Cedar Rapids Iowa FamilySearch Center/Family History Symposium


 * Theme: Tenth Annual Family History Symposium
 * Date: Saturday, October 11, 2014
 * Location: Cedar Rapids Family History Center, 4300 Trailridge Rd SE, Cedar Rapids, IA
 * Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Registration starts at 8:30 a.m.)

FREE - EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND This year, the Cedar Rapids Family History Center commemorates its tenth year of service to the genealogy community in eastern Iowa with this tenth annual Family History Symposium. The latest schedule and class descriptions are available via the links below. We will strive to maintain these schedules and topics up to date by placing the latest documents at the links below. Please come back to check for any changes.

As you plan your attendance, we would love for you to enjoy the whole day. But if there are only a couple of classes you are interested in, or your time is limited, please feel free to come join us as your time allows. As per our usual policy, we caution you again this year that all classes are taught by volunteer teachers and the schedules, teachers, and topics for the symposium are subject to change without notice as we make adjustments according to the needs of the staff. We will endeavor to keep the information here in line with any changes that may occur.

If you would like to volunteer to help out at the next symposium, please contact Kacy Novak at 319-362-0487 or 319-651-9416.

Symposium Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change:

Class Descriptions
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How to Start

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Indexing - Giving Back: Type what you see in records on the screen to make them electronically searchable. Anyone, any age can do it in 5 to 30 minutes. Help others to find their ancestors.

Family History Center Resources: What is available in the Family History Center. How these tools can help you in your researching.

Beginning Family History: Learn basics of how to get started in your research. Then learn how to search for those long lost relatives, and get “Family History Mania”.

Using Family Reunions for Family History: How to use family reunions to gather and share family memories.

Beginning Roots Magic: Introduction and how-to’s for Roots Magic. Learn ways to help organize your research and your genealogy database.

FamilySearch FamilyTree: Introduction to the FamilySearch.org web site and the Family Tree feature for Family History research.

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Research

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Family History Center Resources: Visit the Family History Center to see what help is available. Try out tools that can help you in your researching. Indexing Demonstration: Type what you see in records on the screen to make them electronically searchable. Anyone, any age can do it in 5 to 30 minutes. Help others to find their ancestors.

Using the Census: How to get more than the obvious out of census records. Use clues in the census to gain other researching leads.

Online Research and Databasing: Learn how to organize your online research. Get tips on how to collect your information into computer databases that will help you put data in and easily find it when you need it.

If it’s not on the Internet, Then What: If you’ve looked in the obvious online sources, where else can you look and what other resources are available to get past that brick wall.

Ancestry.com: Learn tricks and tips for how Ancestry.com can help you in your research.

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Foreign Research

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Swedish Research: Methods and resources for researching the Swedish Digital Archives to obtain Family History information.

Danish Research – Using Online Sources: How to use key Danish online sources to find your ancestors.

German Research: Methods and resources for researching German records to obtain Family History information.

Norwegian Digital Archives: Using the Norwegian Digital Archive records to obtain Family History information.

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Technology

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Google for the Genealogist: Learn many tips and secret features of the Google search engine to speed your research online.

Photos and Storage (FindaGrave, FamilyTree, Ancestry.com): How and where to save family information to share with others. How to store your stories and photos in the “cloud”.

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Organization

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Roots Magic - Intermediate: More in depth training in using the tools and techniques in Roots Magic. Learn ways to help organize your research and your genealogy database.

USE THE LINKS BELOW TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE LATEST SYMPOSIUM INFORMATION

Symposium 2014 Poster

Symposium 2014 Flyer       Symposium 2014 Schedule       Symposium 2014 Descriptions