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Friday, October 30

Time  Session/Speaker

 9:00 a.m.

 Welcome & Announcements

 9:15 - 10:15 a.m.

 Plenary
Use AI to Supercharge your Family History
Mark Thompson

 10:15 - 10:45 a.m.

 BREAK with vendors/exhibitors

 10:45 - 11:45 a.m.

 Breakout sessions
Genealogy ReBoot: Take a Fresh Look at Your Research
Vicki Chupurdia

Researching LGBTQ+ Ancestors 
Janelle Asselin

Two Cousins and a Son-In-Law: A Civil War Story & Mystery
Patricia Coleman

 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

 LUNCH with "Ask a Genealogist"

 1:15 - 2:15 p.m.

 Breakout Sessions
Researching Midwestern & Plains States Native Americans
Paula Stuart-Warren

Banking, Bankruptcies and Their Impact on our Ancestors
Jill Morelli

Say Her Name: Leveraging Records and FAN to Find a Maiden Name
Jessica Fontana

 2:15 - 2:30 p.m.

 BREAK with vendors/exhibitors

 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Plenary
Expanding Borders & Bridging Distances: Newspapers, the Pony Express, the Telegraph, and the Transcontinental Railroad
Katherine Willson

 3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

 BREAK with vendors/exhibitors

 3:45 - 4:45 p.m.

 Breakout sessions
An AI Research Project: From One Prussian Record to Two Stories
Patricia Coleman

Not Everyone Was a Patriot: Proving Revolutionary War Roots
Kate Penney Howard

I Hate Conflict! Mediating Sources that Don't Agree
Elizabeth Williams Gomoll

 4:45 - 6:30 p.m.

 MGS Awards Presentation and SOCIAL

 INCLUDING a Talk with Katherine Willson: I Thought Professional Genealogy Would be Uneventful. I Was Wrong.

 and concluding with Door Prizes


Saturday, October 31

Time  Session/Speaker

 8:30 a.m.

 Welcome & Announcements

 8:45 - 9:45 a.m.

 Plenary
Navigating the Historical and Genealogical Treasures Within Repositories: Libraries, Archives, and More
Katherine Willson

 9:45 - 10:15 a.m.

 BREAK with vendors/exhibitors

 10:15 - 11:15 a.m.

 Breakout sessions
Manage Your Digital Family Archives
Janelle Asselin

When Family History Hurts--A Trauma-Informed Approach
Kate Penney Howard

Who Knows What Evil Lurks? Fakes, Frauds & Fabrications
Gary Ball-Kilbourne

 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

 Moderated Conversation with Katherine Willson and Mark Thompson

 12:00 - 12:45 p.m. LUNCH 

 12:45 - 1:45 p.m.

 Breakout Sessions
Choosing the Right Genealogy Software for Your Research
Rebecca Shamblin

Potions & Paranormal: Folklore and Family History
Vicki Albu

Strategies for Migration Research: North Sea Isle to Midwest Prairie
J. H. Fonkert

 1:45 - 2:00 p.m.

 BREAK with vendors/exhibitors

 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

 Breakout sessions
Finding a Father: DNA Searching in (N.) Ireland
Chelley Brekke McLear

A Witch in the Family? Voices from the Witch Trials
Anne Lukkarila

A Genealogist's Tool Kit: Strategies for Solving Typical Problems
Jill Morelli

 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.

 BREAK with vendors/exhibitors

 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.

 Plenary
They Didn't All Come Through Ellis Island: Finding & Analyzing U.S. Passenger Arrival Lists
Katherine Willson

 4:15 - 4:30 p.m.  Final door prizes and concluding remarks

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