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1) '''Leland Moon''': | 1) '''Leland Moon''': | ||
'''Presentation: Using the Family Tree App to Enhance Your Genealogical Efforts''' | |||
<nowiki> </nowiki>Learn the ins and outs of the App. By using the Tree App in conjunction with the Family Tree online, you can greatly increase your effectiveness as a beginning or advanced Genealogist. | |||
'''Barbara Moon '''joined the church in her junior year in college. She taught elementary school in Utah and California. She became very interested in family history when she was called to work in a family history center in California and found her grandmother’s birthplace in Sweden through a dream. She has served as a church service missionary on the International floor of the Family History Library for 13 years. One of her mission responsibilities is to teach Family Tree to the missionaries. She loves doing original research, especially where her ancestors come from in the countries of Germany, Poland, Scandinavia, Scotland and Ireland. She just recently went to Ireland with her husband and found her ancestors’ records in the county of Armagh. | '''Presentation: Using Photos, Documents, Stories and Audio to Enhance Your Tree''' | ||
Learn how to avoid the pitfalls in adding Photos, Documents, Stories and Audio to your Tree. | |||
'''BIO:''' Leland Moon''' '''became interested in genealogy when he was 12 years old and has been an avid genealogist ever since. He taught Physical Sciences and computer skills in the public schools for 30 years. While a student at BYU, and after graduation, he was a volunteer at the BYU Library and was involved in coordinating Sunday workshops and doing consultant training. He has taken many semester hours of genealogy classes at BYU and other locations. He has served for 11 years as a church service missionary at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and has served many years in the local family history center. One of his chief responsibilities is developing curriculum for Family Tree. Go to "FamilySearch.Org", then to "Get Help", then "Learning Center", then to "Family Tree Training Lessons and Videos" and then to "View Lessons". Brother Moon created these family tree lessons-videos and sandbox. | |||
2) '''Barbara Moon''': | |||
'''Presentation: Merging and Correcting Relationships''' | |||
Why can’t I merge my great grandmother’s duplicates? Find out how and why you | |||
should merge. Moving children or parents? Learn the shortcuts. Learn why merging and correcting relationships are important in cleaning up your files. | |||
Presentation: '''Clearing Names for Temple Ordinances''' | |||
I have trouble submitting names to the temple. Now what? Learn how to make sure your names clear for temple ordinances. Learn | |||
how to share them with family or friends. | |||
'''BIO:''' Barbara Moon joined the church in her junior year in college. She taught elementary school in Utah and California. She became very interested in family history when she was called to work in a family history center in California and found her grandmother’s birthplace in Sweden through a dream. She has served as a church service missionary on the International floor of the Family History Library for 13 years. One of her mission responsibilities is to teach Family Tree to the missionaries. She loves doing original research, especially where her ancestors come from in the countries of Germany, Poland, Scandinavia, Scotland and Ireland. She just recently went to Ireland with her husband and found her ancestors’ records in the county of Armagh. | |||
3) '''Robert Kehrer''': FamilySearch | 3) '''Robert Kehrer''': FamilySearch | ||
Robert Kehrer worked for 12 years as a molecular geneticist identifying disease genes by building very large family pedigrees. He has an MBA and worked for 7 years at Apple managing strategic alliances and driving market strategy in the sciences. For the last 9 years Robert has worked for FamilySearch as a product manager in the Family History Library, overseeing the public APIs, and managing the development of FamilySearch.org beta. He is currently the senior product manager of search technologies, including the search sytems, hinting, the Sourcelinker attach tool and the historical records image viewer. For years, (including 2016), he has been a presenter at ROOTS TECH, Salt Lake City, Utah. | '''BIO: ''' Robert Kehrer worked for 12 years as a molecular geneticist identifying disease genes by building very large family pedigrees. He has an MBA and worked for 7 years at Apple managing strategic alliances and driving market strategy in the sciences. For the last 9 years Robert has worked for FamilySearch as a product manager in the Family History Library, overseeing the public APIs, and managing the development of FamilySearch.org beta. He is currently the senior product manager of search technologies, including the search sytems, hinting, the Sourcelinker attach tool and the historical records image viewer. For years, (including 2016), he has been a presenter at ROOTS TECH, Salt Lake City, Utah. | ||
4) '''Laryn Brown''': Ancestry.com | |||
'''BIO: ''' Principle Product Manager, Content Recognition, Ancestry.com Laryn joined Ancestry in 1998 as the first product manager, then went on to launch Ancestry.co.uk as the first international website with the Ancestry brand. Currently he is the product manager for emerging technologies in automated content recognition. Prior to his current assignment, Laryn worked as the head of international content partnership development, based in London. He also led the Content Operations team, the team that digitizes and indexes all of Ancestry’s historical records globally. Working in genealogy as a profession and a hobby, Laryn is actively involved in the genealogy community. The threads of his own genealogy include English bricklayers, Canadian and Mohican homesteaders, Southern colonists, and Norwegian farmers. | |||
5) '''Brandon Baird: '''Latin American Specialist; Family Search- Historia Familiar en Español (specialty) | 5) '''Brandon Baird: '''Latin American Specialist; Family Search- Historia Familiar en Español (specialty) | ||
Brandon Baird was born and raised in Northeastern Arizona. He started doing genealogy from an early age and continues to love and enjoy it. He served in the Spain Barcelona mission where he learned to speak Spanish. After his mission he attended BYU where he graduated with a degree in Family History and Genealogy. After graduation he started working at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and has worked there for 3 years as a Latin America Research Consultant. He is an accredited | '''BIO:''' Brandon Baird was born and raised in Northeastern Arizona. He started doing genealogy from an early age and continues to love and enjoy it. He served in the Spain Barcelona mission where he learned to speak Spanish. After his mission he attended BYU where he graduated with a degree in Family History and Genealogy. After graduation he started working at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and has worked there for 3 years as a Latin America Research Consultant. He is an accredited <nowiki> </nowiki>genealogist in the region of Spain. | ||
<nowiki> </nowiki>genealogist in the region of Spain. | |||
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6) ''' Van Celaya''': Fast Accurate Research | 6) ''' Van Celaya''': Fast Accurate Research | ||
'''BIO:''' Van Celaya is a Church Service Missionary who teaches Family History consulting at Riverton Family Search Library, Brigham Young University FHC, Stake Conferences, Youth Conferences, Family History Conferences, FH fairs for multiple stakes, Stake Centers via the internet to as far away as Hawaii, Family History Centers, and even individual Family Home Evenings. Since last February 2014, he has trained over 10,300 people in classroom situations doing family history. Students have enthusiastically acknowledged "how fast and accurate people can become if they follow the things he teaches them.” | |||
7) ''' Bret Peterson''': Searching for ancestors | 7) ''' Bret Peterson''': Searching for ancestors | ||
Bret Petersen''' '''developed a love of family history research at a young age and it continued through his college years at Brigham Young University where he graduated with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Education.His interest in computers spurred him into professional training, support and management roles in various technology companies. He served as Past President of the Utah Genealogical Association. He is a graduate of the National Institute on Genealogical Research and has completed courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. As a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild he has been a presenter and teacher for groups ranging from just a few to several hundred participants. He loves teaching and helping others learn all they can about using technology in researching their family history. | '''BIO''': Bret Petersen''' '''developed a love of family history research at a young age and it continued through his college years at Brigham Young University where he graduated with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Education.His interest in computers spurred him into professional training, support and management roles in various technology companies. He served as Past President of the Utah Genealogical Association. He is a graduate of the National Institute on Genealogical Research and has completed courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. As a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild he has been a presenter and teacher for groups ranging from just a few to several hundred participants. He loves teaching and helping others learn all they can about using technology in researching their family history. | ||
8) '''Rose Nyman''':Teaching Children and Family about Family History with games and projects (specialty) | 8) '''Rose Nyman''':Teaching Children and Family about Family History with games and projects (specialty) | ||