Episode 5 ~ Meet Gaylon Findlay of Ancestral Quest

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Family History Expos Genealogy Podcast series, with your host DearMYRTLE.

Myrt's guest for the podcast is Gaylon Findlay who will be presenting at the upcoming Mesa Arizona Family History Expo, to be held 14-15 November 2008 at the Mesa Convention Center. This year's theme is  "CyberExchange 101: Learn the tech to search your roots". President of Incline Software, Gaylon has created genealogy software for 14 years. He gave an earlier version of Ancestral Quest to the LDS Church to create the Windows versions of PAF 4 and 5. Gaylon served an LDS mission in Finland, graduated from BYU, and spent 13 years as a computer consultant in the San Francisco bay area.

GAYLON'S CLASSES

TITLE: Synchronizing PAF 5 data with New FamilySearch using Ancestral Quest
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Beginner-Advanced
DESCRIPTION: Learn how to connect, link, synchronize and supplement your PAF 5 data with data from New FamilySearch, and visa versa. PAF 5 was derived from Ancestral Quest, so PAF 5 users will feel right at home using AQ to be the bridge between their local data and the massive database on New FamilySearch. Guidelines will be given for preparing names for Temple Submission on New FamilySearch.

TITLE: Ancestral Quest 12. Features Beyond PAF 5
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Beginner-Advanced
DESCRIPTION: So you're used to PAF, and would like additional features. Learn some of the additional features in Ancestral Quest that can help you organize and maintain your PAF data. You'll learn how to use AQ to supplement PAF 5, or to replace it. We'll explore improved ways to record Sources, Research Items, New FamilySearch data, and more.

LINKS WE MENTION

• Give Ancestral Quest 12 a try. Download
• AncestralQuest Tutorial
• Ancestral Quest Version 12 features
• Jewish features of Ancestral Quest
• LDS Users
• PAF Users

REMEMBER, Gaylon offers to demonstrate Ancestral Quest at the Mesa Family History Expo using your existing genealogy database if you bring a copy of it on a flash drive.

REGISTRATION
The link to register online to attend the 2-day 2008 Mesa Arizona Family History Expo is located at FamilyHistoryExpos.com.

Classes
Pre-registration (through 1 Nov 2008) is $75 for the classes. Late registration is $90. At-the-door registration is $50 per day. You will receive a registration packet, name tag, CD syllabus, and a goody bag. Please pick these up when you check in at the event.  For those wishing to receive their syllabus as a printed book there is an additional cost of $24.95 plus shipping. Books will not ship until after the event. For your convenience we will have them available to pick up at the Expo if you like.

Exhibit Hall
The exhibit hall is open to the public at no cost.

See you in Mesa!
Myrt     :)
DearMYRTLE,
Your friend in genealogy.

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