Brigham Young University-Idaho Online registration available for the annual Rexburg Area Family History Conference

 BYU-Idaho is pleased to offer online registration. Please go to: www.byui.edu/cc/familyhistory/ registration.htm.  For information on the conference and for handouts, please go to: www.byui.edu/cc/familyhistory/ default.htm.  For answers to questions, please phone: (208) 496-1221.

Welcome and Devotional Blair Keddington

Blair D. Keddington is a product manager for FamilySearch. Blair has worked for the Family History Department for 30 years, with most of that time spent in development. Blair has been a product manager on New FamilySearch for seven years and prior to that Rexburg Area was a project manager, Help Desk manager, Microfilm Distribution manager and held other Family History positions in software development. He has an accounting degree from the University of Utah. Conference Blair and his wife Michelle live in Centerville, Utah. They have six children and five grandchildren. Saturday, April 23, 2011

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8:30-9:30 Welcome and Devotional in Hinckley Chapel—Devotional Speaker: Blair Keddington

Comparing Three New Family History Work: Improve Your Daughters of the Top Websites for FamilySearch Coming to Your Newspapers: RootsMagic: With an Certified FamilySearch A Vital Resource in Scanning Skills American Indexing Census Access and 9:50 Family History Emphasis on Software Programs: Introduction the Work of Salvation (B) (I) Revolution: What is (B) (I) (B) (I) (B) Availability Research From to AQ, RM, Legacy (B) (B) (I) (A) It and Can I Join? (B) (I) Within (B) (I) 10:50 (B) (I) (A) (B) (I) (A)

Russell Webster Jason Mendenhall Lance McIntosh Marlo Schuldt Linda Gardner Joy Price Devin Ashby Bret Petersen Jolene Passey Aldene Poole

Learning Family History Preparing, Digital Cameras For Tracking LDS Passport Records: Jumping "the Beginning Organizing, 11:00 Resources on Centers and Helping Composing and Family History Ancestors in Church What You Might Pond"-Research in Scandinavian Planning, and FamilySearch: Members Printing a Family (B) (I) History Library Find England Research Sharing Using to Gaining (B) (I) (A) History Sources (I) (B) (B) (I) 12 noon Knowledge. (B) (I) (A) (B) (I) (A) (B) (I) (B) (I) (A)

Russell Webster Kathleen Terri Hutchings Blair Keddington Lance McIntosh Marlo Schuldt Larry Killian Jay Burrup Jason Mendenhall Bret Petersen Hedberg Luc Comeau 12-12:30 Lunch Break

RootsMagic: FamilyInsight: Google Docs and Research Resources Priesthood / Where Did They Go?: FamilySearch.org: Scandinavian Finding your Legacy 7.5: See 12:30 FamilySearch Made Synchronizing Google Books and Branching Out Consultant Ideas for Locating Lets Take a Tour Internet Resources Southern How to Use Legacy's Easy Your File with (B) (I) (B) (I) (A) Responsibilities/FH Misplaced Ancestors (B) (I) (B) (I) (A) Heritage Powerful Features to (B) (I) (A) FamilySearch Programs (B) (I) (A) (B) (I) (A) (I) (A) (B) (I) (A) 1:30 (B) (I) (A) Laurie Francis Andrea Russell Webster Doug Andrews Bruce Buzbee Schnakenburg Jolene Passey Lance McIntosh Cindy Harrell Jason Mendenhall Kathleen Hedberg Zane Jacobson Terri Hutchings

Keeping PAF Data FamilySearch New FamilySearch Turning the Hearts of Preserving Cemetery 10 Great LDS Using a Mac to Names : Is Your Increasing 1:40 In Sync with New Made Easy with Tips, Tricks, and the Children: Family Headstones on Databases Make Your Tree Ancestor Hiding Productivity on the FamilySearch Using Legacy Family Resources History Coloring Findagrave.com (B) (I) (B) (I) (A) In Plain Sight? FamilySearch to Tree 7.5 (B) (I) (A) Books and Pedigree (B) (I) (B) Website Using (B) (I) (A) (B) (I) Placemats Sharing TimeTM 2:40 (B) (I) (A) Edward (Ted) Hess (B) (I) (A)

Amanda Terry J Wandless Marilyn Hess Andrea Luc Comeau Samantha Sulser Southwick Rick Chandler Douglas Poole Devin Ashby Bret Petersen Jolene Passey Schnakenburg,

Family History The Best Sites for Bob's Overview of Digitized Their Stories in FamilySearch Are You My City Directories: RootsMagic:

Products to Research Perspective of the Indexing for Mother?: Finding More Than Just Publishing Your 2:50 Family History and Online Resources Organize, Find, (B) (I) Upper Snake River Beginners the Maiden Names Phone Numbers! Family History With Duties of HPGL (I) (A) to Share, Preserve Valley (B) in Your Tree (B) (I) Complete (B) (I) 3:50 (B) (I) (B) (I) (A) (B) Documentation (B) (I) (A)

Robert & Susanne Gaylon Findlay Marlo Schuldt Zane Jacobson Strange Tom Thornton Joy Price Jason Mendenhall Bret Petersen Laurie Francis Bruce Buzbee New Features in Google Submitting Names to Bob's Ward Family Reading Binding Generations U.S. Census Organization: Finding Your RootsMagic: 4:00 Ancestral Quest: Genealogist the Temple History Progress Scandinavian Through Family Records Taming the Paper Family in the Advanced Features The Natural (B) (I) (A) Chart Records Stories (B) Monster Newspaper That Make Life Easy to (B) (I) Upgrade for PAF (B) (I) (B) (I) (A) (B) (I) (A) (B) (I) (I) (A) (I) (A)

5:00 (B) (I) (A)

Amanda Terry Robert & Susanne Gaylon Findlay Devin Ashby Samantha Sulser Strange Kathleen Hedberg Eleanor C. Jensen Jason Mendenhall Bret Petersen Laurie Francis Douglas Poole *Skill Level: (B) Beginning; (I) Intermediate; (A) Advanced

Class descriptions are listed below in alphabetical order by title. Please refer to these short descriptions and the online full descriptions handout. 10 Great LDS Databases: Come learn about ten great da- FamilySearch.org: Let's Take a Tour: See what is Preparing, Composing and Printing a Family History: tabases online and in libraries. available to help you with your research at Learning a few simple tips can save time, money and make Are You My Mother?: Finding the Maiden Names in Your .org this an enjoyable adventure. Tree: We will look at various ways that one might search for Finding Your Family in the Newspaper: Newspapers Preserving Cemetery Headstones on Findagrave.com: those elusive maiden names in your family line. are a great resource to place your family in a specific Digital pictures of headstones do not weather away like Beginning Scandinavian Research: Introduction to Scan- location at a specific time. cemetery headstones. dinavian countries, records, and resources, including new Finding Your Southern Heritage: Discovering Priesthood/Consultant Responsibilities/FH Programs: FamilySearch excellent resources in locating your ancestors that lived Priesthood and consultant responsibilities. What has Binding Generations Through Family Stories: This class in the southern states changed? will teach you how to recognize, find, write, and organize Google Docs and Google Books: Tools for every Reading Scandinavian Records: Interpreting Gothic script, stories from your family. genealogist special characters, names and important words Bob's Overview of Family History and Duties of High Google Genealogist: What are the latest tools from Research Resources and Branching Out: FamilySearch Priest Group Leaders: The basic program, how it is Google and how can I use them in my research? tools can help you provide great research assistance to you supposed to work and an action checklist to make it work Improve Your Scanning Skills: Good scans form the and your ward members. Bob's Ward Family History Progress Chart: Why a Family basis of many family history projects. RootsMagic: Advanced Features That Make Life Easy: History Progress Chart is needed Increasing Productivity on the FamilySearch Web- There are many remarkable features that are wonderful to City Directories: More Than Just Phone Numbers!: City site Using Sharing TimeTM: Increase your productivity have. directories can be a great source of easy-to-use information. using Sharing TimeTM: A new tool that integrates into the RootsMagic: FamilySearch Made Easy: Learn how to use Coming to Your Census: Learn about the history behind FamilySearchTM website RootsMagic to easily search the FamilySearch Family Tree the census, what questions were asked and what you might Jumping "the Pond": Research in England: Find out RootsMagic: Publishing Your Family History with Com- discover where to start in your English research. plete Documentation: Learn how to properly document your Comparing Three Certified Pro- Keeping PAF Data In-Sync with New FamilySearch family history with the RootsMagic SourceWizard grams: AQ, RM, Legacy: Compare and show the features Using Ancestral Quest: Learn to link your PAF (or AQ) RootsMagic: With an Emphasis on Research From of Ancestral Quest 12, RootsMagic 4 and Legacy Family records to the records in the Family Tree of New Within: Create a RootsMagic file from scratch and use the Tree 7.5. FamilySearch, singly or in groups. WebSearch tool Daughters of the American Revolution: What is It and Learning Resources on FamilySearch: Gaining Scandinavian Internet Resources: Using parish records, Can I Join?: Sharing information about the Society; how to Knowledge for Major Breakthroughs: Come learn indexes and resources available on the Internet find and prove Revolutionary War period lineage about FamilySearch’s free learning resources that will Submitting Names to the Temple: This class will discuss Digital Cameras for Family History: Features to look for help you gain the knowledge and skills. reserving and submitting ordinances in New FamilySearch. when purchasing a digital camera for Family History and tips Legacy 7.5: See How to Use Legacy’s Powerful Fea- The Best Sites for Research: Learning and discovering the on their use tures: See how to use Legacy’s features to enhance best websites for genealogical research Digitized Perspective of the Upper Snake River Valley: your database and research Their Stories in Online Resources: Many more stories, Offering you an up close and personal look at the digitized Names: Is Your Ancestor Hiding In Plain Sight?: The histories, and records are now available. information that BYU-Idaho has available to you many ways for the "name to be the same!” Top Websites for Family History: Covering those free at Family History Centers and Helping Members: Learn how New FamilySearch Introduction: Get an introduction home and at Family History Centers to use family history centers effectively to help members to the new.FamilySearch.org website Tracking LDS Ancestors in Church History Library with family history work New FamilySearch Tips, Tricks, and Resources: This Sources: Presentation will describe sources available at the Family History Products to Organize, Find, Share, Pre- class will discuss various aspects of working with New LDS Church History Library. serve: Heritage Collector Software Suite: A complete family FamilySearch. Turning the Hearts of the Children: Family History Color- history management system New Features in Ancestral Quest: The Natural Up- ing Books and Pedigree Placemats: This class will share Family History Work: A Vital Resource in the Work of grade for PAF: Learn about many of the dozens of new two strategies for teaching children about their personal fam- Salvation: Learn about the resources available in the new features in Ancestral Quest that are not in PAF ily legacy. Leader's Guide Newspapers: Access and Availability: Adding life to U.S. Census Records: Learn what wealth of information can FamilyInsight: Synchronizing Your File with your ancestor's story. Includes online, RAOGK & onsite be found in your census search FamilySearch and More: Syncing your file with the research Using a Mac to Make Your Tree: This class will focus on FamilySearch Website. Contribute, compare, and reserve Organization: Taming the Paper Monster: The goal is how to use an Apple / Macintosh computer to work on Family ordinances directly from your desktop pedigree to organize in such a way that things are easy for you to History. FamilySearch Made Easy with Legacy Family Tree 7.5: find. Welcome to FamilySearch Indexing: Be part of an interna- See how Legacy makes it easier to work with new Organizing, Planning, and Sharing Using Legacy tional initiative to index the world’s largest collection of genea- FamilySearch Family Tree: See how Legacy helps you write sources logical records FamilySearch Indexing for Beginners: Learn how to start correctly and easily Where Did They Go?: Ideas for Locating Misplaced An- volunteering and the basics of FamilySearch indexing Passport Records: What You Might Find: A hidden cestors: Local family history specialists will explain how you record of your family’s travel outside the country. can make those brick walls look like a sieve.

PROGRAM INFORMATION ACCESSIBILITY REGISTRATION —$10 This conference includes a choice of over All classroom areas are wheelchair Go to: 50 lecture style classes geared to the accessible and both buildings have www.byui.edu/cc/familyhistory/registration. beginning, intermediate, and advanced elevators. htm. We accept Visa or MasterCard only. . Instructors are selected Participants do not have to list specific from local Family History Centers, from the STANDARDS classes; just register for the conference. surrounding communities, and several will Participants are asked to follow the dress Specific class attendance is on a first- be traveling from Utah, western Idaho, and standards of the university while come, first-serve basis. Deadline for other regions outside the area. The participating in the conference. Part of the registration is April 22, 2011. Registration conference is sponsored by the Community conference will be held in the chapel. All Connections Department of BYU-Idaho in are welcome to attend as BYU-Idaho does fee will be $10 per person. Participants conjunction with the BYU-Idaho Family not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, may also register by mailing in the form History Center. Registration is through religion, sex, color, ethnic, or national below with the card information (Visa or Community Connections. Some family his- origin. All participants must abstain from MasterCard only) or a check made out to tory products will be available to purchase, the use or consumption of drugs, alcohol, BYU-Idaho. You may fax the form to (208) on-site, through the University Store. coffee, tea, and tobacco while at the con- 496-1203. At-the-door fee will be $12 per

ference. person, if available. LOCATION Classes will be held in the Thomas E. Ricks FOOD building on the Brigham Young University- Lunch will not be provided for this Idaho campus in Rexburg, Idaho. The conference; you are encouraged to bring Welcome and Devotional speaker will be in Mail In Form your own lunch. We will have 160 Ricks Rexburg Area Family History Conference the Gordon B. Hinckley building chapel set up with tables and chairs. There will be 103 Auxiliary Services Building (240 Hinckley). Parking is available in both Rexburg ID 83460-8012 a 30-minute lunch break, 12 noon to 12:30 the Hinckley and Ricks parking lots going Please Print Neatly. p.m., so you will not miss a class. The north from the LDS Temple, down 2nd East Name: Crossroads which is located on the second Street. Street: floor of the Manwaring Center, will be open City: State: CLASSROOMS from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Food and drinks are The classrooms are equipped with a video not permitted in the classroom areas. Zip: Phone: projector, screen, and a computer to E-mail: demonstrate the topic being presented. REFUND POLICY Cost: $10 Made to BYU-Idaho A $5 processing fee will be charged on all Check #: COURSE HANDOUTS withdrawals. A refund, less the processing Visa or MasterCard #: Handouts will be posted on the fee, will be made if notification of with- www.byui.edu/cc/familyhistory/default.htm drawal is received prior to the conference. website prior to the conference. You will be No refunds will be issued after the responsible for printing your own handouts, conference. Expiration Date: as none will be provided at the conference.