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On the Ho izon
at the Kansas State History Center,
6425 SW Sixth St. For more information,
see: www.tgstopeka.org/
conference.html.
April 25, 2009—
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Sponsored by the Lancaster Mennonite
Historical Society and
the Lancaster County Historical
Society, the 2009 Lancaster Family
History Conference will take
place at the Eden Resort Inn. The
theme of the conference is Roots
on the Move! Stories of Immigration.
The keynote speaker will be
Barry Moreno, director of Ellis
Island Memorial Library. Immigration
will be the topic of the keynote
lecture. He will also present
classes on: “Stories from Ellis Island,”
“Women and Immigration,”
and “Children and Immigration.”
On Friday April 24, there will be
a special motor coach tour to Ellis
Island.
April 25, 2009—
Aberdeen, Scotland
The Aberdeen & NE Scotland
Family History Society will be
hosting the 20th Annual conference
of the Scottish Association of
Family History Societies. It will be
held at Kings’ College Conference
Centre in historic Old Aberdeen.
For more information, see: www.
scothist.org.
April 25-26, 2009—
Kelowna, British Columbia,
Canada
The Kelowna and District Family
History Society will sponsor a
seminar featuring Rick and Sandra
Roberts. For more information,
see: www.rootsweb.ancestry.
com/~bckdgs/.
April 26, 2009—
Waltham, Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Genealogical
Council is sponsoring their
annual seminar. The speakers
are sponsored by NEHGS of
Boston. Lecturers include Michael
LeClerc, speaking on “Online
Resources for New England
Research.” Josh Taylor of NEHGS
will give two presentations on
“Essential Tools for Genealogists:
What to Buy and How to Buy It!”
and “Genealogical Networking in
Today’s World.” Ann S. Lainhart
will give two lectures on “State
Census Records” and “Massachusetts
Institutional Records
at the State Archives.” The program
includes specialized topics
such as “Researching Parish Records
in Portugal” and “Recovering
the Lost History of Annie
Londonderry: An Idiosyncratic
Search for the World’s First Female
Sports Star.” Additionally,
there will be two lectures from
New England History Festival
founder John Horrigan, including
“Great American Fires of the
19th Century” and “Winters of
the Revolution.” For more information,
email: mbrophy@brophy
gen.com.
May 2, 2009—
St. Louis, Missouri
The St. Louis Genealogical Society
is sponsoring their annual
Family History Conference, to
be held at the Maryland Heights
Community Centre. The featured
speaker will be David Rencher
AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA, Director
of Records and Information Division,
Family and Church History
Department of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
This organization has taken on
the project to convert the Church’s
vast collection of microfilmed
records into indexed digital images,
which will then be made
available on the Internet. David’s
current assignment promises to
transform the way genealogists
access original documents pertaining
to their family history research.
For more information on
the conference, see: www.stlgs.
org/fair.htm.
May 3, 2009—
London, England
Fair Promotions, Ltd, in cooperation
with Family History Societies
and related groups will hold their
event at the Barbican Exhibition
Centre. For more information, see:
www.thefhevent.com.
May 13-19, 2009—
Raleigh, North Carolina
The National Genealogical Society
is sponsoring their annual conference
to be held in Raleigh, North
Carolina. The conference hotel is
the Raleigh Marriott City Center,
501 Fayetteville St., Raleigh,
NC 27601. For more information,
see: www.ngsgenealogy.org/
Conferences/2009/.
May 16, 2009—
Seattle, Washington
The Seattle Genealogical Society
is sponsoring their annual Spring
Seminar, with John Philip Colletta
as their featured speaker. For more
information, see: www.rootsweb.
ancestry.com/~waseags/.
May 29-31, 2009—
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
The Ontario Genealogical Society
will sponsor their annual conference,
entitled “From the Printed
Page to the Digital Age.” Kory
Meyerink will be the featured
speaker. For more information,
see: www.ogs.on.ca.
June 5-6, 2009—
Marshall, Arkansas
The Searcy County (AR) Historical
Society is sponsoring the
Twentieth Annual North Arkansas
Ancestor Fair at the E H
Building, County Fairgrounds.
Friday (9:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.): Arkansas
History Commission Staff
present programs on: Baptist Records;
land platting & legal descriptions;
using newspapers in
genealogical research; gleaning
information from photographs.
Friday evening (6:30 p.m.): Mixer-
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