8:00 - 9:00 am - Registration

9:00 - 9:30 am - Opening remarks - H.O. Hirt Auditorium

 

9:30 - 10:15 am - James Beidler - H.O. Hirt Auditorium - Beginning a Search for Pennsylvania Roots -The " Keystone State " is chock full of records and repositories to help the genealogist with PA roots. A review of the chronology of PA records; their impact on genealogy; and where to find them.

 

Lecture A: 10:30 - 11:30 am - Dick Eastman - room to be determined - Grandpa in Your Pocket - Using high-tech gadgets to help simplify your genealogy searches or to allow you to extend those searches in ways not easily available before.

 

Lecture B: 10:30 - 11:30 am - Stephen Morse - room to be determined - Playing Hide & Seek in the 1910-1930 Census - The One-Step Census website presents a street aid to finding records in the 1910 to 1930 censuses

 

11:30 am - 1:00 pm - Lunch Break - Eat on your own downtown or reserve a spot in the building for a sandwich buffet lunch provided by Stephanie's Catering for an additional $8.00 charge. Lunch seating for buffet is limited.

 

 

Lecture C: 1:00 - 3:00 pm - Stephen Morse - room to be determined - One-Step WebPages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools - The One-Step website started out as an aid for finding passengers in the Ellis Island database. It has since expanded into eleven separate categories. This presentation will describe the range of tools available and give highlights of each one.

 

Lecture D: 1:00 - 1:45 pm - James Beidler - Hints and Helps: My List of Top Tens - room to be determined - A personal list of the best: ways to start; books to get; web sites to look at; societies to join; habits to break!

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2:00 - 3:00 pm - Dick Eastman - same room - The Internet: The Good the Bad, and the Ugly - A talk about what is both good and bad in today's online world.

 

3:15 - 4:00 pm - James Beidler - H.O. Hirt Auditorium - Secondary Uses For Primary Sources - Learning how to use whole data sets rather than individual records can blast open genealogical roadblocks by exploring the interrelationships of a whole community. Case studies show how this works.

 

 

As evening descends, and the shadows of the night emerge, you embark on a most unusual adventure... an adventure through Erie's unknown.

 

Based on Erie's unique history, this guided tour takes you through the historic downtown's most mysterious locations.    In the tranquility of the night, your guide explains bizarre details of the town's earliest executions, murder in cold blood, vanishing corpses and the cruelty of fate.

 

Presented by the Erie County Historical Society, tours depart from 419 State Street starting at 8:00pm (Tours last approx. 1 1/2 hours.)

$4.00 Per Person (Conference Attendee Rate)