| BCG Skillbuilding |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Linda Woodward Geiger | Essential Skills for Transcribing and Abstracting
Sponsored by Board for Certification of Genealogists |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Thomas W. Jones | Planning 'Reasonably Exhaustive' Research
Sponsored by Board for Certification of Genealogists |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Victor S. Dunn | The Research Process
Sponsored by Board for Certification of Genealogists |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Pamela K. Sayre | Murder at the Sawmill
Sponsored by Board for Certification of Genealogists |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Elizabeth Shown Mills | The Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Case When No Record Exists
Sponsored by Board for Certification of Genealogists |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Patricia Walls Stamm | The Timeline: Linking Historical Events to Our Family History
Sponsored by Board for Certification of Genealogists |
| Ethnic Groups |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Russell P. Baker | The Five Civilized Tribes of the South and Their Genealogical Records |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | John Baker, Jr. | African-American Families: Using Manuscripts and Special Collections |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Ari Wilkins | Tracing Your Family Roots: Utilizing the WPA Slave Narratives with Connections to Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas and Missouri |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Ari Wilkins | African-American Genealogical Methodology |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | John Baker, Jr. | Connecting Land and People: Using Farm Records to Illuminate Slave Families ~ James Dent Walker Memorial Lecture |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Wendy Bebout Elliott | Trail of Tears: Cherokee Migrations from North Carolina, Tennessee & Georgia |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Lynne Hollingsworth | Celtic Influence in Kentucky
Sponsored by Kentucky Historical Society |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Ari Wilkins | Indiana Jones and the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company: A Methodological Approach |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | George Schweitzer | Scots-Irish Genealogical Research |
| Exhibit Hall |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | | Exhibit Hall Grand Opening |
| Family History Center Support |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Michael Ritchey | FamilySearch Wiki: Connecting Your Society to the World |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Diane Loosle | FamilySearch Online Training: Easy Access to Online Genealogy Training |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Diane Loosle | FamilySearch's "Project X:" The New Face of Free Genealogical Research Help |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Michael Ritchey | FamilySearch Forums: Community Power to Answer Your Members' Research Questions |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Diane Loosle | Magnify the Reach and Impact of Your Society's Expertise |
| FamilySearch |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | David Dilts | Southern States Migration History
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Jim Ison | Using the Genealogical Proof Standard for African-American Research
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | David Dilts | Southern States Immigration Research
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Jim Ison | Migration Patterns: An Alternative for Locating African Origins
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Jim Greene | FamilySearch's Wiki/Forum/Blogs: Tools to Connect and Collaborate with Others
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | David Rencher | FamilySearch Tackles the Information Explosion
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Raymond Madsen | Community Family Trees
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Gordon J. Clarke | Solving Genealogical Problems Using FamilySearch and Its Affiliate Partners
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | M. Scott Simkins | Click, Rip, Print, or Burn: How Can We Preserve Our Society's Records?
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | M. Scott Simkins | Fires, Floods, and Earthquakes: Ensuring That Your Society's Information Will Last for Centuries
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | David Ouimette | Digitizing the Records in the Granite Mountain
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Paul Starkey | Bridging the FamilySearch Gap: From the Granite Mountain Vault to Record Search
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Bryce Roper | Powerful Tips and Tricks for Searching Historical Documents in FamilySearch
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Ed Donakey | Getting Your Records Off the Shelf and Onto the Internet: FamilySearch Tools and Success Stories
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Diane Loosle | FamilySearch Tools for Genealogy Communities
Sponsored by FamilySearch |
| FGS Banquet |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 6:00pm | | An Evening in Old Appalachia |
| Focus on Societies |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Drew Smith | Using Bylaws to Focus and Motivate Your Society |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Charles S. "Chuck" Mason, Jr. | Creating a Society Policies and Procedures Manual |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Cath Madden Trindle | Financial Considerations for Your Non-Profit Society |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Lori Thornton | Organizing Your Society's Library and Archives |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | | Focus Group for Treasurers |
| Focus on Societies: Organization |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | David Rencher, Frederick E. Moss | Strategy for Records Preservation and Access |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Diane VanSkiver Gagel | Preserving Genealogical Society Records |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Paula Stuart-Warren | Problem Prevention, Not Problem Resolution |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Curt B. Witcher | The Dollars and Cents of Fundraising |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | | Focus Group for Presidents |
| Focus on Societies: Projects & Programs |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Julie Miller | Firing Up the Next Generation of Genealogists! ~ Chuck Knuthson Memorial Lecture |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | George G. Morgan | Developing a Successful Educational Program Schedule |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Jana Sloan Broglin | Tips for Planning a Successful Seminar |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Amy Johnson Crow | Staying on Track: Managing Your Society's Projects |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | | Focus Group for Program Chairs |
| Focus on Societies: Reaching Out |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | | Delegate 101 |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | D. Joshua Taylor | Reaching Out: Beyond Your Society's Doors |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Patricia Walls Stamm | Getting the Word Out Through Publicity |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Drew Smith | Social Networking for Societies |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | | Focus Group: General and Other Topics |
| Focus on Societies: Technology & Publishing |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Amy Johnson Crow | Developing a Society Website and Blog: Design |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Amy Johnson Crow | Developing a Society Website and Blog: Technical Issues |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Donna M. Moughty | Printed vs. Online Publishing for Societies |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Roberta "Bobbi" King | Graphic Design for Society Publications |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | | Focus Group for Editors and Webmasters |
| Focus on Societies: Volunteers |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Charles S. "Chuck" Mason, Jr. | Thank You, Thank You, Thank You:
Recognizing Society Volunteers |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Curt B. Witcher | Being a Leader in Your Society: Tactics and Techniques |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Charles S. "Chuck" Mason, Jr. | Finding, Training, and Keeping Society Volunteers |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Wendy Bebout Elliott | Sharing that Load: Delegating Responsibilities and Recruiting Volunteers |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | | Focus Group for Membership |
| Genealogical Speakers Guild |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Jean Wilcox Hibben | It's About Time! Pacing the Presentation
Sponsored by Genealogical Speakers Guild |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Linda Woodward Geiger | Preparing a Proposal
Sponsored by Genealogical Speakers Guild |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Jana Sloan Broglin | Organizing 101: True Confessions of a "Pile It"
Sponsored by Genealogical Speakers Guild |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Nancy Waters Lauer | Death by PowerPoint
Sponsored by Genealogical Speakers Guild |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Diana Crisman Smith | The Story of John Doe: Case Studies and Teaching Tools
Sponsored by Genealogical Speakers Guild |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Carrie Ann Cook | Basic Branding: Creating Value through Identity
Sponsored by Genealogical Speakers Guild |
| ICAPGen |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Ruth Maness | Finding The Place of Origin Of Your Immigrant Ancestor
Sponsored by International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Karen Clifford | Advanced Web Methods & Sources
Sponsored by International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Amy Harris | Tracing Ancestors in Pre-1858 English and Welsh Probates
Sponsored by International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Ruth Maness | Present Your Most Excellent Self: Preparing for the Accreditation Examination
Sponsored by International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists |
| Keynote Session |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | J. Mark Lowe, Kent Whitworth | Keynote Session |
| Libraries & Archives |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Lynne Hollingsworth | The Manuscript Collections at the Kentucky Historical Society
Sponsored by Kentucky Historical Society |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | J. Stephen Cotham | The McClung Historical Collection: How to Make the Most of Your Research Time
Sponsored by East Tennessee Historical Society |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Lori Thornton | Appalachian Resources of the Appalachian College Association |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Laine Sutherland | Y'all Come See Us: A Virtual Visit to the Tennessee State Library and Archives
Sponsored by Tennessee State Library and Archives |
| Luncheons |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | Ransom H. Love | FGS Luncheon: "Using FamilySearch Community Tools to Build My Society," FGS Business Meeting, and Society Shout Out |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | David Rencher | Board for Certification of Genealogists Luncheon: "How Does a Chief Genealogical Officer Incorporate BCG Standards into FamilySearch Products and Services?" |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | Maureen Hill | Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region Luncheon: "Selective Service Records from World War II through Vietnam" |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | Lynne Hollingsworth | Kentucky Historical Society Luncheon: "Seduction, Deception, & Enticement: Historical
De_ja_ vu: The "Old Court/ New Court" Controversy in Kentucky" |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | Jeffrey Haines | National Genealogical Society Luncheon: "Chasing Ghosts in Old Charleston: Hospitality and the Restless Dead in the Carolina Low Country" |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | Elizabeth Shown Mills | Association of Professional Genealogists Luncheon: "Writing Genealogy: Are You a Saint, Sinner, or Bumfuzzled Soul?" |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | James Beidler | International Society of Family History Writers and Editors Luncheon: "The Writer's Art: Therapy, Clear Thinking, and Even Recognition" |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | David Rencher | FamilySearch Luncheon: "What FamilySearch is Doing for Researchers in Tennessee" |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | George Schweitzer | East Tennessee Historical Society Luncheon: "The First Frontier" |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | Charles S. "Chuck" Mason, Jr. | Genealogical Speakers Guild Luncheon: "The Long and Winding Road to the Speaker's Podium" |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | David Rencher | International Society of British Genealogy and Family History Luncheon: "Research in the British Isles Has Never Been Better -- the Genealogical Data Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets!" |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | Rhonda R. McClure | New England Historic Genealogical Society Luncheon: "The Strange and Unexpected: Dealing with Research Surprises" |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 12:15-1:45pm | John Baker, Jr. | Tennessee State Library and Archives Luncheon: "What I Learned in 7th Grade Tennessee History" |
| Methodologies & Strategies |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Thomas W. Jones | Solving the Mystery of the Disappearing Ancestor |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 2:00-4:30pm | Elizabeth Shown Mills | Poor? Female? Black? Slave? Southern Research Strategies |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Cath Madden Trindle | Grandma, Who Are You? |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Laura Murphy DeGrazia | Why is a 'Reasonably Exhaustive Search' So Important to the Genealogical Proof Standard? ~ Helen F. Leary Distinguished Lecture
Sponsored by BCG Education Fund |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Michael J. Leclerc | Tales from the Editor's Desk
Sponsored by International Society of Family History Writers and Editors |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | George G. Morgan | The Genealogist as CSI |
| Methodology & Strategies |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 2:00-4:30pm | Laura Murphy DeGrazia, Thomas W. Jones, Elissa Scalise Powell | BCG Certification Seminar
Sponsored by Board for Certification of Genealogists |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Drew Smith | Where Is the Book with My Family in It? |
| Military Research |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Christine Rose | War of 1812: Its Causes and Its Records |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Constance Potter | World War I Graves Registration and Gold Star Mothers
Sponsored by National Archives and Records Administration |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Diane VanSkiver Gagel | My Father's War: A Case Study in World War II Research |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Darla Brock | "They've Seen the Light of Day!" Administrative Records of the Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners
Sponsored by Tennessee State Library and Arvchives |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Don Rightmyer | North or South: Finding Your Kentucky Civil War Ancestor
Sponsored by Kentucky Historical Society |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Stuart W. Sanders | Civil War Battlefield Records and Federal War Claims
Sponsored by Kentucky Historical Society |
| Opening Session |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Curt B. Witcher | SOS! SOS! Saving Our Societies: Answering Our Distress Beacons |
| Organization |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Julie Miller | An Ounce of Prevention: Making a Genealogy Disaster Plan |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Carol Roberts | Sometimes You Only Get One Chance: Preserving and Sharing Family Papers
Sponsored by Tennessee State Library and Archives |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | C. Ann Staley | What Do I Do with All This Stuff? Mission: Organization |
| Record Types |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Linda Woodward Geiger | Family and Cemetery Removal Records of the TVA |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Wendy Bebout Elliott | The Courthouse Burned: Alternate Approaches & Treasures |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Cath Madden Trindle | Wills, Estates, and Guardianships |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Richard Rayburn, Constance Potter | It's Called Research, Not Data Retrieval: Searching for Records Online and Offline
Sponsored by National Archives and Records Administration |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Rhonda R. McClure | Embracing the Web of Tomorrow: Working in the NEHGS Website
Sponsored by New England Historic Genealogical Society |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Christine Rose | County Land Records: Digging Pays Off |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Jana Sloan Broglin | Prostitution in the Wild West |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | J. Mark Lowe | The Land Grant Processes of North Carolina and Tennessee
Sponsored by North Carolina Genealogical Society |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Christine Rose | The Anatomy of a Will, and the Records It Spawns
Sponsored by American Society of Genealogists |
| Record Types & Research |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Russell P. Baker | "Wanted Dead or Alive!" Looking for Southern Vital Records |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Constance Potter | Federal Non-Population Census Records
Sponsored by National Archives and Records Administration |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Diane VanSkiver Gagel | It's Easier Than You Think: Correctly Citing Your Sources |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Kenneth W. Heger | The American State Papers: Public Lands and Claims, 1789-1837
Sponsored by National Archives and Records Administration |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Maureen Hill | Federal Prison Records: Atlanta, Leavenworth, Alcatraz, and McNeil
Sponsored by National Archives and Records Administration - Southeast Region |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Victor S. Dunn | Newspaper Research: More than Deaths and Marriages |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Paula Stuart-Warren | The WPA Era in the South: History and Family Details Preserved |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Carol Roberts | Solving Mysteries Using County Loose Case Files
Sponsored by Tennessee State Library and Archives |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Ann K. Blomquist | Using Maps to Augment Genealogical Research: An Introduction |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Kenneth W. Heger | Paying the Nation's Veterans in the Nineteenth Century: Pension Agents, Examining Surgeons, and Pension Bureau Employees
Sponsored by National Archives and Records Administration |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Julie Miller | Carriers of News and Knowledge: Post Office Records |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Stuart W. Sanders | Nineteenth Century College and University Records
Sponsored by Kentucky Historical Society |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | C. Ann Staley | City Directories: A Line-by-Line Account of Our Ancestors |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Paula Stuart-Warren | Railroads in the South: Locating Their Records and History |
| Regional Research |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Victor S. Dunn | Colonial Migrations In and Out of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Lori Thornton | Alabama Ancestral Sources |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Russell P. Baker | "I'll Fly Away:" Using Southern Church Records in Genealogical Research |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Susan Sloan | Using Georgia's Land Lotteries to Prove Family Relationships
Sponsored by Georgia Genealogical Society |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | David Rencher | From Ulster to the Carolinas: The Scots-Irish |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Pamela K. Sayre | Why Missouri? |
| Special Events |
| Wed., 18 Aug. | 6:00pm | | Come and Sit a Spell: Ballads, Mountain Stories, and Country Fare
Sponsored by East Tennessee Historical Society and the Kentucky Historical Society |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | George G. Morgan, Drew Smith | The Genealogy Guys Podcast LIVE! |
| Technology |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | C. Ann Staley | Using Search Engines Effectively |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Pamela K. Sayre | Using Your Word Processor to Create a Publication |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | D. Joshua Taylor | Going Digital: Organizing Your Research Materials Electronically |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Donna M. Moughty | Tools for Macintosh Users |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Christopher C. Child | Using DNA in Your Genealogy
Sponsored by New England Historic Genealogical Society |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Drew Smith | Dear Genealogy Diary: Using Blogs to Document Your Research |
| Technology & DNA |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Curt B. Witcher | Marching On: ACPL's Military Heritage Project
Sponsored by Allen County Public Library |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Terry Barton | Exploring Our Maternal Ancestries with Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | D. Joshua Taylor | Clustering and More: Successful Internet Searching |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Terry Barton | Using yDNA for Surname Genealogy |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | David Rencher | Electronic Records Archives (ERA): Building the Archives of the Future |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Terry Barton | I've Been DNA Tested: Now What? |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Amy Johnson Crow | Exploring WeRelate.org: Creating and Collaborating
Sponsored by Allen County Public Library |
| Tennessee & Kentucky |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Darla Brock | Tennessee Civil War Tax Assessments and the Great Tax Debate
Sponsored by Tennessee State Library and Archives |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | Kandie Adkinson | Overview of the Land Patenting Process in Kentucky
Sponsored by Kentucky Land Office |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Lynne Hollingsworth | Comings and Goings: Kentucky's Immigration and Emigration History
Sponsored by Kentucky Historical Society |
| Thurs., 19 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Maureen Hill | Union Draft Records from Kentucky and Tennessee
Sponsored by National Archives and Records Administration |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Don Rightmyer | Gateway to the Pot of Gold: Kentucky Genealogy Research at the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library
Sponsored by Kentucky Historical Society |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | George Schweitzer | Migration Routes into and out of Tennessee
Sponsored by East Tennessee Historical Society |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Patricia Walls Stamm | Faces on the River: The Records They Left Behind |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Laine Sutherland | Finding Your Ancestor in Tennessee Legislative Petitions
Sponsored by Tennessee State Library and Archives |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | Cherel Henderson | Watauga, State of Franklin, Federal Territory, Cherokee Lands and Treaties
Sponsored by East Tennessee Historical Society |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Richard Rayburn | Documenting the First Frontier: Chancery, Equity, Law Case Files from the U.S. Circuit Court at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1790-1860
Sponsored by National Archives and Records Administration |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | J. Stephen Cotham | The Lost State of Franklin: Ancestors Lost and Found on the First Frontier, 1785-1788
Sponsored by East Tennessee Historical Society |
| UK & Ireland |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 2:00-3:00pm | George G. Morgan | Locating Anglican Parish Records |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 3:30-4:30pm | Paul Milner | Irish Emigration to North America: Before, During, and After the Famine |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 5:00-6:00pm | Donna M. Moughty | Unpuzzling Ireland's Church Records |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 8:00-9:00am | Paul Milner | English Research: Eighteenth-Century Sources and Indexes |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 9:30-10:30am | David Rencher | Irish Estate, Land & Property Records |
| Sat., 21 Aug. | 11:00am-12:00pm | Paul Milner | Websites for Scottish Research |
| Workshops |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 8:00-12:00pm | J. Mark Lowe | Metes and Bounds Land Platting Workshop |
| Fri., 20 Aug. | 2:00-4:30pm | Roberta "Bobbi" King | Deeds of the Township and Range System Land Platting Workshop |
