Program
8:00 AM - Registration & Pickup information packet in Cultural Hall
9:00 AM - Opening exercise and keynote address in Chapel
9:45 AM - Sessions Begin (1 hr. session/15 min between)
12-12:30 PM - Lunch Break & Door Prizes in Registration Area ONLY.
3:00 PM - Closing in Each Class
****15 minutes between sessions****
Session 1
9:45-10:45
Ancestry.com - How to Navigate Around Ancestry (B)
Genetic Networks (I, A)
Family History Consultant Lab (B, I, A)
Family Search - Keeping Your Ancestors Alive (I)
Family Search WIKI (A)
Finding Non-Indexed Historical Records (A)
Genealogy Tools of the Future (B)
Getting Started in Family History (B)
Getting Started in Family History-Taught in Spanish
Indexing Records (I)
Organizing Your Research (B, I, A)
Spelling Variants of Names (B)
What's In a Name? (B)
Acadian Ancestry Research (I)
Advanced Search Engine Techniques (A)
African American Research (B, I, A)
Ancestry.com - How to Search for Your Ancestors-Taught in Spanish (B)
Dealing with Duplicate Records (A)
Family History Consultant Lab (B, I, A)
Family History is For All Ages (B)
Family Search and Partners (I)
Family Search - Turn Over a New Leaf Using Hints (B, I)
Getting Started in Family History (B)
Maiden Names of Females (B, I, A)
Myths That Sabotage Your Research (A)
Session 2
11:00 - 12:00
Session 3
12:45-1:45
Ancestry.com - Using the Card Catalog (I)
Are You Sure They're Your Ancestors? (A)
Family History Consultant Lab (B, I, A)
Family Search - Cracking the Census Code (A)
Family Search - How to Correctly Enter Spanish Names -Taught in Spanish (B)
Family Search - Keeping Your Ancestors Alive (I)
Family Search WIKI (A)
Finding Birth & Old Louisiana Records (A)
Getting Started in Family History (B)
Indexing Records (I)
Newspapers.com (B)
Social Media-Love It, Hate It, or Both (B, I, A)
Session 4
2:00-3:00
Acadian Ancestor Research (I)
Advanced Search Engine Techniques (A)
Dealing with Duplicate Records (I)
Family History Consultant Lab (B, I, A)
Family Search & Partners (I)
Family Search- Your Forever Family Tree (B, I, A)
Getting Started in Family History (B)
Getting Started in Family History (B) Taught in Spanish
Just Pin IT-Using Social Media to Help With Your Research (B, I)
Maiden Names of Women (B, I, A)
Organizing Your Research (B, I, A)