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Online conference registration opens 2 December 2019

Program Changes

W154 ─ Cari Taplin “Breaking New Ground: Creating a Locality Guide for New Research Areas”

T247 ─ Syeda Hudda “Keeping up with Ancestry”

F319 ─ Patricia Walls Stamm “Utilizing the Records of the BLM GLO Website”

S454 ─ Angela Packer McGhie “Planning and Conducting Reasonably Exhaustive Research”

Session IDTitleRoomOrderDateTimesorttimeTrackSpeakersSponser
153A Widow, Midwife, and a Nun: A Case Study0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMethodologySuzanne Russo Adams
152Conrad Beidler's Signature0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amHeritageJames M. Beidler
453Using OneNote to Organize Your Genealogical Research0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amOrganizingKelli Bergheimer
122Shamrocks in Cyberspace: Irish Genealogy Databases0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amHeritageMichael Brophy
256Cutting Edge DNA—What’s So Big About Big Y DNA Testing?0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amDNASkip Duett
358Transcribe and Take Note—Using Google Docs, Sheets, and Keep for Data Collection0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amTech TipsNicole Dyer
404Researching Family Artifacts to Solve Brick Walls0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMethodologyPam Stone Eagleson
417Navigating the Unique Texas Land Grant System0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amStatesDiana Elder
422Austria, Poland, Russia, or Prussia? Making Sense of Central and East European Historical Geography0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amHeritageJoseph B. Everett
305Digital Library on American Slavery: Accessing Pre-Emancipation Court Petitions0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amAfrican AmericanJanis Minor Forte
444Criminals, Lunatics, and Witches, Oh My! Finding the Less Than Pleasant in Family History0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMethodologyCraig Foster
423When it Takes a Village: Applying Cluster and Collateral Research Techniques0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amOrganizingEmily H. Garber
315Freedmen’s Bureau Records—A Rich Source for Researching Black and White Ancestors0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amAfrican AmericanSharon Batiste Gillins
428Buried Treasure for the Colonial Southwest (Nueva Espana)0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amOut WestDebbie Gurtler
412Using Online Scandinavian Church Records0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amHeritageJenny Hansen
145Where Did They Go When They Left Ohio?0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMigrationLaurie Hermance-Moore
251Bricks Without Straw? Careful Collection of Weak Evidence Builds the Case of Leven Green0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amBCGPatricia Lee Hobbs
329Identifying the Right Ancestor: How to Apply the GPS in Irish Catholic Records0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amReligionPamela Guye Holland
316Four Brothers, Four Stories: Discovering Your Ancestor’s Union Army Experience0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMilitarySharon Hoyt
222Ohana, Aiga, Famili, Whanau, Feti'i: A Beginner's Guide to Polynesian Family History0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amHeritageMiyamoto Loretta Jensen
128Constructing Clear Citations0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amWritingThomas Wright Jones
204Identifying Slaveholding Ancestors Using DNA Testing: Successful Strategies for African Americans0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMethodologyAndre Kearns
326The War of 1812: Service Records, Pensions, and Bounty Land0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMilitaryRebecca Whitman Koford
318Share and Organize with Evernote0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amTech TipsLianne Kruger
220Southerners in the Northern Midwest0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMiscellaneousPeggy Lauritzen
205FamilySearch's Secret Weapon: Court Order Books0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amRecordsBarbara Vines Little
228Mining, Logging, and Fishing: Early Work in the Pacific NW0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amOccupationsJanice Lovelace
125How Settlers Guides Can Help Us Understand Our Ancestor’s Migration0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMigrationAnnette Burke Lyttle
219Records for Researching Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amReligionAngela Packer McGhie
148Transcribing Documents: An Essential Skill for Genealogists0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amWritingJulie Miller
214Too Many Marys: Solving Identity and Same Name Conundrums0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMethodologyJill Morelli
449Mobile Technology for Genealogy0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amTech TipsJudy Nimer Muhn
252From Bourbon to Blue Jeans: Bavarian Jews and Their Influence on American Culture0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amHeritageSuzanne Kelting Myers
426Using the Online Bureau of Land Management Tract Books0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amLandMichael John Neill
311Establishing Identity and Proving Relationships: Research Methodologies That Work0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amBCGDavid Ouimette
327Grandpa Was an Alien? Effective Naturalization Records Research0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amImmigrationDana Ann Palmer
126Celebrating the Vote: 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amWomenGena Philibert-Ortega
209Help! The Irish Church Records I Need Are Missing0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amReligionDavid E. Rencher
314Stock Marks Aren't Just Animal Brands—Use Them to Identify People Also0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amRecordsDiane L. Richard
243Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Dutch Migration Patterns0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMigrationMary Risseeuw
446Using Maps of the West to Further Your Genealogical Research0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amLandRick Sayre
343The Man Who Lived as Marcus Folderman0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMethodologyJeanette Shiel
323Problem Solving Like A Pro: Evidence Analysis, Correlation, and Conflict Resolution0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMethodologyJoseph B. Shumway
142In Search of a Home0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amHeritageJanette Silverman
430Stitching Together Family History; Finding Women in the Textile Arts0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amSourcesC. Ann Staley
218The New Deal: Putting Your Ancestors to Work0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amOccupationsMichael L. Strauss
420Little School on the Prairie: Nineteenth Century Frontier Teaching0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amSourcesLori Thornton
456Yes, They Could Own Land: The Homestead Act and African American Homesteaders0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amLandJessica Trotter
147An Important Resource: German Immigrants in American Church Records0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amReligionKelsee Walker
319So Many Records, So Little Time—Finding Your Utah Mormon Pioneer Ancestors0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amReligionCarolyn Webber
443Documenting, Organizing, and Analyzing Plantation Slaves0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amOrganizing Your ResearchAri Wilkins
208An Echo in the Forest: Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933–19420Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amOccupationsPamela J. Vittorio
415Records of New York City's Emigrant Savings Bank0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amRecordsKatherine R. Willson
253Always Exploring: Italian Migration and Movement0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMigrationSuzanne Russo Adams
359Online German Church Registers, Duplicates, and Substitutes0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amReligionJames M. Beidler
429Tech Tools for Diagramming Complex Relationships in Cluster and DNA Research0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amTech TipsNicole Dyer
201Who Was Charlotte Fasse Graue of the Principality of Lippe, Germany; Iowa; and Missouri?0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amBCGPam Stone Eagleson
448Settlers of Indian Territory: Discovering their Stories in this Unique Place and Time0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amOut WestDiana Elder
254Conflict Management: Evaluating Evidence of Identity0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMethodologyEmily H. Garber
424Drama in the Wills 1790–1866: The Journey of Two Families0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMethodologySharon Batiste Gillins
212Portuguese Ancestors? Online Resources, Research Methodology, and Tips for Success0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amHeritageDebbie Gurtler
447Midwest Research at 30,000 Feet: A “Flyover” of Differences in Access and Repositories0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amStatesLaurie Hermance-Moore
441Her Sixth Matrimonial Venture: Tracing Women's Multiple Marriages0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amBCGSharon Hoyt
341Using Cluster Methodology to Solve a Long-Standing Problem0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amBCGKaren Mauer Jones
345Uncovering the Life of a Free Black Virginian through Southern Claims Commission Records0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amAfrican AmericanAndre Kearns
421Defining Hope: Separating Men of the Same Name0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amBCGRebecca Whitman Koford
150St Joe, Independence, and the Missouri Territory0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amStatesPeggy Lauritzen
457Getting Ready for a Research Trip to Virginia0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amStatesBarbara Vines Little
157Resources for Quaker Research in the Family History Library0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amReligionAnnette Burke Lyttle
249Parishes, Priests, and Signs of the Sacred: Catholic Church Records0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amReligionJulie Miller
302Using Scandinavian Records When You Don't Know the Language0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amHeritageJill Morelli
401Uncovering Immigrant Origins Through Cluster Research0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amBCGDana Ann Palmer
458Reconstructing the Asylum: Women of the San Francisco Almshouse0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amOut WestGena Philibert-Ortega
350Fifty Overlooked Genealogical Resources in Fifty Minutes0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amResourcesDiane L. Richard
309The Dutch Reformed Churches in America0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amReligionMary Risseeuw
346The Great War: Researching Your World War I Ancestors0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMilitaryMichael L. Strauss
259Finding Family in Religious Newspapers and Periodicals0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amReligionLori Thornton
454The Black Dagger: Solving a One-Hundred-Year-Old "Whose Was It?" Mystery0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMethodologyPamela J. Vittorio
413Staying Organized: Using Locality Surveys in Genealogical Research0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amOrganizing Your ResearchKelsee Walker
416Visualizing A Neighborhood Using Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, Census Records, and City Directories0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amLandAri Wilkins
328Facebook's 13,000+ Genealogy & History Links0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amTech TipsKatherine R. Willson
402Tesoro! Beginning Italian Research0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amHeritageSuzanne Russo Adams
427Tackling the “Born in Pennsylvania" Problem0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amStatesJames M. Beidler
342What You Need to Know Before Researching Hispanic Ancestors0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amHeritageDebbie Gurtler
241Using Whole Family Research to Prove a Relationship0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amBCGBarbara Vines Little
223Exodusters: The Exodus of Freedmen to Kansas After the Civil War0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMigrationAnnette Burke Lyttle
303Eddie Wenck: The Case of a Little Lost Boy0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMethodologyJulie Miller
344Immigrant Letters, Memoirs, and Travel Journals0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amRecordsMary Risseeuw
313Central South Accreditation Case Study0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amMethodologyMichelle Ercanbrack
258Dannell "Danni" Altman-Newell "I've Been Working on the Railroad Research"0Program To Be Announced2021012501-25-202110:22 amDannell Altman-Newell

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