Librarians' Program















 

 

Conference Program

Session Title
Session Speaker
Session Type:
  

 Tuesday, May 13
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM 
L200    Local Host Society Tour - Kansas City  
8:30 AM - 3:15 PM 
L103    Librarian's Day Program  
8:45 AM - 4:00 PM 
B100    BCG Education Fund Workshop - Putting Skills to Work: Evaluation and Documentation Mathews, CG 
Jones, Ph.D, CG, CGL, FAS 
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM 
P100    MoSGA Wine and Cheese Reception  
 
 Wednesday, May 14
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM 
W101    Opening Session: Emigration to the Mouth of the Missouri - and Beyond Sandfort, Ph.D. 
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
W102    Do Standards Matter? Lenzen, CG 
W103    Missouri: The Show Me State Fleming, CG, CGL 
W104    Cross Country 1850: Tracing Your Ancestor's Westward Journey Jackson 
W105    Genealogy in a Heinz 57 World: Old Myths, Modern Methods Mills, CG CGL FNGS FASG 
W106    Buried Treasures: What's in the English Parish Chest Milner 
W107    Civil War Research - Getting Started Sayre, CG 
W108    Grids Across America: History of the Rectangular Survey System King 
W109    Locating Documents for Your Lineage Society Application Mathews, CG 
W110    What's New at Ancestry.com Adams, AG 
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM 
W111    FGS Luncheon: Come to Philadelphia and Walk in Your Ancestors' Footprints Beidler 
W112    NIGRAA Luncheon: How to Forge Friendships and Find Dead People Boyer, CG, CGL 
W113    Pal Am Luncheon: A Day in the Life of Your German Ancestor Minert, Ph.D. 
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM 
W114    Transcription: Simple Rules, Powerful Results Mieszala, CG 
W115    Getting the Most from Greater Kansas City Research Bresette, CG 
W116    Navigating the Midwest, Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast 1681-1821 with the Cuban Papers de Beradinis 
W117    On a Scale of One to Ten: Weighing Your Sources Little, CG 
W118    Marriage and Courtship in Germany 1500-1800 Minert, Ph.D. 
W119    Civil War Union Provost Marshals' Records of Civilians: 1861-1866 Hager, CG, CGL 
W120    Homestead Records Project Arrington 
W122    The Lowdown on Downloading Boyer, CG, CGL 
W123    Ancestral Research in France: Starting Points Charvet 
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM 
W121    ABCs of the NARA Workshop Shawker, CG 
Potter 
Heger, Ph.D. 
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
W124    Abstracting: Just the Facts Please Little, CG 
W125    Mid-Continent Public Library Genealogy Center - New and Improved McComas 
W126    Iron Rails Across America Stamm, CG, CGL 
W127    Honesty, Courtesy, and Confidentiality: Ethics for Family Historians? Jones, Ph.D, CG, CGL, FAS 
W128    German Immigrants in American Protestant Church Records Minert, Ph.D. 
W129    Civil War Uniforms: Sizing up Your Ancestor Suffridge 
W130    Homestead Records: A Day in the Life of our Ancestors King 
W131    Eleven Layers of On-Line Searches Renick 
W132    Award Winning Genealogy: Jacobus Award Winners and What Made Them Great Sanborn, FASG 
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM 
W135    International Forum Camaur, JD, CG 
Milner 
Humphrey, CG 
Jensen 
Meade 
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 
W136    *SOLD OUT* Mid-Continent Public Library Reception  
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM 
W133    ISFHWE Dinner: Through Their Words: Intimate Accounts of our Ancestors Prescott 
 
 Thursday, May 15
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 
T201    BCG Certification Seminar Jones, Ph.D, CG, CGL, FAS 
Mathews, CG 
Bresette, CG 
T209    Google Earth for Genealogists - Part 1 Boyer, CG, CGL 
Sayre, CG 
T202    General Land Entry Papers: Federal Land Records at the National Archives Bettag, CG, CGL 
T203    Ohio Gateway to the West: Researching in Ohio Gagel 
T204    An Introduction to Records Relating to Native Americans in the National Archives Heger, Ph.D. 
T205    Lost Children: Orphans, Vagrants, Delinquents, Half-Orphans, Dependents, Surrendered, Adopted Bloom, CG 
T206    Status in German Society 1500 to 1800: Where Did Your Ancestors Fit in? Minert, Ph.D. 
T207    When Grandpa Comes Marching Home Again Miller, CG 
T208    GenSmarts Underwood 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 
T210    The Master Genealogist - Beginning/Intermediate Velke 
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM 
T211    BCG Certification Seminar Jones, Ph.D, CG, CGL, FAS 
Mathews, CG 
Bresette, CG 
T212    Bounty Land Records at the National Archives: Applications and Surrendered Warrants Bettag, CG, CGL 
T213    Settlers and Sooners: Oklahoma's Genealogical Gold Mine Huber 
T214    United States Penitentiary - Leavenworth Inmate Case Files, 1895-1952 Rives 
Spence 
T215    Options in Post-Adoption Research Mieszala, CG 
T216    Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents Minert, Ph.D. 
T217    Army Quartermaster Records Scott, CG 
T218    Citing Sources Evidence Explained Style Using Legacy's New SourceWriter Rasmussen 
T219    Google Earth for Genealogists - Part 2 Boyer, CG, CGL 
Sayre, CG 
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
T220    What Kind of Source is This? Original Secondary? or Whatchamacallit? Mills, CG CGL FNGS FASG 
T221    The Face of the River Stamm, CG, CGL 
T222    Pleasures and Treasures: Researching in Nebraska King 
T223    The Kansas Exodus: The Exoduster Movement Davis 
T224    Women and the Law: Researching our Female Ancestors