Riverton FamilySearch Library/Saturday Seminar

Saturday Seminar
The library offers a free seminar the third Saturday of each month, except for 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 10:15 and 11:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m.
Keynote Address - "Zap the Grandma Gap: Connect with Your Family by Connecting Them to Their Family History" - Janet Hovorka

Description: Based on the book and workbook Zap The Grandma Gap Power Up Workbook: The Particulars About How To Connect To Your Family By Connecting Them To Their Family History (www.zapthegrandmagap.com.) Learn the 10 most important ideas to connect to your posterity by connecting them to their past. If they are bored, you are doing it wrong. Go from Snoring and Boring to Exciting and Inviting."

10:15 a.m.
“Using Neighborhoods to Solve Difficult Problems: A Case History from New York State" - Bart Kowallis

"Naturalization Records" - Pat Jensen

"The Bred, the Wed, and the Dead: U.S. Vital Records" - Beth Taylor

"Ancestral Quest Basics" - Bud Wood

11:30 a.m.
"U.S. Migration Patterns" - Mary Hill

"Where There's a Will, There's a Probate: U.S. Probate Records" - Beth Taylor

"Organizing and Presenting Your Photos: Picasa and Other Freeware" - Don Snow and Linda Snow Westover

"Using 'My Source Box' on Family Search and Family Tree - Linda Baker

June Seminar Handouts
Copies of the June 2013 Saturday Seminar presentation handouts have been provided by those generous presenters who volunteer their time and talents to teach at our seminars. Links to these handouts will be available here until July 1, 2013.

"Zap the Grandma Gap" - Janet Hovorka

"Naturalization Records" - Pat Jensen

"The Bred, the Wed, and the Dead: U.S. Vital Records" - Beth Taylor

"Introduction to Ancestral Quest" - Bud Wood

"U.S. Migration Patterns" - Mary Hill

"Where There's a Will, There's a Probate: U.S. Probate Records" - Beth Taylor

Organizing and Presenting Your Photos: Picasa and Other Freeware"  - Don Snow and Linda Snow Westover

Using 'My Source Box' on FamilySearch and Family Tree: - Linda Baker