Southern California Genealogical Society: 2008 Jamboree: Presentation Schedule

Southern California Genealogy Jamboree Tentative Presentation Schedule Friday, June 27, 2008
FR-00	9:00 to 12:00 p.m.	Beverly Truesdale	Beginner	Beginning Genealogy [Truesdale]. Have you thought about tracing your family history "someday"? There is no time like the present to explore your family's past. Join Beverly Truesdale of the Southern California Genealogical Society for an in-depth introduction to this satisfying, interesting pastime. Without proof, there is no truth. Learn to do your research the right way from the very start. Open to the public; does not require Jamboree registration to attend.
FR-01	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Leland Meitzler	Intermediate	The X Files – Dealing with Black Sheep in the Family Tree [Meitzler]. Every family has its black sheep – those folks who may have left a few blemishes in the bark of the family tree. This lecture details how to locate these more colorful characters in the family tree. Also discussed will be what makes up a family scandal – and how families have traditionally dealt with these issues. Finally, recommendations are made as to how the “scandal” is handled within your family story – and how you may want to handle to documentation of which you are the “secret keeper.”
FR-02	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	George G. Morgan	All Levels	How to get the Most Out of Attending a Genealogy Conference [Morgan]. Whether or not this is your first conference and regardless of your research experience, this session will tell you how to gather the most information and learn new skills at Jamboree. Discover tips for maximizing your conference experience every time.
FR-03	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Arlene Eakle, Ph.D., FUGA		American Church Records [Eakle]. How to locate, search and use the wide variety of church records available in printed books, on microfilm, on CD-Rom, on the Internet. These records can supply births/christenings, marriages, deaths/burials, names of godparents and sponsors, migration patterns and proof of family relationships. Use church records to substitute for missing vital records, to find places of origin, to document frontier marriages, to identify original names and tribes for Native American ancestors. A checklist of church records is included as a guide for research.
FR-04	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Beau Sharbrough	Beginner	RootsWorks: Excel for Genealogists [Sharbrough]. Everybody has it, nobody uses it. Spreadsheets can help researchers organize their information. They can also be used to identify patterns that aren’t obvious from other approaches. And they are extremely flexible.
FR-05	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Bruce Buzbee	All Levels	RootsMagic 4: Family History Has Never Been This Easy [Booth]. Join us for an introduction to RootsMagic 4; the newest version of the award-winning genealogy software that makes family history easy. See the new features which make entering, researching, and sharing your family tree a breeze as well as new tools to work with the latest technologies.
FR-06	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Mindi Stevens	Beginner	The Family History Library Catalog – It’s All About Location, Location, Location [Stevens]. Using the Family History Library Catalog at www.familysearch.org can be confusing for beginning researchers. Understanding how to search the catalog of the world’s largest family history resource collection makes all the difference in your research. We will explore all of the search capabilities of this enormous catalog.
FR-07	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	William Dollarhide	All Levels	The Best Internet Sites for Finding Living Relatives [Dollarhide]. At least 25 websites will be reviewed, showing the screen pages, search screens, results, indexing, etc., and comments on why the website is one of the best, with examples of successful document retrieval, photographs, and links to other important genealogical sites.
FR-08	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	D. Brenton Simons	All Levels	Witch’s Brew: Researching Witchcraft in New England [Simons]. Using his recent study of Boston and environs, Brenton Simons tells tantalizing true stories of accused and convicted witches. He touches upon cases of diabolical possession, levitation, and even an exorcism. Through careful analysis of these cases he provides clues for the genealogist to study the origins and families of witches, and, at the same time, offers a new view of what was really going on in seventeenth-century New England.
FR-09	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Stephen P. Morse, Ph.D.	Intermediate	From DNA to Genetic Genealogy: Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask [Morse]. The study of genetics that started with Gregor Mendel's pea experiments in 1865 has now entered the genealogy field with Megan Smolenyak's coining of the term "genetealogy" in 2000. To understand the genealogical aspects requires an understanding of some of the basic concepts. This talk introduces genes, chromosomes, and DNA, and goes on to show how DNA is inherited. That knowledge of inheritance can be used for finding relatives you didn't know you had, learning about your very distant ancestors and the route they traveled, and determining if you are a Jewish high priest (Kohan).
FR-10	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Carl Boyer, III	Beginner	Oh! The Mistakes We Make [Boyer]. Carl said, "I blithely thought it would be fun and instructive to bare my soul by confessing some of the problems I have had as a genealogist, but it took many hours of sweat to put my own errors down on paper. Then I began to feel I might get the idiot of the year award if I gave this talk too many times and it got around how dumb I can be. Therefore, I have added some problems made by other researchers and indeed, at the end, when I ask you to bare your souls, you’ll never know which stories might be related in the next edition of this lecture!"
FR-11	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Geoffrey Rasmussen	All Levels	Overview of Legacy Family Tree 7 [Rasmussen]. See how Legacy helps you write sources correctly and easily, Evidence Explained style, and learn how to create shareable CDs, customized wall charts, publish books, get automated research suggestions, and much more.
FR-12	3:00 to 5:30 p.m.	CSGA	All Levels	California State Genealogical Alliance. Spring Quarterly Board Meeting. Open to the Public. Founded in 1982, the California State Genealogical Alliance serves as a statewide association of independent genealogical societies, individuals and non-profit organizations.
FR-13	4:30 to 5:30 p.m.	Dick Eastman	All Levels	Grandpa in Your Pocket [Eastman] Dick demonstrates various gadgets that will make your genealogy research easier and do things not thought possible before. Dick will discuss devices and software to make genealogy easier: handheld computers, GPS receivers, shirt-pocket sized scanners and more.
FR-14	4:30 to 5:30 p.m.	Chris Child	All Levels	Researching New England and New York Records [Child]. Many of us have ancestors lost in New York and even New England. This lecture will discuss ways to tackle your ancestors in the Northeast using traditional sources and online sources, especially through NEHGS’ website of www.NewEnglandAncestors.org. Explore other information and other research methods that NEHGS and you can use for this area of research.
FR-15	4:30 to 5:30 p.m.	Drew Smith, MLS	Beginner	Where Is the Book with My Family in It? [DSmith] Before setting out on their original research, the best researchers do an exhaustive literature review in order to see what research has already been done on their subject. Genealogists can learn to follow this process by exhaustively searching for books, articles, and other materials that have already been published by other genealogists. This presentation will outline how to perform such a search.
FR-16	4:30 to 5:30 p.m.	Schelly Talalay Dardashti	All Levels	Gen-Bloggers [Dardashti] The field of genealogy is increasing at such a fast rate that not all of us can read everything of interest and distill it down to usable information. That's where the gen-bloggers come in. We are the eccentric ones who spend our days and nights searching myriad sources, reading, distilling, writing and supplying information to the genealogy community. Some of us are generalists, others are specialists, but we are colleagues, and do work together on major issues.
FR-17	4:30 to 5:30 p.m.	Michael Booth	All Levels	Personal Historian: Bringing Life to Your Life Stories [Booth]. Personal Historian is unique software to organize, write, and publish personal histories for yourself and other individuals. Bring together timelines, photos, documents, genealogy, and more to write an interesting life story. Join us for an interactive demonstration of this remarkable software.
FR-18	5:30 to 6:30 p.m.	Dennis Meldrum MLS	All Levels	Finding and Using On-line Published Family Histories at the BYU Harold B. Lee Library [Meldrum] Family histories bind generations together spiritually and emotionally. They document memorable moments and ordinary events that are part of the life of any family. They record the sacrifice and faith of ancestors. Too often, family histories that are lovingly researched and written become lost to future generations. Copies are misplaced or lost and grandchildren grow up without learning their family's stories. Thousands of published family histories and local and county histories from the Genealogical Society of Utah, BYU, and the Allen County Public Library have been scanned, indexed, and placed on-line at the Family History Archive on the BYU Lee Library web site. This course will cover how to use and search the family histories on this site.
FR-19	5:30 to 7:00 p.m.	APG Southern California	Intermediate	Association of Professional Genealogists, Southern California Chapter. Meeting open to all professional genealogists.
FR-20	7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Special Event Admission Required	Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak	All Levels	Right Annie, Wrong Annie. The Search for Annie Moore [Smolenyak]. An Irish lass, Annie Moore, tripped down a gangplank and into the pages of history in 1892 when she became the first immigrant to arrive at Ellis Island. But less than a century later, an Illinois-born Annie Moore had somehow taken her place and was celebrated in song, statue and literature. That all ended when some stubborn genealogists decided to use their sleuthing skills to seek out the right Annie. Come learn how she and her true descendants reclaimed their rightful place in history when their reunion was featured on the front page of the New York Times. Special registration required.

Southern California Genealogy Jamboree Tentative Presentation Schedule Saturday, June 28, 2008
SA-00	7:30 to 9:00 a.m. Special Event Admission Required	Panel Discussion	Intermediate	Effective Society Management Panel Discussion - Breakfast Special Event. This lively question-and-answer session with nationally recognized genealogical society leaders will provide lots of suggestions for energizing your society. Your questions will be anonymous so don't be afraid to ask about even the most challenging issues facing your society. [Jana Broglin, CG; Wendy Bebout Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA; Drew Smith, MLS; Cath Trindle, CG]
SA-01	9:30 to 10:30 a.m.	Arlene Eakle, Ph.D.	Intermediate	Tracing a Southern Pedigree: Tracing Ancestors Back Through Arkansas to Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland Origins. [Eakle] New search strategies and little used sources to help you bypass burned courthouses, gaps in vital records, and ancestors always on the move. One of the most significant migrational patterns - Virginia and North Carolina to Tennessee to Arkansas to California -- is discussed in detail; sources available to help trace such a pedigree, where they are located, and how to search them. Also includes new finding aids and state-wide indexes available.
SA-02	9:30 to 10:30 a.m.	Wendy Bebout Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA	Intermediate	Finding Wives' & Daughters' Names: Pre-1850 Sources for Women [Elliott]. Details sources and research techniques for locating records that include names of wives and daughters. Discussion includes location and explanation of information available, case study, and various methodological approaches.
SA-03	9:30 to 10:30 a.m.	John T. Humphrey	Beginner Intermediate Advanced	Researching German Ancestors: The Agony and the Ecstasy [Humphrey]. More Americans claim descent from German ancestors than from any group who emigrated from the British Isles. This introduction to German research explores obstacles and looks at a variety of records kept by Germans that will enhance the research process.
SA-04	9:30 to 10:30 a.m.	JoAnne Rockower	All Levels	Geni.com: An Introduction to Collaborative Genealogy [Rockower]. Want to involve your family in Genealogy? Geni.com may be your solution. Geni is a tool for understanding and staying in touch with your family. Using Geni and its simple to use (so simple even grandma can use it ) interface families build a family tree, share photos, message one another and work collaboratively to build and document their family history. Often referred to as Facebook for families, Geni was founded by former executives and early employees of PayPal, Yahoo! Groups, EBay, and Tribe. With Geni you can begin creating a family tree in a matter of minutes and stay in touch with your family through a fun, simple, private and free interface. As a collaborative family effort Geni gets the whole family involved.
SA-05	9:30 to 10:30 a.m.	Jana Sloan Broglin, CG	Beginner	The Key to the Courthouse [Broglin]. Searching in a courthouse can be overwhelming for the beginning genealogist. Learn the offices and the records held within. This lecture will feature tips on analyzing the information gleaned from these records. Do you want a magic key? The key to the courthouse? The way to unlock all the records found within? Learn the types of records found in a courthouse and how to effectively use the information.
SA-06	9:30 to 10:30 a.m.	Bennett Greenspan	All Levels	Genetic Genealogy 2008—The Evolution of the Revolution [Greenspan]. Since its inception in 2000 DNA testing for genealogists has emerged from a fad to “I’m glad.” Lost ancestors found and distant connections made or history debunked. From its modest beginning, genetic genealogy companies have increased the size of testing panels, added comparative databases, and even maps of ancestral villages to prove where our earliest ‘surnamed’ relatives lived before they got to where they were when our paper trail runs cold. The lecture will provide a short historical on genealogical DNA at its inception and turn to the problems of today… ancestral digs, anthropology and adoption.
SA-07	10:00 to 12:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion	All Levels	Genealogy Blogger Summit: Panel Discussion. The genealogy blogging and podcast community has been responsible for keeping savvy researchers up to date on new database releases, publications, gadgets, techniques, software, controversies, newspaper articles, gossip, obituaries, quizzes, and even jokes, parodies and satire that only genealogists can appreciate. How do they get the information? How is it disseminated? How have bloggers changed the flow of information between commercial sites and their customers? Schelly Talalay Dardashti, Dick Eastman, Leland Meitzler, George G. Morgan, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, Steve Danko, and Randy Seaver.
SA-08	11:00 to 12:00 p.m.	Arlene Eakle, Ph.D.	Intermediate	Tracing Your Revolutionary War Ancestor [Eakle]. Traditional sources like DAR applications, pensions, and service records have new indexes and finding aids. Newly discovered records that detail military service 1775-1782 like files of military hospitals and prison ships, rejection rolls, petitions submitted to the Continental Congress - where are these records, how do you search them? Also included: Loyalists, Canadian, French and British Patriots; Hessians, and the "Black Watch" - where are their records?
SA-09	11:00 to 12:00 p.m.	Wendy Bebout Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA	Beginner - Intermediate	The Courthouse Burned! Alternate Approaches & Treasures [Elliott]. Details additional sources and extended research techniques for counties with "lost" records. Discussion includes various methodological approaches and explanation of information available in alternative resources.
SA-10	11:00 to 12:00 p.m.	John T. Humphrey	Intermediate	German Ahnentafels by the Thousands! [Humphrey] Germany's 1930's racial policies created an amazing set of records useful to Americans of German descent that are available at the National Archives in Washington DC. Learn how the records came to be created, how they came to the US, and what information is available to help find German ancestors.
SA-11	11:00 to 12:00 p.m.	Bruce Buzbee	All Levels	RootsMagic 4: Family History Has Never Been This Easy [Booth]. Join us for a introduction to RootsMagic 4; the newest version of the award-winning genealogy software that makes family history easy. See the new features which make entering, researching, and sharing your family tree a breeze as well as new tools to work with the latest technologies.
SA-12	11:00 to 12:00 p.m.	Elaine Alexander	Intermediate Advanced	21 Back-Doors to Naturalization Records [Alexander]. Has your search for naturalization records been unsuccessful because you are unable to locate an index? Learn about more than 21 alternate sources that can serve in lieu of an index.
SA-13	11:00 to 12:00 p.m.	Colleen Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.	All Levels	Forensic Genealogy - Connections, Connections [Fitzpatrick]. Come work with Colleen to solve a single genealogical mystery from every possible angle, using every tool at her disposal to analyze a picture, prove a relationship, or solve a family mystery.
SA-14	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Dick Eastman	All Levels	Genealogy Searches on Google [Eastman]. Extracting the most genealogy information possible from everyone’s favorite search engine. This presentation will cover two primary topics: (1) how to search for genealogy information on Google in ways that most people never thought of and (2) how to view thousands of full-length genealogy books at no charge.
SA-15	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak	All Levels	Welcome to RootsTelevision! [Smolenyak]. Have you discovered all the terrific, free genealogical programming at RootsTelevision yet? Did you know that you could tune into all the Ancestors episodes that were featured on PBS? Or a whole channel of genetic genealogy shows? Or an impressive collection of programs on Irish roots? And those are just three of the 20 channels! Whatever your interest, RootsTelevision has something for you! Come learn how to navigate this site, contribute your own videos, and watch what you want when you want!
SA-16	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	John T. Humphrey	Intermediate - Advanced	Developing the Skills to Become a Genealogist [Humphrey]. To successfully research a family the genealogist needs the skills and the tools to do the job. Some skills are specific to a given task, other skills are analytical, and a few skills are very personal.
SA-17	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Larry Proctor	All Levels	Archiving Your Family Treasures with Light Impressions [Proctor]. Learn why and how to preserve photos and documents using archival materials and methods
SA-18	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Beau Sharbrough	Beginner	Automatic Research Assistants - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly [Sharbrough]. This lecture describes programs that give you research tips. Are they the next great thing? Or have we let Frankenstein’s monster loose in our family tree? They’re here and they’re staying and we will want to use them.
SA-19	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	William Dollarhide	All Levels	The Best Genealogy Portals on the Internet [Dollarhide]. At least 25 websites will be reviewed, showing the screen pages, search screens, results, indexing, etc., and comments on why the website is one of the best, with examples of successful document retrieval, photographs, and links to other important genealogical sites.
SA-20	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Stephen P. Morse, Ph.D.	Beginner - Intermediate	What Color Ellis Island Search Form Should I Use? [Morse]. In April 2001 the Ellis Island ship manifests and passenger records went on-line. A few weeks later the One-Step Ellis Island website was created to make this resource easier to use. Since that time the One-Step site has been greatly expanded to include new search capabilities and an array of color-coded search forms. This talk will describe the evolution of the website from both a historical and a practical perspective, and provide a beacon for navigating through this color maze.
SA-21	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Leland Meitzler	All Levels	Free Online Genealogy [Meitzler]. Online genealogy data, once inaccessible or only available for a fee, is daily becoming accessible at no charge – at a rate of 300,000 to 500,000 records per day! The driving force behind all these new records available to genealogists can be attributed to a combination of individuals, for-profit companies, federal, state and local governmental agencies, and FamilySearch. Online genealogy is in the midst of a sea-change, with website adjustments and advances being made that will shape genealogy-data access for decades to come.
SA-22	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak	All Levels	Trace Your Roots with DNA [Smolenyak]. With amazing swiftness, "genetealogy" (the marriage of genetics and genealogy) is graduating from pioneering research to standard practice. But what is it exactly and how can we use it to further our genealogical endeavors? Come hear one of the co-authors of Trace Your Roots with DNA discuss her own and others' experience launching and managing a DNA project, including such considerations as test and vendor selection factors, privacy, and convincing others to participate.
SA-23	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Jana Sloan Broglin, CG	All Levels	Hookers, Crooks and Kooks: Aunt Merle Didn’t Run a Boarding House [Broglin]. Each of us wants to ignore that scalawag, that counterfeiter, or that madam in our family, but the black sheep may prove the most interesting of all. Learn to examine clues in unusual and also common sources. Learn how they lead to locating more records. Topics include family tradition, census records, court records, military records. This presentation, done in costume, discusses family tradition, military records, jail records, and many other little known records used in discovering the black sheep in your family.
SA-24	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Geoffrey Rasmussen	All Levels	Legacy Family Tree: Why Even the Professionals Use It. [Rasmussen] Legacy not only helps organize and publish your genealogy easily, but it also helps solve difficult research problems. Learn about timelines, searching, tagging, custom reports, and much more.
SA-25	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Beau Sharbrough	Beginner	Introduction to Footnote.com [Sharbrough]. An introduction to the history and social media website Footnote.com. The talk is a non-commercial demonstration of this site, including military records, newspapers, naturalization records, and more.
SA-26	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	George G. Morgan	All Levels	How to Get the Most from Ancestry.com [Morgan]. Learn to effectively use Ancestry.com’s search facilities, family trees, message boards, and the community from the author of the book, The Official Guide to Ancestry.com. All Levels
SA-27	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Peter W. Landé	All Levels	Holocaust Records as a Source for All Genealogists [Landé]. The Bad Arolsen Holocaust archive in Germany has recently been opened to the public after long being off-limits to researchers, and only grudgingly accessible to the families of victims. This massive archive contains information on more than 17 million Holocaust victims, on 16 miles of shelves holding 50 million pages of documents. Most of the attention to Bad Arolsen has focused on Jewish records, but in fact, probably over two thirds of the 50 million records relate to non-Jews who were swept into the Holocaust and events in WWII for many reasons. The session will explain how researchers can obtain access to this treasure trove.
SA-28	4:30 to 5:30 p.m.	Arlene Eakle, Ph.D.	Intermediate	British Migration to America before 1850 [Eakle]. Documenting original settlers to New England, New Netherlands, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Special attention is focused on the Irish, the Germans, the indentured servants, the "brides" and British-sponsored religious migrations. Also included migration through the West Indies to New York, Virginia and the Carolinas. New indexes and special projects will be highlighted.
SA-29	4:30 to 5:30 p.m.	Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak	All Levels	Beyond Y-DNA: Your Genetic Genealogy Options [Smolenyak]. Surname studies using Y-DNA tests are a popular and obvious application of genetic testing for genealogical purposes, but are you aware of your other options? Come learn about mtDNA, SNP, BioGeographical and ethnic tests, as well as the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation and the Genographic Project, and determine if one or more of them is right for you. (note: this talk makes an excellent follow-on to the one-hour Trace Your Roots with DNA talk)
SA-30	4:30 to 5:30 p.m.	Eric Smith	All Levels	Researching Genealogy Across the Color Line [ESmith]. The institution of slavery disrupted family life for generations making the search for ancestors difficult but not impossible. During the Reconstruction Period reunions of separated family members took place all over the south often ending up in disappointment. To add to the already tangled process of discovering ones roots, the researcher is confronted with family members who crossed the color line by duress or choice.
SA-31	4:30 to 5:30 p.m.	David Lifferth	All Levels	Innovative Family Tools to Connect Families [Lifferth]. FamilyLink.com is a social networking site that provides an innovative platform for individuals and societies to connect, research family history, and preserve memories—free!
SA-32	4:30 to 5:30 p.m.	Mindi Stevens	Beginner - Intermediate	Evaluating Old Research – “Deconstructing” a Family Tree [Stevens]. Many genealogists face the arduous task of trying to document research that was done long ago (or not so long ago) without sources being recorded. Evaluating that research using sound research principles will ensure your family tree doesn’t succumb to “root rot” in the future.
SA-33	4:30 to 5:30 p.m.	George G. Morgan	Beginner Intermediate	Bring 'Em Back to Life: Developing an Ancestor Profile [Morgan]. A chronological, biographical profile can help you recognize character traits and decision patterns. Examine the influences on your ancestor and learn to create comprehensive timelines.
SA-34	4:30 to 5:30 p.m.	William Dollarhide	Intermediate - Advanced	Civil War Genealogy [Dollarhide]. This is a review of the resources available during the period 1861-1869: Civil War soldier lists, state censuses, special statewide tax lists, pension records, and more. Based on articles published in Everton’s Genealogical Helper.
SA-35	6:00 to 7:00 p.m.		Beginner - Intermediate	It's a Small, Small World - Ethnic Research Roundtable Sessions. Join an informal small group discussion to help solve those mysterious ethnic family lines. We'll have experts there to answer your questions for Irish, French-Canadian, African-American, Hispanic, Mexican, Scandinavian, German, Scots, British, Jewish, Polish, Eastern European, Portuguese and many other ethnic groups. Bring your family group sheets and a list of questions. Help others by sharing your own experiences.
SA-36	6:00 to 7:00 p.m.	Michael Booth	Intermediate	Mapping Your Family History with Family Atlas [Booth]. Learn how to easily create and publish family maps using Family Atlas software. Create stunning maps which pinpoint important events in your family history, show migration patterns, and assist in your research.
SA-37	6:00 to 7:00 p.m.	Beau Sharbrough	All Levels	Footnote.com Membership Meeting [Sharbrough]. This informal meeting of Footnote subscribers is becoming a staple at genealogy conferences. Meet Beau and other Footnote.com representatives to hear the latest plans for the website. Footnote members, please contact Footnote.com to be added to the guest list.
SA-38	7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Special Event Admission Required	Dick Eastman	All Levels	Special Event - Putting the Genes in Genealogy [Eastman]. Learn your family history to help your family fight or neutralize inherited diseases --something every genealogist needs to know.

Southern California Genealogy Jamboree Tentative Presentation Schedule Sunday, June 29, 2008
SU-00	7:30 to 9:00 a.m. Special Event Admission Required	Christopher C. Child Gary Boyd Roberts	All Levels	Presidential Genealogy [Child, Roberts] Learn about the ancestry and interesting kinships of the past presidents, and the ancestry of the 2008 candidates, former and current, by Christopher C. Child. Chris has published articles on the ancestry of Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, and several other presidents and candidates, and Gary Boyd Roberts, author of Ancestors of American Presidents, as they discuss the genealogical connections of the current election and the ancestry of the presidents. Sponsored by NEHGS. [Special registration required.]
SU-01	9:30 to 10:30 a.m.	Schelly Talalay Dardashti	All Levels	Creating Hope [Dardashti]. The Jewish genealogical community's international cooperative efforts to reconnect families produces miracles. Writing about success gives hope to millions of readers around the globe. Schelly repeats the popular presentation she made at last year's Sunday breakfast.
SU-02	9:30 to 10:30 a.m.	George G. Morgan	All Levels	How to Get the Most from Ancestry.com [Morgan]. Learn to effectively use Ancestry.com’s search facilities, family trees, message boards, and the community from the author of the book, The Official Guide to Ancestry.com. All Levels. Session repeated from Saturday.
SU-03	9:30 to 12:00 p.m..	Stephen P. Morse, Ph.D.	Beginner - Intermediate	One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools [Morse]. The One-Step website started out as an aid for finding passengers in the Ellis Island database. Shortly afterwards it was expanded to help with searching in the 1930 census. Over the years it has continued to evolve and today includes over 100 web-based tools divided into twelve separate categories ranging from genealogical searches to astronomical calculations to last-minute bidding on e-Bay. This presentation will describe the range of tools available and give the highlights of each one. (90 minutes plus Q&A)
SU-04	9:30 to 10:30 a.m.	John T. Humphrey	Intermediate Advanced	Finding Your German Ancestor’s Place of Origin [Humphrey]. An interesting array of records exist that can lead you to your ancestral “heimat” in Germany. Learn what those records are and how to use them. Intermediate/advanced
SU-05	9:30 to 10:30 a.m.	Cath Trindle, CG	All Levels	But It’s My Family - Copyright Issues for the Twenty-first Century Genealogist [Trindle]. Whether you are writing or collecting a family history, this session offers a discussion of current US copyright law, International copyright, pending legislation and court actions, and ethical issues of copying and sharing genealogical information electronically or in print.
SU-06	9:30 to 10:30 a.m.	Tom Underhill	Beginner Intermediate	Let's Videotape Grandma! [Underhill] You’ve only got one shot to get a perfect video interview. Discover how to combine introspective interview techniques developed over a quarter century with modern video technology to produce a video interview with much more than just a boring talking head.
SU-07	11:00 to 12:00 p.m.	Dick Eastman	All Levels	Photographing Old or Delicate Documents and Photographs. [Eastman] Use your computer BEFORE you snap the picture! This presentation will discuss lighting, photo stands, macro lenses and even software to be used before the shutter is pressed. There will also be a brief discussion of software used to enhance photographs after the picture is taken. The presentation will focus on digital cameras and “digital darkroom” techniques.
SU-08	11:00 to 12:00 p.m.	Peter W. Landé	All Levels	Holocaust Records as a Source for All Genealogists [Landé]. The Bad Arolsen Holocaust archive in Germany has recently been opened to the public after long being off-limits to researchers, and only grudgingly accessible to the families of victims. This massive archive contains information on more than 17 million Holocaust victims, on 16 miles of shelves holding 50 million pages of documents. Most of the attention to Bad Arolsen has focused on Jewish records, but in fact, probably over two thirds of the 50 million records relate to non-Jews who were swept into the Holocaust and events in WWII for many reasons. The session will explain how researchers can obtain access to this treasure trove. Repeated from Saturday.
SU-09	11:00 to 12:00 p.m.	Colleen Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.	All Levels	You Will Never Look at Your Old Photos the Same Way Again [Fitzpatrick] This talk will present innovative approaches to identifying old photographs. After attending this talk, you will never look at your old photos the same way again!
SU-10	11:00 to 12:00 p.m.	Cath Trindle, CG	All Levels	Building a House History [Trindle]. Every occupant leaves a mark on a house and every house leaves a mark on its residents. Who lived in your house?
SU-11	11:00 to 12:00 p.m.	Jana Sloan Broglin, CG	Beginner Intermediate	Early Ohio Wills and Estates [Broglin]. Learn the types of records created during the probate process. Analyze probate information for further clues in your genealogical research. Compare different types of published abstracts of Ohio wills and estates. What is meant by “Probate”? What are the differences between “testate” and “intestate”? What is found in will and estate packets? What other types of records are created from wills and estates? What abstracts and indexes are available? Learn the probate process from finding the will or estate through the final completion and disbursement. Be able to recognize and evaluate information located in wills and estates.
SU-12	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Colleen Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.	All Levels	A Different Kind of DNA Talk [Fitzpatrick]. Whether you are just learning to spell DNA and need help with the basics, or you are already administering your own surname projects, this talk will give you new insights into how DNA works and how it can be useful. DNA-anxiety is similar to math-anxiety. If you don’t have someone who can explain it in simple terms, you believe that it is much more complicated than it really is. This talk will go over the basics, while filling in explanations where there are gaps in how DNA is explained.
SU-13	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Leland Meitzler	All Levels	Genealogical Organization in the 21st Century [Meitzler]. Take your 4-drawer file cabinet to the Goodwill Store. Reduce your paperwork to an archival box. FULLY document your genealogy, link to the documentation, and electronically file it, allowing instant access to any document.
SU-14	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Arlene Eakle, Ph.D.	Beginner - Intermediate	Solving Tough Problems with Cemetery Records [Eakle]. Family relationships, migrational patterns, occupations, economic status, and the identity of the ladies on your pedigree - these and more emerge from cemeteries. This session includes a special 35mm slide presentation on ethnic cemeteries shot on location, including comparison of cemetery evidence to identify specific countries of origin.
SU-15	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak	Intermediate Advanced	Jump-Starting Your Eastern European Research [Smolenyak]. Certain aspects of Eastern European families - such as the relative rarity of many of our surnames and the timing of our arrival in North America - make particular records and techniques more useful than others for going back to the old country. This presentation covers those records that will help you identify your village(s) of origin and make contact with your European cousins most quickly. The best of the ever-expanding toolbox of Internet resources are discussed, as well port and naturalization records, Social Security applications, and FHL microfilms from Eastern Europe. Real world success stories - and a few potential pitfalls - are also shared.
SU-16	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Geoffrey Rasmussen	Beginner - Intermediate	Sharing Genealogy Electronically: Publishing to CD/DVD, the Internet, and Email [Rasmussen]. Sharing your research efforts with others can be the pinnacle of your research efforts. There are many different ways to display, or, show off your efforts: publish to a book, CD, DVD, the Internet, or simply sharing via email. This lecture will provide an overview to each method.
SU-17	1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Starr Campbell	Beginner Intermediate	Is Anyone Following My Footsteps? Involving Youth in Family History [Campbell]. When your own mortality becomes a reality genealogist’s consider “What will be done with all my research?” Is anyone going to want the information? Get some tips on how to get the next generation involved in family history.
SU-18	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Drew Smith, MLS	Beginner	Kicking the Tires of Popular Genealogy Software: Which to Get? [DSmith] Hear the pluses and minuses of each of the most popular packages. What should you be looking for in a genealogy database software product? New genealogists soon realize that they’re going to need good genealogical database software to keep track of their ongoing research, and long-time genealogists may become dissatisfied with their existing software and wonder if there is something better. This presentation will compare four of the most popular genealogical database programs on a variety of features, including cost, data entry, data display, reports, charts, and advanced features.
SU-19	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Pamela Weisberger	All Levels	When Leopold Met Lena: Marriage, Divorce and Deception in 1892 New York [Weisberger]. How are most quirky, fascinating family scandals and stories discovered?. Watch as the tumultuous, romantic and litigious world of our immigrant ancestors is brought to life in court records, graveyard inscriptions, newspaper articles, city directories, census and vital records and learn how present-day genealogical research can be used to solve 19th century mysteries.
SU-20	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Tom Underhill	Beginner Intermediate	Digital Photography for the Family Historian. [Underhill]. Today’s ever-changing digital cameras make even professionals’ heads spin. Focus on recent advances in the digital camera and photo world... and what it means. Getting pictures you want is more than being in the right place at the right time. Get the picture you want—with the camera you need!
SU-21	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Stephanie Weiner	All Levels	A Plague on All Our Houses [Weiner]. This presentation will engage in an inquiry on the effects of epidemics and pandemics on archival records, death records, Jewish migration and Jewish communities. It will cover European and American epidemics. In Europe, as early as 1348, Jews were blamed for plagues and entire communities were burned to death. In the American influenza pandemic of 1918, Philadelphia’s dead lay in gutters, death carts roamed the streets, and steam shovels dug trenches for mass graves. These events will help researchers understand why some families or individuals simply "disappeared" forever.
SU-22	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Cheri Mello	All Levels	How to Create and Use a GEDCOM [Mello]. You’ve heard of Gedcoms but can’t seem to create one. Come find out how to make one from four popular genealogy programs - FamilyTree Maker, Legacy, Personal Ancestral File, and The Master Genealogist.
SU-23	3:00 to 4:00 p.m.	Starr Campbell	Beginner	What’s Up Doc? A Look at Family Health History [Campbell]. Sharing your family health history can save a life. Learn how to share it and where to find it.