schedule

9:00 Welcome & keynote

CHAPEL + Livestream

Be welcomed by the chairmen of the conference and hear from our Keynote speaker:

Deanne Benbrook - Making Connections Matter

10:00 Session 1

CHAPEL + Livestream - Mary Dempsey

The War that Time Forgot: Connecting with your Ancestors Who Fought in the Mexican American, Spanish American, or Philippine-American Wars

RELIEF SOCIETY ROOM - Sheri Volpe

Beyond Names and Dates: Building Meaningful Connections Through Family History

PRIMARY ROOM - Heather Jenkins

Beyond the Ledger: Discovering Ancestors Through Business Records

11:00 Session 2

CHAPEL + Livestream - Mark Nye

Why Does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provide FamilySearch for free to the entire world?

RELIEF SOCIETY ROOM - Cynthia Keefer Patton

National Archives Research in Kansas City

PRIMARY ROOM - Kim Alberg

Family Historians, Start Your (Search) Engines

12:00 LUNCH BREAK

Bring a lunch or DoorDash/UberEATS to eat at our tables in the main hall!

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Address for delivery: 6751 NE 70th St Kansas City, MO 64119

1:00 session 3

CHAPEL + Livestream - Kathy Meade

Swedish Church Books: Your Research Just Got Easier (and Faster)

RELIEF SOCIETY ROOM - Heather Jenkins

Reading Between the Tick Marks: Reconstructing Families in the 1790–1840 Census

PRIMARY ROOM - Mark Nye

Harvesting Interesting Details About Your Family from Old Newspapers

2:00 session 4

CHAPEL + Livestream - Char Mitts

Beyond the Records: Capturing Family Stories with Together at FamilySearch

RELIEF SOCIETY ROOM - Kim Alberg

Keepers, S.T.U.F.F. and Benjamin Franklin

PRIMARY ROOM - Kris Young

From Pressure to Purpose: Inspiring Family History Through Love

3:00 session 5

CHAPEL + Livestream - Claire V. Brisson-Banks

The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Genealogy & Family History

RELIEF SOCIETY ROOM - Nathan Wittmaier

Connecting Present and Past through The Founding

4:00 CLOSING