I did snap a lot of new pictures and am showing them below. Click on any image below to see a larger picture.
Ideal weather conditions. You can see the towering thunderheads but we only received a few sprinkles.
Bruce Buzbee demonstrates RootsMagic genealogy software to a group of conference attendees.
Hey Bruce: I like that "Madonna-style" microphone!
The Ancestry.com booth seemed to generate a lot of interest.
Following migration patters with DNA.
Ken McGinnis demonstrates Legacy Family Tree.
The BYU book printing business was represented at the conference.
"Family History Made Easy" is perhaps the slickest "how to get started" book I have seen.
The "Ask the Pros" desk was busy much of the time, offering advice on how to break through research "brick walls."
Have you seen the Memory Medallions? These attach to a tombstone and provide a method of cemetery visitors equipped with a cell phone and web browser to learn more about the person buried there. I'll be writing more about Memory Medallions in the near future.
This was the "fun booth" at the conference: dress up like an ancestor (or anyone else) and have your picture taken. Yes, I had my picture taken also but I'm not uploading it here!
Generation Maps always has some of the most impressive charts and pictures seen anywhere. Kim Hovorka is justifiably proud of these products.
Have an old family photograph?
I will be writing about a number of new products that I saw at the conference over the next few weeks.
I left the conference shortly before it ended yesterday and grabbed a plane to Las Vegas where I am now enjoying (?) the heat. The local weather forecasters have pointed out that the weather in Las Vegas has cooled off and today's high will "only" be 90 degrees. Later this week, the weather will return to normal with highs of 100 to 103.I should be back home before the hottest weather hits.
