Bill Balter - Tour Staff

Photographer Extraodinaire

Bill is not a professional genealogist, and considers himself to be a family researcher only. He began attending the Christmas Tour in 1992 fully expecting to find nothing he didn't already know. To his amazement and with the help of an attendee, he discovered a new branch of the family! Because of the friendliness of the staff and attendees on the Tour, he came back as an attendee in 1994, 1996 and from 2000 on, to assist more than do research.

Bill's areas of interest are digital photography & family photos. He currently has over 3,600 family photos from 1906 to the present scanned and cataloged in his laptop. He began teaching classes on scanning in 2001. Since then he has taught classes on scanning, passenger list research and conducted an evening tour taking photos of the Christmas lights in Temple Square. Bill brings his digital camera, scanner and laptop to Salt Lake City and encourages anyone who may be interested in scanning to bring some challenging photos to see how they can be converted to graphics. During the week you will see him at the Library taking photos that he turns into a CD of the Tour highlights.

Bill will be at the airport, on the fly-in Sunday, greeting attendees.