37th Annual Conference
Hilton Garden Inn
St. Charles, Illinois
The Hilton Garden Inn, 4070 East Main Street, St. Charles, IL is located on the north side of North Avenue (Rte. 64) across the street from the Pheasant Run Resort, two miles west of IL Rt. 59 and just east of the DuPage/Kane County line.
If spending the night ask for the DCGS Conference Room Rate of $89 + 11% tax per night.
Registration: Fees & Registration Form
Note: Online Registration will close on Feb. 21, 2012
- $40 for DCGS members
- $50 for non-members
Postmarked on or after Feb. 12, 2012 or at the door:- $55 late or at the door.
- Do not mail in registrations after Sat. Feb 18th!
- Conference Access, Printed syllabus, and Lunch availability are not guaranteed for late or walk-ins.
- We will try to accommodate as many as possible.
- Digital copies of the syllabus will be provided if printed ones are not available
- There are several restaurants and fast-food chains nearby.
- Helpful Hint: Bring plenty of address labels for door prize and raffle tickets
- $40 for DCGS members
If Postmarked by Feb. 11, 2012
Program
| Time | Title/Speaker | Presentation |
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| 8:00 AM | Registration Browsing in the Vendor Area Beverages and snacks will be available for purchase in the morning. |
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| 9:00 AM (1A) |
Finding Your English Ancestors: The Big Four Paul Milner |
We will examine available indexes, how to access and interpret the four primary records groups for English research: civil registration, census, church records and probate. These are the primary records you need when searching for anyone from the fifteenth to the twentieth century. |
| 9:00 AM (1B) |
Advanced Search Tips for Ancestry.com Juliana Smith |
Ancestry.com is home to more than 6 billion records in more than 30,000 collections. But what’s the best way find what you’re looking for in all that information? This class will teach you how to make the powerful search tools at Ancestry.com work for you so to help you locate your ancestor, discover their stories, and so much more. |
| 9:00 AM (1C) |
Don't Get Burned: Getting Around the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 Tony Burroughs |
The entire city burned in 1871, but many records survived to aid your search for Chicago ancestors. Learn which records survived, and methods of getting around the fire. |
Break (10:00 AM - 10:30 AM) | ||
| 10:30 AM (2A) |
Effective Use of England's National Archives Website Paul Milner |
Learn how to effectively use the research tools, indexes and catalogs on this large website to find your ancestors and to put them into their correct historical context. |
| 10:30 AM (2B) |
A Dozen Ways to Jumpstart Your Family History Project Lou Szucs & Juliana Smith |
With so many new sources and methods popping up, it's hard to keep with it all. This lecture is designed to point to ways to stay on top of it all, and to provide the ideas you need to get going! |
| 10:30 AM (2C) |
Creating Order Out of Chaos Tony Burroughs |
Have you searched in every courthouse, every library, and every archives and still haven’t solved your riddle? One of the keys to success in genealogy is doing more with what you have. Sometimes the pieces are there, we just need to look at them in different ways. Reorganizing and analyzing may solve your riddle. |
| 11:45 AM | Luncheon served upstairs If not specified or registed after Feb 12, the Grilled Chicken dinner will be ordered. Your choice of:
Served with a Fruit Cup and desert then please Take time to visit the Vendors
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| 1:30 PM (3A) |
Buried Treasures: What's in the English Parish Chest? Paul Milner |
The English parish was both an ecclesiastical and a civil jurisdiction. Both jurisdictions created informative records and kept them in the Parish Chest. This presentation will examine the breadth and wealth of information that can be found, going well beyond the baptism, marriage and burial registers. |
| 1:30 PM (3B) |
Discovering Midwestern Repositories Lou Szucs |
In terms of research opportunities, the Midwest is the land of opportunity! This presentation will be a mini tour of some of the best places to find your family records. Not only will you learn what some of the greatest libraries, archives and other institutions have to offer online, but you'll better understand the benefits of a personal visit. |
| 1:30 PM (3C) |
Navigating the National Archives Tony Burroughs |
The National Archives has 33 facilities, which hold approximately 21.5 million cubic feet of original textual materials, in addition to microfilm and electronic records. It’s the largest archives in the United States and most of the 4 billion pieces of paper in its collection are not on the Internet. It can be very intimidating, unless you understand how it operates, and can master the finding aids. |
Break (2:30 PM - 3:00 PM) | ||
| 3:00 PM (4A) |
Branching Out: Connecting with others using Social Networking and Online Family Trees Jennifer Holik |
Learn how to use social networking and online family trees to branch out and expand your family research. |
| 3:00 PM (4B) |
The "New" FamilySearch Website Maureen Brady |
The FamilySearch website was completely redesigned in December, 2010, with a new look and much more content, including indexes linked to the images of original documents and a library of instructional videos. This presentation will provide an overview of the new content, as well as search techniques and navigational tips and tricks |
| 3:00 PM (4C) |
The Six Phases of African American Genealogy Tony Burroughs |
This is an overview of the methods and sources in the six distinct phases that are the building blocks of African American genealogy. It progresses from beginning to more advanced research, highlighting some of the problems and complexities of African American genealogy along the way. |
