Collaboration, Production and Data Clustering Technologies
Session Chair – David Embley, Brigham Young University

Collaborative Research Assistant
John Finlay, Christopher Stolworthy, and Daniel Parker

Moving Production In House
Jeri Jump

A Cross Cultural Comparison of Four Generations of American, Brazilian, French, and German Male and Female First Names Categorized According to Gender, Decade of Birth and Geo-Location of Birth
Michael Jenkins, Tristan Roney, James Wuehler, Scott Irwin, Beate Kehl, Jessica Hancock, Leslie Koenen, Deryle Lonsdale, Matthew Spackman, and Bruce Brown

Demo Fast-Forward Session
Session Chair – Randy Wilson, Church & Family History Department

External Media Viewers, Bradley Mecham
FamilyFinder , Bill Mangum
FamilySearch Labs, Dan Lawyer
Generation Maps, Janet Hovorka
New FamilySearch, Tim Cross
Genesis System, Hilton Campbell

Record Search and Extraction
Session Chair – Heath Nielson, Church & Family History Department

Thresholding of Text Documents Using Recursion of The Otsu Algorithm
Oliver A. Nina and William A. Barrett

A Metric-based, Machine Learning Approach to Genealogical Record Linkage
Steve Ivie, Graham Henry, Haven Gatrell, and Christophe Giraud-Carrier

Progress with Searchable Indexes for Handwritten Documents
Douglas J. Kennard and William A. Barrett

Data Storage
Session Chair – William Barrett, Brigham Young University

Selecting a Proper Storage Device
Anne Roach

Digital Data Preservation: The Millennium CD and Graceful Degradation
Barry M. Lunt, Ryan Sydenham, Feng Zhang, and Matthew R. Linford

An Open Source Grid Storage Controller for Genealogy Storage
Mikael Ronström

Emerging Web-Based Technologies for Viewing and Sharing Genealogical Data
Session Chair – Mikael Ronström, iClaustron AB

A Highly Interactive Pedigree Viewer
Joe Martel, Jason Butterfield, Grant Skousen, Dan Lawyer, and Judy Rice

The Rise of a New Software Category: Web-enabled Personal Genealogy Databases
Gary Hoffmann, Darrin Lythgoe, John Finlay, and Matt Garner