UVTAGG - 2022-10-04 - Press Release - Free online meeting, Sat 08 Oct 2022, 10-Noon MDT, JAMES B. ALLEN on WRITING THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
2022-10-04
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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday 08 pCT 2022 - Free on Zoom and Facebook
10 - 11:00 am MDT: DR/ JAMES B. ALLEN: THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH: WHO, WHEN, WHY, AND HOW
11:10 - Noon MDT: LAURIE WERNER CASTILLO: EVALUATING AND DESTROYING YOUR ANCESTRAL BRICK WALLS
Details and links to watch are on https://uvtagg.org and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.
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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday 08 Oct 2022 - Free on Zoom and Facebook
Details and links to watch are on https://uvtagg.org and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.
10 - 11:00 am MDT: DR/ JAMES B. ALLEN: THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH: WHO, WHEN, WHY, AND HOW
11:10 - Noon MDT: LAURIE WERNER CASTILLO: EVALUATING AND DESTROYING YOUR ANCESTRAL BRICK WALLS
A OUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION BY JAMES B. ALLEN:
Work on this volume, Hearts Turned to the Fathers, began in the 1970s after the Genealogical Department requested that the Historical Department of the Church prepare a history of their department to be used as a reference work. Jim Allen was given the task and was able to obtain the help of Jessie Embry. Together they did research in the documents and conducted many. interviews. Later, after it was decided to make this a centennial history of the Genealogical Society of Utah (i.e., the Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Jim and Jessie asked Kahlile Mehr to join them because of his first-hand knowledge of the latest developments. The discussion today will deal with some of their research experiences, including interesting interviews, selected highlights from the book, and a note on how it finally got published. Jessie Embry will be online with Jim to add her comments, as well. Since this book, Hearts Turnded to the Fathers, was published as issue 34:2 of BYUI Studies Quarterly, it can be read online or downloaded as a pdf for free from PDF https://byustudies.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/BYUSQ_34-2.pdf . It is nearly 400 pages long, so it may take some time to download.
ABOUT THE CLASS BY LAURIE WERNER CASTILLO::
In this class we will talk about what constitutes a true brick wall and what situations are brick walls that we may have created ourselves by faulty or incomplete research processes. We will learn how to analyze a situation and see what more can be done. Many resources will be discussed.
ABOUT DR. JAMES B. ALLEN:
James B. Allen received his PhD degree from the University of Southern California in 1963.He taught at Brigham Young University from 1963 to1992. He was also Assistant Church Historian, 1972-79, chair of the BYU History Department, 1981 to 1987, Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, 1984, and Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr. Professor of Western American History, 1987-1992. He has authored, co-authored, or co-edited fourteen books or monographs and around 90 articles. His books include The Story of the Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1976; 2nd ed. updated and revised, 1992), with Glen M. Leonard, and Trials of Discipleship: The Story of William Clayton, A Mormon (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987), winner of the David Woolley Evans and Beatrice Cannon Evans Biography Award, 1986, revised and republished under the title No Toil Nor Labor Fear: The Story of William Clayton (Provo, UT: BYU Press, 2002). He and his wife Renée are the parents of five children, grandparents of 19, and great-grandparents of 25.
AB OUT LAURIE WERNER CASTILLO:
1st VP of Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group; Former VP, Exec Sec and Board Member, Utah Genealogical Association; BYU FH Library consultant, teacher 28+ years; Professional researcher, writer 30+ years; Presenter: RootsTech 2016-2020, BYU FH Conference 2014-2019, BYU Education Week 2016-2017; Former Red Cross Instructor, Girl Scout Troop Leader and Chihuahua breeder; Interests include: history, mystery, geography and genetics. Research Specialties: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, New England, Mid-West, South-West and Western Frontier of the U.S.
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