I googled: Ernest Thorwald Johnson, played for Boston Red Socks in 1950 and 1952; Milwaukee Braves 1953-1958; Baltimore Orioles in 1959. Then announcer for the Braves fro 1962-1999; and in the Braves Hall of Fame in 2001. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Harriet E. Cady To: Ancestor Hunters Cc: Florence Martin ; Faye Logue ; ACGS Research Dept. ; Genealogy Vermont ; Genealogy Canada USA immigration Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:31 PM Subject: [VERMONT] RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions FreeOnline. > >THIS INFORMATION IS BEING FORWARDED TO YOU BY THE VERMONT FRENCH-CANADIAN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. > > >>>> >>>>RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions Free Online. Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. >>>> >>>>RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions Free Online >>>>SALT LAKE CITY—RootsTech, a leading family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2-4, 2012, announced today that fourteen of its popular sessions will be broadcasted live and complimentary over the Internet. The live broadcasts will give those unable to attend worldwide a sample of this year’s conference content. Interested viewers can watch the live presentations at RootsTech.org. The second-year conference has attracted over 3,000 registered attendees. >>>> >>>>The free online sessions include the keynote speakers and a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the fourteen broadcasted sessions and speakers. All times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST): >>>> >>>>Thursday, February 2 >>>>8:30-10:00 am, Inventing the Future, as a Community (Keynote Address) by Jay L. Verkler >>>>11:00 am-12:00 pm, Do I Trust the Cloud? by D. Joshua Taylor >>>>1:45-2:45 pm, Effective Database Search Tactics by Kory Meyerink >>>>3:00-4:00 pm, Twitter – It’s Not Just “What I Had for Breakfast” Anymore by Thomas MacEntee >>>>4:15-5:15 pm, Eleven Layers of Online Searches by Barbara Renick >>>> >>>>Friday, February 3 >>>>8:30-9:30 am, Exabyte Social Clouds and Other Monstrosities (Keynote Address) by Josh Coates >>>>9:45-10:45 am, Publish Your Genealogy Online by Laura G. Prescott >>>>11:00 am-12:00 pm, Optimize Your Site for Search Engines by Robert Gardner >>>>1:45-2:45 pm, Genealogists “Go Mobile” by Sandra Crowly >>>>3:00-4:00 pm, Google’s Toolbar and Genealogy by Dave Barney >>>> >>>>Saturday, February 4 >>>>8:30-9:30 am, Making the Most of Technology to Further the Family History Industry (Keynote Address) by Tim Sullivan and Ancestry.com Panel >>>>9:45-10:45 am Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101 by Lisa Louise Cooke >>>>11:00 am-12:00 pm, Future of FamilySearch Family Tree by Ron Tanner >>>>1:45-2:45 pm, Privacy in a Collaborative Environment by Noah Tatuk >>>> >>>> RootsTech on Facebook | RootsTech on YouTube | Follow FamilySearch on Twitter >>>>About RootsTechRootsTech is a new conference designed to bring technologists together with genealogists to learn from each other and find solutions to the challenges faced in family history research today. The conference’s activities and offerings are focused on content that will help genealogists and family historians discover exciting new research tools while enabling technology creators to learn the latest development techniques from industry leaders and pioneers. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message