There will be more than 60 lectures, with three choices of expert speakers or panels per each time slot. For hands-on learning, the show also offers dozens of workshops, including a special track about DNA for genealogy.You can buy tickets and prebook your seat in lectures and workshops right now!
It's new, it's live, and I'm thrilled to be on the program as a speaker and panelist during three sessions. Please say hello if you come to one of these talks:
* You can find out even more by reading my best-selling genealogy book, Planning a Future for Your Family's Past.
- #Genealogy and #familyhistory: How to use social media for genealogy (at 12:15 pm on Friday, April 26) - I'll decode the hashtags and show you how to get the most out of using Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest for genealogy, whether you want to join the conversation or follow to lurk and learn.
- Planning a future for your family's past: Do you have a genealogical will? (at 10:00 am on Saturday, April 27) - After a brief overview of organizing genealogy files so they look like a legacy, I'll explain why and how to prepare a genealogical 'will' to keep old photos and documents safe for future generations.*
- Crash course in writing your family history (at 11:30 am on Saturday, April 27) - Gill Blanchard, Diane Lindsay, and I will offer practical ideas and tips for writing your family's history so descendants will know the more about the lives lived by their ancestors--not just names and dates.
What an honor! I'm sure the attendees are in for a treat.
ReplyDeleteFor a minute I thought I was sleep writing. Your post is my philosophy and process as well - work in Ancestry; sync to FTM. I like having the software for back-up and printing reports.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for reading and commenting! We definitely have the same process, using software for back-up and--as you pointed out--printing reports.
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