Ogden Family History Conference/2017

Welcome:

Saturday September 9, 2017 is the date for the upcoming Conference in Ogden, Utah at the Weber State University in their Shepherd Union Building. This will be an all day event starting at 8:30 AM with a keynote speaker, then moving into the approximately 60 different classes that will be offered.

Since our 2006 Conference, this event has been and is entirely free and open to the public. We are grateful for the sponsorship of the Weber State University History Department and the Ogden FamilySearch Library, who make this annual family history conference possible.

Location

Weber State University will again host our Conference.

The below links will show you the campus and the Shepherd Union Building (where the conference will be located).

To see the WSU Campus map click HERE

To see the layout of the Shepherd Union Building click HERE

One-On-One Help

This year we will again offer personalized help with your family history, genealogy or research questions. We WILL BE setting up a sign in link so you can register and communicate with an assigned helper BEFORE your visit to the conference where they will assist you in person. This activity will be done through the FamilySearch portal, so it will be necessary for you to provide your user name and helper identification number (located at your FamilySearch.org profile page) at the time you register for one-on-one help.

Keynote Speaker

Elder Steven M Petersen of the 5th Quorum of the Seventies,will be our keynote speaker for this conference. He resides in Farr West, Utah; is chairman of the board, Petersen Inc.; former bishop, high councilor, stake president’s counselor, stake president, and mission president; married to Polly Petersen, seven children.

Class Schedule

Our class schedule is still being formulated, however as of July 21, 2017 these are the 56 confirmed speakers and class subjects. The Titles in many cases are generic as a subject only pending the presenters providing specific class titles.

The Class Prescriptions are listed alphabetically with the first word (and prepositions such as "The" being counted as a first word) by clicking HERE.

The Biographical sketches may be viewed (alphabetically by their last name) by clicking HERE.

The following table was updated 30 July 2017:

Amber Larsen	Scandinavian Research
Amber Larsen	WIKI
Amy Archibald	Family History Blesses the Living
Annie Strawn	Danish Research on the Internet
Arlene Enkle, PhD	Northern Utah Genealogy Resources
Arlene Enkle, PhD	Is your British Isles Genealogy Already Compiled?
Armel Beardall	Doctrinal support for Genealogy and family history
Bradley Marchant	How to think Logically for Beginners and Intermediate Researchers: Work Smarter, not Harder
Careen Valentine	Meyersgaz.org twice
Careen Valentine	Meyersgaz.org twice
Camille Andrus	Sources of genealogical research for Armenians in the Caucasus
Camille Andrus	Languages in German Genealogical Documents
	Family search – new Web Indexing
Brandon Baird	Si, che puoi! Beginning Italian Research
Daniel Rick Jones	Switzerland Research
Daniel Rick Jones	Family Record case study
Don Koldewyn	Netherlands Research on Line
Doris Bateman	How to Start Your Family History
Doris Bateman	Descendant Research: Find and Add Distant Cousins to your Tree
Emil & Joanne Hanson	Inspiring events
Fritz Juengling	Tips for Genealogical Research
Garland	Preservation
Gary Nelson	Publishing personal, family and social histories
Gene Sessions	The Utah War: The Coming of “Johnston's Army”
Geoff Rasmussen	Googling
Geoff Rasmussen	Top 10 tips
Geoff Rasmussen	Organize using Legacy
Geoff Rasmussen	What's new in Legacy 9
Gina Stewart	Ancestry and FamilyTree interface
Greg Stroud	Solutions to your Scanning Dilemma
Holly T. Hansen	Visualizing Historical Boundaries
Holly T. Hansen	PERSI and Its 8,000 Periodicals
Holly T. Hansen	Analysis Strategies for Brick wall Ancestors
Johnny Willis	The Five Generations Exercise LAB
Jonathan Walker	Spanish
Juan Balderas	Spanish
Kathy Buckmaster	FamilySearch for Beginners (offered twice)
Kiara Neilsen	My Heritage
Linda Baur Poulter	LAB- Indexing Basics
Linda Baur Poulter	LAB – Indexing Spanish language projects
Marlo / Leana Schuldt	Find out how to bring your pictures to life using QR code technology
Melissa Finlay	Kid Genealogists: Inspiring the Next Generation
Melissa Johnson & Sarah Singh	WSU Special Collections
Michelle Bassett	FamilyTree for deaf participants
Mike Booth	RootsMagic: Your Offline Home for Your Online Research
Mike Booth	RootsMagic: Your Offline Home for Your Online Research
Mindy Merrit Jacox	Germanic Research for Beginners
Mindy Merrit Jacox	Finding German Places of Origin
Peg A. Ivanyo	Genealogy Standards for Beginners, part 1: The Basics
Peg A. Ivanyo	Genealogy Standards for Beginners, part II: Making the Grade
Rachel Trotter	The Art of Family Storytelling
Rachel Trotter	Video Stories
Robert Ives	Training with The Family History Guide™
Sam Lower	Finding Your Relatives that are Ready for Temple work
Scott Woodward	DNA is the link to the past; What it is and how you use it

Food

We have reserved parts of the Shepherd Union Building Food Court on the 2nd floor for hot and cold food starting at 11:00 AM. Vending machines are also available on most floors for snacks and drinks.

Prize Drawing

Will be held at 4:15 in the Ball Room. Many of our vendors have donated items that will be raffled off. Collect your vendor table signatures/verification onto your program. Then obtain your raffle ticket at booth #46 on the 3rd floor.