Findmypast is Free During Every England World Cup Match

This is slightly old news, but I didn't have a chance to locate the original announcement to post here until recently:

Findmypast is Free During Every England World Cup Match

If you're not football mad, there is something else to do during the World Cup – make it your goal to research your family history. Here's our offer for the fourth England match on Sunday, 27 June.

Every time England play in a World Cup match you can view all the records* on findmypast for FREE at a time that suits you – just register by midnight (UK time**) the day before

How it works:
1. Register on the website before midnight (UK time) on Saturday, 26 June. If you have already registered, you do not need to do this again.

2. Return to findmypast.co.uk any time between 9am UK time on Sunday, 27 June and 9am Monday, 28 June and sign in: you can now even watch the match too!

3. Once you have signed in you will have 90 minutes to search and view our records for free – just choose the best time for you within the 24 hours. Remember that as soon as you sign in your 90 minutes will start – be ready to begin your research then!

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Southern California Genealogical Society's 2010 Jamboree: The Conclusion

Can you stand one more post about Jamboree? To give me credit, please realize this is only the second genealogy conference I've been to, and the first one I was so involved in as a committee chairperson that it was difficult to truly relax and enjoy. Also, it's the first non-camping vacation I've had in 10 years and the first non-family traveling vacation I've had since my college years. So if I've gone on in great detail ad nauseum in the last five posts on this topic, please forgive me!

Unlike most attendees, when I returned home from the conference, I did not return to work. As a school staff member, I'm now on summer vacation, which has afforded me a good deal of time to look back on the conference, summarize the benefits, and make some plans for "next time," whenever and wherever that may be.

First of all, my focus for attending this conference was probably a bit different from many others'. My main intention was not (gasp!) to attend a lot of presentations and educate myself further in genealogical research and technology. My two goals were 1) to meet and socialize with my fellow geneabloggers; and 2) to visit my children's paternal ancestor's gravesite. While there were definitely some topics I wanted to learn more about and some presenters I definitely wanted to hear, those goals were secondary this time around. Remember, this was a vacation that I had been planning; one that I had been looking forward to for quite some and whose anticipation kept me sane through a couple of stressful years (you think I'm kidding?).

So what would I do again?

1. If at all possible, I would come early again. Arriving early allowed me to settle in, get my bearings, pick up my pre-registration packet early, and meet friends ahead of the lectures. It also allowed me--an out-of-state traveler--to attend the Friday morning cemetery tour.

2. Take advantage of extra events. I did the cemetery tour and got to visit my children's paternal ancestor's grave, a major goal of my attending Jamboree. The tour itself was interesting and well worth it to learn about local history.

3. Not attend every event. While I did the cemetery tour, I chose not to attend the banquets. For one, they cost extra, and for another, I had heard one of the presenters speak at several banquets at my local conference in September. That's not to say she wasn't worth hearing again (she's one of my favorites!)...but I was able to choose other ways to spend my time and not feel too much like I was missing out. There were times, too, when I chose to sleep in instead of attending morning lectures, or socialize or blog during a presentation time.

4. Social networking. Whether or not you're a blogger, meeting other people at conferences is important. You never know what will become of the friendships you make or how connections might help your research down the road. It gives opportunities for others to meet you, too!

5. Not hurrying out the door. Staying one day extra helped me not feel rushed to leave during the last of the lectures, to have ample time to say good-bye to my many new friends, and allowed me to do some extra sight-seeing, unrelated to genealogy. I also got to visit a gravesite of yet another paternal ancestor of my children. This choice of staying later may not always be available, as my school schedule sometimes clashes with conference times, so I'm glad I had the opportunity this year.

 What will I do next time? Whether it's Jamboree or another conference, here are some ideas I came up with as probable goals:

1. Attend more lectures. Now that I got a lot of my initial geneablogger hobnobbing out of the way, I'll spend more time learning. That isn't to say I won't socialize, because I definitely will. I'll probably combine the two: grab some friends and drag them to classes with me!

2. Get to lectures earlier. I missed one presentation I very much wanted to attend because I didn't get in the door soon enough and it filled up. Note: if a lecturer appears on the program more than once, chances are he or she is very much in demand and their rooms will fill up quickly.

3. Try more technology classes. I went to several at Jamboree, but there's always more to learn! If you're thinking "What's the big deal about Twitter (or Second Life, or Google Earth)?" than you need to check out those classes. They don't offer them without there being very good reason to connect them to genealogy. I definitely want to take some advanced classes on my favorite software, RootsMagic.

4. Visit the local genealogical collection. Don't be fooled into thinking that just because your ancestors never lived in the area that the local genealogical or historical society won't have records or books that pertain to them or to your ancestral locations! A good collection will have resources from all over the country as well as from other countries. Several people I know visited the Southern California Genealogical Society's library and did research, and if I go to Jamboree again, I will definitely put it on my "must-do" list.

There were many times in the past six months when I doubted that attending this conference was the right thing to do at this time. My children's father has been unemployed for over a year, my son still had a couple of days of school to finish, and I always try to be available to my daughter, who's still navigating the waters of young adulthood and independence. To say that the typical "mom guilt trip" didn't hit me about taking off at such a time would not be the truth. I have to say, though, that my family was extremely supportive and encouraging about letting me go and enjoy myself. And I want to take the time to offer my sincere gratitude to a handful of people who helped make this trip go from "simply possible" to "extra special" for me. You know who you are. Mwah!

And now...back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Southern California Genealogical Society's 2010 Jamboree: Day Five (Monday)

By Monday, Jamboree was over. But I had planned to stay an extra day to enjoy myself and see the sights. Susan Kitchens, of Family Oral History, had offered to take me around in her Mazda Miata.

(click on any photo in this post to enlarge)

First we headed to Toluca Lake for lunch at Paty's Restaurant. Under the shade of an umbrella, we dined on the patio. I had a delicious chicken breast sandwich on toasted sourdough with swiss cheese, bacon, and the ever-present avocado (I don't think I spent a day in California without eating at least one meal with avocado!), accompanied by a side of potato salad. We spent quite a bit of time talking about our childhoods and growing up years and found we have quite a bit in common besides an interest in family history!

Then we headed out to see the sites. First we drove by Warner Brother Studios:

There were incredibly huge movie and television show posters mounted to the studio walls:

Then off we went up Mulholland Drive to a scenic viewpoint where we could see the Hollywood Bowl and Los Angeles.

 

 (Hollywood Bowl is in the right foreground)

Climbing up a few steps we saw the famous Hollywood sign.

On the way back to town, we saw the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills cemetery where many celebrities are buried:

It was a cemetery, and so we--being family historians--had to go in. It is "done" in a New England Early Americana theme. There is a huge mural portraying important events in the founding of our nation. I saw two "chapels," and I use that term loosely, because they were both quite large.

The office looks like a colonial mansion.

Birth of Liberty Mosaic.

 A glimpse of the Church of the Hills, modeled after the First Parish Church in Portland, Maine, where poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow worshipped.

A statue of George Washington in front of the Birth of Liberty Mosaic.

We also checked out the Plaza of Mesoamerican Heritage:

I mentioned to Susan that I thought my husband's great-great-grandmother, Senna "Senie" (COLLINS) TOLLIVER was buried at this cemetery. Senie was the wife of Pleasant Clark TOLLIVER, whose grave I had visited on Friday. Susan was kind enough to stop at the office and I asked at the desk. Turns out Senie is not buried here; she is buried at Forest Lawn - Glendale. I discovered there are five Forest Lawn cemeteries in the Los Angeles - Orange County area! The office staff gave us a map and directions from their Hollywood Hills site to their Glendale site. I was completely OK with not going to Glendale because I didn't want to inconvenience Susan, but she insisted on heading down there!

On the way, we passed the ABC studio. You can see the tip of Mickey Mouse's Sorcerer's Apprentice hat to the right (more on that later). We also crossed the Los Angeles River.

Passing through Glendale, we passed this building. I still don't know what it is. I've tried looking it up on Google. The reason it stands out is that I thought it was unusual to have a building resting on four "feet" in an area known for earthquakes:

I snagged this photo from Google Maps.

When we arrived at Forest Lawn - Glendale, I noticed that everything was done in Tudor - Medieval theme.

The gatekeeper had a computer in her booth and was able to look up Senie's burial plot info and give us a map.After passing more murals and amazing statuary (including a replica of the David by Michaelangelo - sorry, no photo), we located Senie's plot at the bottom of a steep slope near a wall.

It's hard to tell by the angle of this photo, but this and many of the other "lawns" at this cemetery were so steep I seriously wonder if the graves were dug horizontally into the hillsides and the coffins placed into the ground, drawer-style! If they had a graveside service, it would have been very difficult for family members to trek down the hill and back up. I took a look around, but just like where Pleasant is buried, none of the people mentioned on surrounding graves were related to Senie. How sad that she and Pleasant are buried so far apart from one another!

After leaving Glendale, Susan and I did more tooling around. We saw a lot of buildings that had this particular style of number plaque on them, and Susan told me that was an insider's way of identifying buildings belonged to Disney:

So much of the area was surrounded by this incredible fencing. It seemed to go on and on for miles:

I also saw some very magical places!

"Magical" was an accurate description of the day! I had a wonderful time playing tourist and listening to Susan give an insider's perspective of the history of the area and the local movie industry. I was so grateful to her for giving me a wonderful and memorable afternoon and especially for taking the time to help me find Senie's grave; a definite bonus!

The day was not finished, however; of course, it wouldn't be a perfect trip to Southern California without an earthquake! Although I was too far away to feel it (or at least notice it), my geneablogger friends further south were all twittering about it that evening. And was I glad I was nowhere near that building in Glendale! It was a perfect ending to a perfect weekend!

Day One
Day Two - Part I
Day Two - Part II
Day Three
Day Four

Ancestry.ca Offers Free Access To Drouin Collection of French-Canadian Historical Records

The following announcement comes from Ancestry.ca, the Canadian version of the U.S.'s Ancestry.com. To access this collection free from June 24 - 26, click here.

37 million records spanning 346 years now open to all Canadians in celebration of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day

Montreal, QC (June 22, 2010) Ancestry.ca, Canada’s leading family history website, today announced that in honour of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, it will be offering Canadians three days of free access to the fully searchable indexes for the historic Drouin Collection.  This is the most comprehensive collection of French-Canadian and Quebec historical records in existence,  spanning 346 years from 1621 to 1967.

The indexes include 37 million records in baptism, marriage and burial records, and also a compilation of church records from Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and various New England states.

The collection also contains confirmation records which often list the child’s mother’s maiden name, an often hard to obtain family history detail.

In addition to finding one’s own ancestors, the Drouin Collection contains records for many famous French-Canadians, and their ancestors, including Pierre Trudeau, Celine Dion and Henri and Maurice Richard. (original images available)

Family history enthusiasts can also trace their lineage back to the founding families of Quebec and Acadia, which includes that of Zacharie Cloutier, a common ancestor of distant cousins Celine Dion, Madonna and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. (Cloutier family tree / original images available)

The Drouin Collection can be searched in French or English by name, date, place, church or institution, and religion.

The History of the Drouin Collection:
From the early 1600s, the Catholic parishes of Quebec kept meticulous records of their members’ baptisms, marriages and burials. The Quebec Government soon required the Catholic Church to provide it with copies of all its records and in doing so became the central holder for Quebec’s vital records.

Joseph Drouin founded The Drouin Genealogical Institute in 1899, using Quebec’s vital records to research and sell family genealogies. His son Gabriel assumed stewardship in 1938, dedicating himself to microfilming and indexing Quebec’s vital records; this important work formed what became the Institute’s principal reference collection.

Many of these original records have been destroyed or lost while access to the remaining documents is nearly impossible, making the microfilmed copies available in the collection rare and valuable.

Recognizing its historical significance, Ancestry.ca secured the right to host the collection online.

Karen Peterson, Managing Director, Ancestry.ca comments: “More than five million Canadians have French ancestry so the Drouin Collection is of huge national relevance, not to mention the significance of the collection to millions of people worldwide that have French-Canadian family ties.”

The Drouin Collection will be free to access from June 24-26.

ABOUT ANCESTRY.CA
Officially Canada’s leading website for family history resources*, Ancestry.ca has 126 million Canadian records in such collections as the complete Historical Canadian Censuses from 1851 to 1916, Ontario and British Columbia vital records from as early as 1813, Quebec vital Records (The Drouin Collection), Canadian Passenger Lists and U.S. / Canada Border Crossings.

Ancestry.ca was launched in January 2006 and belongs to the global network of Ancestry websites (wholly owned by Ancestry.com Operations Inc.), which contains five billion records. To date more than 17 million family trees have been created and 1.7 billion names and 35 million photographs and stories uploaded. (Figures current as of June 1, 2010)

The Ancestry global network of family history websites - www.ancestry.ca  in Canada, www.ancestry.com  in the US, www.ancestry.co.uk  in the UK, www.ancestry.com.au in Australia, www.ancestry.de  in Germany, www.ancestry.it in Italy, www.ancestry.fr in France,  www.ancestry.se  in Sweden and www.jiapu.com in China.

26 Million New Names Added for Costa Rica, France, Hungary, Mexico, Spain, and the U.S.

Twenty-nine new collections were updated or added this week at FamilySearch.org—with 26 million names and 1.5 million digital images!

The international collections continue to expand with exciting new additions for Costa Rica, France, Hungary, Mexico, and Spain. In addition, nine more indexes were added to the U.S. 1910 Federal Census collection—that means it is 37 percent complete! This project is moving along quickly.

There are now 428 collections from original source records available online at FamilySearch. Search all of these great collections for free online at FamilySearch’s Record Search pilot (from FamilySearch.org, click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot).

See the chart below for the complete list of all the newly added or improved collections.

None of this would be possible without the great contributions of many online FamilySearch volunteers. These individuals donate the time and effort needed to make these collections freely available to FamilySearch patrons. If you would like to help by donating a few minutes online with projects of personal interest, become a FamilySearch community volunteer at FamilySearchIndexing.org. Many hands produce great work. Thank you for your support!

Collection Name	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Costa Rica—Church Records	217,000		Waypointed images
France—Protestant Church Records, Part B and C		122,000	Updated index
Hungary, Abauj-Torna—Civil Registration	70,000		Waypointed images
Hungary, Szabolcs—Civil Registration	104,000		Waypointed images
México, México—Censo de México de 1930		633,657	New index linked to previously published images
México, Durango—Censo de México de 1930		322,598	New index linked to previously published images
México, Guanajuato—Censo de México de 1930		851,154	New index linked to previously published images
México, Hidalgo—Censo de México de 1930		799,861	New index linked to previously published images
México, Jalisco—Censo de México de 1930		1,462,000	New index linked to previously published images
México, Queretaro—Censo de México de 1930		57,647	New index linked to previously published images
Spain, Barcelona—Civil Registration Part 2	1,000		Waypointed images
Spain, Barcelona—Civil Registration Part 3	2,000		Waypointed images
Spain, Barcelona, Vich—Civil Registration	11,000		Waypointed images
Spain, Cordoba—Civil Registration	4,000		Waypointed images
Spain, Gerona—Catholic Diocese Church Records, Part 2	57,000		Waypointed images
Spain, Málaga—Civil Registration	22,000		Waypointed images
Spain, Ripoll (Girona)—Municipal Records	53,000		Waypointed images
U.S., District of Columbia—1910 Federal Census		356,000	New index
U.S., Indiana—1910 Federal Census		2,957,000	New index
U.S., Kansas—1910 Federal Census		1,867,000	New index
U.S., Kentucky—1910 Federal Census		2,516,000	New index
U.S., Maryland—1910 Federal Census		1,419,000	New index
U.S., Massachusetts—1910 Federal Census		3,622,000	New index
U.S., Minnesota—1910 Federal Census		2,282,000	New index
U.S., New Jersey—1910 Federal Census		2,670,000	New index
U.S., New Hampshire—Statewide Deaths, 1901–1937	618,000	803,000	New index and images
U.S., New Hampshire—Statewide Deaths, 1938–1947	143,000	143,000	New index and images
U.S., New Hampshire—Statewide Deaths, Early to 1900	300,000	300,000	New index and images
U.S., Texas—1910 Federal Census		4,000,000	New index

About FamilySearch
FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through over 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Calling All Teen Genealogists

An announcement from the National Genealogical Society:

Young people with an interest in the history of their family, in search of a summer project, seeking to satisfy a school assignment or club project will want to see the videos of Thomas Adams, the 2009 winner of the National Genealogical Society Rubincam Youth Award. Created by award winning filmmakers Kate Geis and Allen Moore, the videos go live today at the society’s website, www.ngsgenealogy.org and will soon appear on YouTube. The three short segments are:


· The Award
Genealogy puts history into personal perspective for high school student Thomas Adams, recipient of the Rubincam Youth Award.

· My Research
Young family history sleuth Thomas Adams talks about his "Eureka!" moment.

· Inspiring Others
Thomas' discoveries encourage his friends to follow their own roots.


For more information, contact NGS President Jan Alpert at jalpert@ngsgenealogy.org.

Wordless Wednesday: Summer

© Miriam Robbins Midkiff, 2010
(click photo to enlarge)

Scanfest is Coming!

The June 2010 Scanfest will take place here at AnceStories next Sunday, June 27th, from 11 AM to 2 PM, Pacific Daylight Time.

What is Scanfest? It's a time when geneabloggers, family historians, and family archivists meet online here at this blog to chat while they scan their precious family document and photos. Why? Because, quite honestly, scanning is time-consuming and boring!

Scanfest is a great time to "meet" other genealogists, ask questions about scanning and preservation, and get the kick in the pants we all need on starting those massive scanning projects that just seem too overwhelming to begin.

To get started, you need to know the basics about scanning:

1. Don't use commercial glass cleaners (i.e. Windex) or paper towels to clean your scanner's glass plate. Use a soft, clean cloth, preferably microfiber. If you must use a liquid, use water sprayed directly onto the cloth  and make sure to let the plate dry thoroughly before placing photos or documents on it.

2. Wear cotton gloves (available at many art and/or photography supply shops) when handling photos and old documents.

3. Don't slide the photos around on the glass plate. Place them exactly where you want them. Photos should NEVER be scanned by a scanner that feeds the document through the machine, but ALWAYS on a flat-bed scanner.

4. Set your scanner to scan at no smaller than 300 dpi (dots per inch). Many experts recommend 600 dpi for photographs.

5. Photographs should ALWAYS be scanned and saved as .tif files. Use "Save As" to reformat the .tif file to a .jpg file for restoration and touchups, emailing, or uploading to an online photo album. ALWAYS retain the original scan as a .tif file.

6. Documents can be scanned as .pdf files or .tif files.

7. When you are done scanning your photos, don't put them back in those nasty "magnetic" photo albums. Place them in archival safe albums or boxes found at websites such as Archival Products or Archival Suppliers. Do NOT store any newsprint (articles, obituaries, etc.) with the photos. The acid from the newspaper will eventually destroy the photograph.

Now about the chatting part of Scanfest:

We will be using Cover It Live, a live blogging format that you access right here at AnceStories.

On Sunday at 11 AM, PDT, come right here to AnceStories and you'll see the CoverItLive live blog/forum in the top post. It's not really a "chat room," per se, it's more like a live forum and anyone visiting this site can read and see what is happening in the forum.

You will not need to download any software.

Up to 25 individuals can be invited to be Producers. Producers are participants who have the extra capability of sharing photos, links, and other media within the forum (great for sharing the photos you're scanning!). You must have Internet Explorer 6.0+ or Firefox 2.0+ to be a Producer.

We can also have up to 25 other Participants who can comment freely in our conversation, but will not be able to share media. You can have any kind of browser to be a Participant.

In addition, any other readers of this blog can drop on by and view/read what is happening at Scanfest. If the 25 Participant spaces are full, those readers will not be able to comment, unless someone else drops out.

Confused? Have questions? Go to CoverItLive and check out 6. Try It Now to see live blogs in action or 7. Demos to see videos demonstrating how to use CIT (especially the ones titled "How do my readers watch my Live Blog?" and "Adding Panelists and Producers").

If you would like to be a Producer, please e-mail me no later than Saturday, June 26th at 4 PM, PDT and I'll send you an invitation. Preference will given to previous Scanfesters. You must set up an account (free!) ahead of time to be a Producer. This account will be good for all future Scanfests. You can do some practices ahead of time by going to My Account and clicking on the link under Practice your live blogging. Again, you must have IE 6.0+ or Firefox 2.0+ to be a Panelist.

As a Producer, Participant or simply a reader, if you would like an e-mail reminder for Scanfest, fill out the form below and choose the time frame for which you would like to be reminded (if you're reading this through Google Reader, Bloglines, or some other RSS feed reader, you will need to go to my blog and view this post there to see and utilize the form).

It really is easier than it sounds, and I'm looking forward to seeing you all there and getting some scanning done!

Another Overflow Hotel Option for FGS in Knoxville

Here's another press release I received from the Federation of Genealogical Societies:

We have 20 rooms available Tuesday, August 17-Sunday, August 22 only at the Four Points by Sheraton Knoxville Cumberland House.  It is near the convention center and is a very nice hotel.  The rate is $115/night.  The rate is good for bookings through July 17.  If the hotel is full, a breakfast buffet for $8,95 will be offered, but there is no guarantee of this.  In order to receive this rate, call the hotel at 865-971-4663 and ask for the FGS rate.

The Hilton and Holiday Inns are full.  There is still space at the Crowne Plaza at the FGS rate of $108.  See http://www.fgsconferenceblog.org/2010/06/update-additional-hotel-has-been-added.html for more information on the Crowne Plaza option.

Happy Father's Day!

The Mother of Father's Day

Here's an interesting video produced by our local PBS affiliate, KSPS, featuring Sonora Smart Dodd, "the Mother of Father's Day":

Southern California Genealogical Society's 2010 Jamboree: Day Four (Sunday)

Sunday was the last official day of Jamboree, and everyone was encouraged to wear their favorite Hawaiian shirt. I slept in, ate a late brunch, and arrived at the Marriott in time for the last two sessions of the day. I had a hard time deciding between classes, since I wanted to take both Louise St. Denis' "Are Your Ancestors Lost in Canada?" and Arlene Eakle's "Tracing a Southern Pedigree." I opted for the latter, but talked to Steve Danko after, who attended St. Denis' lecture and said it was very good (sigh). Hopefully that lecture was recorded! I did enjoy Eakle's lecture and tweeted my notes under the #scgs10 hashtag.

Next, I slipped in to Lisa Lee's session right before it began. She was doing her presentation on "City Directories - Full of Hidden Information." Back in July 2009, she featured my Online Historical Directories as the Website of the Month at Got Genealogy? I quickly introduced myself and after warmly welcoming me with a hug, gave me permission to hand out my Moo cards to her audience with the URLs of my Online Historical Directories and Online Historical Newspapers websites listed on them. Then it was off to the last session of the day: John T. Humphrey's "Using Church Records Effectively." His presentation was excellent indeed and made me wish all the more that I had been able to attend his Pennsylvania Land Records one. He suggested finding ministers' personal journals and records for finding records of ancestors' baptisms, marriages, and funerals...especially if they were not members of the local church, as their events would not be recorded in the regular congregational books. I thought of all the ministerial notes, diaries, and journals I've seen highlighted on the Internet Archive lately, and have been inspired to do a little church record research at that site.

After the sessions, raffle and door prizes were being drawn in the exhibit hall, but I headed to the bloggers' lounge where Susan Kitchens was pouring champagne, as promised. Many of us lingered, saying our goodbyes and snapping the last of the photos before heading out. Susan and I made plans to meet up the next day; as a longtime local resident, she knows where all THE places to see are.  Before we dispersed, Paula Hinkel walked into the bloggers' lounge and was met with cheers and applause. This woman is simply amazing, as is her co-chair, Leo Myers. Together, they coordinate and organize the Jamboree (50 speakers and 1600+ attendees) every single year! Many thanks to Paula, Leo, the Jamboree Committee, the members and volunteers of the Southern California Genealogical Society, the Burbank High School Key Club, and the Marriott staff and management for their dedication and hard work to make this such a marvelous event!

Day One
Day Two - Part I
Day Two - Part II
Day Three
Day Five