The Illinois Family History Expo is Less Than 2 Weeks Off!


The Family History Expo, to be held in Springfield, Illinois is less than two weeks away. It will be at the Crowne Plaza Springfield, 3000 South Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, Illinois 62703 on Friday and Saturday, August 3 and 4, 2012. It starts at 1pm on Friday – and ends at 4:40 pm on Saturday.

As usual, Family Roots Publishing Company wil be exhibiting witth a tremendous line-up of books, supplies – and yes, Flip-Pal mobile scanners. Dale will also be speaking on how to use the Flip-Pal in your genealogy research.

The opening keynote address will be given by Bernard E. Gracy, Jr.: External CTO and VP Business Development, Volly at Pitney Bowes. Bernie has a BS, MS in Computer Science, an MS in E-Commerce, and is a Fortune 500 executive who is also an accomplished amateur genealogist!

Registration can be done online – or at the door. However, online registration can save attendees a lot of money, so I recommend that you register now! Fees are as follows:

  • Registration Fee – $69
  • Friday Only – $59
  • Saturday Only – $59
  • At the Door – $99

Click here to see the Conference Agenda.

Click here to see a listing of the speakers and their bios.

Click here to see the Illinois 2012 Family History Expos website as a whole.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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