PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Cyndi Howells, one of our featured speakers, is owner and webmaster of
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet, www.CyndisList.com ( http://www.cyndislist.com/ ), a categorized index to over 209,500 online resources.
It has three times been voted the best genealogy site on the Web and receives more
than 3.2 million visits each month. Cyndi will be presenting "A Guided Tour of Cyndi’s List"
(F-208) Friday, April 27 from 10:00 - 11:00 A.M., "Planting Your Family Tree Online"
(F-220) Friday afternoon from 3:15 - 4:15 P.M., and "Evaluating Web Sites"
(S-315) Saturday afternoon from 1:45 - 2:45 P.M.

Cyndi, a genealogist for more than 24 years, is a member of the board of directors for the National Genealogical Society. She is the author of three books for genealogical research
on the Internet titled, Netting Your Ancestors, Cyndi's List, and Planting Your Family
Tree Online: How To Create Your Own Family History Web Site.

Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, chief family historian for Ancestry.com, has recently
been in the national news in conjunction with the announcement of the Rev. Al Sharpton
- Strom Thurmond slavery link. Megan will be speaking on "Cases That Made My
Brain Hurt" at Friday’s luncheon, sponsored by the Connecticut Professional
Genealogists Council. On Saturday morning from 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. she’ll
present "Trace Your Roots with DNA," (S-313) explaining how genetic genealogy
can be used to further your genealogical endeavors and Saturday afternoon from
3:15 P.M. - 4:15 P.M. she’ll discuss "Beyond Y-DNA: Your Genetic Genealogy
Options (S-326).

Colleen Fitzpatrick is an expert on Forensic Genealogywhose experience as a
rocket scientist developing innovative technologies for NASA, the National Science
Foundation, and the Department of Defense has taught her never to throw away any
scrap of data. In her presentations at our conference, she’ll demonstrate that you don't
have to be a rocket scientist to get the most from your genealogical materials. On
Saturday morning from 8:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M. Colleen will present "Forensic Genealogy
- An Overview" (S-307) explaining how to use photographs, databases, and DNA to solve
your genealogical mysteries. On Saturday afternoon from 4:45 P.M. - 5:45 P.M. she presents "Forensic Genealogy - Photographic Analysis" (S-332), providing innovative approaches to analyzing old photographs.