Cedar City Family History Conference

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Discover Your Family Treasures

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The conference will be held on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at The Hunter Conference Center on the campus of Southern Utah University.

• Registration will open at 7:30 am
• The conference will begin at 8:30 am with keynote speakers Dixie and Anne Leavitt
• Class Sessions will begin at 9:30 am (with a lunch break at 12:30) and finish at 3:20 pm
• There will be a lunch break between 12:30 and 1:20 pm
• The conference will close with special guest speaker Harold Grant Shirley at 3:30 pm
• Door Prizes will be announced following the closing speaker

COST

UGA Members: Free, but you must register!

Nonmembers: Free, but you must register!

A Syllabus on CD will be available for purchase at the conference.

 

 

There is no need to register for specific classes, you will be able to pick and choose when you arrive at the conference (for you information, a list of classes is provided below). Simply register for the conference as a whole using the Registration form.

 

If you have any questions, contact the Cedar City Family History Conference registrar here.

8:30 – 9:20          

Key Note Address - Dixie and Anne Leavitt

 

9:30– 10:20        

Resources Available at SUU Special Collection - Paula Mitchell   

Frontier Homestead State Park - Ryan Paul         

Publishing Your Personal or Family History, Part I - Mark Rowley             

Scandinavian Research I - Kim Melchior

Online Research: Keeping Track of Searches & Sources - Jolene Passey 

Roots Magic - Bruce Buzbee       

Where to Start on FamilySearch When Your Genealogy is “All Done” - Janet Hovorka      

 

10:30-11:20        

Using DNA for Solving Genealogical Problems - Janet Seegmiller               

Geodetic Genealogy: Historic Trails of Southern Utah - Col. Alva Leon Matheson

Publishing Your Personal or Family History, Part II - Mark Rowley

Scandinavian Research II - Kim Melchior               

Ancestry.com: Strategies that Work - Jolene Passey

Roots Magic - Bruce Buzbee

Care and Repair of Photographs - Janet Hovorka

 

11:30-12:20        

Early American Handwriting Types - Catherine Sorensen           

The First Settlers of Cedar City - Lakay Weber

Organizing   Family and Personal Histories - Ruth Scovill 

Ireland Research for Beginners - Pamela Chatfield           

Google Tool Bar and Genealogy - Vicki Daughton             

Story Tellers - Larry & Crystal Bilyeu

Grandma’s Bullet Proof Vest: Why Children Need to be Involved - Janet Hovorka

 

12:30 – 1:20       

Lunch Break (For those who prepay for the lunch buffet, it will be held in SUU Cafeteria)

 

1:30 – 2:20          

Using Sources  at The Library of Congress - Catherine Sorensen

Finding Your Pioneer Ancestors and Getting it Right - Laura Anderson    

Writing Family History, Part I - Jonathan Carter  

England Research - Bobbie Jensen          

FamilySearch Wiki: A Powerful Resource - Jolene Passey                              

What’s in a Name? Lions and Tigers and Bears . . . Oh My! - Bret Peterson

Daughters of the American Revolution - Sondra Jeffus

 

2:30 – 3:20          

Cedar City Library in the Park Resources - Steve Decker                

Finding Pioneer Ancestors and Getting it Right - Laura Anderson              

Writing Family History, Part II - Jonathan Carter

Getting Started in Mexico Research - Maria Barnhart

Finding Your Family's Stories - Valerie Elkins

Music from the Past - Jackie Jackson      

Make Time for Timelines - Bret Peterson

 

3:30 – 4:20          

Closing Address - Harold Grant Shirley

Cedar City is overflowing with adventure! When you come to the Cedar City Family History Conference, why not plan an extra day or two to take in some of the great opportunities in Southern Utah? Things to do while in the Cedar City area:

 

Take in a show at The Utah Shakespeare Festival

Founded in 1961, The Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival, one of the oldest and largest Shakespearean festivals in North America, is the crown jewel of Cedar City. This year, the USF Summer Season includes:Les Misérables, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scapin, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Mary Stuart, Titus Andronicus, and The Greenshow (which is free each night!). For more information, visit www.bard.org or call 1-800-PLAYTIX.

 

Tour a National Park or Monument

Cedar City is centrally located for easy access to Cedar Breaks National Monument, Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, and Kolob Canyons.

 

Visit a museum

Cedar City is home to several musems, some of which center on the pioneer history of the area.The Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, on the campus of Southern Utah University, has a mission to exhibit, collect, and preserve historic and contemporary works of art significant to the interior American West.  The Frehner Natural History Museum, also on the campus of SUU, offers a gorgeous exhibit of large and small game animals. Frontier Homestead State Park Museum tells the story of development in Iron County when in the 1850s, Brigham Young sent Mormon missionaries here to mine and process iron. Museum displays include horse-drawn vehicles used from 1850 to 1920 and a collection of pioneer artifacts. Finally, the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum includes many historical artifacts from the surrounding area and is house in the Iron County Visitors Center.

 

Have a picnic, take a swim, or get in a round of golf

Cedar City is also full of wonderful parks and recreation facilites, perfect for picnics and play. Parks include: Main Street Park, Bicentennial Park, Veterans Memorial Park, Canyon Park, and Park Discovery. You could also go fishing, camping, or swimming at Duck Creek, Lake at the Hills, Navajo Lake, Yankee Meadow, and The Cedar City Aquatic Center. Or perhaps going for a beautiful walk is more your speed. Cedar City has many walking tours and trails, including the DUP Historic Walking Tour, the SUU Statues Walk, Canyon Park Trail, Fiddler’s Canyon Trail, and The Sheep Trail. Finally, you could play a round of golf (or as us locals call it: Prarie Dog Watching), at the Cedar Ridge Golf Course.

 

There is just so much to do!

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