By 3pm

Check in and register. Snacks provided in the meeting room.
Set up Silent Auction.

9am-noon   

Managing Genealogical Evidence
Update on the Goddard DNA Project, combining DNA results with paper trails, archiving records (including online tools, such as an Ancestry.com demonstration)

Noon

2-5pm



6pm

Lunch on your own

Goddard Historical & Genealogical Society Business Meeting
Discussion will include: finances, election of officers, archival challenges, technology issues, member recruitment

Dinner on your own

10am-noon



Noon

2pm



5pm

6pm

Pioneering Goddards on the Immigrant Trails
Mary Zimmerman and other pioneer Goddard descendants discuss the westward migration of their ancestors

Lunch on your own

Tour of Independence, MO
Led by Niel Johnson. The tour will include Harry Truman sites, historical sites and the new Midwest Genealogy Center.

Memorial service

Banquet and installation of officers