Some Things I Learned at the SLC FH Conferences Part 1

Some Things I Learned at the 2010 BYU Computerized Genealogy Conference and the 2010 National Genealogical Society Annual Meeting 26 April to 1 May 2010, Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah
by Donald R. Snow (Math Faculty, Nauvoo University http://www.nauvoouniversity.com Retired Professor of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah) – used with permission

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These are a few things I learned and are not in any particular order, nor is this complete. The talks went from Monday through Saturday; from 8 am to evening, and each of the two printed syllabi are about 2 inches thick. You may still be able to purchase CD’s with pdf’s of the entire sets of talks. The URL’s for the conferences – with schedules of talks, etc. are http://ce.byu.edu/cw/cwcompu/ and
http://members.ngsgenealogy.org/Conferences/2010Program.cfm . CD’s of many talks from the NGS meeting will be available from http://www.jamb-inc.com/ . The NGS brochure about the conference is at

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/galleries/new-gallery/Registration_brochure.pdf

. For talks at the 2010 BYU Computerized Genealogy Conf see

https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/FamilySearch_Presentations_at_BYU_2010

. Publicity info for the entire week is at

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/home/news/frameset_news.asp?PAGE=Press/2010-3-9_SLC_Prepares_for_Week_of_FH_Celebration.asp

01. David Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer of FamilySearch, gave the keynote address at BYU Computerized Conf on the gap and how to bridge it between technology (young people know how to use it) and genealogy (older people are doing more of it)

02. Jay Verkler, President and CEO of FamilySearch, gave the keynote address at NGS meeting on “From the Granite Mountain to the Ends of the World” with a virtual tour of the Vault, how the digital pipeline works, and what’s ahead

03. FH Consultants were invited to a meeting in SL Tabernacle on Tuesday evening; Elder Allan Packer of 70, Exec Dir of FH Dept and son of Elder Boyd K. Packer, spoke on history of FH in the Church, how many people are helping, and some new things coming

04. A wonderful 2-hour program in the Conference Center on Thursday evening, “A Celebration of Family History”, with Pres. Eyring and David McCullough speaking, Tabernacle Choir, and 5 short videos about FH ; extremely well done — will hopefully be released on DVD and/or shown on byutv or elsewhere. (note from Peter: Videos clips used at the celebration on Thursday night in the conference centre are available at: http://www.newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/-a-celebration-of-family-history-delights-thousands-of-genealogy-enthusiasts#media-video or http://mormonlife.com/story/2485-a-celebration-of-family-history-videos )
05. Notes of the talks by the FamilySearch staff are on the FamilySearch Wiki at http://wiki.familysearch.org — do a search for “familysearch 2010 NGS” or “familysearch 2010 BYU” (without the quotes), or by name, e.g. Alan Mann, Jim Greene, Tim Cross, Michael Ritchey, etc.; also Alan Mann’s articles page ishttp://alanmann.com/articles/

06. FamilySearch
1. Much discussion about https://wiki.familysearch.org — was
suggested we ALL contribute info to it
2. Community Trees — http://histfam.familysearch.org/learnmore.php
3. FamilySearch announced 300 million new names posted last week on beta.familysearch.org from Indexing; register on
http://beta.familysearch.org for a free account and search it and give them feedback on operations
4. Maps of England — http://maps.familysearch.org/ — wonderful map sets and viewer
Can search online Family History Library Catalog by using GenSeek for additional searches you can’t do on the FHLC directly
5. Was stated that all the microfilms in the Granite Mountain Vault will be digitized within 8-10 years
6. New FamilySearch will be released to Asian Temples this Summer and to everyone (non-LDS included) this Fall
7. Updated Family History Library Favorites are available to download at FHL — see info and how to download earlier version from https://wiki.familysearch.org

Part 2 next week

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