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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 | '''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 FamilySearch Library as a Czech specialist.<br>Presentation Title:<br>16. Early LDS newspapers: an underutilized resource <br> | ||
'''Courtney Connolly'''<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.<br>Presentation Title:<br>57. Indexing: Fuel the Find for Members Around the World<br> | '''Courtney Connolly'''<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.<br>Presentation Title:<br>57. Indexing: Fuel the Find for Members Around the World<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 mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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 mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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. She is the mastermind behind more than 50 Family History Expos, held across the United States, and numerous Retreats at the | <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 FamilySearch 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 Latter-day Saint 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 Latter-day Saint 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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<br>'''Julie Judd'''<br>Julie Judd has been climbing her own family tree for over 20 years and teaching others for the past 5 years. She is currently studying history at USU to better understand her ancestors’ world. She resides in Utah with her husband, four children, cows, horses, pigs, chickens, and dog.<br>Presentation Title:<br>59. Linking the Generations: Sharing Eternal Family Keepsakes<br> | <br>'''Julie Judd'''<br>Julie Judd has been climbing her own family tree for over 20 years and teaching others for the past 5 years. She is currently studying history at USU to better understand her ancestors’ world. She resides in Utah with her husband, four children, cows, horses, pigs, chickens, and dog.<br>Presentation Title:<br>59. Linking the Generations: Sharing Eternal Family Keepsakes<br> | ||
<br>'''Fritz Juengling PhD, AG®'''<br>Doctor Juengling did his Bachelor’s degrees in German studies and Secondary Education at Western Oregon University. He received his Master’s and Doctorate in Germanic Philology with minors in both English and Linguistics at the University of Minnesota. He is an Accredited Genealogist® in German research and is a German, Dutch, and Scandinavian Research Consultant at the | <br>'''Fritz Juengling PhD, AG®'''<br>Doctor Juengling did his Bachelor’s degrees in German studies and Secondary Education at Western Oregon University. He received his Master’s and Doctorate in Germanic Philology with minors in both English and Linguistics at the University of Minnesota. He is an Accredited Genealogist® in German research and is a German, Dutch, and Scandinavian Research Consultant at the FamilySearch Library. <br>Presentation Titles:<br>2. Tips for Genealogical Research<br> 36. Danish Probate Records<br> | ||
<br>'''Don Koldewyn'''<br>Don Koldewyn graduated from Weber High School, Weber State College and the University of Utah. After retiring fourteen years ago, he has been “anxiously engaged in a good cause,” which is family history research, specializing in the Netherlands. He is a ward Family History Consultant and a volunteer at the Ogden Family History Center, where he is always excited to help people learn how to use the online Netherlands databases. He also conducts the Netherlands Research Society meetings where those involved with Dutch Family History meet and help each other with research.<br>Presentation Title:<br>6. Netherlands Research on Line<br> | <br>'''Don Koldewyn'''<br>Don Koldewyn graduated from Weber High School, Weber State College and the University of Utah. After retiring fourteen years ago, he has been “anxiously engaged in a good cause,” which is family history research, specializing in the Netherlands. He is a ward Family History Consultant and a volunteer at the Ogden Family History Center, where he is always excited to help people learn how to use the online Netherlands databases. He also conducts the Netherlands Research Society meetings where those involved with Dutch Family History meet and help each other with research.<br>Presentation Title:<br>6. Netherlands Research on Line<br> | ||
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<br>'''Gene A. Sessions Ph.D.'''<br>Gene A. Sessions is Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. A native of Ogden, he received his Ph.D. degree from Florida State University in 1974. He is the author and editor of numerous works, including Mormon Thunder: A Documentary History of Jedediah Morgan Grant (1982, 2008), Latter-day Patriots: Nine Mormon Families and Their Revolutionary War Heritage (1975), Prophesying upon the Bones: J. Reuben Clark and the Foreign Debt Crisis, 1933-39 (1992), Camp Floyd and the Mormons: The Utah War (with Donald R. Moorman, 1992, 2005), The Search for Harmony: Essays on Science and Mormonism (with Craig J. Oberg, 1993), Utah International: A Biography of a Business (with Sterling D. Sessions, 2002, 2005), and Mormon Democrat: The Religious and Political Memoirs of James Henry Moyle (1975, 1998), for which he received the Mormon History Association’s annual award for best edited work. He has also been a consultant on documentaries and committees exploring the Utah War and the Mountain Meadows Massacre and is past president of the Mountain Meadows Association. He and his wife Shantal have four children and seven grandsons.<br>Presentation Title: <br>18. Storytellers Rule the World<br> | <br>'''Gene A. Sessions Ph.D.'''<br>Gene A. Sessions is Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. A native of Ogden, he received his Ph.D. degree from Florida State University in 1974. He is the author and editor of numerous works, including Mormon Thunder: A Documentary History of Jedediah Morgan Grant (1982, 2008), Latter-day Patriots: Nine Mormon Families and Their Revolutionary War Heritage (1975), Prophesying upon the Bones: J. Reuben Clark and the Foreign Debt Crisis, 1933-39 (1992), Camp Floyd and the Mormons: The Utah War (with Donald R. Moorman, 1992, 2005), The Search for Harmony: Essays on Science and Mormonism (with Craig J. Oberg, 1993), Utah International: A Biography of a Business (with Sterling D. Sessions, 2002, 2005), and Mormon Democrat: The Religious and Political Memoirs of James Henry Moyle (1975, 1998), for which he received the Mormon History Association’s annual award for best edited work. He has also been a consultant on documentaries and committees exploring the Utah War and the Mountain Meadows Massacre and is past president of the Mountain Meadows Association. He and his wife Shantal have four children and seven grandsons.<br>Presentation Title: <br>18. Storytellers Rule the World<br> | ||
<br>'''Annie Strawn'''<br>When Annie came to the U.S. years ago as a young bride who spoke only Danish, she found a job at the | <br>'''Annie Strawn'''<br>When Annie came to the U.S. years ago as a young bride who spoke only Danish, she found a job at the FamilySearch Library, where she worked for several years. She knows Denmark and Danish research from the point of view of a native and has taught these skills to others for many years. She serves on the staff of the Ogden FamilySearch Library and leads the Scandinavian research group at the library.<br>Presentation Title:<br>20. Danish Research on the Internet<br> | ||
<br>'''Jessica Taylor AG® '''<br>Jessica Taylor has loved history and genealogy for many years. She received her Bachelors in Anthropology at the University of Utah and her Masters in Medieval Studies at the University of York. She has been an employee of Ancestry.com for four years and performed genealogical research for the hit TV show, "Who Do You Think You Are?" She is an Accredited Genealogist and currently works for AncestryProGenealogists, a research company of professional genealogists. Jessica specializes in UK and Irish genealogy and enjoys helping people discover their past.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>19. Researching in Great Britain<br>35. I’m Irish, now what? –A Beginner’s Guide to Tracing your Immigrant Ancestor back to Ireland<br> | <br>'''Jessica Taylor AG® '''<br>Jessica Taylor has loved history and genealogy for many years. She received her Bachelors in Anthropology at the University of Utah and her Masters in Medieval Studies at the University of York. She has been an employee of Ancestry.com for four years and performed genealogical research for the hit TV show, "Who Do You Think You Are?" She is an Accredited Genealogist and currently works for AncestryProGenealogists, a research company of professional genealogists. Jessica specializes in UK and Irish genealogy and enjoys helping people discover their past.<br>Presentation Titles:<br>19. Researching in Great Britain<br>35. I’m Irish, now what? –A Beginner’s Guide to Tracing your Immigrant Ancestor back to Ireland<br> | ||
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