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Presenter Daniel Horowitz With billions of records at your disposal, where do you even begin? The MyHeritage Search Engine is a state-of-the-art tool that can help you search for information about your relatives online. In a matter of seconds, it can search across billions of XXX historical records to pinpoint the ones most relevant to your research. Its advanced algorithms can identify spelling and phonetic variations, understand nicknames, and handle synonyms and ethnic variations. Daniel will show you how to use the MyHeritage Search Engine to find information about your relatives quickly and efficiently.

Daniel Horowitz is the Genealogy Expert at MyHeritage, providing key contributions liaising with genealogy societies, bloggers and media, as well as lecturing, and attending conferences around the world. Dedicated to Genealogy since 1986, he was the teacher and the study guide editor of the family history project "Searching for My Roots" in Venezuela for 15 years. Daniel is involved in several crowdsource digitization and transcription projects and holds a board level position at the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA).

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Presenter David Muhlena Learn how to trace your family’s Czech and/or Slovak roots and learn about the fascinating history of Czech immigration and cultural life in Iowa, from early settlement to modern day life. Hear the story of Czech immigrations to Iowa and how much they have in common with contemporary immigration in the United States and learn about valuable resources and ideas for making your genealogy search fulfilling and successful. 

Dave Muhlena is the Library Director of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  He looks forward to helping individuals find information about their family history or who have questions about Czech and Slovak history and culture.