David E. Rencher, a noted historian, genealogist and author from Salt Lake City, Utah, has agreed to present the keynote address at the fourth Land Records and Genealogy Symposium in Beatrice this summer.
The symposium, co-sponsored by Southeast Community College-Beatrice Campus and Homestead National Monument of America, will take place Friday and Saturday, July 13-14, at the Truman Center facility on the Beatrice campus of SCC.
His address will be titled “Genealogy in the Information Age and the Impact of New Tools.” He will speak after lunch on the event's first day.
Rencher is director of the Records and Information Division of the Mormon Family and Church History Department at the Center for Family History in Salt Lake City. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in family and local history from Brigham Young University and holds the titles of Accredited Genealogist and Certified Genealogist. He is a past president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the Utah Genealogical Association. He is currently a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association, and is nationally renowned as an expert on numerous areas of genealogical research and is widely published.
Those interested in attending the Land Records and Genealogy Symposium should contact Kelly Morgan at SCC-Beatrice at 402-228-8244 or kmorgan@southeast.edu. Questions about speakers or the program may be directed to Todd Arrington at Homestead National Monument at 402-223-3514 or todd_arrington@nps.gov.