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'''Amy Archibald'''<br>Amy Archibald is a family historian and reunion organizer with a passion for teaching others. She has spent 30 years researching her own family and 20 years teaching others. She lives in Utah with her husband and two children.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>7. Piecing Together the Evidence<br>22. Facebook for Family History<br>43. Overwhelmed …. Paralyzed? Time to get Organized!<br>59. Linking the Generations: Sharing Eternal Family Keepsakes | '''Amy Archibald'''<br>Amy Archibald is a family historian and reunion organizer with a passion for teaching others. She has spent 30 years researching her own family and 20 years teaching others. She lives in Utah with her husband and two children.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>7. Piecing Together the Evidence<br>22. Facebook for Family History<br>43. Overwhelmed …. Paralyzed? Time to get Organized!<br>59. Linking the Generations: Sharing Eternal Family Keepsakes | ||
'''Roland Astorga'''<br> <br>Presentation Title:<br>27. Genealogy Tips and Tricks | '''Roland Astorga'''<br> <br>Presentation Title:<br>27. Genealogy Tips and Tricks | ||
'''Doris Bateman'''<br>Doris Bateman graduated from Davis High, attended WSU and graduated from BYU with a degree in Sociology and Psychology. She has worked in various social service work positions. She has been actively working in and teaching family history for the last twenty plus years, and has been a Stake Family History consultant. Currently she is a Family History Consultant in her ward and serves on the staff of the Ogden Family History Center where she has taught classes in Roots Magic, FamilySearch, and documentation. She is married to Douglas G. Bateman and has 6 children and 9 grandchildren.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>1. How Do I Start My Family History?<br>30. Documentation Made Easy—It’s All About Sources!<br> | '''Doris Bateman'''<br>Doris Bateman graduated from Davis High, attended WSU and graduated from BYU with a degree in Sociology and Psychology. She has worked in various social service work positions. She has been actively working in and teaching family history for the last twenty plus years, and has been a Stake Family History consultant. Currently she is a Family History Consultant in her ward and serves on the staff of the Ogden Family History Center where she has taught classes in Roots Magic, FamilySearch, and documentation. She is married to Douglas G. Bateman and has 6 children and 9 grandchildren.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>1. How Do I Start My Family History?<br>30. Documentation Made Easy—It’s All About Sources!<br> | ||
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'''Kathleen Buckmaster'''<br>Kathleen Buckmaster works at the Ogden FamilySearch Library, helping patrons one-on-one and teaching a popular FamilySearch Family Tree Basic class. She has worked extensively adding sources and correcting problems in her own family tree as well as that of her husband and a neighbor. She enjoys helping people see how mastering FamilySearch Family Tree can enrich their lives and extend their families.<br>Presentation Title:<br>26. LAB FamilySearch for Beginners<br>67. Repeat LAB FamilySearch for Beginners<br> | '''Kathleen Buckmaster'''<br>Kathleen Buckmaster works at the Ogden FamilySearch Library, helping patrons one-on-one and teaching a popular FamilySearch Family Tree Basic class. She has worked extensively adding sources and correcting problems in her own family tree as well as that of her husband and a neighbor. She enjoys helping people see how mastering FamilySearch Family Tree can enrich their lives and extend their families.<br>Presentation Title:<br>26. LAB FamilySearch for Beginners<br>67. Repeat LAB FamilySearch for Beginners<br> | ||
'''Mckenna Cooper'''<br>Mckenna Cooper is a senior at Brigham Young University, graduating in Anthropology and Family History. She currently works for the Nauvoo Community Project at BYU as a researcher and recently completed an internship at the Family History Library as a Czech specialist.<br>Presentation Title:<br>16. Early LDS newspapers: an underutilized resource <br> | |||
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<br>'''Emma Lu Draper'''<br>Emma Lu Draper is a wife, mother of seven, and grandmother.<br>She is an author and lecturer. She enjoys writing histories, life events, articles for "Real Life Answers", "Primary in Zion", and "thisandthat3165", which is her personal blog. She takes pleasure in playing the piano and belongs to a piano guild, also she enjoys her Zen garden. She has served for a number of years at the Ogden Family Search Library and serves as a Family History Consultant. She holds a degree in English and Communication, also a Master Degree in Education and has taught literature, writing skills, and drama classes as a Junior High School teacher in the Davis School District. She and her husband have served together on four missions.<br>Presentation Title:<br>32. How to Write Your Personal History <br> | Courtney Connolly has been with FamilySearch for three years, spreading the word to help others discover the joy of family history. She manages the global marketing communications for indexing and oversees the worldwide indexing events. | ||
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'''Emma Lu Draper'''<br>Emma Lu Draper is a wife, mother of seven, and grandmother.<br>She is an author and lecturer. She enjoys writing histories, life events, articles for "Real Life Answers", "Primary in Zion", and "thisandthat3165", which is her personal blog. She takes pleasure in playing the piano and belongs to a piano guild, also she enjoys her Zen garden. She has served for a number of years at the Ogden Family Search Library and serves as a Family History Consultant. She holds a degree in English and Communication, also a Master Degree in Education and has taught literature, writing skills, and drama classes as a Junior High School teacher in the Davis School District. She and her husband have served together on four missions.<br>Presentation Title:<br>32. How to Write Your Personal History <br> | |||
'''Linda Dursteler'''<br>Linda has an M.Ed. in curriculum development. She has spent most of her life researching her own family and helping others find theirs. She currently serves as a missionary at the Ogden FamilySearch Library. She and her husband Bruce reside in North Ogden.<br>Presentation Title:<br>13. LAB Descendancy Research in FamilySearch Family Tree<br>53. Repeat LAB Descendancy Research in FamilySearch Family Tree<br> | '''Linda Dursteler'''<br>Linda has an M.Ed. in curriculum development. She has spent most of her life researching her own family and helping others find theirs. She currently serves as a missionary at the Ogden FamilySearch Library. She and her husband Bruce reside in North Ogden.<br>Presentation Title:<br>13. LAB Descendancy Research in FamilySearch Family Tree<br>53. Repeat LAB Descendancy Research in FamilySearch Family Tree<br> | ||
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<br>'''Gaylon Findlay'''<br>Gaylon Findlay is the president of Incline Software, the company that creates Ancestral Quest. Incline Software is based in South Jordan, Utah. Gaylon has been developing genealogy software since 1993, and is the primary author of both Ancestral Quest and Personal Ancestral File. Prior to his work in genealogy, he spent his high school years in Frankfurt, Germany, served an LDS mission in Finland, graduated from Brigham Young University and spent 12 years in the San Francisco Bay Area as a computer consultant. He is married to Gale Johnson of Westminster, California, and they are the parents of 5 children.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>12. What’s New in Ancestral Quest<br>38. Ancestral Quest: Keeping Your AQ or PAF Data in Sync with FamilySearch<br> | <br>'''Gaylon Findlay'''<br>Gaylon Findlay is the president of Incline Software, the company that creates Ancestral Quest. Incline Software is based in South Jordan, Utah. Gaylon has been developing genealogy software since 1993, and is the primary author of both Ancestral Quest and Personal Ancestral File. Prior to his work in genealogy, he spent his high school years in Frankfurt, Germany, served an LDS mission in Finland, graduated from Brigham Young University and spent 12 years in the San Francisco Bay Area as a computer consultant. He is married to Gale Johnson of Westminster, California, and they are the parents of 5 children.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>12. What’s New in Ancestral Quest<br>38. Ancestral Quest: Keeping Your AQ or PAF Data in Sync with FamilySearch<br> | ||
<br>'''Holly T. Hansen'''<br>Holly T. Hansen, President and Founder of Family History Expos, Inc. Has been instrumental in helping thousands understand the principles, strategies, and sources they can use to tract their roots in today's ever-changing technological environment. | <br>'''Holly T. Hansen'''<br>Holly T. Hansen, President and Founder of Family History Expos, Inc. Has been instrumental in helping thousands understand the principles, strategies, and sources they can use to tract their roots in today's ever-changing technological environment. She is the mastermind behind more than 50 Family History Expos, held across the United States, and numerous Retreats at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and other repositories in diverse cities. She is dedicated to helping individuals and families , one-on-one, with their personal research needs. Currently, she is involved creating podcasts, webinars, and video presentations to help people move forward in their family history endeavors from the comforts of home. Holly's titles include author, lecturer, editor, and publisher. In 2015 she has co-authored and compiled eight research guides with James L. Tanner, Arlene, H. Eakle, and others. She has produced more than 100 unique syllabus and class handout books for Family History Expos attendees. She is a former editor of Everton's Genealogical Helper magazine, and editor of the 10th and 11th editions of The Handybook for Genealogists, with more than one million copies sold. She has also authored The Directory of North American Railroads, Trekking for Ancestors, and co-authored a series of 16 family history interview books entitled Celebrating and Capturing the Memories. Holly and her husband, Chris P. Hansen, have been married for 37 years and are the parents of five remarkable children. Holly received an Honors BA in History from Weber State University and continues to dedicate time to education on a daily basis. .<br>Presentation Titles:<br>45. Deductive Reasoning and Logic<br>61. Introduction to the NEW FamilySearch Catalog: Use it like a Pro!<br> | ||
She is the mastermind behind more than 50 Family History Expos, held across the United States, and numerous Retreats at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and other repositories in diverse cities. She is dedicated to helping individuals and families , one-on-one, with their personal research needs. Currently, she is involved creating podcasts, webinars, and video presentations to help people move forward in their family history endeavors from the comforts of home. | |||
Holly's titles include author, lecturer, editor, and publisher. In 2015 she has co-authored and compiled eight research guides with James L. Tanner, Arlene, H. Eakle, and others. She has produced more than 100 unique syllabus and class handout books for Family History Expos attendees. She is a former editor of Everton's Genealogical Helper magazine, and editor of the 10th and 11th editions of The Handybook for Genealogists, with more than one million copies sold. She has also authored The Directory of North American Railroads, Trekking for Ancestors, and co-authored a series of 16 family history interview books entitled Celebrating and Capturing the Memories. | |||
Holly and her husband, Chris P. Hansen, have been married for 37 years and are the parents of five remarkable children. Holly received an Honors BA in History from Weber State University and continues to dedicate time to education on a daily basis. | |||
.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>45. Deductive Reasoning and Logic<br>61. Introduction to the NEW FamilySearch Catalog: Use it like a Pro!<br> | |||
<br>'''Emil O. Hanson, Ph.D.'''<br>Emil O. Hanson, PhD., is currently serving as the Director of the Ogden Family History Center. He has been an educator most of his adult life, retiring 18 years ago, as the Dean of Student Administrative Services at Weber State University. He is married and is the father of 6 adult children with many grand and great grandchildren. He is a convert to the LDS faith and will testify of the importance of family history work.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>3. Writing Your Personal History<br>31. Research Using the Ogden FamilySearch Library’s Website--Ogdenfsl.org<br> | <br>'''Emil O. Hanson, Ph.D.'''<br>Emil O. Hanson, PhD., is currently serving as the Director of the Ogden Family History Center. He has been an educator most of his adult life, retiring 18 years ago, as the Dean of Student Administrative Services at Weber State University. He is married and is the father of 6 adult children with many grand and great grandchildren. He is a convert to the LDS faith and will testify of the importance of family history work.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>3. Writing Your Personal History<br>31. Research Using the Ogden FamilySearch Library’s Website--Ogdenfsl.org<br> | ||
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'''Joanne Hanson'''<br>Joanne was born and raised in Salt lake city, Utah. She graduated from West high School and Business school in Salt Lake. She later graduated from Weber State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. She is married to Emil O. Hanson, Director of the Ogden Family History Center. She is the Mother of five boys plus one daughter and another daughter (a Niece) Grandmother and Great Grandmother of many special ‘beings’. She retired as teacher and coordinator at Head Start with Ogden City Schools. She has served with her husband as a missionary and a volunteer at the Ogden Family History Center for the past seventeen years. She has taught many courses at the center over that period of time and been a presenter at many family history conferences. She has been a co-creator of Teaching manuals and a CR for the center. She has been a lifelong volunteer in church activities and was a leader in the Cub Scouts program for over fourteen years. She is the third generation family history gatherer with a daughter coming along as the fourth generation.<br>Presentation Title:<br>44. “I Didn’t Know That!”<br> | '''Joanne Hanson'''<br>Joanne was born and raised in Salt lake city, Utah. She graduated from West high School and Business school in Salt Lake. She later graduated from Weber State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. She is married to Emil O. Hanson, Director of the Ogden Family History Center. She is the Mother of five boys plus one daughter and another daughter (a Niece) Grandmother and Great Grandmother of many special ‘beings’. She retired as teacher and coordinator at Head Start with Ogden City Schools. She has served with her husband as a missionary and a volunteer at the Ogden Family History Center for the past seventeen years. She has taught many courses at the center over that period of time and been a presenter at many family history conferences. She has been a co-creator of Teaching manuals and a CR for the center. She has been a lifelong volunteer in church activities and was a leader in the Cub Scouts program for over fourteen years. She is the third generation family history gatherer with a daughter coming along as the fourth generation.<br>Presentation Title:<br>44. “I Didn’t Know That!”<br> | ||
<br>'''Nicole Hepler'''<br> Nicole Hepler is a family history enthusiast. She volunteers at the Ogden FamilySearch Library and teaches the Family History Consultant Training class at the Library each month. | <br>'''Nicole Hepler'''<br> Nicole Hepler is a family history enthusiast. She volunteers at the Ogden FamilySearch Library and teaches the Family History Consultant Training class at the Library each month. Nicole has seen the miracles that come to individuals who engage in family history. She has also witnessed the amazing blessings that come to families who participate together in family history work. Nicole, her husband Bryan and their three children have been actively involved in family history for the last 10 years: indexing, sourcing, researching, and participating in temple work for the ancestors of their family. Along with their three children, they have enjoyed learning about and understanding the lives of their ancestors.<br>Presentation Title:<br>28. LDS Family History consultant & Priesthood Leadership Training | ||
'''Janet Hovorka'''<br>Janet Hovorka owns Family ChartMasters, an award winning genealogy chart printing <br>service and official printing service for most genealogy software and database <br>companies. Janet has written the Zap The Grandma Gap books and workbooks and is an <br>international speaker. She is past president of UGA and teaches genealogy at SLCC.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>17. 6 Steps to Choreograph Your Research Across the Internet<br>33. Grandpa’s on my Ipad: Sharing Your Family History with your Family Using Social Networking<br>41. Family History Adhesive: The Science of Why History Binds Families and the Simple Tech of How to Do It<br> | '''Janet Hovorka'''<br>Janet Hovorka owns Family ChartMasters, an award winning genealogy chart printing <br>service and official printing service for most genealogy software and database <br>companies. Janet has written the Zap The Grandma Gap books and workbooks and is an <br>international speaker. She is past president of UGA and teaches genealogy at SLCC.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>17. 6 Steps to Choreograph Your Research Across the Internet<br>33. Grandpa’s on my Ipad: Sharing Your Family History with your Family Using Social Networking<br>41. Family History Adhesive: The Science of Why History Binds Families and the Simple Tech of How to Do It<br> | ||