Juan
Balderas
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I
was blessed with a mother who had a lifelong strong interest in the
genealogy of her people; her expectations that I continue her research,
have continued to motivate me to develop my skills and pursue the
identification of my “grandcestors.” My first formal instruction was a
very helpful foundational undergrad course taught by Grant Stevenson.
About that time I was also privileged to attend the First World Conference
on Records and Genealogical Seminar in ’69 as a wide-eyed genealogy
newbie. My later technology applications work in public schools always
seemed to suggest to me ways to use technology to enhance and empower
ordinary folks who desired to discover their roots. I currently enjoy frequent opportunities to help others discover
their family history in ward, stake, and the Ogden Family History Center,
in English y también en español.
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Presentation Title:
52. Parish and Diocesan Records in Spanish Speaking Countries
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Marco
Barranca
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Asesor de Historia Familiar en la zona norte de Utah,
Consultor de Historia Familiar, Misionero en la Biblioteca de Historia
Familiar en S. L. C.
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Presentation Title:
11. Actas Civiles y Religiosas
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Doris
Bateman
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Doris Bateman graduated from Davis High,
attended WSU and graduated from BYU with a degree in sociology and
psychology. She has worked in
various social service work positions. She has been actively working in and teaching family history for
the last twenty years, and has been a Stake Family History consultant.
Currently she is a Family History Consultant in her ward and serves on the
staff of the Ogden Family History Center where she has taught classes in
Roots Magic, newFamilySearch, and documentation. She is married to Douglas G. Bateman and has 6 children and
8 grandchildren.
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Presentation Title:
34. Documentation Made Easy
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Laura
Best
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Laura Best is a popular author,
lecturer and genealogist. As the CEO of EchoRoad, Laura directs her team
in developing products that link family heritage, including KinKards and
the Belonging to Family Series. Laura has authored five books furthering
genealogy techniques. Her book Genealogy for the First Time holds a
starred review in the Library Journal, has been translated into 5
languages, and is in stores and libraries throughout the world.
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Presentation Titles:
4. I Got Stuck with Grandma's Stuff: What Do I Do with It?
21. Genealogy for
the First Time
38. Genealogy
Online for the First Time
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Warren Bittner
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Warren Bittner, holds an M.S. (History), and
works full-time in genealogical research, lecturing, consulting, and
writing. He was assistant director of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
in 2010. He is the former German Collection Manager for the Family History
Library in Salt Lake where he planned microfilming, indexing, and internet
publications. He made several appearances on the PBS television
series, Ancestors 2. He has done extensive research in U.S.,
German, and Swiss records, and is an expert in late nineteenth-century New
York City Research. He is a former member of the board of directors
for the Utah Genealogical Association. He is a member of the
Association of Professional Genealogists, the National Genealogical
Society, the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, The Palatines
to America Society, and the Mid-Atlantic German Society. He is
married to Nancy Ruth Christensen and is the father of three children. Warren has been using Millennia Corporation's Legacy Family
Tree genealogy software for both his personal and client research for over
ten years. He has been actively involved in the beta test for Legacy
7.4 since it was initially released in January 2010.
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Presentation Title:
10. Legacy Family Tree Software Overview
16. Legacy Family Tree and
newFamilySearch
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David
Blaylock
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David Blaylock has
been a stake indexing director for 4 years. He has 40 years of teaching
experience and holds degrees from BYU and WSU in education. He and his
wife, Peggy are volunteers at the Ogden Family History Center. They live
in Ogden and have 5 children.
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Presentation Title:
27. FamilySearch Indexing
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Mike
Booth
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Michael
T. Booth is vice-president of RootsMagic, Inc. An accomplished trainer,
Michael used over 30 years of computer programming experience to create
"Personal Historian" (organize and write personal and family
histories) and "Family Atlas" (create and publish maps of your
family tree). He is also a developer of the RootsMagic genealogy
software. He, wife Sandy, and
their five children reside in South Ogden, Utah.
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Presentation Titles:
33. Roots Magic 4:
Family History Made Easy
51. FamilySearch
made easy with Roots Magic 4
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Karen
Clifford, AG
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Karen's lifetime work has been to
identify successful research practices, distill from those best practices
the principles that make them successful, arrange those principles into
organized strategies, and then teach others how to use those successful
strategies to unite generations.
She began her genealogy career as a
volunteer serving in family history centers in Minnesota, Texas, Virginia,
and California where she helped thousands of patrons, was asked to develop
staff training, and eventually to serve as a director. She has
earned credentials as a college instructor and professional researcher and
has been sought after as a staff trainer for genealogy companies, served
twelve years on the Federation of Genealogical Societies board, and still
works as a volunteer to organize local genealogy societies. As
president of a California research genealogy corporation with offices
in Utah, she has worked with some of the brightest and most
accomplished professional genealogists of this generation, and has learned
something from each of those associations.
As an adjunct college instructor in
Monterey, California and Salt Lake Community College, she is sharing her
expertise with a new generation of technologically friendly students.
She has published books with Genealogical Publishing Company, Ancestry.com,
Genealogy Research Associates, and the former Genealogy.com. Her
instructional manuals, textbooks, and online curriculum materials cover
both traditional and electronic research – and they address the full
range of abilities from the complete beginners to those desiring to become
professional researchers.
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Keynote Address:
"Uniting
Generations through The Changing Face of Family History Research”
Presentation Title:
18. Too Many with the Same Name
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Neil
De Jong
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Neil serves as an Associate Director
at the Ogden Family History Center, where he supervises the book
digitizing project & serves on the
curriculum committee. He has
taught many classes in Family History.
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Presentation Titles:
5. How Do I Start?
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Arlene
Eakle PhD, AG
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Arlene H. Eakle, Ph.D., is the president and founder of
The Genealogical Institute, Inc. and a professional genealogist since
1962. She is an expert in
tracing ancestors from the Southern States including the Appalachian
Triangle-southwest Virginia, northeast North Carolina, southeast Kentucky
and east Tennessee. Her research for Scots-Irish and Native American
pedigrees from this Triangle, although difficult to document, is
especially successful. She is experienced in New York research, tracing
ancestors from New England and New Jersey across New York into
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Tennessee. And she is skilled in researching
English, Scottish, Irish and Swiss German ancestors. Dr. Eakle was one of the founders and original trustees of the
Association of Professional Genealogists. She currently edits four serials, and is a prolific writer with
more than 90 titles.
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Presentation Title:
3. Tracing Ladies on Your Pedigree
23. Evaluating
Genealogical Evidence
41. How
to Find Birth, Marriage, & Death Records in the Southern States
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Debbie
Edward
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FamilyJournals is the
nom de plume for Debbie Edward. Debbie is the memory keeper for her family
and is an active genealogist ever since the marriage of family history
with computers. Her area of research experience is focused in
migration patterns, Midwest research and internet navigating. She is a
teacher, researcher and coach. When newFamilySearch was first rolled out,
she volunteered to be a world wide support missionary, but was asked
instead to be an author for the FamilySearch Wiki, which was in it's very
beginnings. The mission is now over but her love for the wiki continues.
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Presentation Title:
7. FamilySearch Wiki
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Barry
Ewell
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Barry
J. Ewell resides in Riverton, Utah. He is the founder of
MyGenShare.com. He is a writer and researcher with extensive genealogical
experience in internet and field research, digital and software resources
and mentoring genealogists. Research interests include Eastern U.S.,
United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Germany, and Russia.
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Presentation Titles:
2. If Sherlock Holmes were a Genealogist
14. Digitally
Preserving your Family History & Heritage
31. Digital
Photography for the Genealogist
44. How to Cut Ten Years Off Your Learning Curve
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Gaylon
Findley
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Gaylon
Findlay is the president of Incline Software, the company that creates
Ancestral Quest. Incline Software is based in South Jordan, Utah. Gaylon
has been developing genealogy software since 1993, and is the primary
author of both Ancestral Quest and Personal Ancestral File. Prior to his
work in genealogy, he spent his High School years in Frankfurt, Germany,
served an LDS mission in Finland, graduated from Brigham Young University
and spent 12 years in the San Francisco Bay Area as a computer consultant.
He is married to Gale Johnson of Westminster, California, and they are the
parents of 5 children.
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Presentation Titles:
9. Getting Started: Why Use Ancestral Quest
15.
newFamilySearch Made Easy with Ancestral Quest
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Emil
Hanson
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Emil
O. Hanson, PhD., is currently serving as the Director of the Ogden Family
History Center. He has been an educator most of his adult life, retiring
15 years ago, as the Dean of Student Administrative Services at Weber
State University. He is married and is the father of 6 adult children with
many grand and great grandchildren. He is a convert to the LDS faith and
will testify of the importance of family history work.
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Presentation Title:
26. Writing your Personal History
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Joanne
Hanson & Joy Shelton
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Joanne Hanson,
and her daughter Joy Shelton have taught classes in organizing family
history materials at many local area conferences. Joanne is on the staff of the Ogden Family History Center where she
also teaches classes in research methods. She is the wife of the center director, Emil Hanson.
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Presentation Titles:
17. “I didn’t
know that!”
29. Organize in
Color (Pt1)
43. Organize in
Color (Pt2)
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Mary
Hill
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Mary E. V. Hill, MLS., AGCM (Southern States and Eastern States) CG;
reference librarian - BYU, 1989-1992; genealogy instructor BYU, 1992-1995;
Family History Library US/Canada Reference Consultant, 1995-2006; UGA
Board of Directors, 2006-2008; LDS missionary Family History Library,
2006-2008. She authored Saga of a Southern Loyalist: William Riddle of
Virginia and North Carolina; Angel Children; and Family Roots
Organizer Video Series. She is a lecturer with emphasis on U.S.
research methods and genealogical organization, and a mother and
grandmother.
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Presentation Title:
50. Colonial
Immigrants: Who They Were and Where They Came From
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Janet
Hovorka
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Janet
Hovorka received a B.A. in Ancient Near Eastern History and a Master's
Degree in Library and Information Science from BYU. She accepted
teaching and library positions at BYU and Salt Lake Community College
before having her three wonderful children. She and her husband, Kim
Hovorka, own Generation Maps (www.generationmaps.com),
an online genealogy chart printing service that was the first company to
be FamilySearch Certified by the LDS Church. She writes The Chart
Chick blog (www.thechartchick.com), winner of the 2009 Geneablog award. She
is currently serving as Vice President of the Utah Genealogical
Association and has presented 100s of lectures all over the country to
help countless people find out more about their family’s history.
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Presentation Titles:
19. Where to Start
on nFS when your Family History is “All Done"
32. Basic Research
Practices in the Age of nFS: the Genealogy Proof Standard
49. Free Genealogy
Charts from nFS with Family ChArtist
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Eleanor C. Jensen
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Eleanor
C. Jensen lives in Riverside with her husband, Robin. She is the mother of 11 children and 33 grandchildren. She is an
elementary school teacher two days a week and serves two days a week at
the Church History Library in Salt Lake City as a service missionary. Family history has always been a favorite hobby and she currently
serves as Family History Consultant in her ward. She loves to collect new stories that continue to build and bind
her family to each other.
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Presentation Title:
47. Binding Generations through Family Stories
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Jeff
Kinney
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Jeff
Kinney has taught computer software training classes for over 10 years. He is currently serving as a missionary in the Family History
Library in Salt Lake City where he teaches missionaries newFamilySearch. He also volunteers at the Ogden Family History Center where he
teaches newFamilySearch classes. He
is a family history consultant for his ward.
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Presentation Titles:
22. newFamilySearch (Pt2): Matching Possible Duplicates
48. Providing for
LDS Temple Ordinances with nFS
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Ryan
Koelliker
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Ryan
Koelliker is a product manager at FamilySearch. He has worked for
FamilySearch for 10 years. During that time, he has been involved in
several product experience with FamilySearch. He currently manages
different aspects of the data.
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Presentation Title:
1. FamilySearch 2011
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Don
Koldewyn
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Don
Koldewyn graduated from Weber High School, Weber State College and the
University of Utah. After retiring ten years ago, he has been
“anxiously engaged in a good cause,” which is family history research,
specializing in the Netherlands. He
is a ward Family History Consultant and a volunteer at the Ogden Family
History Center, where he is always excited to help people learn how to use
the online Netherlands databases.
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Presentation Title:
37. Netherlands
Internet Research
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Barbara
Lewis
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Barbara has done considerable research
in England, Scotland, and Ireland and has created websites with links to
take you step by step through the best websites for those countries. She has served on the staff of the Ogden Family History Center for
several years, where she is a popular instructor.
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Presentation Title:
20. English Internet Research
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Sam
Lower
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Sam received a Bachelor’s Degree in
Mechanical Engineering from USU, followed by a Master’s of Engineering
and Technology Management from Southern Cal. He has served as the mayor of Plain City and is the chairman for
the Weber Area Council of Governments. He has served at the Ogden Family History Center since 1994,
spending many years as an Associate Director. He is the father of six children, 19 grandchildren, and some really
great great grandchildren
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Presentation Title:
30 & 42. Think
your Family History is All Done?—Try Cousin Research (Two
hour class)
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Earl
Mott
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Earl
graduated from Brigham Young University in 1974 with a degree in
Mechanical Engineering. He
became involved in computer systems long before the personal computer
burst on the scene. He has
worked with computer systems for such companies as John Deere, Haworth,
Black & Decker and i2 Technologies. In 2005 he returned to BYU and received a Master of Business
Administration Degree. Earl
founded Real-Time Collaboration/SharingTime in 2009 so that he could apply
his long experience in computer systems to the problems faced by
genealogists. In February of
2011, Real-Time Collaboration/SharingTime combined with Ohana Software to
marry desktop technologies with web technologies to solve even more of the
issues facing the genealogy world.
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Presentation Title:
25. SharingTime
- Making NFS Easier and More Efficient
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Edith
Reeves
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Edith Reeves graduated from Davis High and Weber State
College with a major in History and minor in Library Science. She selected both fields with the intent of researching family
history. She served a mission
in the Switzerland Zurich Mission. She married Ben Reeves a year after return. They have 5 children and 5 grandchildren. Currently she is serving as Family History Consultant, and as a
church service missionary in newFamilySearch and Product Support. As a staff member at OFHC, Edith teaches classes in newFamilySearch.
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Presentation Titles:
6. newFamilySearch (Pt1): Registering, Navigating and Using the Help Center
39. newFamilySearch
(Pt3): Adding
and Correcting Records
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Andrea
Schnakenburg
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Andrea Schnakenburg is the Design Director and Training
Coordinator at Ohana Software. After
graduating from BYU, she started work as a web designer. It didn't take
long for her to catch the genealogy bug and has been teaching
classes about FamilyInsight and genealogy for over 3 years now. She
currently lives in Provo, Utah with her husband of 5 years and their
beautiful baby girl.
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Presentation Titles:
35. FamilyInsight and newFamilySearch.
53. Wow It Can Do All That?
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Marlo
Schuldt
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Marlo
Schuldt is President of LifeStory Productions, Inc., an Orem, Utah based
company that develops family history software and provides assistance to
individuals desiring to gather, prepare, print and share family history.
He earned both BS and MS degrees from Brigham Young University in Communicative
Disorders. Mr. Schuldt is married with five children and 12
grandchildren (we're expecting twin grandsons this summer) and recently
received a patent on Heritage Collector Software - see http://heritagecollector.com/.
Please visit the following link to view over 35 free newsletters
covering a variety of family history topics http://www.heritagecollector.com/Newsletter/Newslist.htm
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Presentation Titles:
40. Scanning for
Better Results
55. Heritage
Collector Software
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Mollie
Shutt
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Mollie
Shutt has been the Administrator for the FamilySearch Forums since their
release in 2008. She has worked for FamilySearch for over ten years in
various positions. Originally from Oregon, she came to Utah to
attend Brigham Young University, where she majored in music performance.
In her free time, she enjoys mountain biking, riding horses and playing
bassoon with the Orchestra at Temple Square.
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Presentation Titles:
46. FamilySearch
Forums
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Annie
Strawn
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When Annie came to the US years ago as
a young bride who spoke only Danish, she found a job at the Family History
Library, where she worked for several years. She knows Denmark and Danish research from the point of view of a
native and has taught these skills to others for many years.
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Presentation Title:
45. Danish
Research on the Internet
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Tristan
Tolman, AG
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Tristan
L. Tolman, AG is a professional genealogist, author, editor and publisher.
She has a BA in Family History and Genealogy from Brigham Young University
and is accredited in the Mid-Atlantic States. Tristan has been actively
involved in the genealogical field for nearly twenty years. She currently
serves on the Board of Directors of the International Commission for the
Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen). She specializes in
U.S. research, documenting early LDS ancestry and preparing genealogical
information for publication. She and her husband, Blair, are the parents
of five children.
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Presentation Titles:
8. Naturalization Records
54. Becoming a
Professional Genealogist
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Steve
Vander Does
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Steve resides in Ogden where he has been a Family History
Consultant for about 6 years. His research interests include
using the Internet in genealogy research, all things computer, and Dutch
research. He serves on the staff of the Ogden Family History Center
where he is a trainer and on the committee that writes curriculum. He
programmed and designed the Generation Research computer files. He just finished writing and programming the prayer meeting
discussions software used at the OFHC. He is also a popular
instructor there.
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Presentation Titles:
12. Internet Research
36. How to Effectively Google for
Family History
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Russell
Webster
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Russell Webster is an area manager for
FamilySearch and provides family history assistance to priesthood leaders,
family history consultants, family history centers and patrons in the
United States and Canada. Russell has over 15 years of experience in
the area of support and training, and has been with FamilySearch since
2006. He and his wife, Sarah, live in Ogden, Utah with their family
of four daughters and one son.
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Presentation Title:
13. Family History Work, a Vital Resource in the Work of
Salvation
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Arron
Wheeler
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Arron Wheeler
received his BS and Master of Education Degrees at Weber State. He served and LDS Mission in Ecuador from 1982-1984. He is a Spanish teacher in a junior high school and has traveled to
schools in Ecuador, Spain & Costa Rica. He has been involved in genealogical research for several years and
is a well known family history teacher and consultant in his local area. Arron and his wife, Dianna, have four children and live in Plain
City.
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Presentation Title:
28. Why Do We Need More than
newFamilySearch?
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