Brief summary:<\/strong> This presentation will help attendees understand how the changes in borders, nationalities, and languages affect genealogical research in Central and Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n Audience level:<\/strong> Intermediate<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> PowerPoint presentation using speaker’s computer and digital projector.<\/p>\n Detailed description:<\/strong> Finding the place of origin of an immigrant is crucial to finding historic records for that immigrant’s ancestors .\u00a0 Complicating matters are the changing borders in Europe during the past two centuries as the territorial acquisitions obliterated some nations from the map .\u00a0 Border changes in Europe affected not only the map of Europe, but also the records on which genealogists depend to document their ancestors’ lives.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n Brief summary:<\/strong> This presentation will survey the available US passenger manifests focusing on annotations and markings on the manifests that lead to additional information.<\/p>\n Audience level:<\/strong> Intermediate<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> PowerPoint presentation using speaker’s computer and digital projector.<\/p>\n Detailed description:<\/strong> Immigrant passenger manifests provide family historians with important information about the origin, immigration, and destination of their immigrant ancestors .\u00a0 Passenger manifests after 1892 frequently include marks and annotations that can provide additional information about the experiences and activities of the immigrant. Some of these notations were made at the time of immigration; others were made years or decades later .\u00a0 Some describe corrections to the manifest, but other annotations can lead to other records that document the lives of the immigrant.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n Brief summary:<\/strong> This presentation will help attendees understand how DNA testing can\u00c2\u00a0support\u00c2\u00a0the genealogical paper trail and help\u00c2\u00a0solve problems in genealogical research.<\/p>\n Audience level:<\/strong> Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> PowerPoint presentation using speaker’s computer and digital projector.<\/p>\n Detailed description:<\/strong> Genetic Genealogy uses DNA to help answer genealogical questions .\u00a0 DNA is the chemical blueprint for life that is found in all of our cells .\u00a0 We inherit our DNA from our ancestors and, because of that fact, DNA can be used to identify individuals who are related to each other .\u00a0 The most common DNA tests are the Y-DNA test that traces paternal ancestors, the mitochondrial-DNA test that traces maternal ancestors, and the autosomal DNA test that traces all ancestors .\u00a0 In this talk, you will learn the basics of what DNA is and how it can be used in genealogy .\u00a0 You will learn what your DNA can tell you about both your ancient ancestors and your close cousins .\u00a0 You will learn what companies offer DNA tests for genealogists and how to choose the DNA tests that are right for you .\u00a0 Finally, you will hear true-life stories about the discoveries that genealogists have made using DNA testing:\u00a0 how DNA has helped to prove relationships, discover lost cousins, and identify the birth parents of adoptees.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n Brief summary:<\/strong> This presentation will discuss strategies using indirect evidence and DNA analysis for genealogical research when the paper trail is lacking.<\/p>\n Audience level:<\/strong> Advanced<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> PowerPoint presentation using speaker’s computer and digital projector.<\/p>\n Detailed description:<\/strong> In the course of genealogical research, it is not uncommon to encounter situations where the paper trail disappears .\u00a0 In the absence of direct evidence for ancestral relationships, genealogists must turn to indirect evidence, relying on non-traditional sources for clues in order to prove a family’s ancestry .\u00a0 By using less-tried sources, collateral relationships, and DNA evidence, researchers can establish relationships with sufficient confidence to satisfy the Genealogical Proof Standard.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n Brief summary:<\/strong> This presentation will show how The Scientific Method, a process usually applied to laboratory experimentation, can be used to solve genealogical problems.<\/p>\n Audience level:<\/strong> Intermediate<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> PowerPoint presentation using speaker’s computer and digital projector.<\/p>\n Detailed description:<\/strong> The Scientific Method is a well-established process in the scientific disciplines and is used routinely to design experiments and evaluate the results .\u00a0 Even though The Scientific Method was not developed with genealogical research in mind, it can still be used to help solve genealogical problems\u00c2\u00a0in a logical, stepwise manner .\u00a0 To apply the The Scientific Method, the genealogist must define the question he or she wishes to answer, gather information and resources, form a hypothesis, collect data, analyze the data, interpret the data, draw conclusions, publish the results, and retest the hypothesis .\u00a0 In this presentation, participants will learn how to apply The Scientific method to real genealogical problems.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n Brief summary:<\/strong> This presentation will discuss using Court Records to research members of the nobility in Poland.<\/p>\n Audience level:<\/strong> Advanced<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> PowerPoint presentation using speaker’s computer and digital projector.<\/p>\n Detailed description:<\/strong> For those with ancestors who were members of the Nobility, Polish Court Records provide a wealth of information not available elsewhere .\u00a0 Polish Court Records document loans and repayments, disputes and complaints, dowries, and dowry liens .\u00a0 Polish Court Records predate birth, marriage, and death records, sometimes by centuries, and can provide genealogical information on generations of ancestors beyond that available in church records and vital records.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n Brief summary:<\/strong> This presentation will discuss how genealogy blogs can help genealogists share their discoveries about their families, keep in touch with what’s happening in their genealogy society, and meet new friends.<\/p>\n Audience level:<\/strong> Intermediate<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> PowerPoint presentation using speaker’s computer and digital projector.<\/p>\n Detailed description:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 An increasingly popular way to publish genealogical information on the Internet is by the use of weblogs, commonly called blogs .\u00a0 Genealogy blogs include a wide range of subjects, including personal family history, genealogical education, genealogy news, local history, and personal diaries. \u00c2\u00a0Setting up and maintaining a blog is surprisingly easy and can provide benefits for your research in ways that other methods of disseminating genealogical information may fall short.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2011-2012 by Stephen J. 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