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Press release for the Columbia County Genial Genealogy Conference: Connecting the Dots
Friday, September 17, 2021 - 12:00am to Saturday, September 18, 2021 - 11:45pm
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 12, 2021
GENEALOGY CONFERENCE RETURNS TO ST. HELENS PUBLIC LIBRARY
SEPTEMBER 17-18
St. Helens, Ore. – The St. Helens Public Library is hosting a free genealogy
conference on Friday, September 17 and Saturday, September 18. Columbia
County Genealogical Conference: Connecting the Dots is a two-day
conference being held at the Columbia Center (375 S. 18th Street, St. Helens).
The conference features guest speakers from the United States Census Bureau,
Library of Congress, and other genealogy professionals.
On Friday, the conference will focus on the tips and tricks of using
FamilySearch, one of the largest free genealogy websites.
Two tracks will be offered on Saturday. The first will explore the 1950s census.
Complete data from the 1950s census will become available six months after
the Library’s September conference. The speaker, Susana Privett, is a data
specialist with the United States Census Bureau who is based in Texas.
Saturday’s second track will feature speakers from the Library of Congress who
will present via Zoom, followed by a presentation from Pam Vestal. Vestal will
teach attendees how to find information about relatives who seem to have
vanished, elusive female relatives, and how to tease out details from sources.
The conference is structured to offer useful information for all levels of
genealogists. The conference runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. both days. While
the conference is free, pre-registration is required. Registration is open until
Monday, September 13. Call the Library at 503-397-4544 to register or visit the
Library in-person at 375 S. 18th Street, St. Helens. Registration can also be
completed online at bit.ly/ConnectingDots21.
The Columbia County Genealogy Conference is sponsored by the Friends of
the St. Helens Public Library. This is the second genealogy conference hosted
by the St. Helens Public Library. The Library held a previous one-day conference
in September 2019 and intends to hold future conferences on a biennium basis.
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For further information regarding the St. Helens Public Library genealogy
conference, please contact Reference Librarian Brenda Herren-Kenaga at
503-397-4544 or bherrenkenaga@sthelensoregon.gov.
