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Session ID Session Name Speaker Room

8:00 a.m.

RT8983 Access and Preservation

Debbie Bahn, David Carmicheal, Ahmed Johnson, Troy Mohrman

250 A

LAB3824 Visual phasing workshop Stephanie Saylor 250 E-LAB

9:30 a.m.

RT0001 What's New on FamilySearch? Ron Tanner Ruby Room

RT1467 Manipulating Features on Ancestry to Organize and Find Your Family Julie Merrill Onyx Room

RT1414 Before You Test: DNA Basics You Need to Know Drew Smith 255

RT3807 Blending Family History and Technology with the Art of Storytelling

Valerie Elkins, Laura Hedgecock, Sharleen Reyes,

Ballroom A

RT3575 Me and My 1,000+ DNA 4th Cousins Diahan Southard Ballroom B

RT9753 Beyond the mists of time: Sources for British medieval and early modern genealogy Nick Barratt Ballroom G

RT3686 Deeper Analysis: Techniques for Successful Problem-Solving Elissa Scalise Powell Ballroom J

RT8017 Cluster, Huddle, or Flock: Strategies for Research Problems Anne Mitchell 150

RT3474 Discovering Immigration Stories from Both Sides of the Pond Lisa Alzo 155 B

RT5542 Bullet Journaling for Genealogists Crista Cowan 155 E

RT4448 Organize Your Research with Google Drive Nicole Dyer 355 B

RT1209 Finding Her: Our Female Ancestor Melissa Tennant 355 F

RT2527 Managing Global Collaboration in a One-Name Study Paul Howes 251 D

RT1550 Utah: Connect with the Crossroads of the West Laurie Castillo 254 A

RT4709 Discovering Slave Owners in the Family Tree Cheri Hudson Passey 355 A

RT2910 How can a website help tell your genealogy story? Chrissie Pollock 155 A

RT9152 Quaker Migration into America Peggy Lauritzen 251 A

LAB0996 Yes! You Can Read That Handwriting!

Diane Lungo, Lisa Ratzlaff, Maggie Richards, Jill Woodbury

250 D-LAB

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11:00 a.m.

RT8003 Ask a Scientist from AncestryDNA Barry Starr Ruby Room

M2305 I Want to Take Family Names to the Temple. Where Do I Start?

Devin Ashby, Gregg Richardson Onyx Room

RT4713 The FamilySearch Catalog: A Researcher’s Best Friend Diana Elder 255

RT3577 The surname is key—History of surnames and conducting surname research in Germany Dirk Weissleder Ballroom A

RT8007 How Historical Documents Become Discoveries at Ancestry Echo Odunze, Mike Tolman Ballroom B

RT9521 Hear them Sing! Social History and Family NarrativeRebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL Ballroom G

RT1448 Outside the Frame: Telling the Full Story of Your Photographs

Maureen Taylor Ballroom J

RT3934 Untangling the Knots in Your Family Tree Olivia Jewell 150

RT3548 Pledging Brotherhood: An Introduction to Fraternal, Benevolent, and Secret Societies Jen Baldwin 151

RT8758 Going Way Back: Using the Internet Archives in Your Research Daniel Earl 155 B

RT9609 Tracing English Women Ancestors Else Churchill 155 E

RT0004 Connecting Families and Collecting Cousins—Keys to Successful Collaboration

Jim Ericson, Robert Masson 355 B

RT4433 Using Facebook and Twitter for Genealogy Christine Woodcock 355 F

RT5365 Social Media Tools for Your Genealogy Business Amy Johnson Crow 251 D

LAB9802 AncestryDNA Lab: Genetic Genealogy Process Crista Cowan, Lisa Elzey 250 E-LAB

LAB1000 FamilySearch on Your Phone Todd Powell 250 D-LAB

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Session ID Session Name Speaker Room

12:15 p.m.

RT1129 Everyone Has A Story, Even You!Blaine Bettinger, Angie Bush, Diahan Southard,

Ruby Room

RT8349 A Road Trip with Grandma D. Joshua Taylor Ballroom A

RT0008 Come Together, Right Now: Navigating Complex U.K. Sources Whitney Peterson Ballroom B

1:30 p.m.

M2303 Consultants: Serving as a Temple and Family History Consultant Tamra Stansfield Ruby Room

RT8012 Writing Fascinating Family History One Story at a Time Crista Cowan, Sue Cowan Onyx Room

RT4003 Findmypast and Living DNA Town Hall Hannah Morden, David Nicholson 255

RT3560 Uncovering family stories with British and Irish historic newspapers

Myko Clelland Ballroom A

RT4758 Understanding the Ethnic Ancestry in Your DNA Test Richard Hill Ballroom B

RT3771 The Magic of German Church Records Katherine Schober Ballroom J

RT0010 Immigrant Origins: Making the Connection to Your Homeland

Suzanne Russo Adams 150

RT2340 Italian Genealogical Records and Strategies for Success Mary Tedesco 151

RT7109 Accessing the Library of Congress Collections Ahmed Johnson 155 B

RT3458 You CAN Take It With You! Mobile Genealogy Tools Judy Muhn 155 E

RT8832 Help your Norwegian ancestors come to life using little-used sources Rune Nedrud 355 B

RT5309 Preserving Your Online Digital Legacy: Practical Information and Preservation Solutions Reed Powell 355 F

RT1483 YouTube and Genealogy: A Visual Library of Learning and Family Bonding

Andrew Lee, Devon Lee 254 A

RT3200 Jewish Genealogy—How to Start, Where to Look, What's Available Lara Diamond 250 A

RT4562 From Hobby to Business, Avoiding the Pitfalls Richard Hoffman 355 A

RT3208 Jumping off a cliff: How to pursue your dreams Kenyatta Berry 155 A

LAB4892 Techniques for Successful Searching Beth Taylor 250 E-LAB

LAB7792 Your MyHeritage DNA results and verifying matches Daniel Horowitz 250 D-LAB

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3:00 p.m.

RT3663 Should You Take the Hint? Automatic Record Hinting on the Giant Genealogy Websites Sunny Morton Ruby Room

RT5142 Doing the History Eliminates the Mystery Curt Witcher Onyx Room

RT5385 German Family History: Where do I begin? Kelsee Walker 255

RT3586 Connecting Your DNA Matches Diahan Southard Ballroom A

RT2569 Online Scandinavian Records Jenny Hansen Ballroom B

RT5737 Descendancy Research: Another Pathway to GenealogyMichael Lemar Strauss Ballroom G

RT1470 Making Memories of You Devin Ashby Ballroom J

RT1415 Use an Ancestor’s FAN Club to Get Past Brick Walls Drew Smith 150

M2309 Finding more family with FamilySearch Partners Ryan Koelliker 151

RT8015 Using Social Media to Accelerate Your Family History Crista Cowan, Lisa Elzey 155 B

RT7117 Getting the Most Out of Family Tree Maker Duff Wilson 155 E

RT2012 A step-by-step guide to MyHeritage DNA Ran Snir 355 B

RT4501 Do You Speak BRCA? Ruth Tennen 355 F

RT9523 Digging Deeper: Voter Registrations Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL 251 D

RT6239 Slave Traders, Speculators, and the Domestic Slave Trade Kenyatta Berry 250 A

RT3842 Using Pinterest to Boost Your Genealogy Research Lisa Lisson 155 A

LAB2985 Getting to grips with Findmypast Myko Clelland 250 E-LAB

LAB5595 Google for Genealogists: Maps, Satellite, and Earth Lianne Kruger 250 D-LAB

4:30 p.m.

RT3000 General Session—WednesdaySteve Rockwood, The Edge Effect Main Stage

6:00 p.m.

Expo Hall Preview Night Expo Hall

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Session ID Session Name Speaker Room

8:00 a.m.

PH5383 You Can Do DNAChristi Lynn Jacobsen, Dana Leeds, Diahan Southard,

Ruby Room

PH9842 The Ultimate Guide to Tracing British Isles RootsJen Baldwin, Myko Clelland, Brian Donovan,

Onyx Room

PH9082 New FamilySearch Record InnovationsJohn Alexander, Ty Davies, John Huff, Jason Pierson

255

PH6842 Power into Scandinavian ResearchJenny Hansen, Geoffrey Morris, Jeff Svare,

Ballroom A

PH8714 An insider's guide to getting the most out of MyHeritage Daniel Horowitz, Mike Mansfield, Ran Snir, Ballroom B

PH5473 New York Research EssentialsSusan R Miller, D. Joshua Taylor, Frederick Wertz,

Ballroom G

PH7232 Making the Leap—Becoming a Professional GenealogistLuana Darby, Valerie Elkins, Anne Teerlink, Ballroom J

PH3974 15 Photo Tips You'll Love: Scanning, Identification, and Metadata

Chris Desmond, Jeremy Myntti, Maureen Taylor,

150

PH4698 Sharing Family History in Fun and Modern WaysNicole Dyer, Jana Greenhalgh, Olivia Jewell,

151

PH4701 Italian Journeys—Telling Stories through RecordsAlex Cavallini, Ruth Merriman, Suzanne Russo Adams,

155 B

LAB8072 Creating a DNA Triangulation Table Andrew Lee 250 E-LAB

LAB5595 Google for Genealogists: Maps, Satellite, and Earth Lianne Kruger 250 D-LAB

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9:30 a.m.

M2308 What's New on FamilySearch (for members of the Church) Ron Tanner Ruby Room

RT8423 Adding Shared Matches and Genetic Networks to Your Research Blaine Bettinger Onyx Room

RT8010 A Dozen Ways to Jumpstart Your Research Juliana Szucs 255

RT0007 Finally! German Church Records and How to Use Them on FamilySearch

Trish Melander Ballroom A

RT9388 The secret life of Ernest Oldham: researching and writing your family history Nick Barratt Ballroom B

RT3918 What do you mean the vital record is wrong? Shannon CombsBennett Ballroom G

RT3655 How to Write Your Life Story in 5 Pages or Less Alison Taylor Ballroom J

RT0011 I Want to Discover My Family Story, Where Do I Start? Devin Ashby, Gregg Richardson 150

RT4071 BYU Family History Technology Web Apps Mark Clement 151

RT9597 Finding 17th Century English Ancestors Else Churchill 155 B

RT3678 Audio Inspiration—Best methods to record, transcribe, and edit audio stories

Rhonda Lauritzen, Rachel Trotter 155 E

RT5429 Save the Last Dance for Me: Discovering the Social Lives of Our Ancestors Mary Tedesco 355 B

RT5219 Microblogging: Share Your Family History Online without a Blog

Laura Hedgecock, Elizabeth O'Neal 355 F

RT0009 Documenting the Oral Genealogies of Fifteen African Nations Brent Hansen 251 D

RT5027 The Genealogical Research System of the DAR Richard Sayre 254 A

RT5424 Surname Studies: Follow That Surname! Michael Cassara 250 A

RT9256 Burned Official Military Personnel Files (B-Files) Emily Kowalski Schroeder 355 A

RT3845 Getting Started with Research in Brazil Debbie Gurtler 355 D

RT3182 Jewish Genealogy's Other Side: Sephardic Resources Schelly Talalay Dardashti 155 D

LAB9802 AncestryDNA Lab: Genetic Genealogy Process Crista Cowan, Lisa Elzey 250 D-LAB

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11:00 a.m.

RT4000 General Session - Thursday Patricia Heaton Main Stage

1:30 p.m.

RT8014 What You Don't Know about Ancestry Crista Cowan Ruby Room

RT3516 Tracing your ancestors in records of the British poor Myko Clelland Onyx Room

RT0015 Capure, Discover, and Preserve Precious Photos and Stories on FamilySearch Roger Bell 255

RT3641 One Touch Genealogy Research: Handle a Record Once Thomas MacEntee Ballroom A

RT2578 Finding Foreign Roots Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki Jenny Hansen Ballroom B

RT3685 Maximizing Your Use of GEDmatch Tim Janzen Ballroom G

RT4687 My Ancestors are from Germany, and I don't speak German Tamra Stansfield Ballroom J

RT5141 Five Things All Family Historians Should Do before They Die Curt Witcher 150

M2302 Ministering with Temple and Family History Jenifer Greenwood, Tony Nisse 151

RT2712 The Revolution in Multi-Generational Memory Keeping and Digital Rights Glen Meakem 155 B

RT9169 A Rare and Valuable Gem: PERSI Melissa Tennant 155 E

RT3648 From Mountains to Megabytes—Organizing and Archiving Your Stuff Alison Taylor 355 B

RT7118 See What’s New with Family Tree Maker and FamilySearch Duff Wilson 355 F

RT3620 Discovering Your Family in Digital Libraries Jeremy Myntti 251 D

RT4713 The FamilySearch Catalog: A Researcher’s Best Friend Diana Elder 254 A

RT3487 Slaves + Insurance = Rich Records Diane Richard 250 A

RT2528 Locating Pancho Villa: Mexico Research Methodology Brandon Baird 251 A

LAB8072 Creating a DNA Triangulation Table Andrew Lee 250 E-LAB

LAB8093 Hands-On with FamilySearch Family Tree Beth Taylor 250 D-LAB

RT3516 Tracing your ancestors in records of the British poor Myko Clelland Onyx Room

RT4071 BYU Family History Technology Web Apps Mark Clement 151

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Session ID Session Name Speaker Room

3:00 p.m.

RT4001 Meet Ancestry’s New CEO Margo Georgiadis Ruby Room

RT0003 FamilySearch Secrets: Exposing Hidden Records John Huff 255

RT2596 You Need Both! Uniting DNA and Traditional Research Angie Bush, D. Joshua Taylor Ballroom A

RT1119 The Family History Guide: Accelerating Your Learning and Research Bob Taylor Ballroom B

RT3671 Heirloom, Documentation, or Junk: What to Keep or Toss Janet Hovorka Ballroom G

RT2524 Making the most of your DNA Matches with Living DNA Katie Welka 150

RT1879 Will, Thrills, and Chills: Digging Into Probate Records Kris Rzepczynski 151

RT5373 Conducting Research Using Roman Catholic Church Records Melanie McComb 155 B

RT3754 Scanning Photos with Your Digital Camera Peter Krogh 155 E

RT3577 The surname is key—History of surnames and conducting surname research in Germany Dirk Weissleder 355 B

RT3993 How to grow your tree on MyHeritage Daniel Horowitz 355 F

RT2940 Pursuing Your Family History in the National Library Ahmed Johnson 251 D

RT3472 Past Forward: Tech Tools and Strategies for Sharing Family History through a Consumable Genealogy Plan Cheri Daniels 254 A

RT7720 “Jumping the Broom,” Oil, Inheritance, and African American Marriage in the South

Kenyatta Berry 250 A

RT4076 How not to be a victim of hard drive failure Andrew Klein 355 A

RT7777 Who Are You? A Journey Home

Jessica Clement, Heather Mae Harrison, TeAnu Marie Tonga,

355 D

LAB1422 Advanced Evernote for Genealogists Drew Smith 250 D-LAB

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4:30 p.m.

RT2982 Ask the Experts Kenyatta Berry, Angie Bush, D. Joshua Taylor, Ruby Room

RT3705 Unlocking Roman Catholic records—The Catholic Heritage Archive Brian Donovan Onyx Room

RT8004 Your Family Tree Your Way: An Introduction to New Ancestry Tools Marissa Huntsman 255

RT0002 Family Tree: The ins and outs Bryce Roper Ballroom A

RT9605 Under-used English Records—Quarter sessions etc. Else Churchill Ballroom B

RT1678 Perilous Assumptions: Revisiting Those First Finds Kris Rzepczynski Ballroom G

RT3647 Cleaning House: Declutter Your Digital Family Tree Victoria Robinson 150

RT3510 Tracing your British military ancestors Myko Clelland 151

RT9522 The Problem with Porters: Men of the Same Name Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL 155 B

RT2340 Italian Genealogical Records and Strategies for Success Mary Tedesco 155 E

RT4502 Protecting Your Privacy at 23andMe Kate Black 355 B

RT9397 Census Sense: Clues and Conundrums for Intermediate Researchers Patti Gillespie 355 F

RT8424 Lineage Societies: How to Join Them (and Why You Should) Crystal Farish 251 D

RT1479 How to Magnify Hidden Stories in City Directories Devon Lee 254 A

RT0512 BYUtv's Relative Race Dan Debenham 250 A

RT5308 Shoot Like a Pro: How to Record Quality Videos Using Your Mobile Device Elizabeth O'Neal 355 A

RT3201 Success In—And In Spite Of—Endogamy Lara Diamond 155 A

RT2909 How to create a website on WordPress.com Chrissie Pollock 155 D

RT9263 Creative Ways to Honor Heritage and Celebrate Family Trina Boice, Tracey Long 251 A

LAB4892 Techniques for Successful Searching Beth Taylor 250 E-LAB

LAB1000 FamilySearch on your Phone Todd Powell 250 D-LAB

6:00 p.m.

African Heritage Social Regina Mason Ballroom B

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Session ID Session Name Speaker Room

8:00 a.m.

PH7928 Exploring Your Family History in New Ways with Ancestry ProGenealogists

Kyle Betit, Erika Manternach, Heidi Mecham,

Ruby Room

PH5383 You Can Do DNAChristi Lynn Jacobsen, Dana Leeds, Diahan Southard,

Onyx Room

PH1982 German Family research in the digital era: What´s new, what´s coming up

Dietmar Cziesla, Andreas Hedwig, Christian Reinhardt,

255

PH3381 Why and How to Put Yourself into Your Family HistoryScott Fisher, Amy Johnson Crow, Curt Witcher,

Ballroom A

PH2348 The Power of Preserving Oral History

Dana Scott Bourgerie, Brian Croxall, Brent Hansen, Byron Holdiman

Ballroom B

PH7721 Power Hour on New Reports and Updates from 23andMe! Danielle Hayes, Alison Kung, Hilary Vance, Ballroom G

PH6987 Breaking Down Genealogical Brick Walls: Strategies for Success

Lindsay Fulton, David Lambert, Ginevra Morse,

Ballroom J

PH6548 Perspectives on Accreditation Diana Elder, Julie Stoddard, Lisa Stokes, 150

PH3547 Writing Powerful Family History StoriesValerie Elkins, Rhonda Lauritzen, Rachel Trotter,

151

LAB3824 Visual phasing workshop Stephanie Saylor 250 E-LAB

9:30 a.m.

RT5040 Chromosome mapping for absolute beginners Jonny Perl Ruby Room

RT3934 Untangling the Knots in Your Family Tree Olivia Jewell Onyx Room

RT2567 Scandinavian Church Records Jenny Hansen 255

RT1928 Essential Considerations for DNA Evidence Blaine Bettinger Ballroom A

RT5317 Video Magic: Creating Brilliant Videos Quickly and Easily Lisa Louise Cooke Ballroom B

RT2525 The Combined power of DNA, Records, and Family TreesJen Baldwin, David Nicholson, Diahan Southard,

Ballroom G

RT2591 When Details Disagree: 8 Ways to Resolve Conflicts D. Joshua Taylor Ballroom J

RT3459 Swedish-American Church Books—Great Genealogical Source! Kathy Meade 150

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9:30 a.m.

RT6767 Not all your family died in the Holocaust Daniel Horowitz 151

RT8006 Proving Your Immigrant Ancestor with Ancestry Kory Meyerink 155 B

RT1395 How to Digitally Restore Old Photos Jens Nielsen 155 E

RT3708 Landlords and Tenants: Land and estate records for Irish family history Brian Donovan 355 B

RT8008 Newspapers.com: Revealing Solutions to Family History Puzzles Liz Bell, Carl Carter 355 F

RT3474 Discovering Immigration Stories from Both Sides of the Pond Lisa Alzo 251 D

RT7109 Accessing the Library of Congress Collections Ahmed Johnson 254 A

RT5418 Settling the West—The United States Territorial Papers Richard Sayre 250 A

RT5434 Using Catholic Church Records in Latin America Katuska Christensen 355 A

RT5739 Secret Societies: Finding Your Ancestors in Fraternal Organizations.

Michael Lemar Strauss 355 D

RT3543 Chinese Genealogy: An Introduction to Jiapu 家譜 (Chinese Genealogy Records) Anthony King 155 D

LAB5595 Google for Genealogists: Maps, Satellite, and Earth Lianne Kruger 250 D-LAB

11:00 a.m.

RT5000 General Session—Friday Saroo Brierly Main Stage

12:15 a.m.

M2310 Family Discovery in the Home

Elder Bradley D. Foster, Elder Erich W. Kopischke, Elder Shayne M. Bowen, Elder Kevin S. Hamilton, Elder Joaquin E. Costa

Ruby Room

1:00 p.m.

RT5999 Light Keepers Panel 151

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1:30 p.m.

RT8001 Ancestry Tools for Genetic Genealogy: A Comprehensive Overview

Kelly Becker, Neal Varner Ruby Room

RT8011 Finding Stories: Turning Names and Dates into an Impactful Family History Juliana Szucs Onyx Room

RT4002 MyHeritage Town Hall Gilad Japhet 255

RT9410 Chromosome Mapping Tips and Techniques Blaine Bettinger Ballroom A

RT3691 To Use On-line Trees or Not: Organizing Your Data for Your Purposes Elissa Scalise Powell Ballroom B

RT2939 Getting the most out of billions of records on MyHeritage SuperSearch™

Mike Mansfield Ballroom G

RT2372 20 Hacks for Interviewing Almost Anyone, and Getting a Good Story

Joanna Liddell, M.S., CCCSLP, Karen Morgan

Ballroom J

RT3582 Sources and structures for successful genealogical research in Germany Dirk Weissleder 155 B

RT4831 Googling Gertrude—Using Google Earth in Genealogy Gale French 155 E

RT1414 Before You Test: DNA Basics You Need to Know Drew Smith 355 B

RT7483 Family history in the 21st century Nick Barratt 355 F

RT3757 Verifying Your Mayflower Lineage Lindsay Fulton 251 D

RT9549 Female Freemasons? Accessing the Records of Benevolent Societies Jen Baldwin 254 A

RT4662 Denmark Estate Records—Not Just Accounts and Ledgers Jeff Svare 250 A

RT6768 Research Latin America Genealogical Resources on the Internet Daniel Horowitz 355 A

RT4672 From Namur to Namur: Belgian immigration to the USA in the 19th century Marie Cappart 355 D

LAB8072 Creating a DNA Triangulation Table Andrew Lee 250 E-LAB

LAB0996 Yes! You Can Read That Handwriting!

Diane Lungo, Lisa Ratzlaff, Maggie Richards, Jill Woodbury

250 D-LAB

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3:00 p.m.

RT0012 FamilySearch Executive Town Hall FamilySearch Executives Ruby Room

RT5392 Colonial New England Research and Resources: From Archives to the Internet David Lambert Onyx Room

RT3579 DNA Third Party Tools You Actually Need Diahan Southard 255

RT4328 Where the Heck is my German DNA Estimate? Blaine Bettinger Ballroom A

RT7928 Beyond Pie Charts: Using Y and Mitochondrial DNA Testing to Solve Genealogical Puzzles Jim Brewster Ballroom B

M2304 Consultants: Nurturing the New and Tender in the Gospel Merrill White Ballroom G

RT0001 What's New on FamilySearch? Ron Tanner Ballroom J

RT1049 Put Some Meat on Them Bones—Telling the Stories Rosemary Cantrell 150

RT3613 Finding a New Person to Extend Your Tree or Help Others William Harten 155 B

RT3207 How to Start a Family History Blog and Why You Might Want To

Laura Hedgecock, Elizabeth O'Neal 155 E

RT3884 What next? Telling the Story with Newspapers and Obituaries Scott Spencer 355 B

RT8009 Fold3 Search Update: Do You Know What You Are Missing? Anne Mitchell 355 F

RT5411 Life’s Second Certainty—Early U.S. Tax Records Lisa Ratzlaff 251 D

RT9609 Tracing English Women Ancestors Else Churchill 254 A

RT0289 Discover Your Japanese Ancestors Valerie Elkins 250 A

RT7283 Why Should I Look at Revolutionary War Pension Records? Melissa Tennant 355 A

RT7777 Who Are You? A Journey Home

Jessica Clement, Heather Mae Harrison, TeAnu Marie Tonga,

355 D

RT2430 The Strengthening Power of Family Stories on Children and Grandchildren Juliette Eames 251 A

LAB4892 Techniques for Successful Searching Beth Taylor 250 D-LAB

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4:30 p.m.

RT3726 Must-Use U.S. Records at Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Findmypast, and MyHeritage Sunny Morton Ruby Room

RT8016 Using Little Details to Unlock Big Finds (and Avoid Big Errors) Paul Rawlins Onyx Room

RT2548 Connecting the Geographical Dots: Utilizing Google Maps for Genealogical Research Amy Carpenter 255

RT4167 The Research Road Map: Your Path to Success Amy Johnson Crow Ballroom A

RT6692 DNA Testing and Those with Unknown Biological Family Angie Bush Ballroom B

RT3932 S.O.S. (Save Our Stuff): Stories and HeirloomsScott Christensen, Alan Morrell Ballroom G

M2306 Family History That Won't Put Your Kids to Sleep Michael Sandberg Ballroom J

RT3711 Finding the poor and destitute Irish Brian Donovan 150

RT3180 Giving Life to Lifeless Latter-day Saint Histories Keith Erekson 155 B

RT3621 Personal Digital Archiving Jeremy Myntti 155 E

RT3685 Maximizing Your Use of GEDmatch Tim Janzen 355 B

RT3631 Turning Genealogy Clues into Genealogy To-Do's Thomas MacEntee 355 F

RT5361 Behind the metadata curtain: Which common platforms read, create, and release photo tags?

Chris Desmond, Michael Taylor 251 D

RT2593 Land Records: 15 Steps to Move Beyond the Index D. Joshua Taylor 254 A

RT1433 A Grave Interest: Searching for Family Clues in the Cemetery Joy Neighbors 250 A

RT3972 Journey into Your Past: African American Genealogy at the Library of Congress Ahmed Johnson 355 A

RT3843 ¿Raíces Mexicanas? Online Resources for Mexico Debbie Gurtler 155 A

LAB9802 AncestryDNA Lab: Genetic Genealogy Process Crista Cowan, Lisa Elzey 250 E-LAB

LAB5595 Google for Genealogists: Maps, Satellite, and Earth Lianne Kruger 250 D-LAB

6:00 p.m.

RT9000 Connecting through Music and Dance Derek Hough, BYU Ballroom Dancers Main Stage

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8:00 a.m.

PH4510 A Deep Dive into Understanding Your DNA Results Blaine Bettinger, Angie Bush, Jonny Perl, Ruby Room

PH2964 Tracing British Ancestors through the AgesElse Churchill, Myko Clelland, Audrey Collins,

Onyx Room

PH1426 Learn More about Some of Ancestry’s Extended FamilyMichael Mertens, Anne Mitchell, Ben Stevens,

255

PH6249 Discover, Gather, and Connect Your Family TogetherAngelle Anderson, Scott Anderson, Michael Sandberg,

Ballroom A

PH8324 American Ancestors: Who We Are, What We Do, and How We Can Help

David Lambert, Claire Vail, Ryan Woods, Ballroom B

PH2318 Trace the Story of Immigrant Ancestors in 3 StepsSusan R Miller, D. Joshua Taylor, Frederick Wertz,

Ballroom G

PH2347 Families Discovering Family History TogetherNicole Dyer, Jana Greenhalgh, Olivia Jewell,

Ballroom J

PH5439 Youth + Family History = Magic Valerie Elkins, Rachel Trotter, Becky Villareal, 150

PH7332 Vaya con Dios: The Hispanic Immigrant StoryArturo Cuellar, Debbie Gurtler, Karina Morales,

151

PH2031 Power of Swedish Research Using ArkivDigital Janet Carlson, Kathy Meade, Lorna Nelson, 155 B

LAB8072 Creating a DNA Triangulation Table Andrew Lee 250 E-LAB

LAB9802 AncestryDNA Lab: Genetic Genealogy Process Crista Cowan, Lisa Elzey 250 D-LAB

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9:30 a.m.

RT5415 Basic Training: U.S. Military Records Lisa Ratzlaff Onyx Room

RT8005 Mining Probates on Ancestry for Family History Gold Juliana Szucs 255

RT8707 Examining Your DNA Matches with DNA Painter Jonny Perl Ballroom A

RT3949 Digital Legacy Planning for Genealogists Melody Condron Ballroom B

RT5325 The Genealogist’s Google Search Methodology Lisa Louise Cooke Ballroom G

RT3481 Writing and Publishing a Family History: 10 Steps Penelope Stratton Ballroom J

RT9597 Finding 17th Century English Ancestors Else Churchill 150

RT5385 German Family History: Where do I begin? Kelsee Walker 151

RT4719 Research Logs: A Key to Organized Genealogy Diana Elder 155 B

RT9150 Finding Substitutes for Vital Records Peggy Lauritzen 155 E

RT2596 You Need Both! Uniting DNA and Traditional Research Angie Bush, D. Joshua Taylor 355 B

RT0010 Immigrant Origins: Making the Connection to Your Homeland

Suzanne Russo Adams 355 F

RT3889 Keeping Up with Latest Genealogy Buzz Kathy Tarullo 251 D

RT5829 Navigating the General Land Office Records Kelsey Combs, Daniel Fleming 254 A

RT9698 Tracing Female Ancestors in WWI Military and Noncombatant Records Debra Dudek 250 A

RT3177 Freedmen’s Bureau 2.0: A Better Way to Do Slave Research Janice Sellers 155 A

LAB8093 Hands-On with FamilySearch Family Tree Beth Taylor 250 D-LAB

11:00 a.m.

RT6000 General Session—Saturday Jake Shimabukuro Main Stage

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1:30 p.m.

RT8002 Your DNA Story Has More Chapters Than You Think Ross Curtis 255

RT0006 FamilySearch Mobile Apps: Your Family History, Anytime, Anywhere Todd Powell Ballroom A

RT0008 Come Together, Right Now: Navigating Complex U.K. Sources Whitney Peterson Ballroom B

RT4503 Leading with Science at 23andMe Sarah Laskey Ballroom G

RT3766 Artificial Intelligence in Photo Management (and how it can boost Metadata)

Peter Krogh Ballroom J

RT5362 Mapping Your Family History Amy Johnson Crow 151

RT2578 Finding Foreign Roots Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki Jenny Hansen 155 B

RT4303 My Digital Preservation—How Do I Make This Work? Richard Laxman, David Otterstrom 155 E

RT3586 Connecting Your DNA Matches Diahan Southard 355 F

RT5336 Strengthening Latter-day Saint Family Organizations through DNA

Rich Braegger, Clayton Brough, Shane Brough,

251 D

RT9397 Census Sense: Clues and Conundrums for Intermediate Researchers Patti Gillespie 250 A

RT1703 Best of the Best Tech Apps for Smashing Events Kelli Shipp, Jamie Wade 355 A

RT1025 The Role of Technology in Chinese Genealogy Henry Tom 355 D

RT4056 Native, First Nations, Indian: Researching Indigenous Peoples Judy Muhn 155 A

RT3867 Hidden Treasures in the Library of Congress Byron Holdiman 251 A

LAB4892 Techniques for Successful Searching Beth Taylor 250 E-LAB

LAB1422 Advanced Evernote for Genealogists Drew Smith 250 D-LAB

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Session ID Session Name Speaker Room

3:00 p.m.

RT1457 The Silent Language of the Stones: Reading Gravestones through Symbols and Carvings

Joy Neighbors Ballroom A

RT0015 Capure, Discover, and Preserve Precious Photos and Stories on FamilySearch Roger Bell Ballroom B

RT4428 Breaking through Brick Walls in Scottish Research Christine Woodcock Ballroom G

RT3791 Going Dutch: Finding Families in Online Records of the Netherlands Daniel Jones Ballroom J

RT8013 It's Called FAMILY History: Top Tips for Collaborating with Living Family Members

Crista Cowan, Stephen Cowan 150

RT3759 “Looks Like We’re Cousins”: Tips for DNA Collaboration Paul Woodbury 151

RT1119 The Family History Guide: Accelerating Your Learning and Research Bob Taylor 155 B

RT3517 Tour of Online European Archives Miles Meyer 155 E

RT5373 Conducting Research Using Roman Catholic Church Records Melanie McComb 355 F

M2307 Gathering Israel through Family History Whitney Peterson 251 D

RT5028 Kinship Information in Bounty Land Records Richard Sayre 250 A

RT4661 Using Spreadsheets to Track and Organize Your Research Lisa Stokes 355 A

RT9806 Aliens in the Army—Tracking Down WWI Naturalization and Preimmigration Information Debra Dudek 355 D

LAB7792 Your MyHeritage DNA results and verifying matches Daniel Horowitz 250 E-LAB

LAB2985 Getting to Grips with Findmypast Myko Clelland 250 D-LAB

All sessions are first-come, first-seated. Schedule subject to change.

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