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Friday, June 3, 2016

Day 1 Afternoon at SCGS Jamboree

I had every intention of going to Tom Jones talk on "Getting Beyond the Bare Bones: Reconstructing Your Ancestors' Lives" at 1 p.m. at the SCGS Jamboree. I was looking forward to it. But it was hot in the tent with 90F temperatures outside the tent and no cooling inside the tent with lots of people already seated.

My second choice was to roam the Exhibit Hall, which I did - talked to several folks in the booths during the 1 p.m. class hour. I went up to the room and pounded out the morning blog post with some photos. I read a bunch of blogs, then rested my eyes for awhile.

I missed the 2:30 p.m. classes, but managed to make Karen Mauer Jones' talk at 4 p.m. on "Cluster Methodology: A Case Study in Upstate New York." After the class, I went to the Exhibit Hall and took some pictures and talked with folks. Here are some of the photos:

Here are my San Diego geneablogging friends J. Paul Hawthorne and Diane Gould Hall after Karen's talk:

Look who I saw in the Exhibit Hall - Barbara has been gone from Jamboree for three years, she said. She's skating and feeling healthy, which is great:

Toni Perrone had a fall the other day, so her roommate and my Chula Vista colleague Jane Strawn is helping her get around. You can see them both at the Immigrant Genealogical Society exhibit in the Exhibit Hall:

I love to talk to Janet Hovorka of Family ChartMasters about our families, genealogy and life.

Tonight, Linda and I had dinner with Laurie Demarais, Beverley Fieg and Elyse Doerflinger, then chatted with Jill Morelli, Mary Roddy and Elissa Powell after dinner for awhile.

Then it was up to the room to bang out this post before bed.

More on Jamboree tomorrow - I plan to take a lot more photos! And attend several classes too. So far, I'm 3 for 6.

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Morning 1 at SCGS 2016 Jamboree

This was an eventful morning for me at the SCGS 2016 Genealogy Jamboree - I gave my Social Media presentation to about 100 attendees.

Linda and I had breakfast at the small breakfast bar just past the hotel lobby. She went over to the volunteer station and signed up and worked until after 10 a.m.

I read email and blogs at the blogger table in the west end of the lobby, and had a good chat with Jill Morelli and several others. Several other folks came by, so I managed to get my first "people" shot from Jamboree:

From the left: Kerry Lauritzen; Jill Morelli; Annette Lyttle: Mary Roddy: Dennis VanDerWueff; Peggy Lauritzen.

When they left for breakfast, I went to the talk on Becoming a Professional Genealogist by Jean Hibben and Jamie McManus. Great handout!

Then it was time for my talk on "Why and How to Use Social Media to Benefit Your Society and Research" at 10:30 a.m. Dennis Maness took my picture in front of my title slide:

That's an index finger... I didn't choose the title - SCGS suggested it and I tailored the talk to add society benefits.

I like to take a photograph of the audience before my presentations, so here is the left side of the audience from the podium...

And here is the light side from the podium:

This was before the talk, and a number of people came in after I took the photo during the first ten minutes of the talk. Can you spot any geneabloggers or friends of yours there? I think there were 100 to 120 folks there - there are 160 seats in this room.

After my talk, Linda and I had lunch in the breezeway by the swimming pool. We found comfy chairs in the shade - it was 90F outside - and talked to Paul Hawthorne and Jan Brandt.

More on the afternoon of Day 1 later.

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New records available to search this Findmypast Friday - 3 June 2016

I received this today from Findmypast:

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New records available to search this Findmypast Friday

This week’s Findmypast Friday marks the release of over 891,000 new records including:

Ireland Surnames & Family Histories

Ireland Surnames & Family Histories is a rich and varied collection consisting of nine historic family and local history publications. The collection contains over 7,000 pdf images of assorted documents that will help you discover more about your Irish family name and history.

The records are displayed in PDF format and can be searched by title, publication year, and keyword (including names).

Devon, Plymouth prison records 1821-1919

Devon, Plymouth prison records 1821-1919 contains over 13,000 records digitised in partnership with the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office. Each records consists of transcript and an image of the original document. The details recorded will vary depending on the type of document you are viewing as the collection is formed from a variety of sources including prisoner registers, calendars of prisoners and registers of prison officers.

For those with convict ancestors, the records will reveal where they were sentenced and for how long. Many will also include physical descriptions of prisoners and provide their offence and sentence. For those with prison officer ancestors, the records will reveal the names of prisons in which they served, their salary and rank.

British Royal Navy & Royal Marines service and pension records browse

Our collection of British Royal Navy & Royal Marines service and pension records is now available to browse.

Browsing allows you to narrow down your results by searching under a specific series/piece. Look at the descriptions for each series in the ‘Series included in this browse’ section of the search page to best determine which series/piece to search by. Remember that you can select several series/pieces to search under at a time if you are unsure in which your ancestor is likely to be included.

Queensland deaths 1829-1964

Queensland deaths 1829-1964 consists of more than 871,000 death records from Australia’s second largest state. Each record consists of a transcript of the original source material that will list your ancestor’s full name, death date and the names of both parents including mother’s maiden name.

Transcripts will also reveal the registration year and registration number. This information can be used to order a death certificate or an image of the original register from the Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages.

Don’t forget to regularly check our dedicated Findmypast Friday page to keep up to date with all the latest additions.

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52 Ancestors - Week 127: #156 Isaac Buck (about 1730-after 1757)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. I am extending this theme in 2016 to 156 Ancestors in 156 Weeks. Here is my ancestor biography for week #127:

Isaac Buck (about 1730-after 1757) is #156 on my Ahnentafel list, my 5th great-grandfather, who partnered with #157 Mary Richards (1733-????) in 1757.

I am descended through:

* their son, #78 Isaac Buck (1757-1846) who married #79 Martha Phillips (1757-after 1820) in 1780.
* their daughter, #39 Sophia Buck (1797-1882), who married #38 Thomas J. Newton (about 1800-after 1836) in about 1834.

* their #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923), who married #18, Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) in 1852.

* their daughter, #9 Hattie Louise Hildreth (1847-1920) , who married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.

* their son, #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942), who married Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.

* their son, #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.

* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

* Name: Isaac Buck[1–3]
* Sex:   Male

* Father: Isaac Buck (1706-1780)
* Mother: Ruth Graves (1710- )

2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

* Birth: about 1730, probably Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1] * Deed: 19 October 1757 (about age 25), Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United

States[3]

3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

* Partner 1: Mary Richards (1733- )
* Had relations: about 1757 (about age 25), Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[2]

* Child 1: Isaac Buck (1757-1846)

4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

The evidence for the existence of this Isaac Buck rests on a county history book entry, a town record book entry, and a single land record, as described below.

The book Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, edited by Ellery Bickell Crane, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1907, Volume 2, pg. 363, says[1]:

"(V) Isaac Buck, son of Ephraim Buck (IV) was born about 1705 in Woburn Mass or vicinity. He was living at Woburn when he married at Reading Mass, Dec 3 1729, Ruth Graves. Isaac Buck moved to Southboro and with his wife Ruth sold their rights in the estate of her father, Joseph Graves, late of Southboro, Mass, October 19 1757. Among their children were: Isaac, born about 1730; Esther, married at Southboro, May 4 1762, Elisha Bruce Jr.; probably others.

"(VI) Isaac Buck, son of Isaac Buck (V), was born about 1730. He removed to Southboro with his father, and married Mary Richards about 1755. His children: Isaac, born in Southboro, Sept 27 1757, see forward; Susanna, married November 14 1793 Elisha Bemis. The family removed to Bolton, Mass."

It goes on to tell about Isaac Buck's (son of Isaac Buck and Mary Richards) family (he settled finally in Sterling, which was created in 1791 from Lancaster). He had a big family with Patty Phillips, and several more generations are listed in one line.

Isaac Buck and Mary Richards were not married. Mary had a son, Isaac Buck, out of wedlock in 1757 in Southborough, Massachusetts, and named the "reputed father" to be Isaac Buck[2]. The handwritten Southborough town record book says:

"Born to Mary Richards, a son named Isaac Buck reputed by her to be a
son of Isaac Buck on Sepr 27, 1757."

The question arises: Did Isaac Buck, born about 1730, really exist? There are no vital records for birth, marriage or death, and no land or probate records in Worcester or Middlesex Counties for him. Just because a memoir book says he existed doesn't make it true. The memoir book entry may have been from an earlier family history book or unpublished research efforts.

There are no other Buck records in Southborough other than the ones noted above.

Isaac and Ruth (Graves) Buck granted land in Southborough to Joseph Graves in 1757[3]. This record was dated 19 October 1757 and registered by the court on 29 October 1765. Isaac and Ruth Buck "of Southborough" deeded the property received from their "honoured father Thomas Graves" to Joseph Graves, Ruth (Graves) Buck's brother. Their parents Thomas and Ruth (Collins) Graves died in February 1756. But for the purposes of this study, there is a very important statement:

"...In witness thereof we the said Isaac Buck and Ruth his wife have hereunto put our hands and seals this thirtieth day of December Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty six and in ye thirtieth year of his majestie's reign, Isaac Buck [seal] and Ruth Buck [seal] signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Isaac Buck Jr [mark] & Ebenr Buck. "

This is the first direct evidence of the existence of an Isaac Buck Jr. The senior Isaac Buck is the only Isaac Buck found in the Southborough records in that time period. Why was the deed signed in the presence of Isaac Buck Jr. and Ebenezer Buck? My hypothesis is that they were sons of age 21 or more, and heirs of Isaac and Ruth Buck. Their other known son, Joseph Buck, was baptized in 1748 and was probably not of age in 1757 when the deed was signed.

While browsing through The American Genealogist periodical for 1992, I found an article called "Southborough Mass. Notifications," which included the following:

"I have taken into my house ... a famaley Last from Framingham the
name of Isaac Buck and his wife Ruth and ther Children Susanna and
Joseph, March ye 25:1756. Joseph Richards."

This Joseph Richards is the son of Joseph (died 1748) and Mary (died 1755) Richards who also were the parents of Mary Richards (born 24 September 1733 in Lynn, Mass.). It may be that the young Mary Richards lived with her brother Joseph Richards (and his wife Lydia) when Isaac and Ruth Buck moved into the home of Joseph Richards in 1756 when Isaac and Ruth (Graves) Buck went to Southborough to close out her father's estate.

It would appear that Isaac Buck, husband of Ruth, or Isaac Buck Jr., had the opportunity to impregnate Mary Richards (with the child thereafter named "Isaac Buck" born in 1757). It is most likely to have been Isaac Buck Jr. due to the similar ages, marital status, and opportunity.

In 1765, "spinster Mary Richards" and her siblings conveyed their share of the homestead land to their brother, William Richards. This record indicates that she was known as Mary Richards and not Mary Buck at that time.

Review of vital records and Framingham town history books reveal that Isaac Buck was rated in Framingham in 1754, that a Ruth Buck was there in 1763, and that an aged man named Isaac Buck died "on the dark day" in 1780. An Ebenezer Buck was in Framingham in 1764, and Joseph Buck of Framingham married Hephzibah Bruce in 1768 in Hopkinton. Joseph Buck is reported to have lived near Ebenezer Claffin's house, in the southern part of Framingham. There are no children of Joseph and Hephzibah Buck in the published vital records. An Ebenezer Buck married Mary Miller and settled in Upton and had many children starting in 1768. This may or may not be the son of Isaac and Ruth (Graves) Buck.

The index and abstracts of all Buck probate records in Worcester and Middlesex Counties were reviewed, and do not reveal records for the elder, middle or younger Isaac Buck. Land index records for Middlesex County were reviewed, and do not reveal any land bought or sold by any Isaac Buck (except the husband of Ruth) before 1800. There are many listings in Worcester County for other Buck families, including Isaac Buck (1757-1846) descendants around Sterling, Mass.

There is no available death record or burial record for Isaac Buck, the purported father of Isaac Buck (1757-1846).

5) SOURCES

1.. Ellery Bickell Crane, editor, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts (New York : Lewis Publishing Company, 1907), Volume 2, page 363, Buck family sketch.

2. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Southborough, Births, Marriages and Deaths, page 66, image 114 of 1007, Isaac Buck birth entry.

3. "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org :, Worcester County, "Worcester Deeds, 1765-1767, Vol 55-56," images 46/47 of 618, Volume 55, pages 61-62, Isaac and Ruth Buck to Joseph Graves deed.

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

#SCGS2016 Jamboree - Day 0

Linda and I took the 9:25 a.m. train out of San Diego, which was delayed 30 minutes, and arrived in Burbank at 1:45 p.m., about 50 minutes late. It was a peaceful and scenic ride - I read the paper, checked my email and blogs and Facebook, and played some Sudoku on the tablet.

We checked into the Marriott, and walked over to the registration area and got my registration material, but it did not include the syllabus chit. Linda volunteered to help on Friday morning. We sat in the blogger's table for awhile, saw Tricia Stanard, and talked to Jean and Butch Hibben. Back up to the room, and Linda went swimming, and I rested my eyes for awhile. I also took this picture - the view from our room window towards the big pool between the buildings:

We went down for dinner at 5:15 p.m. at the Daily Grill, and saw Diane Hall and Debby Anderson from San Diego, Ron Arons and Gena Ortega. Linda had a Cobb salad and I had fish and chips. We headed over to the registration area again to try to get the syllabus - they said I could get one on Friday.

Back in the lobby area, we ran into a number of genea-folks headed to dinner, including Tom and Karen Jones, Elissa Powell, Paul Hawthorne, Steve Morse, Mark Olson, Schelly Dardashti, Kiara, Cyndi Ingle, Bruce and Laurie Buzbee, Elyse Doerflinger, Richard Sherer, Elissa Powell, Paula Warren, Jill Morelli, Mary Roddy and Linda from Bellingham. I'm sure I forgot someone - I'm sorry!

Update: We went back to the room and watched the basketball game. I wrote this post, then went back downstairs to the bar and had a fun conversation with Elyse, Kim Cotton, Jane Rollins and Susan Kitchens. I checked in the lobby area, and there was a game going on with Lisa Alzo, Randy Whited, Drew Smith, Dave McDonald and Jennifer le Fiebre going on.

I forgot to take more pictures of all the famous people. I'll try to do better.

Friday is the official start of Jamboree - I have my talk on Social Media at 10:30 a.m. in the Burbank room - y'all come if you can. The Exhibit Hall will open at 1 p.m. I think I'll go hear Tom Jones then and avoid the crowds in the Hall for the first hour.

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AncestryDNA New Ancestor Discoveries (NADs) Update

I received this information from AncestryDNA today about the New Ancestor Discovery feature:

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Wanted to give you all an update on a change to New Ancestor Discoveries following feedback from the community. In order to determine New Ancestor Discoveries, we created an algorithm with criteria that connects people to DNA Circles based on their DNA matches. This algorithm was created last year when we launched New Ancestor Discoveries and with the rapid growth of the DNA database, we are finding it needs to be updated. As DNA Circles get larger and more DNA matches are delivered, more people are connecting into the DNA Circles, which results in more New Ancestor Discoveries, but with a decrease in accuracy.

So, we are updating the criteria to make it more conservative and increase the accuracy of New Ancestor Discoveries. So, you’ll need more connections into a DNA Circle to get a New Ancestor Discovery. These updates will result in a significant decrease in the number New Ancestor Discoveries, but with an increase in accuracy. Some populations may experience larger decreases. We will continue to monitor and adjust this as necessary to ensure these provide meaningful discoveries for our members.

This update to the algorithm is currently happening and you can see changes as soon as today or tomorrow. Previously, you needed to match at least 2 members of a known DNA Circle to be given a New Ancestor Discovery. Now, users must match at least 3 members of a small (15 members or less) DNA Circle to be given a New Ancestor Discovery. For larger DNA Circles (16+ members), users must match 20% of that Circle to be given a New Ancestor Discovery. For example, if there is a DNA Circle of 10 people, you will need to match at least 3 people to get a New Ancestor Discovery. And if there is a DNA Circle of 30 people you will now need to match 6 people instead of 2.

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Last week, I had 25 New Ancestor Discoveries (see Now I Have 25 New Ancestor Discoveries! Really?), and now I have only 5 after this latest update.

I don't' believe that any of these 5 are my ancestors, although they may be distant cousins with a common ancestor back 10 to 12 generations from me. The amount of shared DNA with the DNA matches are usually in the 8 to 10 cM range on only one segment.

I still have six DNA circles that haven't changed over the past year or so. These are for ancestors of mine.

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Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 316: 1774 Marriage Record of John Phillips and Mary Richards

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - time to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1774 marriage record of John Phillips and Mary Richards in Southborough, Massachusetts:

The record for John Phillips and Mary Richards is on the right-hand page about halfway down the page:

The marriage record says:

"John Phillips & Mary Richards marrid June 3 1774"

The source citation for this record is:

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Southborough Births, Marriages and Deaths, image 123 of 1007, page 83, John Phillips and Mary Richards marriage entry.

John Phillips is my 5th great-grandfather and Mary Richards is one of my 5th great-grandmothers, but they did not have my 4th great-grandfather. Mary had Isaac Buck in 1757 out of wedlock and John Phillips had Martha "Patty" Phillips in 1757 by his first wife, Hannah Brown.

After John and Mary (Richards) Phillips married in 1774, Isaac Buck and Patty Phillips lived in the John Phillips household and they married in Lancaster, Massachusetts in 1780.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Reading the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Syllabus on my Mobile Devices

The Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) 2016 Genealogy Jamboree Conference starts on Thursday, 2 June. I wanted to try to find the syllabus materials for the classes that I want to attend.

1) I checked the Genealogy Jamboree website, and clicked on the "Schedule" tab, but could not figure out how to find the syllabus materials if they exist on the website. Apparently, I have two logins - one for my membership in SCGS and one for the mobile app.

2) I checked the SCGS 2016 mobile app on my Samsung tablet and my iPhone, and managed to sync the information on the two devices.

Here is the process I used to see some of the syllabus material:

* Here is the mobile app opening screen on the iPhone:

* I tapped the second one on the list for Friday - my own session - and saw the summary information:

* Scrolling down, I could see the bottom of the screen, and saw under the "Resources" section the link for "Handouts:"

* I tapped the "Handouts" link and had a choice of actions:

The choices available are "Take Notes on Handout," "Download Handout," and "Email Handout."

* I tapped on "Download Handout" and was back to the screen with the Handout link. I tapped it again and now saw:

I could "Take Notes on Handout," "Open Handout In-App," "Open Handout in..." or "Email Handout."

* I chose to "Open Handout In-App" and could read the handout:

All I had to do was scroll up and down, and a bit of right or left, to see the text.

* I was intrigued by the "Open Handout in ..." option, so I tried that and saw:

I could share the handout via AirDrop, or I could "Add to Notes," "Copy to Books," "Copy to Adobe Acrobat," "Copy to Evernote, and "Copy to Dropbox."

* I chose to "Copy to Dropbox" and selected my "Downloads" file folder on Dropbox. The file was saved as a PDF in my Dropbox "Downloads" file folder. The only problem is that the file name is not specific - I will have to edit the file name in Dropbox to reflect the session, speaker and title.

This was a bit unwieldy - I had to close my Dropbox app after each download and open the SCGS 2016 app again on my iPhone, but it's manageable.

* The process is similar on the Android app, but not exact. I couldn't save the file to Dropbox, but I could read it on the tablet much easier than on the iPhone.

I can study these downloaded files on the train trip to Burbank on Thursday morning.

3) I will receive a CDROM with all of the syllabus material on Thursday evening when I register for the conference, which I will copy onto my laptop computer so that I have it available in the hotel room or on the desktop computer after I get home.

So now I'm almost ready to go! I wonder what I've forgotten?

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Off to Auckland - Post 415 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

I'm posting old (and sometimes new) family photographs from my collection on Wednesdays, but they won't be wordless posts like others do - I am incapable of having a wordless post.

Here are some of the most precious (to me) images from my Seaver/Leland photograph collection:

In March 2010, we visited Australia, New Zealand and Fiji on a three week Grand Circle Travel Tour to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary, and I took some photographs with my trusty digital camera.

1) After Queenstown on the South Island of New Zealand, we flew out of Christchurch to Auckland on the North Island. This was our last stop in New Zealand.

As soon as we arrived, we got on a bus and took a sightseeing tour. The first stop was Mount Eden, which overlooks the city, and has a crater. Here we are posing in front of the cityscape:

2) Here is Linda in front of the crater:

3) Then back on the bus, and down to the beach. Lynda explains that we have to go find lunch nearby:

We went off to find lunch. We ended up having a great ice cream cone when we couldn't find fish and chips that Linda could eat! Life is short - eat dessert first!

4) Here we are after our ice cream standing on the beach:

After the beach, we went to our hotel, checked in and rested.

5) That night, there was a hosted dinner at the Rendezvous Hotel:

I cannot remember the name of anyone on the tour except for my wife and the guide!

More on our New Zealand visit in coming weeks.

Unfortunately, I've lost the memories of all the details of this vacation - I know what we saw but can't remember what we were told. Fortunately, I found my Facebook photo albums from our 2010 vacation with pictures and some captions so all is not lost. I found that I posted very few photos from this vacation on Genea-Musings.

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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

SCGS Jamboree is Almost Here - Starts Thursday!

I received this information in email today from the Southern California Genealogical Society about the 2016 Genealogy Jamboree:

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The Countdown Begins!

Since we are only a couple of days away from the event, here's a summary of all thekey information, with links to the blog posts and website pages containing the rest of the story.

Attending In Person or Remotely...

Select sessions from Genetic Genealogy/DNA Day will be live streamed on Thursay, June 2, and can be viewed on a pay-per-view basis until July 5th. Live Streamed Jamboree sessions on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday can be viewed FREE - you just need to register. Jamboree live streamed sessions can be viewed through July 5th on the live stream website. Click on the images below for all the details on how to register for each.

Registration

Now Open for

Pay-Per-View FREE


DNA Sessions Thursday, June 2


	Jamboree Sessions Fri - Sun, June 3 - 5

Audio and Video Recordings From Genetic Genealogy & Jamboree 2016

Select sessions from both conferences are available for purchase from our vendor, Conference Resources. Pre-order now and save 10%. Pick up your recordings up at Jamboree or have them shipped to you after the conference.

Attending In Person....

The first thing you need to do when you pick up your registration materials and make sure everything is in order, is to grab your copy of the Jamboree Pink Sheets. These legal sized pink sheets are your guide to all things Jamboree. If you lose your copy, don't worry, there will be extras. For those attending the Genetic Genealogy Conference, you will note that the sheets are blue.

The Jamboree App is available for all types of devices -smartphone, tablet, or an web-browser enabled toys. Manage your schedule, download session handouts, take notes, give feedback to speakers, stay in touch with your friends, plan your visit to the exhibit hall, post to social media, and more. Learn how to download and install the app here.

Celebrate Your Hometown Pride Contest

This year we will show off our "Hometown Pride" on Sunday by wearing tee-shirts, hats or paraphernalia that publicizes our, or our ancestor's, hometown. Wherever you call "home," wear it with pride! The contest will take place Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 11:15 a.m. in the Convention Center Foyer.

Volunteers are still needed for all four days. If you haven't signed up yet, please do it today! Earn a free lunch with 4 or more volunteer hours in one day.

Research Assistance

Our wonderful friends at the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists are staffing the popular Research Assistance Room.

If you haven't signed up for a consultation, you might want to check it out. HINT: take a look at who some of the consultants are. How often do you get this opportunity?! Sign up here.

Exhibitor Passport

All registered attendees are eligible to play the game! Visit the Exhibit Hall - you'll want to see all the great vendors and societies we've put together for you. Visit Sponsors and Exhibitors, get their signature/stamps on your passport, and you are on your way to entering the drawing for an Apple iPad Mini with keyboard and cover. While collecting your stamps check out the Exhibitor Drawings and Show Specials. Enter multiple times! Drawing will be held Sunday at 3pm. Visit Passport Control for more details.

Please Note: for the safety of our guests, the Exhibit Hall will be closed Friday morning while the exhibitors are setting up.

Registration Hours:

Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. DNA Day/Workshop Registration Check-In

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Jamboree Pre-Registration Check-In

Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Jamboree/Workshop Pre-Registration Check-In

12:00 pm.- 2:00 p.m. Jamboree Walk-In Registration

Saturday: 7:30 a.m -12:00 p.m. Jamboree Pre-Registration Check-In &

Walk-In Registration

Sunday: 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Jamboree & Walk-In Registration

7:30 a.m.- 10:30 a.m. Workshop Registration

The following meetings held at Jamboree are open to the public:

CSGS (California State Genealogical Alliance) at 12:45 p.m. Saturday in the Boardroom in the High-Tech Hallway.

Southern California Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists (SCC-APG) at 5 p.m. Saturday in Parlor 127 in the High-Tech Hallway.

The NextGen Genealogy Network Meetup 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Hotel Lobby Bar and Lounge at 6:30 p.m.

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