Gene-O-Rama Programme
Friday, April 3, 2020 | |
19:00 | Registration Open |
19:30 | Official Welcome |
20:00 | Pat Horan Memorial Lecture Privacy, DNA, and Genealogy: Handling the Double-Edged Sword Thomas MacEntee Cafetorium |
Saturday, April 4, 2020 | |
08:00 | Registration Opens |
09:00 | Session 1-1 How Do I Know What I Don’t Know—Fast Tracking Your Genealogy Education Thomas MacEntee Cafetorium |
09:00 | Session 1-2 Researching in Your PJs Ken McKinlay Room 107 |
10:15 | Break & Browse Marketplace |
11:00 | Session 2-1 What’s Been Done: Using Someone Else’s Genealogy Research Thomas MacEntee Cafetorium |
11:00 | Session 2-2 What’s New at FamilySearch Shirley-Ann Pyefinch Room 107 |
12:00 | Lunch & Browse Marketplace (Lunch available to pre-paid ticket holders) |
13:15 | Session 4-1 (note time change) You Use WHAT for Genealogy? Wonderful Uses for Unusual Tools Thomas MacEntee Cafetorium |
13:15 | Session 4-2 (note time change) Is There a Federal Civil Servant In Your Family Tree? Sources and Research Strategies Glenn Wright Room 107 |
14:15 | Break & Browse Marketplace |
15:00 | Session 3-1 (note time change) Great Expectations: Silver Spoon and Short Straw Migrants to Canada Glenn Wright & John Reid Cafetorium |
15:00 | Session 3-2 (note time change) “Not One of Your Holiday Games”: Personal Name Selection and Usage in Upper Canada Bruce Elliott Room 107 |
16:15 | Closing Ceremony |
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