ROOTSWORKS	Beau Sharbrough
Lectures

Does your society need a speaker? Check the schedule below, and if I'm free, invite me. The list of talks that I will do includes all of the topics below, and all of the topics that I've written about on my articles page.

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Oh, and many of these talks are available on tape from Audiotapes.com. The list of my talks that are on that site is found here.

Lecture Schedule

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2007

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2006 Lecture Schedule

2005 Lecture Schedule

20-22 January 2005 - NGS - Phoenix AZ

Ancestry.com Overview

31 Mar - 3 Apr 2005 - NERGC - Portland ME

Gadgets for Genealogists on the Go
Fixing Family Photos: You Can do It!

11-13 August - IAJGS - Las Vegas NV

Ancestry - Beginner
Ancestry - Intermediate

7-10 Sept - FGS - Salt Lake City UT

Automated Search Tools
Strange but True Stories from Online

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  2004 Lecture Schedule

8 June 2004 - Utah Valley PAF Users Group - Provo UT

Digital Photography

Which features to look for in digital cameras. What mistakes not to make. Many examples.

6-7 July 2004 - Boulder Genealogical Society - Boulder CO

The New Ancestry.com

Demonstrations of the Ancestry.com site, with emphasis on features thatare new in 2004

8-11 Sept 2004 - FGS2004 - Austin TX

Thursday, 9 Sept, 11am - RootsWorks: Preserving Family Photos

Learn the basics of scanning, photographing, restoring, and preserving photos. Many before and after examples will be shown.

Friday, 10 Sept, 2pm - RootsWorks: PDA's for Genealogists

Discussion about hardware, software, and which genealogy software is desirable for those with handheld computers, along with the 12 things that you can only do on a PDA.

Saturday, 11 Sept, 5pm - RootsWorks: Excel for Genealogists

Everybody has it, nobody uses it. Spreadsheets can help researchers organize their information. A professional office consultant demonstrates Excel for Genealogists.

14 Sept 2004 - Dallas Genealogical Society CIG - Dallas TX

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2003 Lecture Schedule

17-18 Jan 2003 - GENTECH 2003 - Phoenix AZ

NOTE: This conference has been cancelled, too.

 

Specific lectures not yet assigned.

I've been contacted and told that I'll be speaking this year.

12 Apr 2003 - Colorado Gen Soc CIG - Denver CO

Send Me a Disk, OK?    

The Do’s and Don’ts of combining your files with someone else’s.  Five steps to understanding what they’re saying. The Responsibilities of Electronic Publishing. Digital Rights and Wrongs.

Certainty of Citations   

How good is your evidence? How good are your conclusions? Here's a proposal for an objective way to communicate those points, numerically.

02 Sept 2003 - Dallas Gen Soc CIG - Dallas TX

How to Select and Use a Digital Camera for Genealogy

The RootsWorks version.

3 Oct 2003 - Iowa Gen Soc - Altoona IA

Scanners

The RootsWorks version.

Digital Cameras

The RootsWorks version.

GPS Devices

The RootsWorks version.

Trip Planning Software

The RootsWorks version.

2002 - No Lectures

 

I chose not to lecture in 2002, in hopes that I could use the time to do some research on my own family. I made an exception for the conference below, but it was cancelled. I'm going back to the library now. Hope to see you and your group in 2003!

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2001 Lecture Schedule

2-3 Feb 2001 - GENTECH 2001 - Mesquite Convention Center, Mesquite TX 

The Pioneers: 
First Inductees to the Genealogy Technology Hall of Fame

Know your history! All of us stand on the shoulders of giants. Learn about your intellectual debt to the originators of GEDCOM, the first computer genealogy editors, and the founders of the first computer bulletin boards.

Excel for Genealogists 

Everybody has it, nobody uses it. Organize and present your odds and ends clearly. An Office consultant gives examples for clarifying odd information using this or any other spreadsheet program. 

12 April 2001 - Kansas Genealogical Society - Dodge City KS

The Problem of Identity

Why Computers Have Trouble Telling People Apart

Virtual Meetings

Connecting with Relatives, Societies, and Colleagues - For Free

Emerging Technology and the Genealogist - Storage and Palm Computers

Covers storage products and Palm computers - the products and their use.

10 May 2001 - Dallas Genealogical Society CIG - Dallas TX

 Genealogy - Thinking Outside the Box 

Using spreadsheets to organize information in creative ways. 

16-19 May 2001 - NGS Portland 2001 - OR

 

Family History Physics: Einstein's Theory of Relatives 

A humorous look at the General and Special Theory of Relatives. (GENTECH Luncheon)

Send Me a Disk, Ok?   

The Do’s and Don’ts of combining your files with someone else’s.  Five steps to understanding what they’re saying.  Update on GENTECH GEDCOM TestBook Project.  Update on software developers’ plans for merging files.  (A survey article on merging in the marketplace from the fall 98 Genealogical Computing issue)

What is GEDCOM?   

The past, present, and future direction of GEDCOM.  What a GEDCOM file is, what's in it, and how your family history fits in.  Examples are taken from a GEDCOM file for Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, and the daughters of the land of Nod. 

Getting Organized Online   

This lecture covers the basics on organizing physical and computer records, with links to sites containing free standardized forms.  Also includes a survey of software and hardware useful for keeping track of your documents.

12-15 September 2001 - FGS Quad Cities  - IA

 

GEDCOM TestBook Project   

The GEDCOM TestBook project is a joint effort of GENTECH and the Family History Department (FHD) of the LDS to assess the current state of GEDCOM transfers.  The information from a specific “test story” is entered into popular genealogical software.  Then a GEDCOM file is transferred to other program, and the results are reported for each particular fact.  Developers send software to GENTECH, then the FHD does the data entry, and GENTECH posts the results on their web site.  Here’s an opportunity for you to see what your software is capable of sending and receiving, and what information might never make it from your computer to your cousin’s.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GENTECH*

* But Were Afraid to Ask (GENTECH Luncheon)
The names, dates, and places that tell the story of how GENTECH morphed from a Dallas Computer Interest Group into a national conference for genealogy and technology. Who they are, what they're about.

2000 Lecture Schedule

June 2000 - NGS 2000 - Providence RI

The GENTECH GEDCOM TestBook

What it is, what it may become.

The Problem of Identity 

Why computers have trouble telling people apart

Virtual Meetings 

Ways to connect with family and colleagues.

2 Sept 2000 - Orange County CGS - Huntington Beach CA

Genealogy in 2020 

A genealogist attends a Virtual Dinner with 4 ancestors of her choice.

Emerging Technology and the Genealogist 

What's New, What's Cool, What's Coming.

4-7 Sept 2000 - FGS 2000 - Salt Lake City UT

Practical Uses for the GENTECH Genealogical Data Model 

What realistic benefits can the average genealogist get from the GDM?

15-16 Sept 2000 - NEHGS  - Boston MA

Send Me a Disk, Ok? 

The Do’s and Don’ts of combining your files with someone else’s.  Five steps to understanding what they’re saying.  Update on GENTECH GEDCOM TestBook Project.  Update on software developers’ plans for merging files.  (A survey article on merging in the marketplace from the fall 98 Genealogical Computing issue)

14 Oct 2000 - East Texas Genealogical Society - Tyler TX 

Emerging Technology and the Genealogist 

What's New, What's Cool, What's Coming  

Covers storage products and Palm computers - the products and their use.

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