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ACommunityFamilyHistoryEvent
Presentedby
DarienLibrary,FamilySearchandTheMiddlesexGenealogicalSociety
SaturdayOctober18th2014attheDarienLibrary
1441PostRoadDarien,CT
9:00amto12:00pm
OpentothepublicFreeadmission
FamilySearchisaserviceof
TheChurchofJesusChristofLatterdaySaints
ComeDiscoverAnAncestor(CDAA)isahalfdayinteractiveeventdesignedtohelppeoplegain
agreaterappreciationoftheirfamilyhistorythroughhandsonlearninginhowtouse
simpletouseInternetbasedtoolstoresearchtheirfamilytree.
CDAAwillfeatureanopeningkeynotespeakerfollowedachoiceofthreedifferent40minute
workshopsonsuchsubjectsashowtousesocialmediatoconnecttoyourfamily,howtowrite
apersonalhistory,howtogetstartedinfamilyhistoryresearchandaspecialworkshopfocused
ondiscoveringancestorartifactsonline.Theeventwillconcludewithclosingremarks
andrefreshments.
Eventprogram:
9:009:45Welcome,registrationandkeynotespeaker
10:0011:45Breakoutworkshops(choose3)
TechCenterGettingStartedonFamilySearch.org
TeenRoomHavingfunwithyourfamilytree(ages1418)
WritersRoomGettingstartedonyourpersonalhistory
ConferenceRoomComeDiscoveranAncestor*
CommunityRoomOneononeassistancewithFamilySearch.org
12:00ClosingremarksandrefreshmentsintheCommunityRoom
*PriorregistrationafterKeynoteisrequiredandparticipantsareencouragedtobringa
4generationsheetfilledoutavailableat:
http://www.familytreetemplates.net/preview/4generation_family_tree_color
BreakoutDescriptions:
GettingStartedonFamilySearch
Thisworkshopisintendedfornewcomerstofamilywhohaveaninterestinexploringhowtodo
familyhistoryresearchandwhopossessbasiccomputerskills.Theworkshopwillincludea
basicintroductiontoFamilySearch.org.Participantswilllearnhowtoopenanaccount,howto
useFamilySearchtoconstructafamilytreeaswellashowtoaddinformationtotheirfamilytree
suchasnotesandpictures.
HavingfunwithyourfamilyTree
Thisworkshopintendedforyouthages1418andwillfeaturehandsonlearningaboutour
ancestorsandtheircountriesoforigin.Participantswilldiscoverthefunofrecordsindexingby
participatinginatranscriptionprojectdividingintoteamsforaraceastoforwhocantranscribea
setofrecordsintosearchableformthefastest.
GettingStartedonYourPersonalHistory
Thisworkshopwillprovideparticipantswithaneasyframeworkandpracticalfreeonline
resourcestowriteandsharetheirpersonalhistory.Participantswilltakepartinadiscussionon
journals,blogging,andphotosharingaspartofdocumentingandpreservingour
personalhistories.
ComeDiscoveranAncestor
Thisspecialworkshopallowsparticipantstouse4generationsheetstheybroughttothe
sessiontosearchandidentifyanartifactconnectedtoanancestor.Volunteerswillassist
participantswithsearchingforandprintingartifactssuchascensussheets,shipsmanifests
andotheroriginaldocumentspertainingtotheirfamilymembers.
OneononeAssistancewithFamilySearch
Thisworkshopwillbesetupininthecommunityroomfollowingtheopeningremarksand
keynoteandwillruncontinuouslyuntiltheclosingremarks.Theintentofthisworkshopisto
provideoneononeassistancewithallaspectsofFamilySearchtargetingbeginningto
intermediateuserswhohavequestionsorneedmoreadvancedassistancefrom
experiencedusers.