The Millennial Genealogist At South Davis.

Zachary Hamilton is also known as  "The Millennial Genealogist". 

He grew up in southern Missouri and has spent most of his adult life in Idaho. Despite his young age, Zachary has been participating in his own family's research for nearly 20 years. Professionally, Zachary has been a family history researcher and presenter for 3 years. Many of his presentations focus on using new technology and techniques to accomplish and share well done traditional genealogy research. He commonly presents at conferences, fairs, family discovery days and family history centers all over eastern Idaho. He has also presented as a guest speaker in courses at BYU-Idaho and previously served as the assistant director of the Rexburg Family History Center. He attended Boise State University and BYU-Idaho. Zachary likes pie (strawberry rhubarb) and Star wars.

Zachary will be presenting 3 classes at the conference. In Genealogy on the Go, you will have the opportunity to learn how to blend technology with family history research.

DNA and more DNA!

The 20th annual South Davis Conference will be offering two classes on DNA this year.

Finding Haplogroup Happiness :This class explains how haplogroups can be more than a haphazard aid in your research. Come see several examples of how haplogroups can cut your research time into a heavenly half. We will be looking at simple ways to incorporate haplogroups into your personal research style. 

Take 2! will be presented by Stephanie Saylor at the South Davis Family History Fair on the 22^nd of April 2017. This class gives you a tour of 2 sites (GEDmatch and Promethease) and explains how they help you to get more from your DNA results. GEDmatch has wonderful tools to further your genetic genealogy research. Promethease allows you to pull up information from your raw data on medical and other implications of your DNA results.  

Stephanie Saylor holds a degree in biology and worked in research before transitioning to genetic genealogy. She currently teaches and organize genetic genealogy webinars, with Kent Jaffa and Peg Ivanyo, for Utah Genealogical Association’s DNA Interest group and gives classes and presentations upon request. 

She firmly believes that solid research techniques can help us get to know our ancestors on a deeper level, even when traditional documentation is missing or conflicting, and she hopes to be able to help others who have an interest in genealogy use biology, and genetics gain the confidence needed to further their research goals.

You can see information on Stephanie’s presentations, handouts, and research aids on FoundingFamilyLines.com’s DNA page.

Do More With Your Family History Research.

It's time to register for the 20th Annual South Davis Conference. Come and join us on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Woods Cross high school, where you will have the opportunity to learn to do more with your family history research. With over 70 classes and labs, there is something for everyone.

 Do you want to learn more about German research? Military records? LDS research? How well do you understand the new apps that work with FamilySearch family tree? Have you had your DNA tested and are now wondering what your next steps are?







Here is just a sampling of some of the classes offered at the South Davis Family History Conference:

• Find Haplogroup Happiness
• Record Jurisdictions in Denmark and Norway
• Profile of the 19th century German emigrant
• British records online
• Fixing Family Tree
• What's in the Utah State Archives
• How to tell the best ten stories of your life
• Early LDS newspapers
• US chruch records
• Hidden treasures on FamilySearch.org
• Scanning for better results
• Metadata - writing on the back of your digital photos

In addition to classes and labs, there will also be an opportunity to scan your photos as will as meet with consultants to help with your research.

For more information and to see a full list of classes, please see our website:

Utah Genealogical Association.