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 *'''Date''': Saturday, October 19, 2013
 *'''Location''': Cedar Rapids Family History Center, 4300 Trailridge Rd SE, Cedar Rapids, IA<br>
-*'''Keynote Speaker''': TBD
+*'''Keynote Speakers''': Art Johhson, FamilSearch.org; Michele McNabb, Danish Immigrant Museum
 *'''Time''': 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Registration starts at 8:30 a.m.)<br>
 <blockquote><u>'''FREE - EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND'''</u> </blockquote><blockquote>Check out the schedule and class descriptions below. We'd love to have you there all day long, but if there are only a couple of classes you are interested in, please join us for those.</blockquote>
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 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ff66" align="center" | Military Research
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ccff" align="center" | Beginning Family<br>History
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc66" align="center" | Interviewing Tips and Technology
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc66" align="center" | Collaborative Genealogy<br>
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ff66" align="center" | Find the Unfindable in the Census
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#9966ff" align="center" | German Research
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 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc66" align="center" | Strategies for<br>Tracing Immigrant<br>Origins
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="center" | Organizing Paper<br>and Photo Records
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ff66" align="center" | Genetics and Genealogy
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ccff" align="center" | Beginning Roots<br>Magic
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#9966ff" align="center" | Danish Research
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 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ff66" align="center" | Finding Living<br>Relatives and<br>Adoption
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ff66" align="center" | Brick Walls
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="center" | Writing a Family History
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ccff" align="center" | Beginning<br>FamilySearch<br>and Family Tree
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#9966ff" align="center" | Danish Research
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc66" align="center" | Internet Searching
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 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ff66" align="center" | Military Research
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ccff" align="center" | Using Reunions for<br>Family History
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc66" align="center" | Photographing<br>Artifacts
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="center" | Intermediate<br>Roots Magic
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc66" align="center" | Google for the Genealogist
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#9966ff" align="center" | German Research
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 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc66" align="center" | Retouching Digital<br>Photos
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ff66" align="center" | Brick Walls
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc66" align="center" | Photographing Gravestones
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="center" | Intermediate<br>FamilySearch<br>and Family Tree
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#9966ff" align="center" | Scandinavian Research
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 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ff66" align="center" | Finding Living<br>Relatives and<br>Adoption
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ff66" align="center" | Newspaper<br>Research
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="center" | Heritage Scrapbooking
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#33ff66" align="center" | Find the Unfindable in the Census
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#9966ff" align="center" | Norwegian Digital Archives
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-==== How to Start ====
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 '''Giving Back - Indexing:''' Interpret what you see on the records on the screen to help make records electronically searchable. Anyone can do it and you can do it with 5 minutes to hours.<br>
 '''Family History Center Resources:''' What is available in the Family History Center. How these tools can help you in your researching.<br>
 '''Beginning Family History:''' Learn basics of how to get started in your research. Then learn how to search for those long lost relatives, and get “Family History Mania”.<br>
 '''Using Family Reunions for Family History:''' How to use family reunions to gather and share family memories.<br>
 '''Beginning Roots Magic:''' Introduction and how-to’s for Roots Magic. Learn ways to help organize your research and your genealogy database.<br>
 '''Beginning FamilySearch FamilyTree:''' Introduction to the FamilySearch.org web site and the Family Tree feature for Family History research.<br>
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-==== Research ====
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 '''Open for Research:''' Use Family History Center resources to do some of your own research. Get help from and ask questions to Family History staff on hand.<br>
 '''Military Research:''' Discover your ancestor’s contribution in our nation’s military history. Use the internet to find valuable military records, unit histories, and military campaign information that pertain to your ancestor.<br>
 '''Researching Living Relatives and Adoption Information:''' Private Investigator will give tips on how to find living relatives and adoption information.<br>
 '''Brick Walls:''' We all have them! Get some fresh ideas for how to break through those annoying brick walls.<br>
 '''Newspaper Research:''' Learn about online and library collections of newspapers and how they can be used to make family connections.<br>
 '''Genetics and Genealogy:''' Learn how DNA can give you clues about your ancestry and how sharing information with others can help you find relatives you didn't know.<br>
 '''Find the Unfindable in the Census:''' How to get more than the obvious out of census records. Use clues in the census to gain other researching leads.<br>
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-==== Foreign Research ====
+==== Foreign Research  ====
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 '''German Research:''' Methods and resources for researching German records to obtain Family History information.<br>
 '''United Kingdom Research:''' Methods and resources for researching records from the British Isles to obtain Family History information.<br>
 '''Danish Research:''' How to research Danish ancestors without knowing (much) Danish.<br>
 '''Scandinavian Research:''' Methods and resources for researching Scandinavian records to obtain Family History information.<br>
 '''Norwegian Digital Archives:''' Using the Norwegian Digital Archive records to obtain Family History information.<br>
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-==== Technology ====
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 '''Strategies for Tracing Immigrant Origins:''' How did your ancestors “jump the pond” to get to America? They didn’t all come through Ellis Island. Learn migration patterns and ports of choice depending on where they originated.<br>
 '''Retouching Digital Photos:''' Learn tips and tricks for enhancing your photos to obtain the most detail possible and create the perfect end result you are looking for.<br>
 '''Interviewing Tips and Technology:''' How to elicit important and fascinating details about your family history through interviews with your family and friends.<br>
 '''Photographing Artifacts:''' Photography techniques for preserving keepsakes, mementos, and other artifacts to enrich your family story.<br>
 '''Photographing Gravestones:''' Learn how to obtain the best results when photographing gravestones. Find out how you can share your photos online with others.<br>
 '''Collaborative Genealogy:''' Learn what it is, how to get people to play on your team, and how to incorporate today's internet technology in your efforts.<br>
 '''Google for the Genealogist:''' Learn many tips and secret features of the Google search engine to speed your research online.<br>
 '''Internet Searching''': How to use browser and Windows features to use your internet research time more efficiently. Hone your search to zero in on your research subject. Develop and use a research log.<br>
 '''Advanced Internet Searching:''' Learn searching strategies, how to borrow books your library does not own, find people to gather information for you, build research logs.<br>
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 '''Organizing Paper and Photo Records:''' Tips for putting those boxes of old photos, articles, and written keepsakes into an order that makes sense to you.<br>
 '''Writing a Family History:''' You have a little or a lot of family history you’ve gathered to share. But, how do you get started turning it into a for-real Family History? Come learn how.<br>
 '''Heritage Scrapbooking:''' Learn what information to include in a Heritage Scrapbook that will be enjoyed by family members of all ages.<br>
 '''Intermediate Roots Magic:''' How you can speed up the organization of your research and collecting of data. When time is short, use these tools to help you use it most effectively.<br>
 '''Intermediate FamilySearch Family Tree:''' Useful features of FamilySearch and Family Tree to ease your Family History research and record-keeping.<br>
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