Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference. August 18-21, 2010 Knoxville, Tennessee

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1 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference August 18-21, 2010 Knoxville, Tennessee Session Number Speaker Session W-104 Amy Johnson Crow, CG Developing a Society Website and Blog: Design W-105 Charles S. "Chuck" Mason, Jr., CG Thank You, Thank You, Thank You: Recognizing Society Volunteers W-106 Julie Miller, CG Firing Up the Next Generation of Genealogists W-110 Diane VanSkiver Gagel, MA, OGSF Preserving Genealogical Society Records W-111 Amy Johnson Crow, CG Developing a Society Website and Blog: Technical issues W-112 Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA, IGSF Being a Leader in Your Society: Tactics and Techniques W-113 George G. Morgan Developing a Successful Educational Program Schedule W-114 Charles S. "Chuck" Mason, Jr., CG Creating a Society Policies and Procedures Manual W-115 Diane Loosle, AG, CG Family Search Online Training: Easy Access to Online Genealogy Training W-117 Patricia Walls Stamm, CG, CGL Getting the Word out through Publicity W-118 Paula Stuart-Warren, CG Problem Prevention, Not Problem Resolution W-119 Donna M. Moughty Printed vs. Online Publishing for Societies W-120 Charles S. "Chuck" Mason, Jr., CG Finding, Training, and Keeping Society Volunteers W-121 Jana Sloan Brogln, CG Tips for Planning a Successful Seminar

2 W-122 Cath Madden Trindle, CG Financial Considerations for Your Non-Profit Society W-123 Diane Loosle, AG, CG FamilySearch's "Project X": The New Face of the Free Genealogical Research Help W-125 Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA, IGSF The Dollars and Cents of Fundraising W-126 Roberta "Bobbi" King Graphic Design for Society Publications W-127 Wendy Bebout Elliott, PhD, FUGA Sharing that Load: Delegating Responsibilities and Recruiting Volunteers W-128 Amy Johnson Crow, CG Staying on Track: Managing Your Society's Projects W-129 Lori Thornton, MLS Organizing Your Society's Library and Archives W-137 Diane Loosle, AG, CG Magnify the Reach and Impact of Your Society's Expertise T-203 Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA, IGSF Marching On: ACPL's Military Heritage Project T-204 Russell P. Baker "Wanted Dead or Alive!" Looking for Southern Vital Records T-205 Constance Potter Federal Non-Population Census Records T-207 Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, FASG, FUGA Solving the Mystery of the Disappearing Ancestor T-208 Ruth Maness, AG, CG Finding the Places of Origin of Your Immigrant Ancestors T-214 Kandie Adkinson Overview of the Land Patenting Process in Kentucky T-216 Diane VanSkiver Gagel, MA, OGSF It's Easier Than You Think: Correctly Citing Your Sources T-219 Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA Poor? Female? Black? Slave? Southern Research Strategies

3 T-220 Karen Clifford, AG Advanced Web Methods & Sources T-221 Jim Ison, AG, CG Using the Genealogical Proof Standard for African-American Research T-224 Maureen Hill Federal Prison Records: Atlanta, Leavenworth, Alcatraz, & McNeill T-225 Victor S. Dunn, CG Newspaper Research: More Than Deaths and Marriages T-226 Lori Thornton, MLS Appalachian Resources of the Appalachian College Association T-230 Maureen Hill Union Draft Records from Kentucky & Tennessee T-232 Paula Stuart-Warren, CG The WPA Era in the South: History and Family Details Preserved T-233 Carol Roberts Solving Mysteries Using County Loose Case Files T-235 Cath Madden Trindle, CG Grandma, Who Are You? T-236 Ruth Maness, AG, CG Present Your Most Excellent Self: Preparing for the Accreditation Examination T-237 Jim Ison, AG, CG Migration Patterns: An Alternative for Locating African Origins F-301 Don Rightmyer Gateway to the Pot of Gold: Kentucky Genealogy Research at the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library F-302 David Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA Electronic Records Archives (ERA): Building the Archives of the Future F-303 Ann K. Blomquist Using Maps to Augment Genealogical Research: An Introduction F-304 Russell P. Baker The Five Civilized Tribes of the South and Their Genealogical Records F-305 Victor S. Dunn, CG Colonial Migrations In and Out of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley

4 F-306 Laura Murphy DeGrazia, CG Why is a "Resonably Exhaustive Search" so Important to the Genealogical Proof Standard? F-307 Linda Woodward Geiger, CG, CGL Essential Skills for Transcribing and Abstracting F-314 Lori Thornton, MLS Alabama Ancestral Sources F-313 J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA African American Families: Using Manuscripts and Special Collections F-315 Michael J. Leclerc Tale from the Editor's Desk F-316 Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, FASG, FUGA Planning a 'Reasonably Exhaustive' Research F-317 David Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA FamilySearch Tackles the Information Explosion F-318 Patricia Walls Stamm, CG, CGL Faces on the River: The Records They Left Behind F-319 Amy Johnson Crow, CG Exploring WeRelate.org: Creating and Collaborating F-320 Julie Miller, CG Carriers of News and Knowledge: Post Office Records F-321 Ari Wilkins Tracing Your Family Roots: Utilizing the WPA Slave Narratives F-322 Russell P. Baker "I'll Fly Away": Using Southern Church Records in Genealogical Research F-323 George G. Morgan The Genealogist as CSI F-324 Victor S. Dunn, CG The Research Process F-330 Linda Woodward Geiger, CG, CGL Family and Cemetery Removal Records of the TVA F-331 Julie Miller, CG An Ounce of Prevention: Making a Gnealogy Disaster Plan

5 F-332 Wendy Bebout Elliott, PhD, FUGA The Courthouse Burned: Alternate Approaches & Treasures F-334 George G. Morgan Locating Anglican Parish Records F333 Ari Wilkins African American Genealogical Methodology F-335 Laura Murphy DeGrazia, CG, Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, & Elissa Scalise Powell, CG BCG Certification Seminar (Two Parts) F-336 Pamela K. Sayre, CG, CGL Murder at the Sawmill F-339 Cath Madden Trindle, CG Wills, Estates and Guardianships F-340 Carol Roberts Sometimes You Only Get One Chance: Preserving and Sharing Family Papers F-341 Richard Rayburn & Constance Potter It's Called Research, Not Data Retrieval; Searching for Records Online & Offline F-342 J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA Connecting Land & People: Using Farm Records to Illuminate Slave Families F-343 Paul Milner Irish Emigration to North America: Before, During and after the Famine F-344 Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA The Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Case When No Record Exists F-346 Rhonda R. McClure Embracing the Web of Tomorrow: Working in the NEHGS Website F-347 C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL What Do I Do with All This Stuff? Mission: Organization F-348 Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG County Land Records: Digging Pays Off F-349 Wendy Bebout Elliott, PhD, FUGA Trail of Tears: Cherokee Migrations from North Carolina, Tennessee & Georgia F-350 Donna M. Moughty Unpuzzling Ireland's Church Records

6 F-352 Patricia Walls Stamm, CG, CGL The Timeline: Linking Historical Events to Our Family History S-402 C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL Using Search Engines Effectively S-403 Jana Sloan Brogln, CG Prostitution in the Wild West S-404 Paul Milner English Research: Eighteenth-Century Sources and Indexes S-405 Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG War of 1812: Its Causes and Its Records S-406 David Ouimette Digitizing the Records in the Granite Mountains S-407 Jean Wilcox Hibben It's about Time! Pacing the Presentation S-410 J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA The Land Grant Processes of North Carolina and Tennessee S-411 David Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA Irish Estate, Land & Property Records S-412 Constance Potter World War I Graves Registration and Gold Star Mothers S-414 Linda Woodward Geiger, CG, CGL Preparing a Proposal S-415 Richard Rayburn, MA Documenting the First Frontier: Chancery, Equity, Law Case Files from the U. S. Circuit Court at Frankfort, Kentucky, S-417 Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG The Anatomy of a Will, and the Records It Spawns S-418 Paul Milner Websites for Scottish Research S-419 Diane VanSkiver Gagel, MA, OGSF My Father's War: A Case Study in World War II Research S-421 Jana Sloan Brogln, CG Organizing 101: True Confessions of a "Pile It"

7 S-427 Donna M. Moughty Tools for Macintosh Users S-429 Susan Sloan, MLS Using Georgia's Land Lotteries to Prove Family Relationships S-432 Nancy Waters Lauer Death by PowerPoint S-433 Ari Wilkins Indiana Jones and the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company A Methodological Approach S-435 C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL City Directories: A Line-by-Line Account of Our Ancestors S-436 David Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA From Ulster to the Carolinas: The Scots-Irish S-437 Don Rightmyer North or South: Finding Your Kentucky Civil War Ancestors S-438 Diane C. Loosle FamilySearch Tools for Genealogy Communities S-439 Diana Crisman Smith The Story of John Does: Case Studies and Teaching Tools S-442 Paula Stuart-Warren, CG Railroads in the South: Locating Their Records and History S-443 Pamela K. Sayre, CG, CGL Why Missouri? S-446 Carrie Ann Cook Basic Branding: Creating Value through Identity

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