31st Annual Family History Workshop

Workshop Schedule

2005 Photo Contest Awards
2006 Sponsors
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 Impact of Technology on Family History Research Claire Brisson-Banks	Room 205 Becoming a Certified Genealogist Tom Rice	Room 203 Using Land Records to Make Connections Joan Shurtiff	Room 207 Beginning Genealogy Alice Ellingsberg	Room 208 Swedish Genealogy Bev Paulson	Room 227 Civil War Research Online Rick Crume
10:05- 11:15	Room 101 Canadian Research Claire Brisson-Banks	Room 205 DNA and the Genealogist Phil Holtan	Room 203 Collateral Lines and Genealogical Research Joan Shurtiff	Room 207 Using the LDS Family History Center Karen Vosburg	Room 208 German Architecture - From Europe to the Prairies Fr. William Sherman	Room 227 Online Databases for Researching Ancestry Overseas Rick Crume
11:30- 1:00	Luncheon Guest Speaker: Fr. William Sherman: Putting Flesh on the Family Genealogical Skeleton Presentation of Photo Contest and Research Awards
1:10- 2:20	Room 101 Attacking Those Brick Walls Claire Brisson-Banks	Room 205 Internet-Based Scotland Genealogy Tom Rice	Room 203 Solving Historical Context When Sources Fail Harold Hinds, Jr.	Room 207 Searching Norwegian Online Digital Archives Verlyn Anderson	Room 208 Colorful Female Characters from the Past Elaine Lindgren	Room 227 Getting Started with Genealogy Online Dan Haglund
2:20- 3:20	Booths and Refreshments
3:20- 4:30	Room 101 The Quest for Your English Ancestors Claire Brisson-Banks	Room 205 Becoming a Better Genealogist Tom Rice	Room 203 Expanding Your Genealogy into a Family History Harold Hinds, Jr.	Room 207 LDS Computer Genealogy Resources Karen Vosburg	Room 208 Planning Your Genealogy Trip to Germany Jim Specht	Room 227 Military Resources Online Dan Haglund

Registration Form
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Presenters and Class Descriptions

*Claire Brisson-Banks*	*Tom Rice*	Fr. William Sherman
Verlyn Anderson	Harold Hinds, Jr.	Joan Shurtliff
Rick Crume	Phil Holtan	Jim Specht
Alice Ellingsberg	H. Elaine Lindgren	Karen Vosburg
Dan Haglund	Bev Paulson

Cost and Parking

Cost: $30. Cost includes luncheon for those whose pre-registration and payment are received by September 29, 2006. 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!

5th 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 15, 2006. For more information download the contest brochure, or write Heritage Education Commission, Box 82, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN 56563, or call (218) 477-5862 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 15, 2006. 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) 477-5862 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.

	2006 Program Sponsors
		State Bank and Trust http://www.statebanks.com/
		Swedish Cultural Heritage Society nels235@msn.com
		Korsmo Funeral Service http://www.korsmofuneralservice.com/
		Park Genealogical Books http://www.parkbooks.com/
		Germans from Russia Heritage Collection http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/
		Minnkota Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~minnkota
		Red River Valley Genealogical Society http://www.redrivergenealogy.com/
		Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International http://www.csgi.org

		Interested in becoming a sponsor?

Exhibit Hall Vendors
Comstock Memorial Union Ballroom

Allen J. Peterson Books Chester Fritz Library, UND Clay County Historical Society Concordia College Archives Creative Memories Daughters of the American Revolution Family History Workshop Awards Collection-Northwest Minnesota Historical Society, MSUM Fargo Family History Center Fargo Public Library Germans from Russia Heritage Society Hallinglag of America Moorhead Public - 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 The Dakota Icelanders Project

Scaling The Brick Wall 31st Annual Family History Workshop

Scaling The Brick Wall

31st Annual Family History Workshop