuses on little-used military
records that establish identity and kinship.
Follow several immigrant cases where logic, deduction, and
analysis helped solve tough cases.
Inheritance
I IA
W101 The New York State of
Mind: Escapades in the
Family Secrets Heritage Shamrocks in Cyberspace: Irish Genealogy Databases
Michael Brophy W122
Wild West
In Search of a Home
Janette Silverman, DSJS W142
Conrad Beidler’s Signature
James Beidler W152
Information about our Irish ancestors is exploding on the internet. The Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, FUGA Follow two Jewish families from their early twentieth century US Conrad Beidler encountered more people than the average
After a lifetime spent writing fiction If your ancestors came through NY
and memoirs about the corrosive best websites for Irish research are explored and analyzed. BI arrival searching for a permanent place to settle, each briefly Pennsylvania German. As his signature evolves, it can be seen
and then migrated to the American living in Salt Lake City. BI how these contacts changed his script. B
power of secrets within families, West for new lives, you’ll enjoy
Dani Shapiro stumbled upon a these tales of ordinary and
massive family secret of her own: her Methodology Faith, Adventure, and Fortitude: Echoes of the Kingsley extraordinary adventurers. W131 Elusive Ancestors Never Too Poor to Trace A Widow, Midwife, and a Nun: A Case Study
beloved father was not her father. As Family from Connecticut to California Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA W143 Suzanne Russo Adams, AG W153
she writes in Inheritance: “I always D. Joshua Taylor, MLS W123 Poor ancestors are a special challenge. Without deeds, wills, Explore genealogical and historical methods to discover the true
Two sought fortune, three followed their faith, and one left a child who marriages, lawsuits, or newspaper accounts, how do we track identity of Vincenza Picone. Vincenza’s life illustrates the need to
knew there was a secret. What I Association of migrations, identify origins, and find parents? study history and culture.
didn’t know: the secret was me.” The sought the spotlight. Through their distinctive echoes, we will discover ALL IA
their past. I Professional Genealogists
presentation will delve into Shapiro’s
Luncheon
own detective story as she discovers
a radically different truth than the Records Pioneers of Greater Appalachia: Research in the Draper Render Yourself Capable: “I give and bequeath my slave...” Privacy Concerns vs. Access to Records: Home and Wednesday, 5:00
one she had known, and shines a Manuscript Collection Lessons for Aspiring Tony Burroughs, FUGA W144 Abroad
p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Genealogists from a
RPAC
spotlight on the complex, ethical Daniel Lilienkamp, JD Understanding the probate process, probate records, and Jan Alpert, FNGS, Jan Meisels Allen, and
W124
Nineteenth Century analyzing and processing information in a will listing slaves is Frederick E. Moss, JD, LLM.
Society Night
ramifications of this moment in Were records of your early 19th century pioneer and Appalachian W154
Come meet representatives of
essential for slave genealogy.
history, during which science and ancestors collected by Lyman Draper? Discover how to find them in this Frenchman IA Learn how privacy laws are changing our access to records in the
genealogical and historical
manuscript collection. US and European Union.
technology have outpaced the ALL
Paul Woodbury ALL
societies from Utah and
human heart’s capacity to contend Joseph Ichante engraved the words nearby states and discover
with what we may discover. Migration How Settlers Guides Can Help Us Understand Our “Render Yourself Capable” on the Where Did They Go When They Left Ohio? Settling Utah: Mormons, Miners, and Migrants new research resources and
Ancestor’s Migration wall of his home–an apt description Laurie Hermance-Moore, AG W145 Lyn Rasmussen, CG W155
publications. Volunteers will
Dani Shapiro is the best-selling Annette Burke Lyttle
of the preparation necessary to As the Northwest Territory opened for settlement, many passed It’s been 150 years since the Golden Spike connected the West and
be delighted to answer
author of the memoirs Inheritance,
W125
uncover his story. W132 questions about membership
Settlers guides have been published since the early days of colonial through Ohio but eventually moved west. Where did they go and East. Learn about how this changed Utah. BI
opportunities. This event is
Hourglass, Still Writing, Devotion, and North America. Learn how these guides can open a window into our why? BI
free and open to the public.
Slow Motion, and five novels, and is ancestors’ lives. ALL
the host of the forthcoming podcast Palatines to America
Family Secrets. She has taught in the Women Celebrating the Vote: 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage Luncheon Finding American Women’s Voices through the Nineteenth Century Women Settlers Confront the Far 5:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
writing programs at Columbia, Gena Philibert-Ortega Centuries: Letters, Diaries, Journals, Newspapers, and West A Night at the Library
NYU, The New School, and
W126 Adventures in German
Utah and other western women won the right to vote before the Family History Research Court Records Janice Lovelace, PhD W156 The Family History Library
Wesleyan University; she is Nineteenth Amendment. Suffrage, voting, and other related records will have several activities to
co-founder of the Sirenland Writers Roger Minert, PhD, AG Jane E. Wilcox W146 Learn more about the lives of white, black, and Asian women
enjoy inside and out. Food
help reconstruct their lives. I ancestors who settled in the far west pre-1900 through letters,
Some adventures in German family Women from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries are
Conference in Italy. A contributing challenging to uncover, but we may hear their voices in the diaries, and records. I trucks nearby will offer
editor at Condé Nast Traveler, Dani history research are good. Some are affordable food for purchase
better. All can make us better documents that recorded their lives. ALL from Salt Lake City’s finest on
lives with her family in Litchfield researchers if we remember them wheels. Activities will include
County, Connecticut. Religion The Parish Chest Records: Beyond Births, Marriages, and and learn from them. W133 An Important Resource: German Immigrants in Resources for Quaker Research in the Family History a “punch pass” for prizes,
FamilySearch
Deaths American Church Records Library mini-presentations, and
access to research
9:30 a.m. Daniel Poffenberger, AG W127 Kelsee Walker W147 Annette Burke Lyttle W157 professionals.
In England, the parish was responsible for more than registering Genealogical Speakers Discover more about American church records kept by Germans The Family History Library has more than 3,000 resources for
baptisms, marriages and burials. Learn about other incredible records Guild Luncheon and the helpful book series, German Immigrants in American Church Quaker research. Learn how to make the most of this collection to
Exhibit Hall found in the parish chest. ALL
The Difference Between
Records, in tracing your German ancestors. IA find your Quaker ancestors. ALL
Opens at 9:30 a.m. Constructing Clear Citations “Lectern” and “Podium”: Transcribing Documents: An Essential Skill for Writing, Blogging, and Presenting Compelling Stories
Writing
Terms of the Trade Genealogists
Genealogical exhibitors and Thomas Wright Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS W128 Rhonda Lauritzen W158
Jean Wilcox Hibben, PhD
vendors will be on hand throughout Citations support research results, making them credible. This session Julie Miller, CG, CGL, FNGS W148 Learn to craft more compelling family history stories, blog
focuses on citations for genealogical research reports and articles. Many terms come from the articles, and presentations with storyboard techniques perfected
the conference to display their world of public speaking Transcribing is an important part of the research and analyzing
Subtopics include citation content, sequencing, and structure. IA process. Learn how this skill will help solve genealogical by Hollywood. IA
genealogical goods and services and performing—we’ll have
some fun with them and problems. BI
in the Exhibit Hall.
maybe learn a little too. W134
Exhibit Hall Hours Making Being a Responsible and Ethical Genealogist in the Identifying Recent Biological Connections With DNA Hi, We’re Related! Writing to Your DNA Matches and
Wednesday Connections Twenty-First Century Angie Bush W149 Begging for Spit
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Blaine Bettinger, PhD, JD W129
Menu
Learn the techniques and tools that are most effective for helping Michael Lacopo, DVM W159
Genealogists have more ways to share information than ever before. individuals find their biological and genetic heritage. ALL Do your DNA matches respond to your queries? How do you get
Thursday Being responsible stewards of information is critical. Learn ways to House salad and rolls strangers on board with your genealogical endeavors by giving
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. ethically and responsibly share information. ALL you their DNA? ALL
Chicken marinara mozzarella
over penne pasta
Friday States A Pine Post Four Inches Square: Staking a Claim on Mining St. Joe, Independence, and the Missouri Territory My New England Research is Done. Or Is It?
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Records Beverages and dessert Peggy Lauritzen, AG W150 D. Joshua Taylor, MLS W160
Saturday Jen Baldwin W130 Thousands wound their way to the areas of the western borders of Though your New England pedigree might date to the early 1600s,
$31 Missouri in search of a better life in the west. What were the major there is often more work to be done—and mistakes to be
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The gold rush era resulted in millions of individuals seeking their fortunes in
the west. The records they left behind are our treasures today! IA trails? ALL corrected. BI
Lecture Levels: B—Beginner, BI—Beginner Intermediate, I—Intermediate, IA—Intermediate Advanced, A—Advanced, ALL—All Levels
4 National Genealogical Society | 2020 Family History Conference Echoes of Our Ancestors | Salt Lake City, Utah 5THURSDAY SCHEDULE—21 MAY 2020 THURSDAY SCHEDULE—21 MAY 2020
Track 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Luncheons 12:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Workshops and Events
BCG Who Was Charlotte Fasse Graue of the BCG Certification Workshop Using Whole Family Research to Prove Bricks Without Straw? Careful Collection of
Principality of Lippe, Germany; Iowa; Stefani Evans, CG; LaBrenda Garrett Nelson, JD, CG, LLM; Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA a Relationship Weak Evidence Builds the Case of Leven
Live Stream
Live Stream
Skillbuilding T211
and Missouri? In this interactive forum, current associates share various pathways to certification and how to begin. IA Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FUGA, FVGS T241 Green 8:00 a.m.
Pam Eagleson, CG T201 Learn how researching siblings or collateral Patti Hobbs, CG T251 Advanced
Four items give different surnames for relatives can provide the indirect evidence needed Weak evidence is ubiquitous and often suggests an Chromosome
Charlotte Fasse Graue’s father. This lecture when direct-line research leads to dead ends or obvious relationship. Combining (or correlating) it with
wrong answers. Mapping Using DNA
explains how all are correct. I DNA evidence can construct a strong case of identity. IA
Painter Workshop $35
IA
Danish Genealogy for Beginners Portuguese Ancestors? Online Ohana, ‘Āiga, Fāmili, Whānau, Fēti’i: The Jewish Records Collection of the From Bourbon to Blue Jeans: Bavarian Jews Blaine Bettinger, PhD, JD
Heritage T261
Julie Merrill, AG T202 Resources, Research Methodology, A Beginner’s Guide to Polynesian Family History Library and Their Influence on American Culture Using the DNA Painter tools,
Learn the best Danish websites to locate and Tips for Success Family History W. Todd Knowles, AG T242 Suzanne Kelting Meyers, DO T252 we will examine advanced
Danish parish and census records and read Debbie Gurtler, AG T212 Miyamoto Loretta Jensen T222 The Family History Library has an extensive Bavarian Jewish immigration impacted American methodologies such as
key words and phrases to find your Danish collection of Jewish records. Understanding culture through religion, trades, industry, politics, inferred chromosome
Learn about numerous online resources for researching From researching available records to
ancestors. BI what is there and how to access is vital to the military, and the arts. Discover your own mapping.
your Portuguese ancestry along with research gathering oral histories, this session will IA
methodology and tips to navigate the language. B give you the tools necessary to uncover and having a successful search. ALL connection to these deep-rooted influences. ALL
preserve your Polynesian genealogy. BI Board for
Certification of 9:30 a.m.
Swedish
Migration Finding Migrating Families: Tracing The Impact of Military Bounty Land Exodusters: The Exodus of Freedmen Genealogists Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Always Exploring: Italian Migration and
Exploring Archives All Research Strategy
Elusive Ancestors Using Cluster on Migration to Kansas After the Civil War Dutch Migration Patterns Movement
around the Globe Workshop $35
Research Craig Scott, CG, FUGA T213 Annette Burke Lyttle T223 Mary Risseeuw T243 Suzanne Russo Adams, AG T253
David Ouimette, CG, CGL Geoff Morris, AG and
Nancy Peters, CG, CGL T203 You serve, the federal government gives After the Civil War, many freedmen moved How to recognize and follow the economic Italians have a long tradition of exploration. Learn
Savannah Larson T262
Are you seeking the origin of a nineteenth you land, sometimes. Then you decide to to homesteading colonies in Kansas. Learn See the variety of places where and personal pushes that influenced the about the largest settlements of Italian migration
sell it or move to the west. Did it make a about this important chapter in the history the best records for family migration of Dutch immigrants from New and movement worldwide. You may discover Learn how to approach
century ancestor who moved? Learn six steps
difference? of American migration. history are found on all York to Washington. cousins in different countries. common problems and tackle
for successful cluster research—a proven BI ALL ALL BI
continents and on the isles of them in an efficient way.
strategy for solving migration problems. IA
the sea. T231 Elements will include
analysis, translation, records,
Methodology Identifying Slaveholding Ancestors Too Many Marys: Solving Identity and What If? Learning About DNA Integration of DNA Evidence to Reach a Conflict Management: Evaluating Evidence and prioritizing research
Using DNA Testing: Successful Same Name Conundrums Through Case Studies Genetic Relationship Conclusion of Identity steps. Workshop to be held at
Live Stream
the Family History Library,
Strategies for African Americans Jill Morelli, CG T214 Blaine Bettinger, PhD, JD T224 International Karen Stanbary, CG T244 Emily Garber T254 main floor computer lab. ALL
Andre Kearns T204 Too many people with the same name? An A series of case studies reflecting some of Commission for the Blasting through brick-walls, this lecture Uncooperative records—those offering conflicting
Learn how to successfully identify slave-owning identity conundrum! We will look at some the most common and interesting DNA Accreditation of provides case examples demonstrating how information—must be put in context. A case study
ancestors with DNA and connect with descendants successful strategies to parse your ancestor scenarios. ALL Professional to meet new DNA standards with correlation shows how to out-smart incorrect information via 2:30 p.m.
to reconcile shared history. out from the others. BI of genetic and documentary evidence. IA record and evidence analysis. I
ALL Genealogists Hispanic Research
Adapting Your Methodology $35
Records FamilySearch’s Secret Weapon: Court Québec to France: Using the Tax Records: Getting Our Money’s Worth Business to the 2020 Claims: A Potpourri of Genealogical Exploring American History in UK
Arturo Cuellar, AG
Order Books Programme de Recherche en from the Taxes Our Ancestors Paid Information Newspapers
T263
Client Learn the research process to
FindMyPast
Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FUGA, FVGS T205 Démographie Historique (PRDH) Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, Joseph Shumway, AG Craig Scott, CG, FUGA T245 Jen Baldwin T255 finding ancestors in Mexico,
Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief . . . all Daniel Lilienkamp, JD T215 FUGA T225
In the emerging industry of Claims against the federal government come The stories of our ancestors were told in newspapers Latin America, and Spain.
appear on the pages of court order books, the Learn techniques for utilizing the Répertoire des Tax records are pure gold for the genealogist with professional genealogy, in many flavors. The accounting officers of abroad, from major historical events to obituaries. Basic research guidelines,
unindexed pages of which can now often be actes de baptême, mariage, sépulture des great potential to solve our thorniest problems—if explore new and modern ways the U.S. Treasury accounted for all kinds. IA Explore the British Newspaper Archive for North finding aids, and language
read at home. IA recensements du Québec ancien (PRDH) to trace we squeeze out all they have to offer. ALL to connect with the 2020 client American gems. ALL helps, along with a case study.
colonial French ancestry. ALL while maintaining high Workshop to be held at the
genealogical standards. T232 Family History Library, main
floor computer lab. ALL
DNA Pursuing Pilgrims—Identifying the What’s New on Ancestry Developing a DNA Testing Plan to Techniques for Building Genetic Cutting Edge DNA—What’s So Big About
FamilyTreeDNA
DNA Signatures of Mayflower Crista Cowan T216 Break Through Your Brick Walls Networks to Find Your Ancestors Big Y-DNA Testing?
Passengers Kathryn Moore, AG Angie Bush, MS Skip Duett
Ancestry
Ancestry has released some new and T226 Family Search T246 T256 The Family History
Janine Cloud exciting tools and features to help you with
T206
your family trees and your DNA. Come
Learn how to identify genetic networks of FamilySearch: Learn how to identify genetic networks of Formerly relegated to ancient haplogroup analysis, learn Library will be open
DNA matches to maximize DNA test DNA matches to maximize test results and how this advanced Y-DNA test is moving into genealogical
For decades, genealogists have researched
learn about them. ALL results and work through brick walls. Connecting Families work through brick walls. relevant time and being used to develop family clades. A
until 11:00 p.m.
connections to descendants of the Mayflower ALL ALL
Pilgrims. This talk explores how DNA testing Past, Present, and
may be able to help confirm pedigrees. ALL Future
Stephen Valentine Utah Genealogical
ICAPGen U.S. Immigration Problems: Finding The Dynamic Duo for Locality Was Your Irish Immigrant Pushed or Come learn the latest about From Ohio to Missouri: How the Discover Your Immigrant Ancestors’ Origins Association
Your Ancestor’s Hometown Research: The FamilySearch Catalog Pulled to America? what FamilySearch is doing to Midwest Was Settled Using the Immigrant Ancestors Project
connect families across the 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Marissa Gardner, AG T207 and Research Wiki David Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, FIGRS T227 generations and around the Laurie Hermance-Moore, MLS, AG T247 Julie Stoddard, AG T257 Evening
A discussion about the different types of Diana Elder, AG T217 Learn the historical events and record world. T233 Learn how rivers, canals, and roads had a big Utilizing emigration registers from archives throughout
Off-Broadway
United States records that are most likely to Open a world of possibilities for your research by sources to identify your Irish immigrant’s impact on Midwest settlement patterns. Europe, BYU is indexing information about immigrants
provide the name of the immigrant place of origin by understanding what Many states were not settled from the which is not often found in port registers or naturalization Enjoy the talents of former
learning to use the FamilySearch Catalog and Research Broadway stars in Echoes of
ancestor’s hometown in Europe. IA Wiki. Discover records, research helps, and more. BI caused their desire or need to move. ALL direction you might think! BI records. ALL
Broadway, an excellent night
Menu of entertainment hosted by
Occupations An Echo in the Forest: Records of the The New Deal: Putting Your Ancestors Mining, Logging, and Fishing: Early House salad and rolls Breaker Boys and Spinner Girls: Child “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” the Utah Genealogical
Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933– to Work Work in the Pacific NW Labor Laws and their Records Research Association. This Thursday
Live Stream
Roast turkey breast, evening event will begin with
1942 Michael Strauss, AG T218 Janice Lovelace, PhD T228 mashed potatoes, dressing, Judy Russell, JD, CG, CGL T248 Danni Altman-Newell T258 a silent auction, allowing time
Pamela Vittorio T208 Out of the New Deal came an abundance of Learn about the work in mines, forests, and and cranberry sauce Understanding the labor laws lets us trace Fueling westward expansion, railroads changed America’s to chat about the stimulating
A wealth of information is contained in the records used by genealogists today as part waters of the Pacific Northwest and how the lives and the records of lives of child landscape and history forever. Maps, newspapers, and classes attended that day,
records of the “CCC.” Get insight on the of the “3-Rs” of Relief, Recovery, and your ancestors were involved at the turn of Beverages and dessert laborers in mills, mines, farms, and more. IA pension files are among the resources available for followed by a scrumptious
sources and where to find them. ALL Reform. BI the twentieth century. BI learning about railroad ancestors. ALL dinner, and the evening’s
$31 showcase. T264
Religion Help! The Irish Church Records I Need Researching Members of the Church Mennonite Research Parishes, Priests, and Signs of the Finding Family in Religious Newspapers
Are Missing of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sacred: Catholic Church Records and Periodicals
Live Stream
Michael Lacopo, DVM T229 Menu
David Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, FIRGS T209 Angela Packer McGhie, CG T219 Learn how research techniques and Julie Miller, CG, CGL, FNGS T249 Lori Thornton, MLS T259 House salad and rolls
Learn alternate research strategies for tracing Document the life of your Mormon ancestors with repositories in America and in Europe can This lecture discusses the different types of Religious publications often include items about
ancestral lines when the Irish church records a wide variety of church records including baptism, help you locate your Mennonite Catholic Church records available, what you affiliated churches and individuals. Discover their Grilled Chicken Calvados
needed were not kept or destroyed. ALL membership, migration, missionary, pioneer (Anabaptist) ancestors. IA will find in the records, and how to locate usefulness. ALL with braised apples,
history, and family genealogy records. ALL them. ALL toasted pine nuts, and rice
pilaf with calvados cream
Southerners in the Northern Midwest Writing Quality Research Objectives You Can’t Speak It? You Can Read It! Post-World War II Refugees: Displaced sauce
BCG Education Fund
Miscellaneous Helen F.M. Leary Distinguished Lecture
Tools for Foreign Language Documents Persons Camps
ResearchTies
Peer Review: Good Medicine for Us and Peggy Lauritzen, AG T220 Jill Crandall, AG T230 Beverages and dessert
Our Profession Young southern men and families migrated Learn to be a more effective and efficient Daniel Jones, AG T250 Ann Staley, CG, CGL T260
Harold Henderson, CG T210
to the upper Midwest. What was the draw researcher by writing quality research Many have ancestors who spoke a foreign After World War II, where were the estimated 2 $55
for these families who had lived in the objectives to focus your efforts. ALL language—but no need to be fluent! We’ll million displaced persons/refugees to go? How
Enjoy it or not, we all need to give and receive south for generations?
peer review (AKA feedback). Here’s how to
ALL discuss resources for foreign-language were they to live? A solution—Displaced Persons
make it more useful and less scary. ALL records, and we’ll read one together. BI Camps. IA
Lecture Levels: B—Beginner, BI—Beginner Intermediate, I—Intermediate, IA—Intermediate Advanced, A—Advanced, ALL—All Levels
6 National Genealogical Society | 2020 Family History Conference Echoes of Our Ancestors | Salt Lake City, Utah 7FRIDAY SCHEDULE—22 MAY 2020 FRIDAY SCHEDULE—22 MAY 2020
Track 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Luncheons 12:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Workshops and Events
BCG May I Please Have Your Permission? Establishing Identity and Proving Turning Witnesses into Evidence Using Cluster Methodology to Solve a Validating Unsourced Online Information
Skillbuilding Using the Work of Others Relationships: Research Methodolo- Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, Long-Standing Problem Thomas Wright Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG,
Live Stream
Live Stream
Live Stream
Judy Russell, JD, CG, CGL F301 gies That Work FUGA F321 Karen Mauer Jones, CG, FGBS, FUGA F341 FUGA, FNGS F351
Genealogists use other people’s work as David Ouimette, CG, CGL F311 Witnesses are not afterthoughts tacked onto the The Joseph Johnson Chase research problem and A case study on identifying a Revolutionary 9:30 a.m.
building blocks in family histories. Learn the end of documents. They are significant solution, though based in upstate New York, War veteran’s children shows how thorough
rules of using it in a way that’s legal, ethical,
Robust research uses tools and methodologies
informants—once we learn to hear what their illustrates how researching extended family research, including DNA testing, can validate Ireland: Discovering
that correlate evidence from a variety of sources to
and smart. IA reconstitute ancestors uniquely and place them records don’t visibly say. IA members can solve genealogical puzzles. IA undocumented information. IA Where and How They
accurately within their families. IA Lived $35
Craig Foster, AG F361
Heritage Using Scandinavian Records When Was ist Das? Little-Used German Proven Research Strategies for Asia What You Need to Know Before The “Forgotten” Immigrants: The Swiss Ireland is known for difficult
You Don’t Know the Language Resources of the Family History Researching Hispanic Ancestors to America research. This workshop will
Valerie Elkins
Live Stream
F322
help people understand Irish
Jill Morelli, CG F302 Library Learn how to successfully research Asian Debbie Gurtler, AG F342 Michael Lacopo, DVM F352 jurisdictions, as well as key
Don’t let the lack of language skills prevent Warren Bittner, CG F312 ancestors. We discuss the records, This presentation offers the basics on More than 400,000 Swiss immigrants have record groups for doing Irish
you from accessing Scandinavian records. repositories, archives, laws, languages, and everything you need to know to begin come to North America since its settlement. research. Workshop to be held
Major portions of the FHL German collection are
With a minimal vocabulary, these are the cultures that will affect your research. I Arizona Genealogical researching your Hispanic ancestors. Many of them German-speaking, they were at the Family History Library,
rarely used. Learn about resources available and BI
easiest international records to access. I how to use them. IA Advisory Board often lumped into “Germans to America.” ALL main floor computer lab. ALL
Solving the Hat Box
Methodology Eddie Wenck: The Case of a Little Lost South-Central Accreditation Case Problem Solving Like A Pro: Evidence Baby Mystery—A The Man Who Lived as Marcus Popcorn Daddy: Busting Common
Boy Study Analysis, Correlation, and Conflict Genealogy Learning Folderman Name Brick Walls by Following One 2:30 p.m.
Ancestry
Julie Miller, CG, CGL, FNGS Michelle Ercanbrack Resolution Experience Jeanette Shiel, CG Man’s Eccentricities Through Time
F303 F313 F343 Strategies for Locating
Using a case study, this lecture will Walk through each twist and turn of the Joseph Shumway, AG Bonnie Belza Case study that tackles identity issues and Lisa Reed
demonstrate the importance of using Martin family’s tangled tree in Texas, in a
F323
Learn how the speaker resolves conflicting evidence of the German
F353 German Records $35
Learn to notice information gaps, ask the right John Wesley Reed shot a woman by mistake and a
original records and historical context in South-Central US Accreditation case study. I questions, correlate evidence, and resolve conflicts.IA collaborated with a reporter to immigrant Folderman family, which results in mule on purpose. The litigious eccentric ran a Camille Andrus, AG F362
genealogical research. IA identify the parents of the Hat the discovery of Marcus’ true identity. I popcorn wagon, sued Tulsa, and made news. ALL You’ve discovered the town of
Box Baby found Christmas Eve origin for your German
1931, using DNA and immigrant ancestor, now what?
Records Beginning Western U.S. Native Stock Marks Aren’t Just Animal Starting Mexican Research with Civil genealogical evidence. F331 Immigrant Letters, Memoirs, and Travel Harvesting Family History in Learn how to locate records
American Research: Where are the Brands—Use Them to Identify People Registration and Church Records Journals Agricultural Records from your immigrant’s
FamilySearch
BYU Center for
Family History
Records? Also Lauren Wake F324 Mary Risseeuw F344 Cari Taplin, CG F354
hometown. Workshop to be held
at the Family History Library,
Forest Emmett F304 Diane Richard F314 Learn how to find your Mexican ancestor’s birth,
Utah Genealogical
Immigrant correspondence is often Those that tended the food supply are often main floor computer lab. ALL
This session will demonstrate the volume, value, Animal identification laws commenced in the marriage, and death records online through the overlooked as a source for rich, and overlooked as “just farmers.” Learn about
and location of the many records that exist for colonial years. The resulting records place civil registration and church records offered on Association surprising, family history. Examine the your farming ancestors and build their stories
Native American groups of the western U.S. BI individuals in time and space, whether small FamilySearch and Ancestry. ALL Success Stories Using sources and their significance for your own through rich agricultural records. I The Family History
research.
farms in the east or larger western ranches. BI DNA ALL
Library will be open
Blaine Bettinger, PhD, JD until 11:00 p.m.
African Digital Library on American Slavery: Freedmen’s Bureau Records—A Rich The Family History Library for Exciting success stories of brick Uncovering the Life of a Free Black Discovering a Wool Carder, Slaves, and
Holsclaw Lecture
American Accessing Pre-Emancipation Court Source for Researching Black and African American Genealogy walls broken down with DNA Virginian through Southern Claims More: Looking for a Piece of Property
Live Stream
Birdie Monk
Petitions White Ancestors Tony Burroughs, FUGA F325 testing, including the Commission Records Deborah A. Abbott, PhD F355
identification of surprise
Janis Forte F305 Sharon Gillins F315 A case study illustrating a difficult problem relatives. F332 Andre Kearns F345 This wool carder has a winding story. As for NGS Reception
This lecture demonstrates how to conduct an Learn how the organization and reporting that could only be solved using the unique Learn what can be uncovered on the lives of many of our ancestors, family histories are
exhaustive search using this online database practices of the Freedmen’s Bureau aid in locating resources at the Family History Library. IA free blacks during the Civil War from best told after looking at a complete set of & Banquet
of 1790–1867 southern court and legislative information on freedmen, planters, refugees, researching the Southern Claims Commission records. ALL
petitions. IA Bureau personnel, educators, and plantations. BI applications. ALL 6:00 p.m. Cash Bar
Federation of
Genealogical Societies 7:00 p.m. Banquet
Military Buffalo Soldiers in the Western Four Brothers, Four Stories: The War of 1812: Service Records, Detecting and The Great War: Researching Your World Researching Veterans of the Spanish
Frontier Discovering Your Ancestor’s Union Pensions, and Bounty Land Disclosing Family War I Ancestors American War Echoes of the Women
Janice Lovelace, PhD Army Experience Rebecca Koford, CG, CGL Scandals without DNA Michael Strauss, AG David Lambert Who Have Gone
NEHGS
F306 F326 F346 F356
Post-Civil War, black soldiers were stationed Sharon Hoyt, MLIS, CG F316 The War of 1812 offers many resources to Thomas Wright Jones, PhD, The United States entered the war—fought Learn about local, state, and federal resources Before—Celebrating
in the West to assist new settlers. What was Learn the stories revealed by Civil War pension researchers. We discuss basic and other from 1914 to 1918—on April 6, 1917. This for researching your U.S. Spanish American
life like for these “Buffalo Soldiers”? records including military service records, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS lecture looks at numerous military and War and Philippine Insurrection veterans. Women’s Suffrage
B files, Compiled Military Service Records, Genealogists uncovered family
BI
court-martial case files, newspapers, fraternal pensions, and bounty land. BI civilian records and those lost. BI Steffani Raff
secrets—some entertaining, Enjoy dinner, NGS awards, and
society records, and more. BI
others tragic—before the be enlightened as Steffani Raff,
genetic-genealogy era. an award-winning storyteller,
Immigration European Immigrant Ancestors: Why Discovering Your Immigrant’s Grandpa Was an Alien? Effective Publishing the findings Ellis Island of the South: Researching The New York Gateway: Immigration, takes you on a journey through
They Left and How They Got Here Origins: Digging Deeper Naturalization Records Research raises resolvable ethics Immigration Records of Galveston, Emigration, and Migration the history of women’s
and issues like those we grapple
Naturaliza- 1865–1920 Rich Venezia F317 Dana Palmer, CG F327 with today. F333 Texas Jane Wilcox F357 suffrage. F363
Nancy Loe, MLS F307 Find your ancestor’s foreign origins in Naturalization records can prove pivotal in Sharon Gillins F347 New York has been the heart of U.S.
tion some lesser-used record sets—and in doing finding your ancestor’s origins. Learn how immigration since the 1600s. Discover the
Many factors pushed/pulled European ancestors to Locate and research the records of more than 130,000
immigrate voluntarily to the US. Discover familiar and so, help contextualize their life in the to find citizenship papers in the courts and immigrants who disembarked in Galveston and origins of significant immigrant groups and
lesser-known migration records for all US ports. ALL United States. I archives. BI Menu those who entered through other southern ports. BI settlers and their migration routes to 1940. ALL
Lone Peak Cobb
Tech Tips Solve Research Problems Using Share and Organize with Evernote Facebook’s 13,000+ Genealogy & Salad: turkey breast, tomato, Researching Graphically—Expand Your Transcribe and Take Note—Using
Surname Variants and Surname Lianne Kruger F318 History Links hard cooked egg, and blue Research with Timelines, Charts, Google Docs, Sheets, and Keep for Data
Mapping Tools Organize notes created in Evernote. Share Katherine Willson F328 cheese served on a bed of Spreadsheets, and Diagrams Collection
Terry Koch-Bostic F308 these notes with family. Create a table of Using Facebook as a genealogical research mixed greens with balsamic Ari Wilkins F348 Nicole Dyer F358
contents to write a book from all your notes. tool.
Learn techniques and tools to apply surname
BI
ALL vinaigrette or ranch Think about researching and organizing documents Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Keep all
variants and surname mapping to locate ancestors dressing and rolls beyond genealogical software. Learn about new work together to provide excellent solutions for the
in common records and geographic locations when ways to visualize and analyze research by creating modern genealogists’ research log, note-taking, and
they can’t be found. I Beverages and dessert timelines, charts, spreadsheets, and diagrams. ALL transcription needs. I
Religion The Dutch Reformed Churches in So Many Records, So Little Time— Identifying the Right Ancestor: How to $31 Finding Their Religion: How to Determine Online German Church Registers,
America Finding Utah Mormon Pioneer Ancestors Apply the GPS in Irish Catholic Records an Ancestor’s Religious Affiliation Duplicates, and Substitutes
Menu
Mary Risseeuw F309 Carolyn Webber F319 Pamela Holland F329 Michelle Hubenschmidt F349 James M. Beidler F359
History of the churches and the divisions are Learn how to trace your ancestors through the Missing records and confusing parishes may be This session provides clues to finding the religion of No genealogist with German-speaking ancestors House salad and rolls
essential to helping you understand the multitudes of databases, museums, journal skewing your search results without you knowing your ancestors and provides fifty plus links to little avoids using church records, and the good news is
Dutch immigrants, their settlement choice, collections, newspapers, church records, and so it. Learn how to make confident conclusions about known sources and obscure or defunct religions.ALL that many more of them are coming online in digital Marinated London Broil,
and their culture in the US. ALL many more collections. IA your Irish ancestor. ALL form. B rosemary roasted potatoes,
and seasonal vegetables
Resources Navigating New York’s 1700s and Uncharted Waters: Diving into the The Military Tract—New York Fifty Overlooked Genealogical Apps, Tools, and Techniques for Beverages and dessert
1800s Religious Records Collections Holdings of the New York State Archives Revolutionary War Bounty Land Resources in Fifty Minutes Working with Your DNA Matches
$50
NYG&B
NYG&B
NYG&B
Susan Miller F310 Jane Wilcox F320 Skip Duett F330 Diane Richard F350 Angie Bush, MS F360
Church records can substitute for non-extant NYSA holds a diverse collection of state New York awarded 1.68 million acres of Many valuable and overlooked databases Using a combination of third-party
NY civil vital records. Learn about online governmental records. Learn familiar and obscure bounty land in central NY to its don’t make headline news. Every day new applications and features provided by the
and offline collections to navigate the 1700s resources to help advance your NY research. Revolutionary War soldiers. Learn how to ones are being created. Let’s explore some testing companies, it is possible to make your
and 1800s (upstate and downstate). IA Includes a finding aid demonstration. IA find your ancestors in these records. IA juicy gems. ALL matches work for you. ALL
Lecture Levels: B—Beginner, BI—Beginner Intermediate, I—Intermediate, IA—Intermediate Advanced, A—Advanced, ALL—All Levels
8 National Genealogical Society | 2020 Family History Conference Echoes of Our Ancestors | Salt Lake City, Utah 9SATURDAY SCHEDULE—23 MAY 2020 SATURDAY SCHEDULE—23 MAY 2020
Track 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Luncheons 12:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Day
BCG Uncovering Immigrant Origins Chasing Opportunity from Bas Rhin Defining Hope: Separating Men of the Her Sixth Matrimonial Venture: Tracing Finding Sophia’s Family: A Case of
Skillbuilding Through Cluster Research to Burlington, Iowa Same Name Women’s Multiple Marriages Fratricide and Forgotten Identity
Dana Palmer, CG S401 Karen Stanbary, CG S411 Rebecca Koford, CG, CGL S421 Sharon Hoyt, MLIS, CG S441 Nancy Peters, CG, CGL S451
Following an associated family brought A deep dive into documentary records follows an Six men named William Hope lived in Misleading records, surname changes, varying After her husband’s murder, Sophia fled with her
success, even after wading into Alsatian immigrant on a journey through three Baltimore and Washington, DC, in the ages, and frequent moves concealed the children, never returning home. Learn methods used
foreign-language documents. IA states accompanied by three wives. DNA mid-1800s. Discover tools and methods used identity of an extraordinary woman whose to reconstruct this nineteenth-century widow’s
accurately reconstructs his family. ALL to separate identities. IA beauty mesmerized seven men. IA identity and locate her kin. IA
Heritage Tesoro! Beginning Italian Research Using Online Scandinavian Church Austria, Poland, Russia, or Prussia? The Last Best West: Settling Canada’s Rovin’, Beguiled, and Wild Cards:
Suzanne Russo Adams, AG S402 Records Making Sense of Central and East Prairie Provinces Scottish Emigration through the
Starting the journey to explore your Italian Jenny Hansen, AG S412 European Historical Geography Kathryn Lake-Hogan S442 Centuries
history can be fun and rewarding. Learn Recent record digitization for Denmark, Joseph Everett, MLS S422 Canada’s prairies were the last best west for Amanda Epperson, PhD S452
how to navigate the records and resources Norway, and Sweden puts images of the settlement in the New World. Was your
Learn about the historical geography of Central and In this lecture learn about the social and economic
available to trace your roots home. BI church records at your fingertips. Learn ancestor one of the millions of immigrant
Eastern Europe and tools and methods for conditions that propelled Scots to leave their
how to utilize these great tools. BI navigating the shifting ancestral landscape through settlers who came? BI homeland between 1600 and 1924. Available sources
turbulent times. I will be mentioned where they exist. BI
Gen-Fed Alumni
Organizing Making Molehills out of Mountains: Staying Organized: Using Locality When it Takes a Village: Applying Cluster Luncheon Documenting, Organizing, and Using OneNote to Organize Your 9:30 a.m.
Organizing Your Research Piles Surveys in Genealogical Research and Collateral Research Techniques Tactics for Analyzing Plantation Slaves Genealogical Research
Your Native American
Cari Taplin, CG Kelsee Walker Emily Garber Researching in Ari Wilkins Kelli Bergheimer
Research S403 S413 S423 S443 S453
Workshop $35
Organization allows you to better utilize research Different jurisdictions holding different record Learn to muster the resources of your ancestor’s Archives Keeping track of hundreds of slaves can be an Learn tips and techniques of OneNote to
time. Learn methods for organizing documents types can get confusing. Come learn how locality community to get around research brick walls. We’ll overwhelming task. This lecture will offer suggestions organize your genealogical research, notes, Lyn Rasmussen, AG S461
Angela Packer McGhie, This workshop will concentrate
and notes, building a better research log, and time surveys keep you organized and help you perform examine a case study using document and DNA for organizing and analyzing slave information using research logs, websites, photos, documents,
CG on using and understanding
management tips. ALL a reasonably exhaustive search. BI evidence. BI spreadsheets. IA and more. BI
Stories and examples will Native American records held at
demonstrate four tactics for the Family History Library.
Methodology Researching Family Artifacts to Solve Solving Complex Genealogical Drama in the Wills 1790–1866: The successfully researching at Criminals, Lunatics, and Witches, Oh The Black Dagger: Solving a One-Hun- Workshop to be held at the
Brick Walls Problems: The Case of Balthasar Journey of Two Families the National Archives and My! Finding the Less Than Pleasant in dred-Year-Old “Whose Was It?” Mystery Family History Library, main
Weber other repositories. S431 Family History floor computer lab.
Pam Eagleson, CG S404 Sharon Gillins S424 Pamela Vittorio S454 ALL
How two brick walls were solved using Daniel Jones, AG S414 The lives of a black family and a white family are Craig Foster, AG S444 Tracking a dagger’s journey over four
bible records, letters, and a nineteenth With no record of birth, marriage, or death, he was profoundly affected by the dictates of their wills and Practically everyone descends from someone with a generations reveals the identity of the
century tintype of a soldier. ALL hiding in plain sight. All it took was a careful complex probates over more than 75 years. BI questionable past. This session looks at records Canadian WWI soldier who brought it home
National and a possible original owner. 2:30 p.m.
analysis of the church records. IA created and where to find them online and on site. BI ALL
Genealogical Society Reading Italian
Genealogy Then and Records $35
Records Researching in A-Files: Where, Why, Records of New York City’s Emigrant Unsung Immigration Records of Now National Park Websites Surprisingly What’s in a Name: Name Changes and
and How Savings Bank NARA: Contextualizing Recent Offer Excellent Genealogical and the Law Brandon Baird, AG S462
Val D. Greenwood, AG, Come learn how to read
Rich Venezia S405 Katherine Willson S415 Immigrant Ancestors FUGA
Historical Materials Judy Russell, JD, CG, CGL S455
through the Italian civil
Alien files, mainly relating to twentieth century The Emigrant Savings Bank was a safe place for Rich Venezia S425 From the first edition of the Terry Koch-Bostic S445 Names weren’t changed at Ellis Island, but in registration records and church
immigrant ancestors, hold rich value but can immigrants to keep their money, and the records The National Archives holds various records that Researcher’s Guide to American The National Park Services (NPS) websites offer courts, legislatures, and elsewhere. Learn about records. Remember you don’t
sometimes be hard to research. Discover where for borrowers and depositors contain detailed can provide a treasure trove of information on Genealogy to the world of customized history and often genealogy and the law of name changes and how to find new have to speak it to read it!
and how to find them. A genealogical information. ALL twentieth-century immigrant and alien ancestors today: the transformation of biographical information to reflect the site’s local names. ALL Workshop to be held at the
who made America their home. IA genealogical research. S432 history and early population. I Family History Library, main
floor computer lab. ALL
Land Researching Federal Land Records for Visualizing A Neighborhood Using Using the Online Bureau of Land Using Maps of the West to Further Your Yes, They Could Own Land: The
Western States Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, Census Management Tract Books New England Historic
Genealogical Research Homestead Act and African American The Family History
Angela McGhie, CG S406 Records, and City Directories Michael John Neill S426 Genealogical Society Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA S446 Homesteaders Library will be open
Federal land records can be a rich source of Ari Wilkins S416 Record organization, search techniques, and
New Resources for Find places in the West using current and Jessica Trotter, MLS S456 until 11:00 p.m.
genealogical information for early settlers Recreating neighborhoods can provide rich and entry interpretation for this register of U.S. historical maps. Integrate maps with other Learn about the Homestead Act of 1862, African
in the West, including homestead records, insightful details about an ancestor’s life and land claims. I Exploring Your resources to solve genealogical problems. American families who managed to take
donation land, and cash sales. ALL surroundings. This lecture will demonstrate ways Mayflower Ancestry Explore online resources. BI advantage of the legislation, and the possible
to combine data from multiple sources. B David Lambert gems in homestead files. BI
Learn about the newest, most
States Researching Rural Upstate New York Navigating the Unique Texas Land Tackling the “Born in Pennsylvania” essential resources for Midwest Research at 30,000 Feet: A “Flyover” Getting Ready for a Research Trip to
National
Ancestors Grant System Problem exploring and verifying your of Differences in Access and Repositories Virginia Genealogical
Mayflower lineage. S433
Karen Mauer Jones, CG, FGBS, FUGA Diana Elder, AG James Beidler Laurie Hermance-Moore, MLS, AG Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FUGA, FVGS
Upstate and rural research in New York
S407
Your Texas ancestor might have received
S417 S427
Many researchers will find their research extends to Although record types are similar across the
S447
Is it available online, through ILL, or only
S457
Society
between 1790 and 1850 is challenging. This
lecture examines workarounds to
land from Spain, Mexico, the Republic, or
State of Texas. Learn how to locate the
an ancestor said to be “born in Pennsylvania”
without additional information. Learn the
Midwest, efficient access points and
repositories can differ significantly. Learn to
onsite? Do your preparatory work in advance
and use your research time in Virginia to the
Annual
Menu
compensate for missing records. ALL records needed in research. IA strategies. B
House salad and rolls
quickly get the lay of the land. ALL best advantage. ALL Meeting
Out West Oregon Land Donation Records The Overland Trails: Westward Buried Treasure for the Colonial Rosemary roasted pork Settlers of Indian Territory: Discovering Reconstructing the Asylum: Women of 5:15 p.m.
Lyn Rasmussen, CG S408 Migration in the Nineteenth Century Southwest (Nueva Espana) loin, with red wine Their Stories in This Unique Place and the San Francisco Almshouse Meet the NGS officers and board
Learn the tips and tricks to be successful in Amber Oldenburg S418 Debbie Gurtler, AG S428 demiglace and apple Time Gena Philibert-Ortega S458 of directors and hear updates on
finding Oregon Land Donation records. BI This lecture will discuss why people This presentation will demonstrate various online sauce, with oven roasted Diana Elder, AG S448 Research on the women of the San Francisco courses, publications, and more
headed west, the trails used, what the sources for northern New Spain where ancestral potatoes Almshouse reveals what records exist to trace from NGS president, Ben
Learn the push/pull factors that drew settlers Spratling.
pioneer experience was like, and how to records may be hiding. BI to Indian Territory and what records were female ancestors who lived in asylums and S463
discover the records left behind. Beverages and dessert poor farms.
ALL created that reveal their actions. I IA
$31
Tech Tips Getting the Most Out of Ancestry MyHeritage Advanced Features and Tech Tools for Diagramming Complex Mobile Technology for Genealogy Theory of Family Relativity™ &
Crista Cowan S409 Technologies Relationships in Cluster and DNA Judy Muhn S449 AutoCluster: How They Can Help Us
MyHeritage
MyHeritage
Daniel Horowitz Research Daniel Horowitz
Ancestry
Are you getting the most out of your S419 Utilize mobile apps and technology to simplify S459
Ancestry subscription? Come and learn New innovations from MyHeritage DNA such as Nicole Dyer S429 your research. You don’t have to take your DNA matches and relationships are the core of
more about the site so you can maximize Pedigree Tree, Pedigree Map™ and Tree notebooks! There are tools on your computer, our research, and revolutionary technologies
Researchers can solve tough problems by
your time on Ancestry. ALL Consistency Checker enable researchers to tablet, and smartphone. BI are able to save us hours by synthesizing
visualizing relationships of extended families,
expand and explore their results. ALL neighborhoods, and DNA matches. Learn how to billions of data points. ALL
create custom charts to spot connections. I
Sources The ABCs of Locating Public School Little School on the Prairie: Nineteenth Stitching Together Family History: Squeezing Every Drop Out of Polish Having No Children...Echoes of Our
Records for your Ancestors Century Frontier Teaching Finding Women in the Textile Arts Parish Registers Relatives with No Known Descendants
FamilySearch
David Lambert Lori Thornton, MLS Ann Staley, CG, CGL David Ouimette, CG, CGL D. Joshua Taylor, MLS
NEHGS
S410 S420 S430 S450 S460
Learn how to search for public school Learn about frontier teacher lives, educational Textile arts provided an outlet for women, creating Learn how to delve into Polish parish registers Some of our relatives did not leave direct
records from the eighteenth thru twentieth preparation, nineteenth-century schools and practical and decorative objects and leaving a trail of and discover stories about individuals, descendants. Discover why and how to trace
century. BI classrooms, educational laws, and records for records. ALL families, and communities, including living their lives (and the incredible discoveries
researching teachers. ALL conditions, lifestyles, relationships, traditions, waiting to be found). BI
and social history. ALL
Lecture Levels: B—Beginner, BI—Beginner Intermediate, I—Intermediate, IA—Intermediate Advanced, A—Advanced, ALL—All Levels
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