Starting today, you can book your room at the Springfield Hilton as you make plans to attend “Pathways to the Heartland” – the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2011 Annual Conference in Springfield, Illinois from September 7 – 10, 2011. Online: use the following link to ensure you are booking online at the FGS conference rate: […]
FGS 2010 welcomed more than 1800 participants throughout the week’s activities. Participants included more than 1000 conference registrants, 169 librarians, and nearly 100 volunteers. We were also joined by 500 eager beginning genealogists during Saturday’s Ancestry.com events. Others included 102 registrants at the Association of Professional Genealogists Professional Management Conference and countless area residents who […]
You read that correctly! Today, Sunday, 8 August 2010 at midnight is when online registration for the 2010 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference closes down. The same is true for registrations by regular mail. This also includes registration for special events, luncheons, and the land workshops. Click here to register today. You may also view […]
The 2010 edition of the annual four day genealogy conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies begins in just 16 days in Knoxville, Tennessee. There are sessions for family historians of all levels of knowledge and with ancestors from just about anywhere. You might even find a distant cousin among the many conference registrants. Online […]
Just three weeks (or 3 weeks if you like the numbers better) or twenty one (21) days from today is the start of the FGS Conference for the Nation’s Genealogists in Knoxville, Tennessee. The event takes place from August 18-21 at the Knoxville Convention Center. I am excited about this event because it has truly […]
If you haven’t checked the FGS Conference News Blog lately, you have missed some important and exciting updates about the August 18-21 four day conference being held in Knoxville, Tennessee. Everyone is welcome to attend and the lectures and vendors offer something for all levels of interest. Hotel availability status Big door prizes to be […]
As promised, an additional hotel has been added for the conference in Knoxville. It is just a few blocks from the Knoxville Convention Center and is on the free trolley line. The hotel is the Crown Plaza Knoxville. Check the FGS Conference News Blog for full details and contact information. Don’t forget that you must […]
Pat Oxley reports that both Federation of Genealogical Societies 2010 Conference hotels (Hilton and Holiday Inn) are now full. Pat is working on adding additional hotels in the area. I will keep you posted here and on the FGS Conference News Blog.
Breaking News from the Federation of Genealogical Societies. I am so excited about this as his schedule is so full but he is taking time to meet with genealogists. atch the FGS Conference News Blog for more breaking news in the next few weeks. “FGS is pleased to announce that the Archivist of the United […]
Did you attend the NGS Conference in Salt Lake City earlier this month or wish you had after hearing about the great lectures, special events, luncheons, and Exhibit Hall? There’s another chance to attend a large genealogy event that will revitalize your research, teach you new techniques, tell about the growing software applications, surround you […]