Presenter Profile: Paula Stuart Warren

Paula Stuart-Warren, CG℠ is a Certified Genealogist working full-time in genealogical and historical research, lecturing, consulting, and writing, Paula has researched at the National Archives, FHL, NEHGS, DAR Library, and many other repositories. She has been a member of NGS since the 1980s. Since 1997 she has been a Course Coordinator for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, lectured at National Genealogical Society and Federation of Genealogical Societies conferences since 1993, and in 29 states and Canada. A former officer of the Association of Professional Genealogists and Minnesota Genealogical Society board member, she currently serves on FGS’ Board of Directors. She has written for Ancestry Magazine, FGS Forum, NGSQ, NGS Magazine, New England Ancestors, Minnesota Genealogist, and is editor of FGS Conference News Blog and Paula’s Genealogical Eclectica . Her articles and lectures focus on unusual resources, manuscripts, analyzing records, the Midwest, and Native Americans. She is descended from eight ancestral countries with connections to many states and provinces.

Paula is teaching: Wednesday at 11:00 a.m., Session W125: Right on the Shelves at the FHL: Discovering Back Issues of Periodicals, Wednesday at 4:00 p.m., Session W155: American Indian Research at the Family History Library and Beyond and Friday at 8:00 a.m., F306: Tho’ They Were Poor, They May Have Been Rich in Records

Presenter Profile: James P Sweany

James Sweany has worked at the Library of Congress for 20 years, all in reference services. His career at the Library began in 1989 with the Congressional Research Service. He has also served in the Hispanic Division, the Humanities and Social Sciences Division, and as acting head of the Congressional and Interlibrary Loan Section. James has extensive reference experience with the Library’s microform and machine readable collections. He has been responsible for developing the Library’s American Indian collections, particularly Native American genealogical resources, and serves presently as head of the Library’s Local History & Genealogy Reading Room.

URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/

NGS Class: Friday, April 30, 2010 at 11:00 am on the "Research" track. It is titled: "The Library of Congress: Pursuing Your Family History in the National library"

Don Anderson - FamilySearch Keynote Speaker

It's time for your pilgrimage to the Family History Holy Land!
NGS in Salt Lake City--April 2010

Don R. Anderson is the Director of the Family History Library and the Worldwide Support Services Division of the Family History Department. His responsibility is to provide help to those searching for ancestors using the resources of FamilySearch including The Family History Library in addition to software and services found on FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch support resources are accessed worldwide via telephone, e-mail, and on the Internet. The Division also provides support for Family History Centers and Priesthood Leaders worldwide. During the past few years, Don has traveled to 26 countries meeting with church members, consultants, center directors, and Priesthood Leaders to better understand their needs. Additionally, he does training presentations.

Don is married to the former Anne Russell and they are the parents of two boys.
Don will be the keynote speaker at the FamilySearch Luncheon on 30 April 2010 at 12:15 pm.

See you soon! Christy Fillerup

Jan Alpert

It's time for your pilgrimage to the Family History Holy Land!
NGS in Salt Lake City--April 2010

Jan Alpert is current president of NGS, speaks locally and nationally on a number of topics drawing from her personal research experience of over 25 years.

Jan will be presenting twice. The first will be "Using and Evaluating County Histories and Published Genealogies," given as part of the Records track. This course will be given 30 April 2010 at 4:00 pm. In this course participants will learn about finding information about your family already in print and evaluating its accuracy.

The second will be "Tools for Organizing and Analyzing Data," given as part of the Research Essentials track. This will be given on 01 May 2010 at 9:30 am. The course covers how to use spreadsheets, tables, and timelines to analyze your family history information.

See you soon!
Christy Fillerup

AncestryInsider: Successful Blogging

NGS in Salt Lake City--April 2010
You WANT to be here for this presentation!

The intrepid reporter Ancestry Insider writes a blog about FamilySearch and Ancestry.com. His recent awards include 25 Most Popular Genealogy Blogs and “101 Best Web Sites.”

The Ancestry Insider will be presenting "Blog Your Way to Genealogical Success" as part of the GenTech track. This will be offered 28 April 2010 at 4:00 pm. GenTech offerings are free to the public, as is the vendor hall, and the lineup of 60 computer work stations for onsite research.

For more infomation see: www.ngsgenealogy.org

See you soon!
Christy Fillerup

International Focus at NGS 2010

Let's face it, if you have U.S. roots--and most of us do--that only lasts for so long before you're jumping some border or another. That's why NGS and UGA have agreed to present a conference with an international flavor.



In-depth workshops will be presented on Hispanic research, Eastern European research, Norway/Denmark research, Italian research, and Polish research. Each International Workshop will include prearranged lab time at the Family History Library. There's no extra cost, but pre-registration is a must. Look for registration options on the NGS registration site.



In addition to these workshops the International Track at the conference will include lectures about Irish, Italian, German, French, Polish, Swedish, Finnish, English, Austrian, Spanish (Spain) and Canadian research.



The entire conference program can be found online here.



See you soon!



Christy Fillerup