BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference
Blog posts reporting on the BYU Conference
Nobody Told Me at The Ancestry Insider – Paul Milner’s Keynote Address on Thursday
Turning the Model Upside Down at The Ancestry Insider – Steve Rockwood’s keynote address on Wednesday
That is Where the Love Is at The Ancestry Insider – Paul Cardall’s keynote address on Tuesday
Calling All Family History Consultants to the BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy ! by Lynn Broderick of The Single Leaf – Lynn shares a photo of each vendor at the conference
Making Family History Exciting for Everyone – Steve Rockwood’s Keynote at the BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference – by Nicole Dyer at Family Locket
LDS
Honor the Pioneers by Telling Better Stories at LDS Church News
All Can Perpetuate Pioneers’ “Legacy of Faith,” Seventy Says by Jason Swensen at LDS Church News
Family History for Non-English Speakers by James Tanner at Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad
Introducing the Happy Pioneer by Mark J. Stoddard at Meridian Magazine – a Utah pioneer with a unique perspective
Elder Rasband Shares a Surprising Pioneer Love Story at LDS Living
Family History Moment: Sixty Pages by Carl A. Ollerton at LDS Church News
Honor the Pioneers by Telling Better Stories by Keith A. Erekson at LDS Church News
Sister Wives Series #7: Jane Park (the 6th wife) by Grover at By Common Consent
The Black Pioneer Woman Who Knows Exactly What It’s Like to Feel Like You Don’t Belong in the Church by the Time Out for Women Blog republished at LDS Living
Research Tips
Hunting for a Church by Rhonda McClure at Vita Brevis
Noting the notary by Judy Russell at The Legal Genealogist
New digital platform (Umbra) makes black history archives MORE accessible at UpFront with NGS
Explosion of Digitized Images on FamilySearch.org by James Tanner at Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad
What You Cite Should Be In Your Sight by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day
Building Context for Our Farming Ancestors by Amy Johnson Crow at AmyJohnsonCrow.com
Intention Does Not Guarantee It Happened by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day
‘My ancestor the Indian Princess’ by Meaghan E.H. Siekman at Vita Brevis
Do I Really Have African and Native American Ancestry? by Henry Louis Gates Jr. at The Root
Body snatchers, bastardy and illegitimate children – what researching your family history can reveal by Hilarie Stelfox at West Yorkshire News – British research tips from genealogist Jane Roberts
Yankee digs up Southern roots in genealogy research of ancestors by Dave Osborn at Naples Daily News – tips for researching in the South from forensic genealogist Kelvin Meyers
Family and Children
Our ‘Relative Race’: Cherokee Heritage by Melissa Finlay at Finlay Family – Details about their genealogy road trip
Our ‘Relative Race’: A Drive Through History by Melissa Finlay at Finlay Family – more about the road trip
Worldwide Indexing Event: How One Area’s Youth Led the Way at the FamilySearch Blog
Baby Ancestry: Connect the Generations When Choosing Your Baby’s Name at the FamilySearch Blog
Genealogy With Children Survey Results by Emily Kowalski Schroeder at Growing Little Leaves
Family Tree in a Tin by Emily Kowalski Schroeder at Growing Little Leaves
Try This Fun Genealogy Cemetery Hunt for Children by Lorine McGinnis Schulze at Legacy News
Creating and Sharing Family History
You Can Now Easily Convert B&W Photos to Color Ones for FREE! by Diane L Richard at Upfront with NGS
Education
Congratulations, Karen Auman, PhD, CG! by Judy Kellar Fox at BCG Springboard – about an assistant professor at BYU who became a CG and likes to teach her students about bringing the stories of their ancestors to life using history.
Every Opportunity Counts by Peggy Lauritzen at Anxiously Engaged
Board for Certification of Genealogists and Legacy Family Tree Webinars Form Webinar Partnership at Legacy News
General Interest
Family History vs. Genealogy: What’s the Difference? at Crestleaf
Local Project Digitizes Invaluable Documents by Diane L Richard at Upfront with NGS – how a Mississippi genealogical society digitized valuable records to ensure they were safe from natural disaster.
How a Chinese-Jamaican’s family history quest led her to Hong Kong by Gaia Goffe at Post Magazine
A Personal Sort of Time Travel: Ancestry Tourism by Amy Zipkin at The New York Times
FamilySearch Breaks World Record with Incredible Indexing Event at LDS Living
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