Wednesday,  August 6

8:00-8:30 a.m.
Registration

8:30-9:00 a.m.
Welcome and announcements

9:00-10:00 a.m.
Keynote address: Susan Tucker

10:00-10:40 a.m.
Overview of the Canadian Genealogy Centre project and strategy

10:40-11:00 a.m.
Break
 
11:00-11:30 a.m.
Introduction to the Canadian Genealogy Centre website

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Chinese-Canadian genealogy: Janet Tomkins

12:15-1:45 p.m.
Lunch and tours of Canadian Genealogy Centre and Library and Archives Canada

1:45-2:35 p.m.
Metis genealogy: Marie-Louise Perron

2:35-3:25 p.m.
DNA and genealogy: Jeffrey Bockman

3:25-3:40 p.m.
Break

3:40-4:30 p.m.
From Raw Records to Digital Images: New FamilySearch Initiatives
Genealogical Society of Utah: Paul Smart

4:30-7:00 p.m.
Travel to and tour of Gatineau Preservation Centre

7:00-9:00 p.m.
Dinner in Atrium at Gatineau Preservation Centre

9:15-10:00 p.m.
Travel back to Ottawa

Thursday, August 7

8:00-8:30 a.m.
Coffee

8:30-9:20 a.m.
Eastern European genealogy: Dave Obee

9:20-10:10 a.m.
Dutch genealogy: John De Vries

10:10-10:30 a.m.
Break

10:30-11:20 a.m.
Caribbean ancestry: Jerome Teelucksingh

11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Freedmen Bank Records: Bill Forsyth

12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lunch and tours of Canadian Genealogy Centre and Library and Archives Canada: continuation

1:30-2:20 p.m.
French-Canadian genealogy: Sylvie Tremblay

2:20-3:10 p.m.
Librarians and professional genealogists: Louise St-Denis

3:10-3:30 p.m.
Break

3:30-4:30 p.m.
Québec regional history: Marc Vallières

4:30-5:00 p.m.
Wind-up