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1 BYU Conference on & 2018 Tuesday, July 31 st 8:30 9:30 Plenary Speaker: Elder Bradley D. Foster (Executive Director, ) ICAPGen Beginner Methodology Russ Lynch Benefits of Becoming an Accredited Professional How to Organize All this Stuff! End of Line Analysis: The Search for the Next Generation Online Caroline Webber 7 Things You Didn t Know You Could Do Online U.S. Danielle Batson Navigating US Naturalization Immigrant Waves: Contrasts and Sources Scandinavian Beginning Scandinavian The Catalog: A er s Best Friend Lynne Level 1: Elements of the Four Generation Project The Method to Madness Evaluating Evidence and Resolving Discrepancies Jill Woodbury No Hints, Now What? Who s Who Among Your : Using Biographical Sources for Starting Your Jeane Burton The basic five Swedish records Ben Baker The Coming of at Level 1: The Elements of an Effective Report : It s a Process, Not a Pain Patricia Stinson Methodology: to Produce Accurate and Interesting Family Histories Searching Ancestry Like a Pro Caroline Webber Extra, Extra, Read All About Your Family in the Newspaper All About Compgen.de for Which Hans Jensen is Mine? Navigating Patronymics Danielle Batson Getting Help Using Wiki Robert Call Level 1: Report Writing and Evidence Analysis Beginning US Sources Part 1 Jill Woodbury Teach Yourself to Read Paleography Create a Free Map Collection in Google Earth for Who Went Where... And Did What?! Using Directories in Document Recognition Jeane Burton Bouppteckningar: Estate inventories in Sweden Jill Crandell To Merge or Not to Merge: Separating Merged Identities in Family Tree Lynne Level 1: Resources to Facilitate Your Success Beginning US Sources Part 2 Headlines to Bylines: Using ALL the Newspaper in Your Moving Beyond Ohio, the Great Land Experiment Susan Brook Why Do I Need to Understand Meyer s Orts Gazetteer for? Anita Olsen The Best of Denmark and Sweden Websites Updated Ben Baker A Peek Under the Hood at

2 BYU Conference on & 2018 Wednesday, August 1 st 8:30 9:30 Plenary Speaker: David E. Rencher (Chief Officer, ) ICAPGen Level 2: General Knowledge, Online Sources and Databases Basic Record Types Church : Strengthening Religious Ties Methodology DNA U.S. Jennifer Kerns Davis Five Ways to do in Five Minutes or Less Best Practices for Genetic Thomas Nelson Probate : The Underutilized Gem Preserving & Sharing Family Lauren Wake How to Build a Narrative from Your Beginning in Another Language Technology & Tools Google Tools and Procedures for Solving Family Mysteries Level 2: Handwriting, Document Recognition, and Grading Gravestones and Epitaphs of Our Context as a Problem Solver Using DNA to Prove or Disprove Your Family Stories Native American/ First Nations Make Easy, Engaging Family Video Stories Lauren Wake Unlocking Your Hispanish Heritage: How to Find and Read Spanish Kathy Tarullo Staying Current Online: Tweets, Blogs, Webinars and More Level 3: Planning, Important Record Types for Your Region What You Don t Know About the Census The Proof Standard: Meeting Professional Standards Strengthening Through DNA Testing Digging Pennsylvania Roots from Your Desktop Creating an Oral Program Beginning Danish Google Books: The Tool You Should Use Every Day Level 3: The Three Hour Project Robert Call & Daniel Jones Level 3: Oral Review and Panel Discussion Q & A Tristan Tolman U.S. Vital The American Dream: Using Land Are You Your Own Brick Wall? Common Mistakes and how to Overcome Them No Will? No Problem! Stephanie Early What Can I Do With DNA? Dealing with the Ethical Issues of Using DNA Testing Following the Rails: Your Who Worked for the Railroad Military Pension : Vital in Disguise Amber Anne Larsen Bringing Forgotten to Life Thomas Nelson What s Your Ancestor s Story Beginning Dutch Online for French Family Audio Inspiration: Preserving Family Stories How Alice the Genealogist Avoids the Rabbit Hole

3 BYU Conference on & 2018 Thursday, August 2 nd 8:30 9:30 Plenary Speaker: Curt B. Witcher (This I Believe: The Urgent Need to Record Living ) Church Paola Manfredi Latin Church Emigration & Immigration The Tired, The Poor, and the Huddled Masses: US Immigration Military So Your Ancestor Fought in the Civil War British Isles Richard Price English Pre-1858 Probate U.S US Census Substitutes Preserving & Sharing Family The Art of Family Story Telling Eric Leach Tracing Your Chinese Roots Vendors Jill Crandell Ties Tracking your and Documents Effectively Getting to Know Your Mormon Pioneer : 7 Steps to Success Susan Brook What? My Ancestor was from Where? ing Your World War II Craig Foster Ireland s Estate Land Ownership, Property Sales, and Your Ancestor Janet Horvorka Pay it Forward: Archiving Lessons from my Great Grandfather Joel Cole Italian Civil Online Using MyHeritage s Unique Tools Plain Folks: Amish and Mennonite in America Passenger and Immigration Basic Training: Find Your Ancestor in Military Craig Foster Clans and Scottish Naming Patterns Courthouse : One Stop Shopping for Family Secrets Share Your Through a Website Karina Morales Hispanic : Adding Context to the Basics Thomas McGill What s Next from Findmypast? Church : A Mixed Blessing for American Coming to America: A New Country, A Fresh Start ing Your Revolutionary War Lindsey Bayless Parish Registers of England Facts, Fallacies and Few Funnies. Laurie Castillo Is My Doomed if the Courthouse Burned? Ten Exciting Ways to Enhance Your with Video Paola Manfredi Italian Marriage Customs and Peter Drinkwater Making Newspapers.com Work for You Ohio and the Early Gathering of the LDS Church Joel Cole Italian Migration, And the Rocket s Red Glare: Online Resources for War of 1812 Digital Scottish County Histories: Lost and Found Information Preserving Your Family Archive Lena Stout Rescue the Living Memories the Most Crucial Thing the Chinese Need Marissa Hunstman Getting the Most from Images and Stories on Ancestry

4 BYU Conference on & 2018 Friday, August 3 rd 8:30 9:30 Plenary Speaker: Todd Hansen (BYU s The Story Trek) Technology & Tools Don Snow Evernote: The Genealogists Workhorse DNA Organizing Your Genetic Ties: Introduction to Genetic Network Methodology Logs: A Key to Organizing Your Family British Isles Using England s Poor Law U.S. Migration Trails Across America Joe Everett Online Sources for Russian Ward Consultants Lance McIntosh Will Bless Those Who Serve Ron Tanner Family Tree Roadmap Tidying & Digitizing All Your Kathryn Moore DNA for Everyday Finding Your Elusive Female Dan Poffenberger Intermediate Irish because There s No Such Thing as Beginning Irish Where s There s a Will, There s a Probate: US Probate Introduction to Slovenian Benjamin Barker Leveraging the Consultant Planner to Help Young and Old Robert Kehrer Finding Elusive on Mary Trotter Make Easy Engaging Family Videos Kent Jaffa Finding DNA Cousins with Match Lists Chasing the Children to find the Fathers Lineage Darris Williams Welsh Family Online: Free and Easy Finding Substitutes for Vital Debbie Gurtler Getting Started with Portuguese Tamra Stansfield Consultant Training: Start with the Heart Ron Tanner Tackling Difficult Problems in Family Tree Scott & Angelle The Family Guide Making it Easier, Efficient, Enjoyable Don Snow Documents: Keeping Track of the Lives Using Technology Kathryn Moore Who s My Daddy? And Other Mysteries of Unknown Parentage Carolyn Webber Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Digging Deeper into Your DNA Results Life s Second Certainty (hint: the first one is death): Tax Using Friends, Associates, and Neighbors to Conduct Dan Poffenberger Mournful Exodus Five Strategies for Finding Your Immigrant Irish Ancestor s Origins Darris Williams Civil Registration for England and Wales Home on the Range: US Federal Land New in Old Obits The Napoleonic Wars and Their Influence on Maps in Central Europe Debbie Gurtler Intro to in Brazil Creating Support and Training Materials for Your Facility Plan a Fabulous Event Robert Kehrer Let the Reveal Your Family Story Kathy Grant Mysteries of the Change Log Revealed

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BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy 2018

BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy 2018 BYU Conference on Family & 2018 Tuesday, July 31 st 8:30 9:30 Plenary Speaker: Elder Bradley D. Foster (Executive Director, ) ICAPGen Beginner Methodology Online U.S. Scandinavian Russ Lynch Lisa Louise

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