| Item |
Code |
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 |
Speaker |
| 29071 |
W101 |
Bridges to the Community: Creating, Packing, and Sharing Your Society to
Non-Genealogists |
D. Joshua Taylor |
| 29072 |
W102 |
How to Find Volunteers and Keep Them! |
Cari A. Taplin |
| 29073 |
W104 |
Eating an Elephant: Managing Large Projects |
Elissa Scalise Powell |
| 29074 |
W106 |
Shared Spaces for Society Management |
Rorey Cathcart |
| 29075 |
W107 |
Creating Your Society's Website Using WordPress |
Carla S. Cegielski |
| 29076 |
W109 |
Your Genealogical Society is NOT Alone |
Jane Haldeman |
| 29077 |
W110 |
Hosting a Society Heirloom Roadshow or Preservation Workshop |
Denise May Levenick |
| 29078 |
W111 |
The Mad Hatter: Managing Your Many Duties through Project Management Software |
Cheri Daniels |
| 29079 |
W112 |
10 HOT Tips to Create Publications Every Member Will Read |
Jill Morelli |
| 29080 |
W113 |
Plain Spoken: Updating and Simplfying Your Society Bylaws |
Randy Whited |
| 29081 |
W114 |
Creating Quality Databases for Your Society Website |
Tina Lyons |
| 29082 |
W117 |
Build Membership and Participation with Small Groups and SIGs |
Cari A. Taplin |
| 29083 |
W119 |
Digitizing on a Dime: Digitization Basics for Individuals and Small Genealogical Societies |
Kristin Britanik |
| 29084 |
W121 |
Grant Writing Success for Societies |
Tina Beaird |
| 29085 |
W122 |
Building Your Society's Digital Library |
Jen Baldwin |
| 29086 |
W125 |
Expanding Your Horizons: Taking Your Society’s on the Road |
Carla S. Cegielski |
| 29087 |
W126 |
Creating a County Record Guide |
Tina Lyons |
| 29088 |
W127 |
Outdated Outreach: Breathing New Life into our Outreach Approach |
Cheri Daniels |
| 29089 |
W128 |
Oh, Those Pesky Minutes and Motions |
Jane Haldeman |
| 29090 |
W131 |
How to Ask for Money: Fundraising for Genealogical Societies |
D. Joshua Taylor |
| 29091 |
W132 |
DNA and Your Genealogical Society |
Blaine Bettinger |
| 29092 |
W133 |
Preserving Genealogical Society Records |
Diane VanSkiver Gagel |
| 29093 |
W134 |
Being the [Online] Regional Experts |
Jen Baldwin |
| 29094 |
W135 |
Conduct Meetings Every Board Member Wants to Attend! |
Jill Morelli |
| Item |
Code |
Thursday, August 31, 2017 |
Speaker |
| 29095 |
T202 |
Using "Correlation" to Reveal Facts that No Record States |
Thomas W. Jones |
| 29096 |
T203 |
Technology for Deciphering Foreign Language Records |
Randy Whited |
| 29097 |
T204 |
Using Maps to Further Your Pennsylvania Genealogical Research |
Rick Sayre |
| 29098 |
T205 |
Scottish Covenanters to New Jersey and Pennsylvania 1680-1780 |
Tina Beaird |
| 29099 |
T206 |
Getting Started with DNA |
Janice Lovelace |
| 29100 |
T208 |
Tackling the "Born in Pennsylvania" Problem |
James M. Beidler |
| 29101 |
T213 |
Critical Thinking in Genealogical Research: A Case Study Using Oral History |
Deborah Abbott |
| 29102 |
T214 |
Using NARA's Finding Aids and Website |
Pamela Boyer Sayre |
| 29103 |
T215 |
Making Sense of Metes and Bounds |
Chris Staats |
| 29104 |
T218 |
Colonial War Research |
David Allen Lambert |
| 29105 |
T219 |
Navigating the Draper Manuscripts: Paths of Migration |
Cheri Daniels |
| 29106 |
T220 |
Strategies to Kick-Start Your Research |
Teri E. Flack |
| 29107 |
T221 |
Directories: An Indispensable Research Guide to Individuals, Families and Communities |
Rorey Cathcart |
| 29108 |
T222 |
My Taxes Were Due When? Using Delinquent Tax Lists and Release Books |
J. Mark Lowe |
| 29109 |
T224 |
Advanced Third-Party Tools |
Blaine Bettinger |
| 29110 |
T225 |
My Father's War: A Case Study in World War II Research |
Diane VanSkiver Gagel |
| 29111 |
T226 |
Pennsylvania Vital Records and Their Substitutes |
Marilyn Cocchiola Holt |
| 29112 |
T227 |
When Sources Don't Agree, Then What? |
Thomas W. Jones |
| 29113 |
T228 |
Did Your Ancestors Own Slaves? |
Janice Lovelace |
| 29114 |
T229 |
Finding Your Ancestor in Military Bounty Land Applications |
Rick Sayre |
| 29115 |
T231 |
DNA and the Golden Rule: The Law and Ethics of Genetic Genealogy |
Judy G. Russell |
| 29116 |
T235 |
BCG Certification Seminar |
Jeanne Bloom, Judy G. Russell, Rick Sayre |
| Item |
Code |
Friday, September 1, 2017 |
Speaker |
| 29117 |
F302 |
Getting the Most Out of the DAR Genealogical Research System |
Stacie Newton |
| 29118 |
F304 |
Freedmen’s Bureau Labor Contracts: A Closer Look |
Wevonneda Minis |
| 29119 |
F305 |
Scottish Civil Registration: How to Access, Use and Interpret |
Paul Milner |
| 29120 |
F309 |
Casting the Net: Denominational and Ethnic Newspaper Research |
Cari A. Taplin |
| 29121 |
F311 |
A Methodical Approach to Slave Research: A Case Study |
Deborah Abbott |
| 29122 |
F313 |
Researching Your Jewish Ancestors in Pennsylvania |
Tammy A. Hepps |
| 29123 |
F314 |
Gateway to the West: Researching in Ohio |
Diane VanSkiver Gagel |
| 29124 |
F315 |
Making Timelines Work for You |
Jill Morelli |
| 29125 |
F316 |
Help Me Please: Government Claims and Unusual Pension Requests |
J. Mark Lowe |
| 29126 |
F317 |
Online Family Trees: Avoiding Pitfalls and Maximizing Possibilities |
D. Joshua Taylor |
| 29127 |
F318 |
Black and White Southern Families in Plantation Records |
Ari Wilkins |
| 29128 |
F319 |
From Ulster to Pennsylvania |
David E. Rencher |
| 29129 |
F320 |
Friendly Ancestors: An Introduction to Quakers for Genealogists |
Elizabeth Ernst |
| 29130 |
F321 |
What’s a Prothonotary? Your Guide to Pennsylvania’s Courthouse Records |
Elissa Scalise Powell |
| 29131 |
F323 |
Seeing the Patterns: Organizing and Visualizing the Evidence |
Teri E. Flack |
| 29132 |
F329 |
Treasures of the Ohio History Connection |
Elizabeth Plummer |
| 29133 |
F330 |
How Do You Know What You Know? Moving Beyond Your Genealogy Database |
Chris Staats |
| 29134 |
F332 |
Working Together: Collaborative Genealogy |
Rorey Cathcart |
| 29135 |
F333 |
Enslaved African Americans in White Church Records: An Overlooked Source |
Wevonneda Minis |
| 29136 |
F334 |
Irish Maps and Tools for Finding the Right Place |
Paul Milner |
| 29137 |
F335 |
Pennsylvania German Church Records |
James M. Beidler |
| 29138 |
F336 |
Wild, Wonderful West Virginia |
Peggy Clemens Lauritzen |
| 29139 |
F337 |
When Does Newfound Evidence Overturn a Proved Conclusion? |
Thomas W. Jones |
| 29140 |
F338 |
Federal Records Relating to Rivers and Canals |
Pamela Boyer Sayre |
| 29141 |
F339 |
Our Family Soundtrack: Conducting Oral History Interviews |
Tina Beaird |
| 29142 |
F340 |
Apprentice Records in African American Research |
Ari Wilkins |
| 29143 |
F343 |
Researching Your Small Pennsylvania Town |
Tammy A. Hepps |
| Item |
Code |
Saturday, September 2, 2017 |
Speaker |
| 29144 |
S403 |
Libraries: Getting the Most Bang For Your Buck |
Ari Wilkins |
| 29145 |
S404 |
Fair Work: Labor Unions and Your Ancestor |
Jen Baldwin |
| 29146 |
S405 |
Irish Church Records - Church of Ireland, Presbyterian, Catholic |
David E. Rencher |
| 29147 |
S406 |
Rainbows and Kaleidoscopes: Inclusion as a Society and Corporate Genealogical Standard |
Judy G. Russell |
| 29148 |
S407 |
Working with Your DNA Matches |
Anna Swayne |
| 29149 |
S409 |
Finding Birth Dates Before Vital Records |
J. Mark Lowe |
| 29150 |
S410 |
Misbegotten Children; Tracing the Family Lines of the Illegitimate |
Peggy Clemens Lauritzen |
| 29151 |
S412 |
Men of Steel: Researching Your Steel-working Ancestor |
Elissa Scalise Powell |
| 29152 |
S414 |
Success for Genealogy Companies Through Lean Innovation Practices |
Janet Hovorka |
| 29153 |
S415 |
Making Family Discoveries Using AncestryDNA |
Anna Swayne |
| 29154 |
S416 |
Genealogical Resources in Western Pennsylvania |
Marilyn Cocchiola Holt |
| 29155 |
S422 |
Making Sense of Censuses: Analyzing and Interpreting US Census Data |
Jill N. Crandell |
| 29156 |
S423 |
Did Great-Grandmother Really Vanish Into Thin Air? Using Asylum Records |
Wevonneda Minis |
| 29157 |
S424 |
Where Would You Go If You Had Five Days in Washington, D.C.? |
Pamela Boyer Sayre |
| 29158 |
S426 |
German Immigrant Waves: Contrasts and Sources |
James M. Beidler |
| 29159 |
S428 |
Getting the Most from Ancestry |
Juliana Szucs |
| 29160 |
S430 |
New England Colonial Probate and Deed Records |
David Allen Lambert |
| 29161 |
S431 |
Apprentices, Indentured Servants and Redemptioners |
Peggy Clemens Lauritzen |
| 29162 |
S432 |
Using All the Features of FamilySearch |
David E. Rencher |
| 29163 |
S433 |
Grandpa Worked For the Railroad |
Janice Lovelace |
| 29164 |
S434 |
Locating British Mining Records |
Paul Milner |
| 29165 |
S436 |
The Difference Between Searchers and Researchers |
Crista Cowan |
| 29166 |
S437 |
The New York Gateway: Immigration, Emigration and Migration |
Jane E. Wilcox |
| 29167 |
S439 |
Sprinkling Weather into Your Family History |
Randy Whited |
| 29168 |
S440 |
Researching Manuscript and Special Collections in Historical Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU's) |
Deborah Abbott |
| 29169 |
S444 |
Street Savvy: Discovering Your Urban Roots |
Juliana Szucs |
| 29170 |
S445 |
Spanning Generations: Using Archival Records to Bridge Ancestral Gaps |
Sierra Green |
