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The following news release was received from Tom Champoux, Marketing Director, New England Historic Genealogical Society:
Click on the illustration to see it at the NEHGS website.
January 29, 2010 (Boston, MA) – Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) in Boston have uncovered family lines that link President Barack Obama with Scott Brown, the [...]

The following note was just received form Kathleen Hinckley. It looks like the Association of Professional Genealogists is looking for someone to act as a sales rep for advertising within the Quarterly. This could be a challenging and rewarding part-time job for someone. If I wasn’t so darned busy already, I’d apply myself…
APGQ is looking [...]

Registration is now open for the 41st Annual SCGS Genealogy Jamboree. I’ll be there, giving 4 lectures, and exhibiting at the Family Roots Publishing Co. booth. The Jamboree promises to be a fantastic experience this year! Following is the news release from SCGS.
It’s Time For Jamboree!!
Registration is now open for the 41st [...]

The Federation of Genealogical Societies has announced the dates and places for the 2010 and 2011 Annual Conferences. Last night I was given the location for the 2012 conference. I’ll add the dates when I get them. FGS Conferences are in August or September, so we know about when it will be…

2010: Knoxville, Tennessee - [...]

Most of you know that the National Genealogical Society Conference this year will be held here in Salt Lake City (April 28-May 1). But you may not know that the conference locations for 2011 and 2012 have also been selected. They are:

2011: Charleston, SC - May 11-14
2012: Cincinnati, OH - May 9-12

Mark your calendars!

The following news release was just received from Anastasia Tyler at Ancestry.com:
Ancestry.com and the New England Historic Genealogical Society are excited to sponsor Family History Day 2010 — Saturday, February 20, 2010, from 8 am to 4 pm. Held at Westin Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts.
Join us for a full day of:

6 fantastic classes [...]

A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Lynchburg against the Bedford Museum over the sale of cemetery records has drawn in principals from the two largest law firms west of Richmond.
Representatives of the Bedford Genealogical Society, Inc. sued the museum in November. They claim the museum has misrepresented itself as the owner of the [...]

UPDATES - See the links at the end of this blog…
Melting snow and rain on the roof of the Iowa Genealogical Society building, during the first major blizzard of the winter, has caused a roof collapse. A month ago, the December 2009 eNews had a section dealing with the need for roof repairs, and a [...]

UPDATE: 12-31-09: 12 pm MST - The NGS website issues have now been resolved. The following was just received:
The NGS website technical issues have been resolved and access to the Members Only Section has now been restored.
The following was just received from NGS:
The NGS website is experiencing technical difficulties due to a network outage [...]

If you have New Jersey ancestors, you may want to get a copy of “Research in New Jersey,” written for the NGS Research in the States” series by Claire Keenan Agthe. The following is excerpted from the December 16, 2009 “What’s New at the National Genealogical Society?”
Just in time for Christmas, the latest NGS Research [...]

The Iowa Genealogical Society’s winter hours for the group’s research library, effective Nov. 30, will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The library will be closed on Sundays.
During the holiday season, the library will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday in [...]

The National Genealogical Society announces the release of Paths to Your Past, a twelve-minute video documentary available online (www.ngsgenealogy.org) and on DVD, in which noted genealogists and family researchers tell why they are passionate about researching their family history.
Paths to Your Past was produced by award-winning cinematographer Allen Moore at the NGS Family History [...]

WESTMINSTER, Colo., November 13 – Laura G. Prescott of Brookline, New Hampshire, has been elected president of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the world’s leading professional organization of family history and related professionals. Prescott is genealogist for the Nickerson Family Association and a consultant for Footnote.com. She will succeed Jake Gehring [...]

The following excerpt is from an article about the renovation of the McCain House, which houses the Armstrong County, Pennsylvania’s Historical Museum.

The McCain House, home of the Armstrong County Historical Museum, is getting an overhaul so it can keep on telling the story of Armstrong County’s history.
The three-story museum building’s antiques and delicate artifacts were [...]

I was pleased to run across the announcement of a new publication from NEHGS this morning. It seems that they are producing a new annual journal with emphasis on New York State and out-migrations from New England. Having heavy New York ancestry, I’m looking forward to the publication. The society is also looking for good [...]