Conference Program

NGS GENTECH 2004 is designed for all genealogists interested in technology. You don't have to be a computer expert to attend; just recognize the excitement and versatility the electronic world has given to your research. The program features some of the best genealogists in the country, who will share their techniques, tips, and know-how. Each day is filled with a variety of topics at every skill level.

Sessions (T101-102, T106-107), including the luncheon (T103) are for individuals registered for Librarians' Day .

The Tutorials on Thursday afternoon (T104-105, T108-109) require tickets for admittance. You do not have to be registered for the conference to purchase these tickets.

Session Group Choose one... Tutorials Social Activities [enter number of meal tickets]

Session Type Choose one... Lecture Luncheon

...or Session Track Choose one... All Sessions Applications Electronic Methodology Electronic Publishing Electronic Sources Gadgets Imaging Internet Librarians' Day Plenary Social Special Topics Tutorials Working Environment

Thursday, January 22
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
T101	Beyond Your Library: Online Sources That Support the Interlibrary Loan Process	Hager, CGRS, CGL
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
T102	Helping Genealogists Use the Internet at the Library	Howells
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
T103	Librarians' Luncheon	Gehring  Forsyth
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
T104	Planting Your Family Tree Online: Building a Genealogy Website	Howells
T105	Mapping Workshop for Genealogists	Porter, CGRS, CGL
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
T106	Creating an Online Digital Records Archive	Helm
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
T107	Collection Development: Some Thoughts on Creating Your Own Successful Strategies	Henderson
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
T108	Federal Web Sites	Clunies, CG
T109	Digital Photos & Scanning	Gehring
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
T110	NGS GENTECH Tech Session: The GeniML Data Model	Fitzpatrick
Friday, January 23
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
F200	A Freewheeling Discussion of What We Can Expect from Genealogy Software Vendors over the Next Few Years	Eastman
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
F201	How do Web Sites Work?	Powell
F202	Are Genealogists Ready for OCR & Voice Recognition Software?	Slade
F203	Organizing PC Files	Howells
F204	Traditional Versus Computer-Based Genealogical Research	Konvalinka, CGRS, CGL
F205	Using the Internet to Identify and Rescue Orphan Heirlooms	Smolenyak
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
F206	Friday Luncheon: Accidental Visionaries: Halting Steps on the Road to Computer Animation	Smith
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
F211	Googling for Grandma	Howells
F212	Using Palm OS PDAs for Genealogy	Smith
F213	Personalizing Your PC	Taylor
F214	Straw in the Haystack: Finding Ancestors Amongst Mis-Extracted Records	Gehring
F215	How to Use Video Technologies in Your Genealogy Research	Powell
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
F216	Effective Electronic Queries	Smith
F217	GPS	Eastman
F218	If You Surf the Web	Helm
F219	Knowledge-Based Access to On-Line Sources: an Irish prototype	Donovan
F220	A Snapshot of Digital Photo Albums	Fleming, CG, CGL
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
F221	Discovering USGenWeb	Taylor
F222	Basics of Image Capture for Genealogists	Slade
F223	A Mac User in a PC World	Prescott
F224	Don't Let Your Data Just Sit There -- Put it on the Web: Building Database-Driven Web Applications	Helm
F225	Get Going with Graphics	Clunies, CG
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
F226	NGS GENTECH Banquet	Verkler
Saturday, January 24
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
S301	Evaluating Web Resources	Clunies, CG
S302	Creating and Using Adobe PDF Files in a Library Department	Hager, CGRS, CGL
S303	Why use Desktop Publishing Software?	Porter, CGRS, CGL
S304	Digitization of Irish records: the Current State of Play	Donovan
S305	Real World DNA Testing	Smolenyak
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
S306	Beyond Google	Konvalinka, CGRS, CGL
S307	Indexes! Indexes! Indexes! How to Find People who Don't seem to be There	Mills, FNGS, FASG, FUGA
S308	What's a Database? Some Genealogical Examples	Steele
S309	Evaluating Web Sites	Howells
S310	Beyond Y and mtDNA: Reconstructing Genetic Ancestry	Anderson, FASG
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
S311	Saturday Luncheon: The Genealogical Records and Information Pipeline	Rencher, AG
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
S316	Clicks & Tricks of Online Census Research	Stamm
S317	Publish! Bringing it All Together on a Mac	Prescott
S318	Power Of PowerPoint	Hager, CGRS, CGL
S319	Maximizing Your Results from the Ellis Island Database	Smolenyak
S320	Mapping Software Tracks Missouri Migration	Slade
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
S321	Your Immigrant Ancestor	Konvalinka, CGRS, CGL
S322	Self-Publishing Using Word	Steele
S323	Spreadsheet Tricks for the Genealogist	Porter, CGRS, CGL
S324	The Record Preservation and Access Web site	Rencher, AG
S325	Freeware and Shareware: Taking a Useful Approach	Lowe, CG
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
S326	The Changing Face of Family History Information in the Home	Rencher, AG
S327	Your Stripped Bare© Guide to Citing Sources	Mills, FNGS, FASG, FUGA
S328	Microsoft Access for Genealogists	Harrier
S329	Using Federal Records Without Visiting the Castle	Lowe, CG
S330	Cyber Roads Less Traveled	Konvalinka, CGRS, CGL