Riverton FamilySearch Library/Saturday Seminar

Saturday Seminar
The library offers a free seminar the third Saturday of each month, except for July and December. An opening session is held at 9:00 a.m. featuring a keynote address. Following this session attendees are offered four choices of presentations at both 10:10 and 11:20 a.m.

9:00 a.m.
Keynote Address - "Let's Get Your Book Ready to Print"- Carol Holland

10:10 a.m.
"Ancestral Quest Basics: Getting Off to a Good Start " -  Bud Wood 

"Are You Your Own Brick Wall? Common Genealogy Mistakes and Their Solutions" - Beth Taylor

"Pictures Past, Present and Future" - Jens Nielsen

"In-laws and Outlaws: The Bylaws of Teaching Youth About Family Skeletons"- Janet Horvorka

11:20 a.m.
"Are Your Personal Genealogy FIles Messed Up? Are They Multiplying? Are They Lost? Do Your Photos Disappear?" - Bud Wood' 

"The Tired, the Poor, the Huddled Masses, and the Wretched Refuse: U.S. Immigration, 1820-1954" - Beth Taylor

"Capturing My Ancestors' Lives: A Guide to Writing Family Histories" - Michael Grimshaw

"Tear Down This Wall!"- Scott Fisher

 April Seminar Handouts 

We are grateful to seminar presenters who make their handouts available online. Handouts for the May seminar will be available by May 19, 2014.

Ancestral Quest Basics: Getting Off to a Good Start

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8SfQvIGQeYIc3E2cV9Ic0RBcmM/edit?usp=sharing Are You Your Own Brick Wall? Common Genealogy Mistakes and Their Solutions]

In-laws and Outlaws: The Bylaws of Teaching Youth About Family Skeletons

Are Your Personal Genealogy Files Messed Up?

The Tired, the Poor, the Huddled Masses, and the Wretched Refuse: U.S. Immigration

Capturing My Ancestors' Lives: A Guide to Writing Family Histories