Classes


The theme for Family History Day 2013 is Emigration, Immigration, and Migration.   This year we have a full roster of presentations.

Keynote Address
"Comings and Goings in the Golden West"
Kathryn Marshall



AMERICAN MIGRATION                     
Eastern United States      Melinda Kashuba       
Western United States     Kathryn Marshall      
Journey Stories                 Kendra Dillard
Border Crossing               Lorenzo Cuesta      

ETHNIC GENEALOGY
African AmericanLisa Lee
British Colonial Migration,  Martha Teeter
ChineseChristine DeVillier                 
Danish,  Barbara Leak
Eastern European, Lynn Brown
French Canadian, 
Robert Jackson

German,  Shirley Riemer           
ItalianNick Bloise     
Japanese,  Marielle Tsukamoto
Jewish,  Victoria Fisch
Native American (Cherokee),
Bob Ringo 

RESEARCH
Beginning Genealogy,  Glenda Lloyd
Census Records, 
Glenda Lloyd

Courthouse ResearchMelinda Kashuba

Find a Grave, 
Marian Kile

Forum for Frustrated Genealogists,  Linda Johnson
Immigration and Naturalization
Lynn Brown

Land Records,  
Barbara Leak
Online Newspapers
Janice Sellers
Organizing Your Files
,
Marian Kile
Reading Early American Documents,
Vi Parsons
Wills and Probate,
Vi Parsons
            
Our panel discussion on “Using Libraries and Archives”
will include the following participants:
 
 

Kathleen Correia, California State Library
Jeremy G. Frankel,
Frankel & Fisch Family Historians
Patricia Johnson
, The Center for
Sacramento History

Linda Johnson
,
California State Archives 

Be sure to sign up for mini-tours of the
California State Archives and Preservation Lab
on the day of the event!

Please note that tours are limited to 20 people. You may sign up for a tour on Family History Day at the exhibit hall reception desk on the 4th floor. These tours are popular and fill up quickly, so it is suggested that you sign up in the morning.