There will be a general meeting at 9:00 am and a free lunch
Brief Description of the fifteen presentations
Beginner Track
Tips on using FamilySearch Family
Tree Live Presenter: Don Quass @
9:30 am
This presentation will cover tips for
editing existing information or relationships, adding new information
or relationships and sourcing your changes.
More Tips on using FamilySearch
Family Tree Live Presenter: Don Quass @
10:45 am
This presentation will cover tips for
managing your reserve list and adding photos and documents.
Basic Online Resources for the
Beginning Genealogist Presenter: Liza Alzo @
12:30 pm
This presentation walks beginners
through the exciting journey of genealogy. Learn what information is
online, how to effectively search databases, and share information
with others.
New Discoveries
Presenters: Diane Loosle &
Carol Moss @ 1:45 pm
These two 30' presentations will cover
resolving descendency research challenges and some easy tricks for
discovering what's missing and where potential ancestors can be
found.
From Tree to Temple
Presenter: Jim Greene @ 3:00 pm
This class for LDS Church members will
help you get started with your family history using FamilySearch.org.
Intermediate Track
Top 10 Things I Learned About My
Family from My Couch Presenter: Tammy Hepps @ 9:30 am
New to genealogy and short on time?
Learn to make amazing discoveries using online resources! See
research examples that demonstrate the breadth of material and
suggest next steps for going deeper.
FamilySearch Family Tree – What's
New, What's Next Presenter: Ron Tanner @ 10:45 am
Discussion of the updates to Family
Tree since the last Roots Tech and a roadmap of the new features.
Finding Ancestors Outside the USA w/
New Technologies Presenter: Daniel Horowitz @ 12:30 pm
Learn how MyHeritage tools can help you
break down brick walls in your research of ancestors outside the USA
by harnessing the power of an international family history network.
Getting the Most Out of
Ancestry
Presenter: Christa Cowen @ 1:45 pm
This presentation will
cover the five major areas of the Ancestry.com website and show you
favorite tools for advancing your family history research.
Facilitating Helpful, Respectful
Collaboration Presenter: Luther Tychonievich @
3:00 pm
This presentation will share how
careful research processes can be coupled with established
cooperative practices to work past disagreements and maintain healthy
collaboration.
Technology Track
Using Tools for
Creating a Valuable Family History Blog
Presenter: James Tanner @ 9:30 am
This presentation will share
suggestions for creating and sharing your valuable family history
blog.
Tweets, Links, Pins and Posts –
Using Social Media Presenter: Lisa Alzo @
10:45 am
Learn to use social networking as a
resource to break down genealogy brick walls.
Genealogy in the Cloud
Presenter: Randy Hoffman @ 12:30 pm
Learn to use this
incredible technology to backup, collaborate on and share your family
history.
Facebook is Family History –
Engaging People in Stories
Presenter: Devin Ashby @ 1:45 pm
Why do Facebook
and other sites continue to be so popular? Come learn why people get
so excited.
Become an iPad
Power User
Presenter: Lisa Louise Cooke @ 3:00 pm
This presentation
shares hacks for customizing your tablet's features and using
Evernote tricks.
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