Saturday Februrary 26, 2000
Hilton Lisle/Naperville Conference Center
Lisle, Illinois
| Time | Title | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00AM | New England Town Records (1A) | Explores various types of records, including vitals, town meetings, selectmens and proprietors' records, tax rolls, and warnings out.
David Curtis Dearborn |
| 9:00AM | Court Records: Following the Paper Trail (1B) | Summarizes the organization and indexing of case files with examples. Includes making the most of your last ten minutes at the courthouse.
Michael John Neill |
| 9:00AM | Navigating the FamilySearch® Web Site (1C) | Getting the most from the LDS Family History Center web site.
Maureen E. Brady |
| 10:30PM | New England Manuscripts (2A) | Discusses the rich variety and scope of manuscript collections located in New England.
David Curtis Dearborn |
| 10:30PM | Analyzing Complete Court Cases (2B) | An in-depth look at the court case documents, interpreting their content and relationship. Examples include inheritance, divorce, and other specific cases.
Michael John Neill |
| 10:30PM | You Can Do REAL Research On the Web (2C) | "Real" sources (images and text) and indexes on the web... how and where to find them.
Jeffrey A. Bockman |
| 11:45PM | Silver Anniversary Luncheon and browsing |
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| 1:30PM | New York City Research (3A) | Sources, techniques and examples for tracking ancestors who immigrated through or lived in NYC during the 19th Century. Urban research methods applicable to other cities.
David Curtis Dearborn |
| 1:30PM | Problem Solving and Analysis (3B) | Covers several problem solving techniques, including the use of discrepancy charts and Polya's Four Step Process to help define, then solve the problem.
Michael John Neill |
| 1:30PM | Salt Lake City... Here I Come (3C) | Preparing for a trip and optimizing your research time in the Family History Library.
Patricia E. Kruger |
| 2:45PM | New England Migration To the Midwest (4A) | Explores key routes, settlement patterns, and reasons for migration to the Midwest.
David Curtis Dearborn |
| 2:45PM | I Found It: Now What? (4B) | How to read various documents for potential clues and determine additional records and sources for the next step. Analyzes 12 to 15 examples.
Michael John Neill |
| 2:45PM | Creating Your Personal Web Site (4C) | Analyzing and designing your personal web site. What do you want it to accomplish? How do you want it to look? Also, a discussion on creating and hosting your site.
Jeffrey A. Bockman |
Maureen E. Brady has served as a volunteer at the Schaumburg Family History Center (FHC) for many years and was the Director of the Buffalo Grove and the Crystal Lake FHC. She is a member of the National Genealogical Society, The Association of Professional Genealogists, and the Northeast Scotland Family History Society. She has presented research techniques and tips on FHC and FamilySearch®.
David Curtis Dearborn, a reference librarian, has been a staff member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society since 1976. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, former president of the Massachusetts Genealogical Council, former trustee of the International Society for British Genealogy, and a contributing editor of The American Genealogist.
Patricia E. Kruger has been a board member of the South Carolina Genealogical Society and is currently on the board of DCGS. Her columns and articles have been published in several southeastern U.S. genealogical journals and newsletters. She is also a member of the National Genealogical Society and the Augusta (GA) Genealogical Society and is an annual visitor to the Family History Center in Salt Lake City.
Michael John Neill is an experienced courthouse, library and archive researcher. He is an instructor at Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois, and is on the staff of the Genealogical Institute of Mid America. He writes a weekly article in Ancestry Daily News and has written for such publications as Journal of Online Genealogy, Heritage Quest, and the Genealogical Helper.