I just completed this for the council and thought it would be helpful for you to have a copy 2004 Speakers List Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley Name: James (Jim) L. Rader Address: 2633 Gilbert Way, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-3513 Telephone: 916-366-6833 Fax: none E-mail: jim@rader.org Website: www.rader.org Subjects: Computers/Internet/Online Genealogy; The Latest in Computerized Genealogy. He enjoys creating a new talk for each group. Current hot topics 1. Genealogy and DNA Most Surname Projects start with the objective to identify others who are related, and through out the project the other objectives are achieved simply as a result of the project. 2. Stand on the shoulders of previous researchers If you take the time to go through all of those online sources and extract all of the records which contain people which have the surname which you are working on. You can then merge those files together, and end up with the ultimate genealogy book on that surname Now you are ready to add sources particularly how to work with those online US Census sites Fee: Local--no fee; Out of area--expenses Travel (distance willing to travel, reimbursement expected): unlimited Equipment normally needed: He can adapt to whatever available. He does talks with handouts and no equipment, overhead projectors or computer projectors Brief Biography: Jim specializes in Rader "one-name-study", collecting all people with that surname or a variation of it. Self Published "First attempt to collect all of the Rader /Roder /Rotter families in America" 1992 and "Second attempt to collect all of the Rader /Roder /Rotter families in America" 1995 Active in Genealogy on Prodigy before the WWW in 1993. Owner and Host of www.rader.org Genealogy web site since January 1997 Jim is a vocational education teacher at Folsom Cordova Adult Education center. He usually teaches Family History Online, and Family History Software and occasionally Basic Computer/Windows XP, Computer Owner's survival class. Lecturer on Internet and Genealogy at local Genealogy groups and LDS seminars for many years.He enjoys volunteering as a lecturer at various groups. His favorite lecture topics are ones that cover the latest in computerized genealogy. I hope you are having a fine day ! Seeking Jesus' will in my life ! I am Jim Rader jim@rader.org Visit my web at www.rader.org I hope to hear from you again soon!