Josh Taylor will be the featured speaker at the Johnson County Genealogy Society 2013 Annual Seminar, to be held Saturday October 26, 2013 from 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event will be at the Ritz Charles Event Center, 9000 West 137th Street, Overland Park, KS 66221. For further information, click on this link or [...]
Presentation proposals for RootsTech 2014 will be accepted June 17-July 8, 2013, online at rootstech.org/proposals. RootsTech is a family history and technology conference “where families connect.” The fourth annual conference, hosted by FamilySearch, will be held February 6-8, 2014, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. RootsTech brings together the best [...]
Bev and Lew Palmer are hanging out in NGS Exhibit Hall booth #112. They own a unique business called “Fun Stuff of Genealogists.” They have “stuff” that genealogists can use. I walked through their booth and made note of the following items: T-shirts Magnifiers Archival pens, pencils, and markers Acid-Free adhesives Bumper stickers Daily Journals [...]
As a long-term exhibitor at NGS Conferences (my first time was 1985 in Salt Lake City with Heritage Quest), I always wonder how the Tuesday set-up day is going to work out. We typically start moving product into the exhibit hall about 9 am or so – and usually have to be out of the [...]
I attended my first conference sponsored by the Federation of Genealogical Societies in 1984. It was held in Denver, Colorado, and in some ways changed my life. I had just graduated with an AA degree in humanities from Green River Community College, and had been accepted at the University of Washington for the Fall quarter. [...]
The following was received from NGS today, and I’m passing it along to my readers: Register within the week for the NGS 2013 Family History Conference and to select any meals or pre-conference events or tours you plan to attend. Pre-registration ends on Monday, 22 April 2013, which includes meals and tours sales. On-site conference [...]
The following was received from Carolyn Davis for the Dallas Genealogical Society: April 8, 2013, Dallas, TX – The Dallas Genealogical Society (DGS) announces that Pamela Boyer Sayre and Richard Sayre will be the keynote speakers at the DGS 2013 Summer Institute on Friday and Saturday, August 2-3, 2013, at the Dallas Public Library, in [...]
The following press release is from Sandra M. Hewlett CG: WESTMINSTER, Colo., 3 April 2013 — The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History announces the courses for the 13th annual British Institute, to be held 7–11 October in Salt Lake City at the Radisson Downtown, located two blocks from the Family History Library. [...]
The following is from NGS: Get the most from your NGS 2013 Family History Conference experience by downloading our new and improved mobile app. Use the NGS app to help you make the most of your trip to Las Vegas before, during and after the conference. The NGS 2013 Family History Conference app is completely [...]
I got an email this morning saying that pre-registration for the 2013 National Genealogical Society Family History Conference was closing today. But -it seems that there are still two more weeks to get registered. I received the following notice several hours after the first. Stuff happens… The NGS e-marketing system sent the wrong notice out [...]
The following news release was received from Tina Lyons and Thomas MacEntee: April 8, 2013 – Genealogy bloggers, societies, writers and editors are invited to participate in the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2013 Conference by becoming FGS 2013 Ambassadors. Ambassadors help to spread information about the FGS 2013 Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana, August 21-24, [...]
The following is from the National Genealogical Society: ARLINGTON, VA, 27 March 2013: Speakers as well as organizations interested in sponsoring lectures or tracks are invited to submit lecture proposals by 1 April 2013 for the NGS 2014 Family History Conference, Virginia: The First Frontier, to be held 7–10 May 2014 in Richmond, Virginia. Building [...]
We’re back home and recuperating from an exciting RootsTech Conference. I spent the entire conference in the exhibit hall, of course. The Family Roots Publishing booth was often packed and overflowing. Considering that books have been rumored to be an extinct species, we certainly helped out a lot of folks in search of them! RootsTech [...]
ARLINGTON, VA, 18 March 2013: The NGS 2013 Family History Conference will be held 8–11 May 2013 at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (LVH), Las Vegas, Nevada. The early bird registration discount ends tomorrow, Tuesday, 19 March 2013. In addition to enjoying a $35 discount, only early birds have the opportunity to order a [...]
The following anncouncement is from the NARA Press site. Learn from the experts about preservation and how to care for your personal treasures! Washington, DC…On Thursday, March 14, from 11AM–2PM, the National Archives hosts Preservation EXPOsed! Learn how to care for your personal treasures at the preservation fair, hear lectures on preservation projects at the [...]
