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 [...]

It’s finally here!  The BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference, 2012, held at Provo, Utah, is a summer conference with expert presenters.   I’m extra excited about it this year because I am one of their “official bloggers.”  As such, I’ll be giving you details of each day of the conference. I live about thirty minutes [...]

Have you registered yet for Brigham Young University’s Conference on Family History and Genealogy? It’s not too late, but as the saying goes, “If you snooze, you lose!”  This is one conference you won’t want to sleep through.   Presenters are among the top in the field offering high quality lectures.  It’s not so big that [...]

If you haven’t put the date on your summer calendar for BYU’s Conference on Family History and Genealogy, now’s the time to do it.  I’ve attended this conference for many years.  Since each year has been an improvement over the past one, I’m betting this year will be the best yet.  The conference will be [...]

Whether you want to attend an institute, a cruise conference, or virtual conference, there’s something for everybody in this line up! Family Tree University Virtual Conference, March 9-11, online!  Instructors include Thomas MacEntee, Lisa A. Alzo, Lisa Louise Cooke, Diana Crisman Smith, and Nancy Hendrickson.  Since the classes are pre-recorded, you may download it during [...]

The RootsTech Exhibit Hall had something for everyone, genealogists AND techies.   For your benefit, I’ve created a virtual exhibit hall.  Since it never closes, you may walk this hall in your pajamas!  (These are the companies that had a presence at the exhibit hall.  Obviously there are other companies doing similar things, but I wanted [...]

This was my roller coaster day.  First, I had fun, fun, fun. This morning I was eager to hear the latest from Tim Sullivan, Ancestry’s president and CEO, and a panel of Ancestry engineers.  Their presentation titled, “Making the Most of Technology to Further the Family History Industry,” kept me taking copious notes.   Sullivan reported [...]