14th Annual Family History Day (FHD) at the California State Archives on Saturday, October 13, 2012

Family History Day is a FREE day for the public to learn the basics of genealogical research from the experts. The event will have the following seminars and activities. 

• “Insider” Tours of the State Archives.
• Keynote: Genealogy Basics – the Constant Companion of the Family Historian by Lisa B. Lee. Armories & Ordinaries: Coats of Arms for Genealogists by Sebastian Nelson.
• Beginning Genealogy - The trip of a Lifetime! by Glenda G. Lloyd.
• Carved in Stone: Cemetery Research by Pamela Dallas.
• Census Records - The Backbone of American Genealogy by Glenda G. Lloyd.
• Conducting Original Research by Barbara Leak.
• Eastern European Research Parts 1 & 2 by Lynn Brown.
• Family History Center – Your Local Genealogy Resource by Ed Lucky.
• Family History Software Comparison by Marian Kile, Linda Lucky & Linda Todd.
• Finding Gold(stein) - Jewish Genealogy 101 by Victoria Fisch & Jeremy Frankel.
• Finding Your Black Ancestors, an Introduction by Lisa B. Lee.
• Genealogy Research - as Close as Your Genealogical Society by Gwen Myers & Cat Nielsen.
• Introduction to FamilySearch.org by Dan Peay.
• Introduction to German Research by Shirley Riemer.
• Introduction to the USGenWeb.org Project by Joy Fisher.
• Introduction to Using Maps for Genealogical Research by Melinda Kashuba.
• Meet Ancestors in your Mailbox: Correspondence in your Mailbox by Pamela Dallas.
• Panels – “Libraries & Archives” & “Online Resources”.
• State Archives Preservation Lab Tours by Juan Ramos & Kevin Turner.
• Unclutter! By Cath Madden Trindle.
• Using Genealogical Forms, or keeping your genealogy out of the Dumpster by Melinda Kashuba.
• Using Google in your Genealogical Research by Linda Todd.

Family History Day

California State Archives

1020 “O” Street, Sacramento

Saturday, October 13, 2012

8:30am - 4:30pm

Blog: http://fhdnewsline.blogspot.com

Email: fhdmailbox@gmail.com

Posted by Ron Setzer