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Family History Expo

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Early Registration is $65.00.

At the Door Registration is $75.00.

One Day Registration is $40.00

Attend just a few classes for $12.00/ a class.
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Friday's Agenda

Friday, July 30, 7:00AM

Registration Begins

Friday, July 30, 8:00AM - 9:00AM


Class #1 Keynote Address: Let Your Light Shine! ~ Lori Cox Paul



Friday, July 30, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Exhibit Hall Opens

Friday, July 30, 10:00AM - 11:00AM



Class #2 Finding your English/Welsh Ancestors ~ Marci Despain

Class #3 Sources and Citations: Just Do It! ~ Carol Cooke Darrow, CG

Class #4 What's New in German Research on the Internet ~ Baerbel Johnson

Class #5 Twitter: It's Not Just "What I Had for Breakfast" Anymore ~ Thomas MacEntee

Class #6 TBA

Class #7 Midwest Research ~ Joan Healey

Class #8 What is "The South" and Why is it Different ~ Arlene Eakle

Class #9 TBA

Class #10 TBA

Class #11 TBA

Friday, July 30, 11:00AM - 11:30AM

Exhibit Hall



Friday, July 30, 11:30AM - 12:30AM

Class #12 Finding your Swedish Soldier~ Lenora Lynam

Class #13 Family History Books: Editing, Design and Publishing ~ Biff and Nancy Barnes

Class #14 Powerful Tips and Tricks for FamilySearch Record Search ~ Tom Peterson

Class #15 Researching Like a History Detective ~ Gena Philibert Ortega

Class #16 Using State and Territorial Censuses ~ Leland Meitzler

Class #17 Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Land Records ~ Joan Healey

Class #18 Mapping Madness ~ Ron Arons

Class #19 Demo: Genline-Swedish Church Records Online ~ Kathy Meade

Class #20 TBA

Class #21 Ready, Set, Go! ~ Holly Hansen

Friday, July 30, 12:30PM - 1:30PM

Lunch and Vendors



Friday, July 30, 1:30PM - 2:30PM

Class #22 Finding your Scottish Ancestors: What do you Need to do? ~ Marci Despain

Class #23 Social Networking: New Horizons for Genealogists ~ Thomas MacEntee

Class #24 FamilySearch's Research Wiki, Forums and Blogs: Useful Tools to Connect and Collaborate with Others ~ Blair Keddington

Class #25 What's New in German Research on the Internet ~ Baerbel Johnson

Class #26 TBA

Class #27 TBA

Class #28 TBA

Class #29 Demo: Organize, Plan, Share, Map and Chart your Family Tree with Legacy Family Tree ~ Char Mitts

Class #30 TBA

Class #31 TBA

Friday, July 30, 2:30PM - 3:00PM

Exhibit Hall



Friday, July 30, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM


Class #32 Colonial Immigration ~ Beth Foulk

Class#33 Tell Me 'Bout the Good 'Ol Days ~ Tiffany Perkins

Class #34 Powerful Tips and Tricks for FamilySearch Record Search ~ Tom Peterson

Class #35 Best Resources for Civil War Research ~ Mary Douglass

Class #36 Flames Over the Courthouse: What to do if the Courthouse Burned ~ Leland Meitzler

Class #37 TBA

Class #38 Birth, Marriage and Death Records in the Southern States ~ Arlene Eakle

Class #39 TBA

Class# 40 TBA

Class #41 TBA

Friday, July 30, 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Visit Vendors


Friday, July 30, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Class #42 Finding Your Elusive East European Ancestors ~ Lisa Alzo

Class #43 Librarians and Genealogists, or Genealogists and Librarians: Either Way, it's a Match Made in Heaven ~ Mary Celeste

Class #44 FamilySearch 2010 and Beyond ~ Blair Keddington

Class #45 Find your German Ancestors Now! ~ Baerbel Johnson

Class #46 TBA

Class #47 TBA

Class# 48 TBA

Class #49 TBA

Class #50 TBA

Class #51 TBA

Friday, July 30, 6:00 PM


Exhibit Hall Closes for the Day


Saturday's Agenda
Saturday, July 31, 7:30 AM


Registration Begins



Saturday, July 31, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM



Class #52 FamilySearch Wiki and African American and American Indian Research ~ Joan Healey

Class #53 Swedish Genealogy in a Computer World ~ Kathy Meade

Class #54 The Joy of Family History- How to Inspire Members and Leaders ~ FHC Consultant Traning

Class #55 Putting Flesh on the Bones ~ Ron Arons

Class #56 Read All About It ~ Tiffany Perkins

Class #57 TBA

Class #58 TBA

Class #59 TBA

Class #60 TBA
Class #61 Researching Historic Occupations ~ Laura Best



Saturday, July 31, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM


Exhibit Hall Opens


Saturday, July 31, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM


Class #62 Build a Genealogy Blog ~Thomas MacEntee

Class #63 Maps Give Direction to your Genealogical Research ~ Carol Cooke Darrow, CG

Class #64 Meeting the Support Needs of the Family History Community ~ FHC Consultant Traning

Class #65 American Indian Research and Records ~ Joan Healey

Class #66 Genealogical Organization in the 21st Century ~ Leland Meitzler

Class #67 Establishing Your Own Migration Trail ~ Michael John Neill

Class #68 Migrations of Southern Church Groups to the Mid-West: Routes and Sources ~ Arlene Eakle

Class #69 Demo: Getting More from Legacy Family Tree ~ Char Mitts

Class # 70 TBA

Class #71 Finding and Obtaining Information from Military Records ~ Laura Best


Saturday, July 31, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM



Exhibit Hall


Saturday, July 31, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM



Class #72 Finding Your Irish Ancestors- Are There Really Any Records? ~ Marci Despain

Class #73 Colonial Land and Servitude ~ Beth Foulk

Class #74 New Resources for Consultants: What They Are and Real Examples of How to Use Them ~ FHC Consultant Training

Class #75 Combining Historical Research with Genealogy ~ Gena Philibert Ortega

Class #76 Demo: Genline-Swedish Church Records Online ~ Kathy Meade

Class #77 Pig Blood in the Snow: Court Records Can Solve Problems ~ Michael John Neill

Class #78 TBA

Class #79 TBA

Class #80 TBA

Class #81 The Largest Genealogy Library in the World at your Fingertips ~ Holly Hansen


Saturday, July 31, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch and Exhibit Hall


Saturday, July 31, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM



Class #82 Researching Back Before 1850 ~ Carol Cooke Darrow, CG

Class #83 Heritage Travel to Germany ~ Kathy Wurth

Class #84 TBA

Class #85 Finding Your Italian Ancestors ~ Baerbel Johnson

Class #86 Social Security Records - A Misunderstood Source ~ Leland Meitzler

Class #87 Finding Your Female Ancestors ~ Lisa Alzo

Class #88 Want Land. Will Travel. Southern Land Records: State-By-State ~ Arlene Eakle

Class #89 TBA

Class #90 TBA
Class #91 Using Timelines and Historic Maps in Genealogy Research ~ Laura Best



Saturday, July 31, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM


Vendor Hall


Saturday, July 31, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM


Class #92 Researching Criminal Ancestors ~ Ron Arons

Class #93 Internet Sources for Locating your German Emigrant ~ Baerbel Johnson

Class #94 TBA

Class #95 Sharing Your Heritage ~ Mary Celeste

Class #96 TBA

Class #97 Finding UFO Ancestors: Unidentified Family of Origin ~ Michael John Neill

Class #98 Genealogy Online for the First Time ~ Laura Best

Class #99 TBA

Class #100 TBA
Class #101


Saturday, July 31, 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM


Visit Exhibitors


Saturday, July 31, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM


Class #102 Facebook for Genealogists ~ Thomas MacEntee

Class #103 Reading Deeds for All Their Worth ~ Mary Douglass

Class #104 Armchair Research: Easy Access to the World's Records ~ Tom Peterson

Class #105 Immigrant Cluster Communities: Past, Present, and Future ~ Lisa Alzo

Class #106

Class #107 100 Acres, A Mortgage and Three Sisters ~ Michael John Neill

Class #108

Class #109

Class #110

Class #111


Saturday, July 31, 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM



Grand Prize Drawings in Exhibit Hall

  • Fri. July 30 • 7:00 AM
  • Sat. July 31 • 8:00 AM

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