| FRIDAY |
Program |
| 10:15 - 11:30 a.m. |
Seminar: Resolving Conflicting Evidence
Thomas W.
Jones, CG, CGL
Recognizing agreements and disagreements in records; distinguishing significant evidence conflicts from the
trivial; strategies for reporting a conclusion when records disagree; evidence-based, rational, non-substantiation, and other
approaches to resolving conflicting evidence.
(enrollment limited to 30 students; 15 seats remaining as of August 27)
|
| 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch break for seminar participants |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Registration and Exhibits |
| 1:00 – 1:10 p.m. |
Conference Welcome and Introductions |
| 1:10 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. |
Plenary I: Five Ways to Prove Who Your Ancestor Was
Thomas W. Jones, CG, CGL |
| 2:10 pm. – 2:30 p.m. |
BREAK AND EXHIBITS |
|
Technology for Genealogy |
Methods for our Madness |
Foundation Sources |
Preserving History |
| 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. |
A Few Free Software Tools for Genealogists
Tom K.
Rice, CG |
Using Collateral Lines to Solve Problems
Alice Eichholz,
Ph. D., CG |
The Gazeteer Goldmine: Finding Locations in Poland and Germany
Stephen
Barthel, AG |
Preserving Your Books, Photos and Papers
Bob
Herskovitz |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. |
BREAK AND EXHIBITS |
| 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. |
Using Spreadsheets for Census Research
Lois Abromitis Mackin, Ph. D.
|
Timelines – Putting Life’s Events to Work
Marieta
Grissom, CG |
Minnesota Court Records
Duane Swanson |
Publishing Your Family History? Yes, You Can!
Stephen Barthel, AG
|
| 5:30 pm. – 6:15 p.m. |
Ask the Genealogists |
Evening events at
So. St. Paul Clarion Hotel
701 Concord St. South
|
| 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
Reception |
| 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. |
MGS Annual Awards Banquet |
| SATURDAY |
|
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
Registration |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Plenary II: Going Beyond the Bare Bones: Reconstructing
Your Ancestor’s Life
Thomas W. Jones, CG, CGL |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
BREAK AND EXHIBITS |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Thinking inside the Box: Creative Ways to Search Databases
Mary
Wickersham
Sheila Northrop |
More than Just a Job: Using Occupation as a Finding Aid
J. H.
Fonkert, CG |
Untangling Census Records: A Case Study
Marieta Grissom, CG
|
Heritage Scrapbooks
Kathryn Otto |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
LUNCH AND EXHIBITS |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
MGS Membership Meeting |
| 1:00 pm. – 2:00 p.m. |
Plenary III: How to Avoid Being Duped by the Internet
Thomas W. Jones, CG, CGL |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. |
BREAK AND EXHIBITS |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Plenary IV: Solving the Mystery of the Disappearing
Ancestor
Thomas W. Jones, CG, CGL |
