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The following listing was received from Kathleen W. Hinckley, CG, Executive Director of APG and is a schedule of the Association of Professional Genealogists events to be held at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference next week in Springfield, Illinois. Continue reading Events for Professional Genealogists at the FGS Conference in Springfield
The following news release was received from Thomas MacEntee: Offers Easy Access to FGS Services Including Radio, Blog and Webinars August 15, 2011 – Austin, TX. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announces the debut of its free mobile application Continue reading Federation of Genealogical Societies DEBUTS NEW MOBILE APP
The following excerpt is from the August 12, 2011 edition of the Star Courier. Toulon, Illinois – 3,000 pamphlets were sent from the Toulon Post Office this week to Stark County residents, seeking information for the new Stark County History Continue reading Stark County, Illinois History Book in Process
The following excerpt is from the August 13, 2011 edition of the Gazette. Tim Blevins, mild-mannered and bespectacled, spends much of his time looking for lost people, ferreting out obscure clues about them and sometimes finding them across oceans or Continue reading Tim Blevins – Award Winning Special Collections Librarian of the Pikes Peak Library District
The following excerpt is from Joan Griffis’ column in the August 14, 2011 edition of Commerical-News. Anyone who has an ancestor who had been living in Illinois prior to 1881 is eligible to apply to the Illinois State Genealogical Society Continue reading The Illinois Prairie Pioneer Certificates
COURT HOUSE – Cape May County Freeholder M. Susan Sheppard announced that the Cape May County Historical & Genealogical Society has been awarded a General Operating Support Grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of Continue reading Cape May County (New Jersey) Historical & Genealogical Society Receives Grant
The following news release was received from Allison Ryall at the National Genealogical Society: Arlington,VA, 5 August 2011: The National Genealogical Society has released three videos for the month of August, all produced by Kate Geis and Allen Moore. Available Continue reading National Genealogical Society August Video Releases
The following news release was received from the National Genealogical Society: The National Genealogical Society proudly announces the release of an online presentation about the NGS Book Loan Collection presented by St. Louis County Reference Specialist, Ruth Ann Hager, cg, Continue reading National Genealogical Society Book Loan Collection Video Online
The following news release was written by NGS staff: The National Genealogical Society (NGS) announces two staff appointments: Erin Wood as Conference Manager and Gayathri Kher as IT System Manager. In her new position as Conference Manager, Erin Wood will Continue reading The National Genealogical Society Announces New Staff Appointments
Yes – we’re in Burbank, California, attending the annual SCGS Jamboree, which Steve and I did for the first time in 1986 – so this is the 25th anniversary of our first attendance and exhibiting here. Since then, the Jamboree Continue reading The SCGS Jamboree is off and running!
I just received the following information from Erin Wood at NGS: The National Genealogical Society is pleased to announce attendance of 2,270 at the NGS 2011 Family History Conference held in Charleston, South Carolina, 11-14 May. Over 1,500 people purchased Continue reading Stats for the NGS Conference in Charleston, South Carolina
The following excerpt is from an AP article posted May 20, 2011 at MLive.com: A decades-long quest to reconstruct thousands of missing burial records at a Detroit cemetery is nearing its end. The Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan tackled the Continue reading Detroit’s Sacred Heart of St. Mary Cemetery’s Burial Records Nearing End of Their Reconstruction
The Utah Genealogical Association has a new look to their website. I think it’s pretty cool. I also note that Salt Lake Institute registration is set to open on June 4. So join us in Salt Lake City next January. Continue reading Utah Genealogical Association Website Gets an Upgrade
After 12 days of travel and exhibiting, Dale, Tara, and I are finally home, and more or less settled into our normal schedule again. It took us five days to drive to Charleston, South Carolina and set up for the Continue reading Back Home in Bountiful & Other Stuff
After driving 2300 miles during the last four days, Dale, Tara and I have arrived in Charleston, South Carolina. We’re here to attend and exhibit at the National Genealogical Society’s annual conference. We begin setting up the Family Roots Publishing Continue reading We’re in Charleston, South Carolina