Conference Program

Session Title A Valuable New Finding Aid for Land Records at the National Archives AAD: Access to Archival Databases ABCs of the NARA Workshop Abstracting: Just the Facts Please Add Maps to Your Research Tools African American Luncheon: The Buffalo Soldier: Warrior, Peacekeeper, Pioneer Alien Registration Records An Introduction to Records Relating to Native Americans in the National Archives Ancestral Research in France: Starting Points Ancestry and Rootsweb Community Products and Resources Ancestry Press: Share and Preserve Your Family's Rich Heritage in Print APG Luncheon: Shifting Trends and Technologies Create Shifting Professions Applying Genealogical Standards Every Day Army Quartermaster Records Award Winning Genealogy: Jacobus Award Winners and What Made Them Great BCG Certification Seminar BCG Certification Seminar BCG Education Fund Helen Leary Lecture: Speaking of Genealogy... BCG Education Fund Workshop - Putting Skills to Work: Evaluation and Documentation BCG Luncheon: One White Woman, Several Indian Tribes, and BCG Certification Becoming an Accredited Genealogist, Workshop Part 1 Becoming an Accredited Genealogist, Workshop Part 2 Before Statehood: Territorial Records Beginning African American Genealogy Beyond the Draft Records: World War One Records in the National Archives Biographical Data: How Did They Live Their Dash Bounty Land Records at the National Archives: Applications and Surrendered Warrants British Isles Internet Strategies I: General and England British Isles Internet Strategies II: Scotland, Ireland, and Wales Building Your Own Reference Library Buried Treasures: What's in the English Parish Chest California Research: The Pot of Gold for ALL Genealogists Citing Sources Evidence Explained Style Using Legacy's New SourceWriter Civil War Border States Records for Slaves and Slave Owners Civil War Research - Getting Started Civil War Uniforms: Sizing up Your Ancestor Civil War Union Provost Marshals' Records of Civilians: 1861-1866 Closing the Gaps Through Effective Pedigree Analysis Combing the Census for Essential Clues Como Comenzar: Beginning Hispanic Family History Research Compiling Your Family Health History Confusing, Conflicting and Just Plain Wrong: How to Handle Problem Records Cross Country 1850: Tracing Your Ancestor's Westward Journey Ctrl/Alt/Simplify: Word Tips for Genealogists Curb Your Unruly Computer Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents Desde Lejos: Researching in the Archives of Spain and Mexico From the USA Digital Projects and Programs of FamilySearch Discovering Footnote.com: Social Networking Meets History and Genealogy DNA Testing for Genealogy: A Surname Project and Results DNA Testing: The Very Very Basics Do Standards Matter? Doing the Dawes: Locating Ancestors in the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes Dot the i and Cross the t Effective Internet Searching Effects and Results: The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 Eleven Layers of On-Line Searches European Methodology Faces in the Masses: Personalizing Each Immigrant's Experience FamilySearch Luncheon: Digital Technology, Key to the Future FGS Luncheon: Come to Philadelphia and Walk in Your Ancestors' Footprints Find It, Capture It, Convert It Finding a Needle in a Haystack: Working With Manuscript Collections Finding German Ancestors in Published Sources Finding Origins, Places, and Families: Methods That Work Finding Your Ancestors in Local Histories Finding Your Ancestors in Unindexed Books Finding Your German Ancestors Place of Origin Gathering Your Materials: Doing It Right Genealogical Research in Kansas Genealogists and Librarians Working Together Genealogy in a Heinz 57 World: Old Myths, Modern Methods GenealogyBank General Land Entry Papers: Federal Land Records at the National Archives GenSmarts German Immigrants in American Protestant Church Records German Immigration, Migration and Settlement Patterns Within the U.S. Getting the Most from Court Records: Order Books, Minute Books and Associated Loose Papers Getting the Most from Family Tree Maker Getting the Most from Greater Kansas City Research Getting the Most out of Ancestry.com - Searching Ancestry.com Google Earth for Genealogists - Part 1 Google Earth for Genealogists - Part 2 Grids Across America: History of the Rectangular Survey System GSG Luncheon: Hacks and Hookers and Putting up Pickles: Snares of Yesteryear's English Harlem Hellfighters - Heroes of the 369th U.S. Infantry Homestead Laws and the Slavery Question Homestead Records Project Homestead Records: A Day in the Life of our Ancestors Honesty, Courtesy, and Confidentiality: Ethics for Family Historians? ICAPGen Luncheon: Examining the Ammunition of a 'Mercenary Genealogist' Immigrant Clues in Photographs Indexes and Databases for American Indian Research Indexing - From A to Z International Forum Inventing the Future: Genealogy in 2010 Iowa History and Resources Iron Rails Across America ISBGFH Luncheon: There's No Jelly When You're in a Jam: Research in English Record Offices and Repositories ISFHWE Dinner: Through Their Words: Intimate Accounts of our Ancestors It Takes a Human: Writing for Genealogists Kinship: Proving Your Point Lessons from a Snoop: Collaterals and Associates Librarian's Day Program Library Skills Workshop Local Host Society Tour - Kansas City Locating Documents for Your Lineage Society Application Lost Children: Orphans, Vagrants, Delinquents, Half-Orphans, Dependents, Surrendered, Adopted Managing, Preserving and Sharing Your Family History Mapping Your Family's History With Family Atlas Marriage and Courtship in Germany 1500-1800 Mid-Continent Public Library Genealogy Center - New and Improved Mid-Continent Public Library Reception Missouri Digital Heritage: Creating Better Online Access to our Records Missouri: The Show Me State More than Church Records: Colonial Midwest, Mississippi Valley, and Gulf Coast, 1681-1821 MoSGA Wine and Cheese Reception NARA Website and More National Archives Reception at WWI Museum National Cemeteries Navigating the Midwest, Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast 1681-1821 with the Cuban Papers NEHGS Luncheon: Beyond New England Ancestry New Englanders Migrating West New Yorkers to the Great Plains NGS Annual Meeting NGS Banquet: Show Me the Records...Please? NGS GENTECH Luncheon: New Partnerships in the Genealogical Community: The Good, the Bad and the Unknown NGS Home Study Course Workshop NIGRAA Luncheon: How to Forge Friendships and Find Dead People Non-Population Census Returns - Including Agricultureal, Mortality and Social Statistics Ohio Gateway to the West: Researching in Ohio On a Scale of One to Ten: Weighing Your Sources Opening Session: Emigration to the Mouth of the Missouri - and Beyond Options in Post-Adoption Research Our Female Ancestors Moving West Our National Treasure: The Library of Congress Out of the Ashes - Irish Genealogical Collections Overlooked War of 1812 Records in the National Archives Pal Am Luncheon: A Day in the Life of Your German Ancestor Pass it Forward: Sharing Your Past with the Smallest Twigs on Your Family Tree Pleasures and Treasures: Researching in Nebraska PowerPoint for Genealogists Principles of Good Writing Storytelling Problem Solving With Probate Pushing Up Daisies: Cemetery Research Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry: Genetic Genealogy; DNA Testing Records of Military Posts Report Card: World's Largest Indexing and Imaging Initiative Research Plans: What Do You Do with What You Have Found Out? Researching Colorful Colorado Ancestors Researching Midwestern and Plains States American Indian Ancestry - Part 2 Researching Midwestern and Plains States American Indian Ancestry - Part I Researching Your Irish Here Before Going There RootsMagic Settlers and Sooners: Oklahoma's Genealogical Gold Mine Sources and Citations Simplified. From Memorabilia to Digital Data to DNA Spreadsheets 101: Excel, The Genealogist's Underutilized Tool St Louis Update - Military and Civilian Personnel Records Centers Status in German Society 1500 to 1800: Where Did Your Ancestors Fit in? The Arkansas Traveler's Guide to Research The Basics of Vital Records Research The Face of the River The Fall and Rise of the Steamboat Arabia The Kansas Exodus: The Exoduster Movement The Lowdown on Downloading The Master Genealogist - Advanced The Master Genealogist - Beginning/Intermediate The National Archives: Washington, D.C., and the Regions The Nuts and Bolts of Using DNA Testing The Women Homesteaders in Federal Records The www of German Genealogy They Walked With Purpose Till Death Do us Part: Health Information in Federal Military Records Top Internet Sites for Researching Ancestors in France Tracing Pennsylvania Ancestors: Keys to Successful Research Transcription: Simple Rules, Powerful Results Tug 'O War: Balancing the Needs of the Society and the Genealogical Speaker United States Penitentiary - Leavenworth Inmate Case Files, 1895-1952 Using Oral History to Enhance Your Genealogy - Part 1 Using Oral History to Enhance Your Genealogy - Part 2 Using Territorial Documents to Extend Your Pedigree What DNA Can Show: Case Studies of Five Practical Applications to Genealogy What Kind of Source is This? Original Secondary? or Whatchamacallit? What's New at Ancestry.com What's Your Story: Using the Internet for African American Resesarch! When Grandpa Comes Marching Home Again Women and the Law: Researching our Female Ancestors Workshop for Beginners Please Note: No need to be registered for the conference (full conference or day) to attend this workshop WWI Military Petitions for Naturalization Your Ancestors' World Revealed! Using 19th Century Newspapers

Session Speaker Adams, AG, Suzanne Russo Allen, Paul Alpert, Jan Arrington, Todd Bailey, Ph.D., Edwin Beidler, James M. Benedict, Sheila Bettag, CG, CGL, Claire Mire Bloom, CG, Jeanne Boyer, CG, CGL, Pamela K. Bresette, CG, Evie Burtzloff, Mary Buzbee, Bruce Camaur, JD, CG, Richard Celeste, Mary E. Charvet, Earl Clifford, AG, FUGA, Karen Colletta, Ph.D., John Philip Davis, Damani de Beradinis, Robert Devine, JD, CG, CGL, Donn Dougan, John Douglass, CG, Mary Clement Duff, Diana Dunn, CG, Victor Eastman, Dick Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA, Wendy Bebout Fechter, Anna Fleming, CG, CGL, Ann Carter Fogarty, Billie Freilich, CG, CGL, Kay Haviland Gagel, Diane VanSkiver Gibson, Lyle Goodsell, Lynn Hager, CG, CGL, Ruth Ann (Abels) Hawley, Greg Heger, Ph.D., Kenneth Hinckley, CG, Kathleen W. Huber, Kathy Hulet, Kelvin Humphrey, CG, John T. Jackson, David Jensen, Cecile Jones, Ph.D, CG, CGL, FAS, Thomas Kemp, Thomas Jay Kerstens, CG, CGL, Elizabeth Kelley King, Roberta 'Bobbi' Lenzen, CG, Connie Leptich, AG, Anne Little, CG, Barbara Vines Maness, AG, Ruth Mathews, CG, Barbara McClure, Rhonda R. McComas, Angela McDonald, CG, David McLaren, Robert Meade, Kathy Melchiori, CG, CGL, Marie Varrelman Metcalfe, Wayne J. Mieszala, CG, Debra Miller, Craig Miller, CG, Julie Mills, CG CGL FNGS FASG, Elizabeth Shown Milner, Paul Minert, Ph.D., Roger P. Pfister, Michelle Potter, Constance Prescott, Laura Rasmussen, Geoff Rencher, AG CG FIGRS FUGA, David Renick, Barbara Ried, Kimberlee Rives, Timothy Ryskamp, George R. Sanborn, FASG, Melinde Lutz Sandfort, Ph.D., Robert Sayre, CG, Richard Scott, CG, Craig Roberts Seibert, William Sharbrough, Beau Shawker, CG, Patricia O'Brien Shawker, M.D., Thomas H. Spence, Steve Stamm, CG, CGL, Patricia Walls Stay, Russell Stuart-Warren, CG, Paula Suffridge, Buford Suffridge, Lynda Taylor, Maureen A. Underwood, Aaron Velke, Bob Wilcox, Jr., Thomas R. Wilson-Kleekamp, Traci

Session Type: Search All Computer Workshop Librarians' Program Luncheon Session Social Event Workshop

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	Gagel
T225	Out of the Ashes - Irish Genealogical Collections	Rencher, AG CG FIGRS FUGA
T226	Beyond the Draft Records: World War One Records in the National Archives	Melchiori, CG, CGL
T227	Compiling Your Family Health History	Shawker, M.D.
T228	Getting the Most out of Ancestry.com - Searching Ancestry.com	Adams, AG
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM
T229	BCG Luncheon: One White Woman, Several Indian Tribes, and BCG Certification	Stuart-Warren, CG
T230	FamilySearch Luncheon: Digital Technology, Key to the Future	Metcalfe
T231	GSG Luncheon: Hacks and Hookers and Putting up Pickles: Snares of Yesteryear's English	Colletta, Ph.D.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
T232	Kinship: Proving Your Point	Jones, Ph.D, CG, CGL, FAS
T233	More than Church Records: Colonial Midwest, Mississippi Valley, and Gulf Coast, 1681-1821	de Beradinis
T234	New Yorkers to the Great Plains	McDonald, CG
T241	Find It, Capture It, Convert It	Renick
T235	St Louis Update - Military and Civilian Personnel Records Centers	Seibert
T236	Civil War Border States Records for Slaves and Slave Owners	Hager, CG, CGL
T237	Finding German Ancestors in Published Sources	Humphrey, CG
T238	Alien Registration Records	Miller, CG
T239	British Isles Internet Strategies I: General and England	Milner
T240	NARA Website and More	Sayre, CG
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
T242	Research Plans: What Do You Do with What You Have Found Out?	Stuart-Warren, CG
T243	Records of Military Posts	Scott, CG
T244	Researching Colorful Colorado Ancestors	Hinckley, CG
T251	PowerPoint for Genealogists	Renick
T245	Non-Population Census Returns - Including Agricultureal, Mortality and Social Statistics	Potter
T246	Principles of Good Writing Storytelling	Colletta, Ph.D.
T247	Finding Your German Ancestors Place of Origin	Humphrey, CG
T248	WWI Military Petitions for Naturalization	Bresette, CG
T249	British Isles Internet Strategies II: Scotland, Ireland, and Wales	Milner
T250	Inventing the Future: Genealogy in 2010	Allen
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
T254	*SOLD OUT* National Archives Reception at WWI Museum
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
T252	European Methodology	Camaur, JD, CG
T253	NGS Home Study Course Workshop	Lenzen, CG
Friday, May 16
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
F301	Building Your Own Reference Library	Miller, CG
F302	Researching Midwestern and Plains States American Indian Ancestry - Part I	Stuart-Warren, CG
F303	New Englanders Migrating West	McClure
F304	The National Archives: Washington, D.C., and the Regions	Heger, Ph.D.  Duff
F305	The Fall and Rise of the Steamboat Arabia	Hawley
F306	Top Internet Sites for Researching Ancestors in France	Charvet
F307	Becoming an Accredited Genealogist, Workshop Part 1	Clifford, AG, FUGA
F308	RootsMagic	Buzbee
F309	Digital Projects and Programs of FamilySearch	Rencher, AG CG FIGRS FUGA
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
F310	The Master Genealogist - Advanced	Velke
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
F311	Genealogists and Librarians Working Together	Rencher, AG CG FIGRS FUGA
F312	Researching Midwestern and Plains States American Indian Ancestry - Part 2	Stuart-Warren, CG
F313	Iowa History and Resources	McDonald, CG
F314	National Cemeteries	Ried
F315	Confusing, Conflicting and Just Plain Wrong: How to Handle Problem Records	Freilich, CG, CGL
F316	The www of German Genealogy	Humphrey, CG
F317	Becoming an Accredited Genealogist, Workshop Part 2	Clifford, AG, FUGA
F318	Mapping Your Family's History With Family Atlas	Buzbee
F319	Managing, Preserving and Sharing Your Family History	Miller
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
F320	Sources and Citations Simplified. From Memorabilia to Digital Data to DNA	Mills, CG CGL FNGS FASG
F321	German Immigration, Migration and Settlement Patterns Within the U.S.	Humphrey, CG
F322	The Arkansas Traveler's Guide to Research	Suffridge
F323	AAD: Access to Archival Databases	Goodsell
F324	Your Ancestors' World Revealed! Using 19th Century Newspapers	Colletta, Ph.D.
F325	Researching Your Irish Here Before Going There	Kerstens, CG, CGL
F329	Curb Your Unruly Computer	Stamm, CG, CGL
F326	Closing the Gaps Through Effective Pedigree Analysis	Maness, AG
F327	Finding Your Ancestors in Unindexed Books	Renick
F328	Report Card: World's Largest Indexing and Imaging Initiative	Stay
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM
F330	APG Luncheon: Shifting Trends and Technologies Create Shifting Professions	Rencher, AG CG FIGRS FUGA
F331	ISBGFH Luncheon: There's No Jelly When You're in a Jam: Research in English Record Offices and Repositories	McDonald, CG
F332	NEHGS Luncheon: Beyond New England Ancestry	Wilcox, Jr.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
F333	Gathering Your Materials: Doing It Right	Shawker, CG
F334	A Valuable New Finding Aid for Land Records at the National Archives	Bettag, CG, CGL
F335	Tracing Pennsylvania Ancestors: Keys to Successful Research	Freilich, CG, CGL
F336	The Women Homesteaders in Federal Records	Burtzloff
F342	Spreadsheets 101: Excel, The Genealogist's Underutilized Tool	Bloom, CG
F337	Our National Treasure: The Library of Congress	Boyer, CG, CGL
F338	Como Comenzar: Beginning Hispanic Family History Research	Ryskamp
F339	Using Territorial Documents to Extend Your Pedigree	Clifford, AG, FUGA
F341	Ancestry Press: Share and Preserve Your Family's Rich Heritage in Print	Hulet
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
F340	Finding a Needle in a Haystack: Working With Manuscript Collections	Little, CG
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
F343	Indexing - From A to Z	Boyer, CG, CGL
F344	They Walked With Purpose	Stamm, CG, CGL
F345	Before Statehood: Territorial Records	Shawker, CG
F346	Till Death Do us Part: Health Information in Federal Military Records	Potter  Seibert
F347	Problem Solving With Probate	Jones, Ph.D, CG, CGL, FAS
F348	Desde Lejos: Researching in the Archives of Spain and Mexico From the USA	Ryskamp
F349	Our Female Ancestors Moving West	Leptich, AG
F351	Ctrl/Alt/Simplify: Word Tips for Genealogists	Mieszala, CG
F350	Discovering Footnote.com: Social Networking Meets History and Genealogy	Sharbrough
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
F352	NGS Banquet: Show Me the Records...Please?	Colletta, Ph.D.
Saturday, May 17
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
S401	Dot the i and Cross the t	Fleming, CG, CGL
S402	Homestead Laws and the Slavery Question	King
S403	Getting the Most from Court Records: Order Books, Minute Books and Associated Loose Papers	Dunn, CG
S404	Lessons from a Snoop: Collaterals and Associates	Mieszala, CG
S405	Combing the Census for Essential Clues	Alpert
S406	Beginning African American Genealogy	Gibson
S407	DNA Testing: The Very Very Basics	Shawker, M.D.
S408	Getting the Most from Family Tree Maker	Pfister
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
S410	Library Skills Workshop	McComas
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
S409	Workshop for Beginners Please Note: No need to be registered for the conference (full conference or day) to attend this workshop	Lenzen, CG  Suffridge
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
S411	Biographical Data: How Did They Live Their Dash	Freilich, CG, CGL
S412	Finding Origins, Places, and Families: Methods That Work	Mills, CG CGL FNGS FASG
S413	Pass it Forward: Sharing Your Past with the Smallest Twigs on Your Family Tree	Celeste
S414	Immigrant Clues in Photographs	Taylor
S415	Missouri Digital Heritage: Creating Better Online Access to our Records	Dougan
S416	Harlem Hellfighters - Heroes of the 369th U.S. Infantry	Bailey, Ph.D.
S417	The Nuts and Bolts of Using DNA Testing	Suffridge
S418	Effective Internet Searching	Kerstens, CG, CGL
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
S419	It Takes a Human: Writing for Genealogists	Bloom, CG
S420	Effects and Results: The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812	Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA
S421	California Research: The Pot of Gold for ALL Genealogists	Benedict
S422	BCG Education Fund Helen Leary Lecture: Speaking of Genealogy...	Hager, CG, CGL
S423	Finding Your Ancestors in Local Histories	Dunn, CG
S424	What's Your Story: Using the Internet for African American Resesarch!	Wilson-Kleekamp
S425	DNA Testing for Genealogy: A Surname Project and Results	McLaren
S426	Ancestry and Rootsweb Community Products and Resources	Fechter
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM
S427	NGS GENTECH Luncheon: New Partnerships in the Genealogical Community: The Good, the Bad and the Unknown	Eastman
S428	ICAPGen Luncheon: Examining the Ammunition of a 'Mercenary Genealogist'	Clifford, AG, FUGA
S429	African American Luncheon: The Buffalo Soldier: Warrior, Peacekeeper, Pioneer	Bailey, Ph.D.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
S430	Add Maps to Your Research Tools	Sayre, CG
S431	Using Oral History to Enhance Your Genealogy - Part 1	Benedict  Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA
S432	Genealogical Research in Kansas	Douglass, CG
S433	Overlooked War of 1812 Records in the National Archives	Melchiori, CG, CGL
S434	The Basics of Vital Records Research	Alpert
S435	Indexes and Databases for American Indian Research	Stuart-Warren, CG
S436	What DNA Can Show: Case Studies of Five Practical Applications to Genealogy	Devine, JD, CG, CGL
S437	GenealogyBank	Kemp
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
S438	Applying Genealogical Standards Every Day	Dunn, CG
S439	Using Oral History to Enhance Your Genealogy - Part 2	Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA  Benedict
S440	Faces in the Masses: Personalizing Each Immigrant's Experience	Colletta, Ph.D.
S441	Tug 'O War: Balancing the Needs of the Society and the Genealogical Speaker	Fogarty
S442	Pushing Up Daisies: Cemetery Research	Bloom, CG
S443	Doing the Dawes: Locating Ancestors in the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes	Huber
S444	Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry: Genetic Genealogy; DNA Testing	Shawker, M.D.
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
S445	NGS Annual Meeting

This conference program may be subject to change. If you have any questions on the program please contact NGS at Lund@ngsgenealogy.org.