Note: Chairs are not padded, bring a cushion for your
comfort
Presentation
Descriptions
9:00 a.m.
German Research
- Bob Heck This program is designed for beginner to
intermediate researchers interested in working on German Research in Genealogy.
We will discuss finding where your family came from using familiar resources.
We will also look at Internet Resources where you can find original and
transcribed documents. We will look at Meyers Orts to find where church and
civil records are kept.
Beginning Genealogy - Sam Colon
This program is designed for beginner researcher. Taking the first step On Your Journey Of Discovery is an introduction to genealogy
research, how to get started with basic research techniques and forms to use.
Basic Internet Research - Pat Mundstock
This program is designed for beginner to
intermediate researcher. Are you frustrated with Internet searches that get
too many – or not enough – quality results? Do other people seem to find great
genealogy information on the Internet, but you don't seem to have the same luck?
Learn how to enter your search requests in Google so you get results that match
what you really want. We'll also look beyond Google to find some hidden
treasures on the Internet.
10:00 a.m.
Evernote For Genealogists - Bob Miller
This program is designed for intermediate to advanced researcher. A handy web research tool, Evernote
(free version) offers a convenient way to capture and organize research notes using web pages,
emails, images, etc. This presentation will show you how to subscribe to and use Evernote in your
genealogical research.
A "note" can be a piece of formatted text, a web page, a photograph, a voice memo, or handwritten note.
Evernote makes it easy to remember and access things using your computer, phone,
tablet and the web.
Evernote can be used to keep track of genealogy notes.
Do you have little scraps of paper that magically seem to multiply, take a picture or scan them
and save it in Evernote.
Save articles to read later.
Use Evernote for storing and finding your favorite recipes and other scanned images.
Have you thought about what you would do if you lost your wallet? Use Evernote to save
account numbers and other hard to remember information.
Evernote is available in a robust free version or an even more featured paid version.
Google - Beyond The Basic Search Box - Pat
Mundstock This program is designed for beginner to
intermediate researcher. There is so much more available through Google
than just basic Internet searches. In this session we'll highlight other helpful
Google products such as Books, Images, Maps, Reader, and Translate. Using these
tools can help the genealogist, all with the click of a mouse, utilize a host of
resources which ordinarily could be very overwhelming in the non-computerized world.
Census Research - Federal and State - Bob Heck
This program is designed for beginner to intermediate
researchers interested in using the Census to advance their family history.
In this program we will look into the Federal Census from 1790 through 1940 but also into the State Census.
Most people overlook the State Census but we will look at them in detail.
We will also briefly look at Canadian and British Census and European Census.
11:00 a.m.
FamilySearch Family Tree - Susan Anderson
Family Tree is the latest addition to the FamilySearch.org website. Family Tree is an online family tree that allows you to collaborate with others to build, share, manage, and preserve your family history online. It uses the same database as new.FamilySearch.org, and it will replace that application in early 2013. Family Tree will be released to the public in early October 2012.
Noon - Bring a bag lunch, visit an area
restaurant or visit the Family History Center
1:00
p.m.
Ancestry.com - Bob Miller
This program is designed for beginner to
intermediate researcher. Ancestry.com world version is now available (for free) at the
Family History Center in Hales Corners. Ancestry.com is the richest internet
resource available to genealogists, but finding “your” information on Ancestry
can be quite a challenge. This presentation will highlight various search
techniques that will enhance your research experience.
Genealogy Proof Standards - Pat Mundstock
This program is designed for beginner to
advanced researcher. How good is your data? What should you do when you
find information which conflicts with something you already know? Are you really
following the correct family line? All genealogists, including beginners, should
keep these standards in mind to help ensure that your research efforts result in
the best results possible with the least amount of effort. Attend this session to
review the guidelines with examples. You'll be better prepared to avoid bad
assumptions and rework.
Basic Find-A-Grave - Bob Heck
This program is designed for beginner to
intermediate researcher. This program will look at the Find-A-Grave system
containing over 85 million grave records, tombstone photos, and links to many relatives.
While this program is aimed at beginner to intermediate researchers, even advanced
researchers will learn from this presentation.
2:00 p.m.
Passenger List Research - Bob
Heck This program is designed for beginner to intermediate
researchers interested in learning how to explore web sites containing millions of records.
All ports are covered. The period covered is from 1820 through 1924. The documents
available on line are free and can provide a major breakthrough in your research.
In the later records you can learn who the nearest relative was in the home country
as well as the name and address of the person in this country with whom they will be living.
Guidelines To Data Entry and Genealogy Reports- Jane Orne
This program is designed for beginner to advanced researcher.
This presentation will focus on data entry guidelines and their effect on creating reports.
You will learn how to create custom reports to make your research efforts more effective.
The Personal Ancestral File program will be used in the examples, however the same guidelines are
used in other programs and on the Internet.
Wisconsin Resources - Sam Colon
This program is designed for beginner to
intermediate researcher. This program will cover what resources are available on the state level as well
as the county level and where to find them.
3:00 p.m.
U.S. Naturalization Records - Pat Mundstock
This program is designed for beginner to
advanced researcher. Naturalization records are part of the next "big"
project for Family Search indexing. Prepare now as these records become more
readily available to genealogists. We'll cover how these records can be useful
for genealogy, steps in the naturalization process, as well as locating these
records (indexed or not). There are many tips and tricks for using these records
as the process for naturalization changed several times over the years.
HeritageQuest Online - Sam Colon
This program is designed for beginner to
intermediate researcher. What is Heritage Quest? This presentation will highlight
what type of genealogy data is available,
and how to access it online.
Hales
Corners Family History Center Resources - Jane Orne
This program is designed for beginner to
intermediate researcher. This Family History Center is the largest in southeastern Wisconsin. It houses
collections of microfilm, books, research guides, and provides FREE access to
some of the most popular online genealogical databases including the world
version of Ancestry, Heritage Quest, World Vital Records, Footnote, and more. It maintains a
collection of the Wisconsin pre 1907 birth, death and marriage records, Catholic
and Protestant church records, cemetery records for southeastern Wisconsin, and
Hamburg passenger records. The center also has access to the 2.4 million
microfilms in the Salt Lake City Family History Library. This presentation will
review the resources available at this center.
This is not an official site of THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY
SAINTS or any of its stakes, wards, or missions.
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