Do you have binders full of research notes?  Can you remember what records you’ve already searched and what you’ve already found?  Do you have stacks of photocopies waiting to be organized and filed?  If so, there’s a product I saw at the BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy 2012 that I think you’ll like.  [...]

This is it!  The last day of the 2012 BYU Conference.   Glad to have you back!  For my first stop I attended, “Find Lost Ancestors in the Draper Manuscripts,” by Mary Hill.  The Draper Manuscripts hold a gold-mine of genealogical information concerning those who lived sometime between the Revolutionary War and about 1850 in a [...]

I’m really glad you’re here!  Thanks for checking in! Day Three and I wasn’t so exhausted from the first two days that I needed extra sleep.  In fact, excited about the day’s classes, I couldn’t sleep past 6:30 AM! Today’s keynote presenter, Rod DeGiulio, titled his talk, “FamilySearch: All About Records.”  DeGiulio is a Senior [...]

It was a busy day, so I’ll cut to the chase!  Today’s lineup:  35 classes to choose from with the potential to attend 5, plus the keynote speaker, plus some evening vendor demos. The keynote speaker, John Titford, is a feature writer and genealogical consultant for Family Tree magazine, titled his presentation, “A History of [...]