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REXBURG,
Idaho–BYU-Idaho will host its semi-annual family history conference
Saturday, Nov. 8, at several locations on the BYU-Idaho campus.
Sponsored
by the Division of Continuing Education, the BYU-Idaho
Family History
Center and the Snake River
Connection to the Utah Genealogical Association, the conference is open to
anyone who has an interest in family history work.
Workshops
include classes at beginning, intermediate and advanced levels, and are
taught by members of the BYU-Idaho faculty and area family history center
experts. The conference, which the school has hosted for 11 years,
traditionally draws 400-500 people from Idaho,
Wyoming and Montana.
Classes
begin at 8 a.m. and go until 5:20 p.m. and feature a wide range of
topics including tips on research and help with finding information using
the Internet.
The
keynote address will be given in the Manwaring
Center West Ballroom at 11:35 a.m.
by Kevin Owen, family history advisor to the Idaho Area Presidency of the LDS
Church and software engineer
for Hewlett Packard in Boise.
While
some workshops focus on using technology in genealogy, other lecture-format
classes will focus on different types of research methods and tips, said
Priscilla Hendricks, Continuing Education Department secretary.
“This
conference is a unique opportunity for people to begin from wherever they
are and to learn and to expand on what they already know about family
history,” she said. “They take away the knowledge of how to
find their ancestors, what to do with them once they find them and they are
inspired with new ideas by just being around others who are involved with
this great work.”
The
conference will also feature workshops focusing on researching German and
English ancestry.
“People
go away with new skills and knowledge of how to do things. We try to not
just give them information, but hands on instruction so they can go away
with some practical experience,” said Neil Southwick, a religion
faculty member at BYU-Idaho and genealogist in English research.
Registration
will be $17 per person and must be completed in advance by Nov. 5. For more
information, including class schedule and registration information, visit
www.byui.edu/CE/community/family history/default.htm or call the BYU-Idaho
Continuing Education Office at 496-1040.
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