The Unofficial Footnote Blog

I make a number of public appearances each year, primarily to beat the drum about Footnote.com. I also have a bit of a misspent youth, and as a result, I also give talks about technology topics in genealogy. Here is my speaking schedule for 2008, and a list of conferences that I will attend. If you’d like to meet and discuss Footnote at any of these events, just let me know. If you’d like to know when I’ll be out of town so you can plunder my house, please pick someone else.

JANUARY

8 National Archives, Washington DC. “Genealogy in 2020″
10 National Archives, College Park, MD. “Genealogy in 2020″

FEBRUARY

8 Family History EXPO, St George UT. “Pirates of the Pedigree”
9 “Introduction to Footnote.com”

MARCH

4 National Archives, Washington DC. “Footnote’s Civil War Collection”
6 National Archives, College Park MD. “Footnote’s Civil War Collection”
9 Jewish Genealogy Society, Los Angeles CA. “Jewish Research on Footnote.com”
13 BYU family history department, Provo UT. “Family History Research on Footnote.com”
22 Family History EXPO, Logan UT. “Introduction to Footnote.com”
28 OAH, New York, NY

APRIL

3 Hot Springs AR. The note from the Sentinal-Record says,

HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE – Beau Sharbrough will demonstrate how to explore a number of genealogical research tools available on the Internet during the workshop “Tips and Tricks of Internet Research” by the Village Genealogical Society from 1-4 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Rooms 1, 2 and 3 at Coronado Center, 160 Ponderosa Lane, Hot Springs Village.”

9 Kansas Library Conference, Wichita KS. Morning genealogy workshop. Registration info [link]

12 St Louis Genealogical Society, St Louis MO. A number of widely-known speakers, day-long workshop. [link]
19 United Polish Genealogy Societies conference, Salt Lake City UT. [link to their blog]

“Polish Research at Footnote”
“What is this Social Media Thing?”

26 Collin County Genealogy Society, Plano TX. [link to their calendar] “Introduction to Footnote.com”
“Using Ancestry.com”

MAY

3 National History Show, London, England.
16 National Genealogical Society, Kansas City MO. “Introduction to Footnote.”
30 Ontario Genealogical Society, London, Ontario, Canada.

JUNE

4 National Archives, Washington DC. “Footnote’s Rev War Collection”
6 National Archives, College Park, MD. “Footnote’s Rev War Collection”
16 Jewish Genealogical Society, Philadelphia, PA. “Jewish Research on Footnote.com”
21 Wabash Valley, Terre Haute IN.
27 Southern California Genealogical Society, Burbank CA. “Rootsworks: Excel for Genealogists.”
“Introduction to Footnote”
28 “Automated Search Tools”
29 Amer Library Assoc, Anaheim CA.

JULY

18 Utah Genealogical Society, Provo UT. “Introduction to Footnote” (tentative)

AUGUST

15 Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis IN.
17 Intl Assoc of Jewish Gen Socs, Chicago IL.
24 Society of American Archivists, San Francisco CA.

SEPTEMBER

3 Federation of Genealogical Societies, Philadelphia PA.
20 Great Family Search Genealogy Conference, Plano TX.
24 Jewish Genealogical Society, Broward County, Ft Laudedale FL.

OCTOBER

18 Illinois State Genealogical Society, Elgin IL.
25 Clark County Genealogical Society, Las Vegas NV.

NOVEMBER

7 ICAPGEN Conference, BYU, Provo UT. “Introduction to Footnote.”
14-15 Family History EXPO, Mesa AZ.
16 Jewish Genealogical Society of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas NV.
19 Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County, Boca Raton FL. Beifield Auditorium and Lecture Rooms, Sandler Center for Jewish Life Enhancement, Levis JCC Campus, Glades Road and 95th Ave. South, Boca Raton
10am – Photographic and Document Preservation – Scanning and Restoring Old Family Photos
1115am – Methodology, Technology in Genealogical Data Exchange
2pm – How to Navigate Footnote.com’s Jewish Records and other Online Historic Documents now Available through Agreement between NARA and Footnote.com

DECEMBER