30th Annual Family History Workshop

Workshop Schedule

2004 Photo Contest Awards

Family History Photography Contest
Family History Research Awards

8:00- 8:30	Lobby: Registration and Refreshments
8:30- 8:40	East Ballroom: Welcome
8:45- 9:55	Room 101 Castle Garden 1819-1890 Barry Moreno	Room 205 Tips For Successful Cemetery Research Marilyn Finke	Room 203 Newspapers & Genealogy: The Good Stuff Joan Shurtliff	Room 207 Beginning Genealogy Jackie Marler	Room 208 German Research Jim Specht	Room 227 Commercial Genealogy Databases: Should I Subscribe? Rick Crume
10:05- 11:15	Room 101 Open Access for Questions & Book Signing Barry Moreno	Room 205 Genealogical Resources at the National Archives Marilyn Finke	Room 203 Using Land Records In Researching Your Family Joan Shurtliff	Room 207 Local Resources John Bye & Mark Piehl	Room 208 Scandinavian Research Connections Bev Paulson Verlyn Anderson	Room 227 Immigration & Naturalization Records Online Rick Crume
11:30- 1:00	Luncheon Guest Speaker: Barry Moreno "Ellis Island as a Symbol of America" Presentation of Photo Contest and Research Awards
1:10- 2:20	Room 101 Ellis Island Immigration 1891 to Present Barry Moreno	Room 205 Can Your Heirs Follow in Your Footsteps? Marilyn Finke	Room 203 Pre-Tested Models for Presenting Your Family History Harold E. Hinds, Jr.	Room 207 Using the LDS Computer Resources Chuck Walen	Room 208 Daughters of the American Revolution Alice Ellingsberg	Room 227 Military and Local Resources on the Internet Dan Haglund
2:20- 3:20	Booths and Refreshments
3:20- 4:30	Room 101 Open Access for Questions & Book Signing Barry Moreno	Room 205 Using NARA to Determine Immigrant Origins Marilyn Finke	Room 203 Broadening Your Search for Family Nuggets: Case Study Harold E. Hinds, Jr.	Room 207 Interviewing Family Members: Tips & Techniques Sharon Hoverson	Room 208 Using the LDS Family History Center Karen Vosburg	Room 227 Genealogy Resources on the Internet Dan Haglund

Presenters and Class Descriptions

Barry Moreno	Marilyn Finke
Verlyn Anderson	Harold Hinds, Jr.	Joan Shurtliff
John Bye	Sharon Hoverson	Jim Specht
Rick Crume	Jackie Marler	Karen Vosburg
Alice Ellingsberg	Bev Paulson	Chuck Walen
Dan Haglund	Mark Peihl

Cost and Parking

Cost: $30. Cost includes luncheon for those whose pre-registration and payment are received by September 26, 2005. Walk-ins are welcome; however, the luncheon is not guaranteed with registration fees paid on the day of the workshop.

Parking: Park in either Lot A or Lot C located at 9th Avenue South and 14th Street South adjacent to the Roland Dille Center for the Arts.

How to Find Us!

4th Annual Family History Photo Contest

Winning entries for the photography contest will be exhibited during the Family History Workshop. Awards will be presented at the noon luncheon. Entries must be related to genealogy, family history or community history. All entries must be received by September 12, 2005. For more information download the contest brochure, or write Heritage Education Commission, Box 82, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN 56563, or call (218) 477-2183 for additional information.

Family History Research Award Entries

Entries for the following three awards should contain information of regional interest and should be received by September 12, 2005. The Heritage Education Commission will exhibit the submitted works and present the awards at the Family History Workshop luncheon. Write Heritage Education Commission, Box 82, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN 56563, or call (218) 477-2183 for additional information.

Beverly M. Paulson Family History Book Award: This award is designed to encourage area genealogists to submit diaries, memoirs or journals which might be of use to historians, be of intrinsic literary worth and perhaps comprise the first step in developing more extensive family histories.

Audrey Zube Jones Family History Book Award: Area residents may submit duplicated family histories, genealogies or other books with family or genealogical focus.

G.K. Haukebo Heritage Resource Award: This award recognizes other projects of merit which assist family history researchers in locating genealogical materials of expanding their research skills. Card indices, computer databases, exhibits and videotapes are examples of acceptable formats.

		2005 Program Sponsors
		Minnkota Genalogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~minnkota
		Red River Valley Genealogical Society http://www.fargocity.com/~rrvgs/

Exhibit Hall Vendors
Comstock Memorial Union Ballroom

Allen J. Peterson Books Chester Fritz Library, UND Clay County Historical Society Concordia College Archives Creative Memories Dakota Icelanders Project Daughters of the American Revolution Family History Workshop Awards Collection-Northwest Minnesota Historical Society, MSUM Fargo Public Library Genline North America Germans from Russia Heritage Society LDS Family History Center Lake Agassiz Regional Library North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU Park Genealogical Books Plugging Into Your Past Red River Danes Red River Valley Genealogical Society Sons of Norway St. Andrews Scottish Society Swedish Cultural Heritage Society

Castle Garden, Ellis Island, and the National Archives: The Search for Family Roots 30th Annual Family History Workshop

Castle Garden, Ellis Island,
and the National Archives:
The Search for Family Roots

30th Annual Family History Workshop