Of the various conferences and workshops in Southern Arizona this January and February, the one at the Langley Family History Center and East Stake Center is the most convenient for SCVGS members. It’s half a day (9 am – 1:30 pm), just over on the other side of town (6901 E. Kenyon), and free of charge. Advance registration not required (and not available). There’s no online schedule or list of speakers yet, but the class topics are:

• Tips for Using Ancestry.com
• British Research for Beginners
• British Isles Research – Beyond Parish Records
• Records of the Poor – A Rich Research Resource
• Free Subscription Sites at the Family History Center
• Rebs or Yanks – Locating Civil War Records
• Family History for Those Who Think It’s Done and Fleshing Out Your Pioneer History
• German Research Tips
• Finding the Living
• Finding the Dead – Sources to Research
• OK, I’m Sitting in Front of the Computer – Now What Do I Do?
• Immigration – Finding the Details of Your Ancestor’s Arrival in America
• Irish/Scottish Research
• “Will” You or Won’t You? – Wills and Probates
• On-Line Resources and Tools – Not Limited to the Family History Center Portal
• Family History Basics – Setting Up Space, Gathering and Entering Information, Scanning, and Preserving
• Indexing – How to Serve in Family History from Home or Anywhere
• Maps, the Best Kept Family History Research Secret
• Audio Digitizing – Recording Audio then Filtering and Suppressing Noise
• Digitizing Records – Scanning and Converting Documents, Pictures, Journals, Scrapbooks, etc.
• Interviewing for Posterity – What to Ask Family Members in Oral Interviews to Get Their Life History
• Gathering and Publishing Your Family History
• Clues to Conclusions
• Becoming Familiar with the FamilySearch.org Website Including New FamilyTree

If you have further questions you might check the Langley FHC web page or call them at 520-298-0905. If you’d like to share a ride please contact Joan Eddy.