Expo News

August 2009 ~ Janene S. Morgan, Executive Mother Hen

In This Issue
- News Flash
Expo Single Class Registration!
FamilySearch Consultant Training
- Roots & Branches
Feet
- Genealogically Speaking
Family History Biz ‘Teaches Old Dogs New Tricks’
- People, Books, Web sites & Software Highlights
Family History Phonebook
DeedMapper 4.0
PhotoLoom
Bloggers of Honor
- Monthly Specials
RootStamps
Capture the Memories
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Wyoming Expo - July
Salt Lake City Expo - August
California Expo - October
Family History Library Retreat - October
- Free Monthly Gift Give-Away
Katherine Ford, winner ~ August 2009

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News Flash


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News Flash!!
Expo Single Class Registration!
Ten, nine, eight . . . yes we are in our final count down to the Salt Lake City Expo, August 28 & 29. Even at this time we are still trying to help our fellow genealogists any way that we can, sooooo - Family History Expos is trying out a new idea and our Salt Lake City Expo is our testing ground!

We have had many individuals who have to work or have other conflicts asking for single class registration, so here it is.
We have just added the option to register for single classes at $12.00 each!
This, along with one day registration, will be 'at the door registration' only.
Hopefully this will fill a need for our participants who are not able to participate for the full Expo, but can now visit the Exhibit Hall, AND attend classes of their choice.

Remember:
Exhibit Hall: Open free to the public
Keynote Address: Open free to the public
Classes and Workshops:
Pre-Registration: $68 (ends August 24th, 2009)
At the Door: $78 for both days, $48 for a single day, or $12 per class

Register right now online and receive immediate access to all class syllabi!
Note: Online class syllabi are available only to those who register online for both days.

See you there!
Read more about it in our Family History Blog.

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News Flash!!
FamilySearch Consultant Training

FamilySearch is offering Consultant Training at the Salt Lake City Family History Expo! If any consultant has not received a notice from FamilySearch they should contact us for details. If you are an LDS Ward Family History Consultant, be sure you do not miss information from FamilySearch in the future by going to http://consultant.FamilySearch.org and register or update to your current email address.

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Roots & Branches

Feet
by Janene S. Morgan




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I've been thinking a lot about feet this last little while. My 17-month-old grandson Ben got an infected toe and we've had a pretty sad time of it. I don't know about you, but I'm a bare footer. My mother is, my sisters are, my daughter is and all of my grandchildren, male and female are. My boys are flipflop, sandals kind of guys. My husband has wimpy feet. He wears shoes, and sometimes sandles. Maybe this bare foot thing comes from my farming ancestors.

Anyway, as I said, I've been thinking about feet. I was fascinated when I learned from my Aunt Saxon that my great-grandpa Roberts (her grandpa) had a "last" and repaired the family shoes with it as did many of the people of that era. There was no left or right feet to the shoes. Wearing the shoes caused them to form to the foot they were used on. Ouch.

Since I had no idea what a "last" was, and it was before the time of Google, I went to the library. I love libraries!!
Not only was I looking for a last, but an icebox, heatrolla, ice tongs, bottle butter churn, and other things that had been talked about in interviews I had been doing about my great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents. I decided a good place to look was in any old Sears Catalog books, since Saxon said her grandpa had ordered his shoe repair kit from it, or antique books. I wasn't disappointed. From the books I found I was able to make copies of the pictures, and then show them to everyone to see which ones were the kind that they had used in their home or remembered family using. It was really fun and boy did the stories flow! Let me tell you, the iceman was their hero with the ice chips he shared.

Now days you can go to Google and click on Images, and fill in the Search box with key words, such as 'shoe last' or 'cobbler or shoemaker tools'. (Bearing in mind that the word 'cobbler' will bring up food, also.) Adding in the word "antique" or "old" helps find lots of pictures to choose from. Get creative with your key words. Remember, I talked before about being able to use the free clip-art, or those in the 'public domain' in your stories as they are not under copyright. You can use those words in your key word area and see what it does. Other pictures will say, 'may be subject to copyright', so be careful how you use them. If you plan to publish them you will need to get permission. To get definitions of articles you are searching for, or even if you want to find ones that are for sale, just put your key words in the regular Google Search box. Caution!! This can become addictive, so beware!

Another wonderful place to look is in The Good Old Days Magazine. My Aunt Saxon shared her magazines with me and I fell in love with them. There you get articles from people telling about "the good old days" and even about things like the shoe last and outhouses.

Old newspaper ads are great, too. Your public library may have your town's newspaper on microfilm. Go and check out some of the older ones. I went and copied ads of movies that were playing when my parents were kids, grocery ads, fashion ads, and headlines from the day they were born. These all give a wonderful "look and feel" to your story writing, and to get your mind going on stories of your own.

I'd better let you get searching and finding things about "feet." Writing about anything to do with feet would be great. Baby shoes - anyone have theirs bronzed? Occupation - shoe salesman, cobbler. First shoes, favorite shoes, worst shoes, the ones the dog ate. How about a funny, sad, or embarrasing story dealing with shoes. You get the idea.

Have a good time with this, and keep writing.
Janene

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Genealogically Speaking

Family History Biz ‘Teaches Old Dogs New Tricks’
Editor’s Note: The following is a press release generated by Family History Expos. Please feel free to use this publication in its entirety in your family history and genealogy-related publications. For a MicrosoftWord copy of the press release and a high-quality digital photo, please contact holly@fhexpos.com)



Techniques, Technology Changed Face of Family History

When you look inside your family, you look inside yourself. Family history research is a wonderful way to discover a past that can help you understand the present and plan for the future.

There are few hard and fast rules about family history research. Your research is exactly what you make of it. People conduct family history research for many reasons. Some want to document family lines for present and future generations. Others perform in-depth research for religious reasons. A family’s health history is important and some researchers try to identify medical conditions that tend to “run in the family” for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of certain illnesses. Still others are simply curious about the people who wove their family tapestry.

Regardless of your reasons for conducting family history, the process is basically the same. Techniques have changed significantly over the past decade as the world has moved into a global environment. One Utah-based company is determined to teach family history researchers of all levels the techniques and technology to dig up their roots without ever touching a shovel. Family History Expos.com has taken a human centuries-old passion and applied 21st century methods of research that will knock your socks off and shake down your family tree with lightening speed.

Family History Expos.com is headquartered in Croydon, Utah. FHE has been holding successful expos throughout the Western United States, teaching thousands to learn the art of and experience the spirit of family history research for nearly 10 years. Whether a researcher is brand new or simply needs to update techniques and learn about technology, FHE comes to the rescue.

“We teach old dogs new tricks,” FHE Founder and President Holly T. Hansen says with a grin. “You would not believe the amazing technology available today that simplifies the research process, the networking process, and the documentation process for those who learn to use it. New technology means new techniques and it is our goal to teach everyone who wants to learn how to climb their family trees and pick the sweet, sweet fruit without ever leaving the ground!”

Hansen said the family history industry is still shadowed by a dusty stigma that paints research as a dismal, painstaking process that involves hours and hours in a library or courthouse vault. “The Internet has changed everything,” Hansen said. “It can take weeks to communicate with a family history contact by letter writing via the postal service. It takes seconds to communicate by e-mail.”

Digitized, electronic records make newspapers, public records, personal histories and more available with the click of the mouse. Hansen calls the World Wide Web a gathering place for those seeking to unravel the mysteries of their family histories. “Before the Internet, people might search all of their lives for the right contact and never find them. Now, in many cases, it’s as simple as posting a plea for help on an electronic bulletin board.”

New software makes documenting and presenting family history easy, even for beginners. Many savvy software developers recognize the magnitude of the family history industry and human beings’ natural curiosity and are cashing in on products that create charts, customize maps based on location and dates, put pictures to music, and more.

“Virtually all of this can be done from the comfort of your own home with a computer and an Internet connection – if you have the knowledge,” Hansen said.

Family History Expos are major events that bring researchers, instructors, exhibitors and family members together for education and hands-on demonstrations that allow people to try new techniques and technology with instant help to master them.

Ruby Coleman, North Platte, Neb., attended an expo in Sheridan, Wyo. in July. “I can’t quite attach one word to how I felt about the Sheridan Family History Expo,” Coleman said. “I’ve been to NGS and FGS Conferences and lectured at them. They are fun, but there was something different about the [Sheridan] Expo.”

Coleman said she found herself in neutral territory of friendship and learning. “It was so much fun to not only learn, but to experience the bond of friendship and support between genealogists. I didn’t want it to end.” Coleman said she is glad to be able to stay in communication with her new network through Twitter, blogs and Facebook.

“Our ancestors are drawing us closer in our attempt to locate them,” Coleman said. The next Family History Expo will be held in Salt Lake City, Aug. 28 and 29. Here are details of Salt Lake City Expo 2009. More details are available online.



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People, Books, Web sites & Software Highlights

BLOGGERS OF HONOR
We have lined up a very talented team of bloggers who will extend the Expo experience for those attending and for you who may not have the opportunity to join us in person. With more than 100 classes, there is so much going on you just cannot see it all!

Our 'Bloggers of Honor' For Salt Lake City, Family History Expo 2009 are:
Holly T. Hansen, Anastasia Tyler, The Ancestry Insider, Arlene H. Eakle, Gena Philibert Ortega, Jean Wilcox Hibben, Lee R. Drew, Lisa Alzo, Lisa Louise Cooke, Renee Huskey, and Renee Zamora.

For those of you new to blogging, a blog is a type of Web site. The word blog is a contraction of the term Web log. It is a chronological publication of personal thoughts, kind of like an online journal. Blogs may also contain Web links and graphics that will expand the view and understanding of a subject for the reader. A blog is frequently updated and intended for public viewing.

Our bloggers will also be using Twitter. Twitter is a short message service that allows users to send short text messages of up to 140 characters in length from their cell phones and laptop computers. (Of course you can use it from your desktop computer at home too!)

You can expect to read several tweets a day coming live from the Expo followed up by blog entries that take a little more time to compose.

We look forward to hearing what you think about this innovative way to share the Expo experience. Please be sure to give us some feedback!

Family History Expos will be tweeting live from the Expo, follow us @FHExpos.

While you can follow people individually on Twitter you can also search on the expo hashtag #FHX09-SLC (a Twitter account is not required to search). Simply go to http://search.twitter.com and search for #FHX09-SLC

We invite all attendees to use Twitter to communicate highlights of the Expo activities, share photos, and link to blog posts. We invite non-attendees to make comments and ask questions via Twitter, someone will respond (be sure to include the above mentioned hashtag so we will see your comments).

Everyone is invited to stop by the Blogger Bistro and Twitter Café to ask questions, use one of our work stations to blog or tweet, you can also follow what is happening "live" on a 32" big-screen TV (located in exhibit hall).

Come join the fun!!


Family History Phonebook



Family History Expos is delighted to offer this wonderful service to our family history friends!
The Family History Phonebook is a digital product designed to help family historians locate people, products, and services easily.

Family History Expos provides the opportunity for those with services to offer the Family History community to be in the Family History Phonebook.
To check this option out click here.


DeedMapper 4.0

They're the folks who make DeedMapper, the premier software program for working with old land records. Their site is for anyone who's interested in those old records (deeds, grants, and the like), or platting.
Version 4.0, is the premier software program for analyzing old grants, deeds, surveys, and claims, particularly those described by metes and bounds. DeedMapper's being used by local historians, genealogists, and archaeologists to make land ownership maps of days gone by.

Here are a few of the "facts" about DeedMapper:
DeedMapper has Video Tutorials.
DeedMapper runs on Windows XP and Vista.
DeedMapper has Land Record Reference:
You say you don't know anything about deeds or surveying? Their Reference Section can tell you all you ever wanted to know (and then some!) about Deeds, Grants, Patents, and Claims.
DeedMapperr has a Deed Data Pool:
Land record research with DeedMapper is taking place in many areas of the country. Their customers have generously donated their deed research so you won't have to duplicate work that's already been done. Check the pool to see if there are deeds you can use.
The purpose of the pool is to allow their customers to share the work of others. The deeds in the pool can be imported into DeedMapper where they can be viewed and edited. If you don't own DeedMapper, you can still examine the deed text (the wording of the deeds) with your word processor, but you will not be able to see the plats of the deeds. To check out more "facts", go to the


and then click on the other "facts" to help you with ordering a map, etc.


Photoloom

Renee Huskey

One of our "Bloggers of Honor", Renee Huskey, is the official "Wearer of Many Hats" at Photoloom LLC. Renee is committed to preserving the images and stories that transform genealogy into family history. Renee has a great "offer" for those of you that come to the Salt Lake City Family History Expo. Check it out on her blog, Tuesday, August 18, 2009.

Now to tell you a little about Photoloom.
Family Photoloom is a dynamic web application that gives you the tools you need to connect your photos, genealogy, stories, and documents to create truly seamless family history.
Family Photoloom organizes your pictures around your family history, indexes family and extended relationships, tags faces and source documents, and archives and shares pictures.

To learn more about Photoloom click here.
Here you will also be able to watch a U Tube interview about Photoloom that was done at our Mesa Expo.
Be sure to sign up for their Free Trial. You just click on the blue button 'Free Trial' in the top right hand corner of the home page

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We would love to highlight your books, Web site, or software. Just send us a copy of the product you would like us to highlight with your information enclosed to:
Family History Expos - Highlights - PO Box 187 - Morgan, UT 84050.
Information on Web sites, etc. or questions can be sent to holly@fhexpos.com.

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Capture the Memories

Life in Your Town - (Word File)


(Microsoft Word files are available by email only).
Life in Your Town captures the history of a special place as a part of someone's life.

Type the story while you are doing the interview and customize it to fit your needs. These files can be used over and over to capture many memories.
Books are black and white, designed for inserting a personal digital photo on the cover, or using the black and white picture provided.

Emailed product includes the book only.

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Upcoming Events

Calendar of events

Family History Expo Salt Lake City, Utah 2009
When: August 28th & 29th, 2009
Where: South Towne Exposition Center
9575 South State Street
Sandy, Utah 84070

Family History Expo California 2009
When: Oct. 16th & 17th, 2009
Where: Redding Convention Center
747 Auditorium Drive
Redding, California 96001

Family History Library Research Retreat
When: Oct 26th - 31st, 2009
Where: Classes to be held at the Plaza Hotel with daily
research in the adjacent Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Family History Expo Mesa 2010
When: January 22nd & 23rd, 2010
Where: Mesa Convention Center
263 N. Center Street
Mesa, Arizona

Family History Expo St. George 2010
When: February 26th & 27th, 2010
Where: The Dixie Center
1835 Convention Center Drive
St. George, Utah 84790

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Free Monthly Gift Give-away

Katherine Ford, winner of the August 2009 Free Monthly Gift Give-away

Each month Family History Expos.com offers a special gift to one lucky winner in our monthly prize drawing. This month Katherine Ford won two complimentary passes to any Family History Expo held in 2009 or 2010. Congratulations Katherine Ford!

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Sign up for our Free Membership today and become eligible for a chance to win prizes from Family History Expos.com. If you are already a member login to your account and make sure to update your subscription preferences to include this free newsletter.

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Next month's prize: Next month's prize is two complimentary passes to any Family History Expo held in 2009 or 2010.
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