The 2012 Colorado Family History Expo is just a week away! This year the Expo will be held at the Crowne Plaza Colorado Springs, 2886 South Circle Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906.
The event will start at 1 pm on June 01 and close at 4:30 pm on June 02, 2012
The keynote address will be given by Don R. Anderson, Senior Vice President for FamilySearch. In this role, he has the responsibility for the Patron Services organization including the FamilySearch Family History Library as well as the Worldwide Support organization. Don’s responsibilities include providing help to those searching for ancestors using FamilySearch, the Family History Library, Family History Centers, the FamilySearch website, CD software, and other resources. These are accessed worldwide via telephone, e-mail, and the Internet. Don’s organization provides services in more than 12 languages from more than 110 countries worldwide with an excess of 10 million interactions annually. In his role for FamilySearch, Don has traveled to more than 27 countries on five continents to ensure that services are available to those around the world searching for their ancestors. The resources of FamilySearch Patron Services are in more than eighty countries and include nearly two thousand individuals, both volunteers and employees. Don is married to the former Anne Russell and they are the parents of two boys.
Classes will be taught by 27 different people, offering a wide varity of courses.
I counted 57 classes beside the Keynote address!
The following is from the Family History Expos newsletter that I got today:
If you have not taken time to register yet, I recommend you do so now in order to save money, as the price will go up at the door.
For those of you who are members of societies, genealogy clubs, library groups, historical associations, and other interested groups please share this announcement with your membership. We want to be sure everyone who may benefit from this event has a chance to hear about it and attend if they’d like to. So, please take time to tell your family history friends and neighbors about this event.
Here are a few more highlights:
Family Roots Publishing – Leland K. Meitzler : Founder of Heritage Quest in 1985, Managing Editor of “Heritage Quest Magazine” until 2006, and Managing Editor of “Everton’s Genealogical Helper 2006-2009.” Leland writes a daily blog at GenealogyBlog.com and runs Family Roots Publishing Co. He is a popular tour conductor and entertaining lecturer, having given over 2,000 genealogical presentations.
Over 2000 great genealogy guidebooks can be found on the Family Roots Publishing website. Regional guidebooks for most countries, American states, and Canadian provinces are located here! Guides on writing, and recording genealogy, photography, DNA research, genealogy dictionaries, computer use, immigration, migration, and on & on are found here!
Creative Continuum – Tom Underhill: Publisher, senior designer and author of nine books at Creative Continuum, a book design and publishing company specializing in high-quality, short-run books, Tom and his company have recently produced more than 400 family history heirloom books, printed more than 10.5 million pages and scanned more than 13,000 photographs.
A family owned and operated business that’s been around for more than 13 years, Creative Continuum specializes in short run books, family history book publishing, calendars and other publications, typically printing and binding fewer than 500 books. You’ll find the Creative Continuum website filled with answers to your questions about publishing your family history and other short run books, calendars and publications.
Colorado Genealogical Society Computer Interest Group – The mission of the Computer Interest Group: To inform and update members as well as the larger genealogical community about the use of technology, especially software computer programs and emerging resources, in genealogical research.
There will be additional vendors with a variety of products and services. To check out all exhibitors visit our website at: https://www.familyhistoryexpos.com/viewexhibit.aspx?exid=69&eid=52&past=0.
Learn more and register for the Colorado Family History Expo by clicking here.
