Saturday, another full day of genealogy classes, meeting new people, and attending a banquet with Genealogy Roadshow’s Kenyatta Berry. Two speakers that I saw for the first time and who I thought was in the top five articulate and witty speakers at this conference were Michael John Neill and Kim R. von Aspern-Parker. Both were excellent in their presentations and very knowledgeable!
After classes, I met up with the NextGen Genealogy Network in the Marriott Hotel with a very pregnant Melanie Frick presiding over. There were some new people this year attending and we all did introductions. Melanie unveiled the new “community” page on the website, which I thought was an excellent idea.
Later I attended a dinner banquet which featured Kenyatta Berry from Genealogy Roadshow. I sat with several friends and even met a new one too! Kenyatta was awesome as always, speaking about the inner-workings of the Genealogy Roadshow and how she came to be auditioned for the show. My San Diego friend, Debby Anderson, won a free registration to Jamboree and DNA Day next year! How awesome is that!
Schedule Day 2: Saturday, 4 June 2016
· “Publicize It and Publicize It: Increasing Attendance at Society Events” - Paula Stuart-Warren, CG®, FUGA, FMGS.
· “Reconstructing Families in pre-1850 Census Records” - Michael John Neill.
· “Putting America to Work: Records of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)”. - Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG(R).
· “Blog Your Family History: Eating the Elephant One Bite at a Time” - Jill Morelli.
· “Maximizing Your Use of Evidence” - Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG®, CGL®, FASG, FUGA, FNGS.
· “Railroad Records” - Kim R. von Aspern-Parker.
· NextGen Genealogy Network Meet-up
· SCGS Banquet: Secrets from PBS’s Genealogy Roadshow” – Kenyatta D. Berry, Esq.
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Good friend, Diane Hall. |
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Steve Morse of One-Step Webpages. |
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Lisa Alzo, the Accidental Genealogist. |
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Author James M. Beidler. |
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San Diego County attendees. |
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Melanie Frick hosting The NextGen Genealogy Network Meet-Up |
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The NextGen Genealogy Network Meet-Up |
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The NextGen Genealogy Network Meet-Up |
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The line for the banquet! |
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Heather Goebel (center), Lydia Goularte (right). |
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Mother - Daughter, Patricia & Elena |
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Sold-out banquet! |
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Leo Myers |
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Awesome dessert! |
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Kenyatta Berry |
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Diane Hall & Debby Anderson |
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Selfie with the beautiful Kenyatta! |
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