Diane Henriks UGA Summit of Excellence and Genealogy Jamboree Speaking Events Coming Up

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Genealogy Speaking, Genealogy Presentations

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Here you'll find some recent genealogy speaking event spotlights and speaking events coming up next, along with past presentations

Speaking Events Spotlight

Finding Descendants in Your Family Tree

Summit of Excellence 2021 | Finding Descendants in Your Family Tree | Diane Henriks

Do you need to break down some brick walls in your research? Would you like to find relatives you never knew about, locate living relatives for DNA testing, find or return family heirlooms, find out more about your medical genealogy, find living relatives to an unclaimed estate, and more? Come learn how to find descendants in your family tree!

The Summit of Excellence, is the Utah Genealogical Association’s annual virtual conference that provides premier genealogical education.

Register for UGA’s 50th Summit of Excellence, and come hear “Finding Descendants in Your Family Tree”, under their methodology track!
Distinguished genealogical speakers from all over; including from Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Brigham Young University, the Board for Certification of Genealogists, the Family History Library, and more, will be giving presentations on a wide range of topics given over a four-day event, from September 15-18, 2021. On Wednesday, September 15th, they will have a "Getting Started Day". This day is FREE, and will be on beginning genealogy; that will include such topics as introduction to record types, beginning research methods, tools for online research, and more. Thursday, September 16th will include methodology, general records, and regional/ethnic specialties. On Friday, September 17th, there will be presentations on DNA, legal records, regional/ethnic specialties, and professional topics. Saturday, September 18th, topics will include technology, military records, and regional/ethnic specialties.
The best thing about a virtual conference, is that you can still attend sessions that you’ve missed, and will have access to the digital recordings of the sessions for several months after! The recordings will be available until December 31, 2021.

Registration begins April 24th, and ends September 4th; you won’t want to miss out!: Register

You can still view the recorded sessions until Dec. 31, 2021!

View the schedule here to see all the premier genealogical presentations being offered this year!: Summit of Excellence 2021 Conference Schedule

View the list of renowned speakers and read their bios here!: Summit of Excellence 2021 Presenters

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Publishing Your Family History

Genealogy Jamboree 2021 | Publishing Your Family History | Diane Henriks

Have you thought about sharing your family history with others to preserve for future generations? Come learn about publishing your family history!

Jamboree is the largest "single society" conference in the U.S., and draws family historians and professional genealogists from all over the world!

Register for the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree 2021, and come hear "Publishing Your Family History"!
The 51st Jamboree conference will be held on Friday and Saturday, June 11-12, 2021, and the 8th Genetic Genealogy conference will be held on Friday and Saturday June 4-5, 2021. Usually held yearly at the Burbank Marriott in Burbank, CA, this year's conferences will be held virtually. The following presentation, "Publishing Your Family History" will be available in the recorded library starting Saturday June 12th. There are so many wonderful speakers from all over, including Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com,
FamilySearch.org, FamilyTreeDNA.com,
FindaGrave.com, National Geographic Genographic Project, and many more!

View the Schedule for Genetic Genealogy and Genealogy Jamboree here to see all the amazing presentations being offered this year!: Jamboree 2021 Schedule

You can still register until Aug. 3, 2021 and view the 70 recorded sessions until Oct. 10, 2021!