I got a note today from NEHGS’s Tom Champoux about the success of the “Family History Day” in Boston, sponsored by the New England Historic 
Genealogical Society and Ancestry.com. The event was held Saturday, Feb 20th at the Westin Copley Place Hotel and brought in more than 700 people from all across New England and New York.
Registrants had opportunities to attend lectures by both Ancestry.com and NEHGS staffers. They were also invited to bring in family papers, documents, and photographs for free scanning into electronic format by Ancestry.com. Ancestry states that they scanned more than 2,000 documents and photos for about 125 people. This breaks Ancestry’s all-time record for one day of scanning.
Registrants also had an opportunity to sign up for 15-minute, 1-on-1 consultations with expert genealogists from NEHGS and the Association of 
Professional Genealogists – New England Chapter. Over 500 consultations were given by more than 30 professional genealogists.
Tom also noted that ” …we organized the entire event in mid-December, giving us about 2 months of planning time to pick a venue and create the day’s events. Ancestry was incredibly pleased that we were able to help bring 700+ people to the hotel for the day. It should be worth noting that we had another 300 people on a wait-list, and the hotel receive more than 150 additional phone calls from people wanting to register.” I’ve been hearing for some time that the event was “sold out.” It’s nice to see the hobby of genealogy getting this kind of reception. 
