2018 SBCGS Seminar with D. Joshua Taylor

Join us for our 2018 Spring Seminar with D. Joshua Taylor, nationally known and recognized genealogical author, lecturer, and researcher, and a frequent speaker at family history events across the globe. He appeared as featured genealogist on Who Do You Think You Are? and is a host on the popular PBS series Genealogy Roadshow.

SCHEDULE

8:00    Doors Open; Registration: Coffee; Book Sales
8:50    Welcome, Karen Ramsdell, President
9:00    Keynote Speaker: Robert Bason

• 9:30    1st Lecture: Bridging the Gap: Finding Ancestors in the US Between 1780-1830. Often connecting our ancestors to colonists can be quite a task, learn how to employ probate, land, census, tax, and other compiled records to help bridge the gap.

10:30   Break (Coffee, Book Sales)

• 11:00    2nd Lecture: Successful Searching Online: Clustering for Genealogists. Effective Internet searching cannot be complete without clustering. Learn how to limit your search engine results to websites that will be beneficial to you without having to scroll through thousands of results!

12:00 Lunch                   
1:00 Raffle

• 1:30    3rd Lecture: New Tools and Ideas in Research. Learn technological developments (including gadgets and gizmos); newly discovered resources for genealogical research and more.

2:30    Break (Coffee, Book Sales)

• 3:00    4th Lecture: Putting It Together: A Case Study.  Follow a family from the early 1800s to the early 1900s as they migrated from Pennsylvania to Idaho.

4:00    Adjournment

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