Using Excel to Create Timelines

Date:

Friday, Mar 22

Time:

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Room:

255F

Session ID:

G43

Type:

Presentation

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Track:

Genealogist

Syllabi:

Using Excel to Create Timelines (DOCX)
Using Excel to Create Timelines (PDF)

Description

This teaches how to create several different timelines in Excel. Some are powerful and some are simple. There are those with strong utility and those with beautiful aesthetics. One type provides powerful correlation capability. Another clearly communicates where events sit in the passage of time.

Presenters

Robert Raymond

Robert Raymond is a deputy to FamilySearch Chief Genealogical Officer, David Rencher, and is a director of the National Genealogical Society. Robert works to increase genealogical soundness of FamilySearch products. He also helps set the record collection acquisition and publication strategy.
Robert is a genealogy technologist with more than 40 years experience in genealogy and 30 years in technology. Robert holds over a dozen technology patents and earned a masters degree in electrical (computer) engineering from Brigham Young University where he was honored as a Kimball Scholar. He is a volunteer at a FamilySearch Family History Center where he can be found in the trenches every Wednesday night.