8:30-3:00

Exhibit Hall Open 

9:00-10:15

Welcome and Opening Session “Genealogical Detours ” with J.H. Fonkert, CG

10:30-11:30

Basic Family Research for Beginners

Rural Roots:
Researching Family Farmers

Recording Family
Stories

Organizing Family Records Roundtable

11:30-1:00

Lunch and Special Topic Table Talks

1:00-2:00

Cemetery Research               

United States &
Canadian Government Information for Family Research  

Online Minnesota
 Resources

Breaking Down
Brick Walls
Roundtable

2:15-3:15

Genealogy on the
Internet

Census Sleuthing:
Using the Census to Decode your Family

Preserving Paper and Photographs

Publishing your
Family History Roundtable

3:30-4:30

MSU Library Tour