Irish Miners and Multi-Ethnic Arizona–David Rencher SESSION: W145 TRACK: Western States TITLE: Arizona Genealogical Resources from A-Z SESSION: S408 TRACK: Western States TITLE: Irish Miners Across America David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, FIGRS, is the Chief Genealogic...
Chinese Railroad Workers and Angel Island Immigrants–Grant Din SESSION: T228 TRACK: Western States TITLE: Angel Island’s Immigrants from More Than Eighty Countries and the Records They Left Behind SESSION: F302 TRACK: Chinese American TITLE: Chinese Railroad Wor...
Federal Land Records, a Rich Source–Angela Packer McGhie SESSION: W114 TRACK: Land and Maps TITLE: Researching Federal Land Records for Western States SESSION: T201 TRACK: BCG Skillbuilding TITLE: Document Analysis: Digging into the Details Angela Packer McGhie, CG...
Using DNA to Solve Complex Genealogy Problems—Karen Stanbary SESSION: T221 TRACK: BCG Skillbuilding TITLE: Follow the Trail of Records and DNA from Ireland to Oregon (1810-1860) SESSION: F345 TRACK: Methodology TITLE: A Giant Logic Puzzle: An Overview of Visual Phasing. Ka...
Focus on Assembling Research and Adhering to Standards—LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson SESSION: W111 TRACK: BCG Skillbuilding TITLE: Why Standards are for Everyone SESSION: T205 TRACK: Methodology TITLE: Assembling Research Results LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM,...
It Gets Even Better Offline–Tom Jones SESSION: W155 TRACK: Methodology TITLE: It Gets Even Better Offline Tom Jones is back with another fascinating talk. This time he will present three case studies that demonstrate how leads developed using online research led to materials not availa...
Excitement Grows as Opening Day Approaches for the NGS 2022 Family History Conference in Sacramento A Message from Jane Knowles Lindsey, NGS Local Host Society Chair My excitement is mounting as the first, live, in-person national family history conference in three years draws near! In just over...
African American and Mexican Cowboys—Janice Lovelace SESSION: W148 TRACK: Western States TITLE: Were all the Cowboys White: Finding Mexican and African American Cowboys SESSION: T252 TRACK: African American TITLE: Telling Their Stories: African American Women’s Stories...
How NGS Conferences Shaped Tom Jones as a Genealogist In early March, NGS sent out an email with excerpts from an interview with Tom Jones that nicely summarized the value of attending NGS Conferences. For those who missed it, here is the text of that email again. Tom Jones has helped so many of...
