The annual Moapa Valley Community Family History Fair will be held on Saturday morning, February 24 at the Logandale Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2555 St. Joseph Street. The event is free to attend and all of the public is invited, with no pre-registration required.
The fair will begin at 9 a.m. with the last class period concluding about 12:30 p.m.. A free luncheon will follow.
This event is designed for anyone with ancestors, which includes everyone! No matter what race, religion or background, everyone has ancestors that they might be curious about. This event will give attendees some tools to find those people and learn a little about them.
Teens are especially welcome to attend the fair and benefit from the expertise that is there.
The three-hour fair is divided into three segments where attendees can choose to more than 20 classes taught by genealogy experts brought in from all across the west.
The 2024 keynote speaker, Nicole Davis, is an avid genealogist for over 30 years. She has done it professionally genealogist for past 10 years. Davis is the author of 20 Miracles of Family History: My Own Personal Journey. She has helped people from around the globe become more successful in their family history endeavors.
For more information about the Fair contact Marvin Leavitt by email at marvin@comnett.com or call 702-271-6465.
2023 Family History Fair schedule
9am: Keynote speaker: Nicole Davis
9:40 : First class period
• England & Wales-Records of the Church & Their Poor Pre-1837 – Margo McKinstry
• The Macrovision of Family History –
Nicole Davis
• The Tricks and Secrets to Reading Old Records – Bonnie Nishimoto
• Family History for Dummies –
James Orman
• Finding Elusive Women – Loretta Evans
• Adding Memories to Family Search Family Tree – Sandy Jackson
• Finding Grandpa-helps and aids for writing a family history – Wayne Stoker
10:40 am: Second class period
• Finding your Irish Ancestors – Margo McKinstry
• Intro to DNA: God’s Miracle to Help Us Gather – Nicole Davis
• How to use Millions of Family Search Records that are Digitized – Bonnie Nishimoto
• Family History for Dummies – James Orman
• Google Your Ancestors – Loretta Evans
• Why Add Record Hints – Sandy Jackson
• Finding Grandpa – helps and aids for writing a family history – Wayne Stoker
• Restoring and Improving Photographs – Marvin Leavitt
11:40 am: Third class period
• Finding Grandpa–helps and aids for writing a family history – Wayne Stoker
• Scotland’s people-The Ultimate Research Web Site – Mrgo McKinstry
• Understanding Eastern Europe and Jewish Research – Nicole Davis
• Emigration: Exit records from the country or place they are leaving – Bonnie Nishimoto
• MyHeritage.com- James Orman
• How to Get the Most Out of RootsTech –
Loretta Evans
• Chrome Browser is Our Buddy –
Sandy Jackson
• Finding Grandpa–helps and aids for writing a family history – Wayne Stoker
• Restoring and Improving Photographs –
Marvin Leavitt
• Lunch in the cultural hall at 12:30 p.m.
