Ogden Utah FamilySearch Center 2014 Conference

What's NEW for this Conference:

NEW - Merrill White of Family Search and Ogden Temple President Froerer will be our keynote speakers.  We are excited to have them open our conference and set the tone for the days activities.

2014 Conference introduction

Our presenters include generous professionals, teachers from the Salt Lake Family History Library and our own Ogden FamilySearch Library, and those knowledgeable sellers of family history books and software.

We project that over 60 classes will be taught to about 1,000 participants.

During each of our five periods, we will have classes for beginners, our non-gray haired genealogists, Spanish speakers and more advanced family historians.  We will also offer more challenging research based classes for others who are interested in foreign research. Presenters from software companies will teach you how to use the products that will be for sale at conference prices.

Change seems to be the name of the family history game, so join us to stay up to date on all the latest and greatest programs and search strategies. Learn to Find, Organize, Preserve, and Share your Family History.

We are excited to especially welcome the youth that will be the cutting edge for progress in future family history.  We will offer beginning tracks,Spanish speaking tracks and of course, all religions and everyone who loves (or is learning to love) family history is welcome.

This Annual Conference is made possible by WSU History Department, the volunteers from the community and the Ogden FamilySearch Library: ogdenfsl.org

SCHEDULE & GENERAL INFORMATION about the classes

One-On-One Circle of Help

Located center of Atrium on the second floor. Drop in for help with general research questions of your choice from consultants, volunteers and missionaries. Some of our experts are:
General: Fran McFarland, LaVera Paris, JoAnn Hall
Swedish: Curtis Larson,
Danish: Annie Strawn,
Spanish/Latin American: Juan Balderas
Holland: Don Koldewyn and Pearl Hunt,
Norway: Dale McIntyre
Indexing Italian Birth Records: Elder Howard Cheney and Linda Poulter (probably located in the vendor area.)
--- Most of these consultants are happy to make follow-up appointments to meet at the Ogden Familysearch Library in the weeks following the conference.

Keynote Speakers at 8:30 AM

Ogden Temple President Froerer and Temple Matron Kathy Froerer

Merill White, Current Manager of the Family Search Discovery Center Initiative and past Manager of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

First Session 10:00-11:00 following Keynote Speaker

Class #	Class Title (and the level of family history)	Presenter	Class Syllabus link (if available)
1	How Do I Start My Family History?	Doris Bateman
2	FamilySearch Family Tree: Basics	Edith Reeves
3	Expanding Your Family Tree (repeated)	Lisa McBride
4	YOUTH – By the Youth, For the Youth	Cassidy Shupe (teenager)
5	Online Swedish Research	Bradley Marchant
6	“I Didn’t Know That!”	Joanne Hanson
7	Born to Write My History	Emma Lu Draper
8	Finding the Living Among the Dead: Using the Internet to Find Your Living Cousins	Amy Archibald
9	What’s New in RootsMagic 6	Mike Booth
10	Strategies for Successful French Research	Heidi Sugden
11	Meyers Gazetteer: Using the Online Version	Naomi Newbold
12	What’s New in Ancestral Quest	Gaylon Findlay
13	FamilySearch Indexación (en Español)	Carolina Aranda de Espinoza

Second Session 11:15-12:15

Class #	Class Title (and the level of family history)	Presenter	Class Syllabus link (if available)
14	Family History Consultant & Priesthood Leadership Training	Travis & Beverly Weaver
15	Great Internet Sites for US Family History	Marilyn Markham
16	Adding Sources, Photos and Stories to FamilySearch Family Tree (repeated)	Kelly Summers
17	British Descendant Research 1760-1911	Bradley Marchant
18	YOUTH – Finding Your Cousins	Scott. Jeff and Terry Allen
19	Brief Introduction to the Church History Library	Jay Burrup
20	How to find ancestors in Digitalarkivet (Digital archives) of Norway	Liv Anderson
21	Writing Your Personal History	Emil Hanson
22	My Heritage	Mark Olsen
23	RootsMagic + FamilySearch = Easy	Mike Booth
24	German Research on the Internet – Useful Web sites	Heidi Sugden
25	Research Logs: Your Key to Success	Naomi Newbold
26	YOUTH – Get to Know Your Geezers	Matthew Hovorka (teenager)
27	FamilySearch Family Tree (en Español)	Juan Balderas Nápoles

Third Session 12:30-1:30

Class #	Class Title (and the level of family history)	Presenter	Class Syllabus link (if available)
28	I Found My Family Tree Online, Why do I Need Family History Software?	Arron Wheeler
29	Introducing the New FamilySearch Indexing Tool	Katie Gale
30	Expanding Your Family Tree (Repeat)	Lisa McBride
31	Danish Research on the Internet	Annie Strawn
32	A Beginner’s Guide to Digitally Preserving and Organizing Your Family History	Naomi Newbold
33	More on your Mormon Lines	Bradley Marchant
34	Genealogy is not just for Grandmas, Billion Graves	Hudson Gunn
35	Introduction to LDS Congregational Records (branches, wards, stakes, districts, and missions)	Jay Burrup
36	Organizing, Planning, and Sharing Using Legacy Family Tree	nard Plaizier
37	French Research Sites and Databases	Heidi Sugden
38	Learning to Read Old German Script, (Pt1)	Fritz Juengling
39	Research Using the Ogden FamilySearch Library’s Website: Ogdenfls.org	Emil O. Hanson
40	La Investigacion Hispana (en Español)	Jonathan Walker

Fourth Session 1:45-2:45

Class #	Class Title (and the level of family history)	Presenter	Class Syllabus link (if available)
41	Documentation Made Easy—It’s All About Sources	Doris Bateman
42	US State and Federal Censuses	Marilyn Markham
43	Saving Your Family History Securely in the Cloud	Scott Allen
44	Researching in the British Isles	Jessica Taylor
45	Family Reunion Planning: Tools & Resources for Successful Events	Amy Archibald
46	FamilySearch Wiki	Lisa McBride
47	Adding Sources, Photos and Stories to FamilySearch Family Tree (Repeat)	Kelly Summers
48	Homesickness and Immigration	Susan Matt
49	Turning Family Memories Into Video Productions, (Pt1)	Marlo Schuldt
50	Organize in Color, (Pt1)	Joanne Hanson
51	FamilySearch and Legacy Family Tree	Leonard Plaizier
52	Netherlands Internet Research	Don Koldewyn
53	Learning to Read Old German Script, (Pt2)	Fritz Juengling
54	FamilySearch.org (en Español)	Juan Balderas Nápoles	}

Fifth Session 3:00-4:00

Class #	Class Title (and the level of family history)	Presenter	Class Syllabus link (if available)
55	How to Really See What Records are Telling About Your Ancestor	Marilyn Markham
56	I’m Irish, now what? – A Beginner’s Guide to Tracing your Immigrant Ancestor back to Ireland	Jessica Taylor
57	FamilySearch Family Tree: Correcting Relationships	Edith Reeves
58	Beginning Danish/Norwegian Research	Bradley Marchant
59	German Church and Civil Records: Extracting Genealogical Information	Fritz Juengling
60	Beginning Southern Research	Kelly Summers
61	Turning Family Memories Into Video Productions, (Pt2)	Marlo Schuldt
62	Finding Your Cousins	Scott, Jeff and Terry Allen
63	Weber State University’s Special Collections and Archives	Sarah Langsdon
64	Organize in Color, (Pt2)	Joanne Hanson
65	Ancestral Quest and FamilySearch Family Tree	Gaylon Findlay
66	Latin American Research	Jonathan Walker
67	French Church and Civil Records & Paleography Issues	Heidi Sugden
68	Billion Graves (en Español)	Hudson Gunn

Last year's 2013 Conference information:

If you wish to see the great classes and information that was presented at the last 2013 conference, CLICK HERE

If you wish to see the video of some of the popular classes at the recent 2014 RootsTech conference CLICK HERE

A family history conference hosted by FamilySearch. For online genealogical classes and videos see RootsTech.org.