10 Fun Family History Activities - Class

Date:

Friday, Mar 22

Time:

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Room:

155F

Session ID:

B17

Type:

Presentation

Difficulty:

Beginner

Track:

Getting Started

Description

Take a fun and inventive spin on family history with instruction on topics like working with photos, tools for indexing, creating fan charts and family trees, and other exciting activities to help you and your family have fun with genealogy.

Presenters

Tim Cross

Tim Cross has worked as a Product Manager for the new FamilySearch for 9 years. Prior to working for the Church, Tim worked in the computer industry for PriceWaterhouse, Booz, Allen, & Hamilton, and Novell. Tim is currently responsible for integrating all the FamilySearch components into www.familysearch.org and publishing photos/stories for our ancestors.

Kristine Mckay

Kristine is the founder, spokesperson and director of the wildly successful My Craft Channel website, where her videos with the top manufacturers, retailers, designers and bloggers of the craft world share their expertise and inspiration. Crafting has been an important part of her life for many years and is how she shares her story. Always creative, yet Kristine never considered herself “crafty” until one day (many years ago), when her husband was in law school, a one year old, and another baby on the way. With no time or money, she remembers feeling trapped within the four walls of her home. One day she discovered an old shelf. She decided to try and paint it to match her living room. When it was completed she found herself smiling every single time she looked at the wall. Suddenly it dawned on her . . . “I did NOT live in a prison with four walls. I was surrounded by a blank canvas just waiting to be discovered. My life changed that day. Crafting is a personal expression of creativity. It has filled my life with so much joy, it’s my mission to share that with others.”