So happy to be here in Vegas to attend the national genealogy conference. You'll hear about a few of the highlights each day.
1. Marion Smith talked about her quest to solve the mystery of the person who wrote the Morton Allan Directory, which is helpful for passenger list research. Turns out Morton and Allan were two grandsons of the author, who wanted to remain anonymous.
2. J. Mark Lowe discussed census records before 1850. He has devised an interesting census comparison form to use to figure out all those tick marks. Anyone having trouble with those early censuses can copy his form from my syllabus next year--or find them on Family Search.
3. Dick attended a session on My Heritage's SuperSearch engine, which is available to everyone. The presenter said that information on the site is free unless My Heritage has to pay for it. It sounds like a website we should all try. (Skip has been recommending this for some time!)
4. Dick also attended a Family Search class. Best tip from the lecture: go to the specific collection to search. For example, if you're looking for marriages in Ohio, start with the Ohio record section.
More to come tomorrow...
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