Day Two of the Midwest Family History Expo

WOW! What a day yesterday was. Excellent presentations at the Midwest Family History Expo.

Learned more about using Google Earth to create interactive tours of your ancestor's lives. Amazing!! Also how to locate missing relatives using some of the same procedures Private Investigators do. And found out the latest at the National Archives.

There just wasn't enough time to attend all of the sessions I would have loved to.  Everyone is amazed and thrilled at how far family research has come, thanks to the Internet.  And more changes are on the way...just making it easier for us to find our ancestors.  : )

Met great people and had a blast!  But now it's time to head back to the South!

~ Joy

Midwest Family Expo Update:

Attended Day 1 of the Midwest Family History Expo yesterday!

Though the weather in Kansas City is HOT (Temps in the low to mid 100's) the Expo has been very COOL!!







Went to sessions with Ruby Coleman who talked about Networking on the Internet.

Lisa Louise Cooke

M. Bridget Cook

Lisa Louise Cooke - a Google dynamo - held two sessions on what you can really do with Google regarding family history.  I think she's doing things even Google doesn't know how to do yet ; )

And,  M. Bridget Cook discussed 25 ways to write compelling true stories.  A very interesting person who knows how to connect with her audience!  Met some great people from around Kansas and Missouri at dinner!



Saw a great T-shirt that said "I seek dead people." ; )

I present a session at 2:30 today called....'A Grave Interest - Digging Into Cemetery Research!"  I'm sooo excited to be a part of this : D

~ Joy

Forgotten Assets

I am in Kansas City, Kansas, attending and presenting at the Midwest Family History Expo this weekend!  I have not attended this conference before, but with over 80 presentations offered, this looks to be a very busy and informative two days!  I will talk about cemetery research on Saturday and show some examples of what we "Tombstone Tourists' love to do.

Unfortunately, in all of my excitement in getting everything ready....I left my blog research and pics for today's blog on my home computer, back in Lexington.  My apologies!  Look for it next Friday.

This coming Tuesday, we'll take a look at the Lexington (Kentucky) Cemetery in our monthly 'Cemeteries Worth the Visit' blog!

Have a great weekend!

~ Joy