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 American,  Lisa Lee
British Colonial Migration,  Martha Teeter
Chinese,  Christine DeVillier                 

Danish,  Barbara Leak
Eastern European, Lynn Brown
French Canadian,  Robert Jackson
German,  Shirley Riemer           
Italian,  Nick Bloise     
Japanese,  Marielle Tsukamoto
Jewish,  Victoria Fisch
Native American (Cherokee), Bob Ringo 

RESEARCH
Beginning Genealogy,  Glenda Lloyd
Census Records,  Glenda Lloyd
Courthouse Research,  Melinda 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.