Deanne m Benbrook

Deanne has a bachelor’s degree in Technical Management with an emphasis in Small Business and Entrepreneurship and is passionate about genealogy and preserving family history. Deanne has researched her family history for 20+ years, completed coursework in genealogy, history, and anthropology at Brigham Young University, and is a member of the National Genealogical Society and Missouri State Genealogical Association. Currently she serves as Temple & Family History Consultant for the Kansas City, Missouri Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has given numerous presentations helping others develop and strengthen skills in their own family history research and preservation. 

• Putting the “Family” Back in Family History Work: Saturday 11:30 
• Full-Text Search, YAY! : Saturday 2pm

Putting the “Family” Back in Family History Work - Deanne M. Benbrook & Ashley Arnett It seems that in every family generation there is that one person who gravitates towards seeking out their branches, to find what kind of legacy they are living.  Join with mother-daughter duo, Deanne Benbrook and Ashley Arnett, in finding out how to use different methods and tools, such as the Together App, to encourage and incorporate the talents and interests of your family members to connect living generations (roots) to deceased relatives (branches). Make your past, present, and future family stronger, building a generational wealth of relationships in a fun and treasured way. 

Full-Text Search, YAY! - Deanne M. Benbrook - Technology is forever evolving and opening new opportunities for genealogists! Learn how to unlock new discoveries through the new Full-Text search on FamilySearch. Full-Text search helps find historical records about ancestors that are not indexed by using artificial intelligence (AI). This exciting new tool can be a game-changer in genealogical research, locating new information or finding elusive ancestors. A “how-to”, including helpful strategies, will be presented to provide participants with a foundational knowledge of this new technology and how to apply it to their own research.