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NGS presented several awards at the Opening Session of the 2019 Family History Conference to honor local volunteer leadership and recognize the winners of the NGS Newsletter Competition. The Award of Honor was presented to the St. Louis Genealogical Society, Kay Weber, president, in recognition of ...
The Mobile Conference App for the National Genealogical Society (NGS) 2019 Family History Conference is now available. With thousands of family historians and genealogists attending more than 150 lectures, special programs, luncheons with guest speakers, and an expansive Family History Expo, the NG...
NGS to Live Stream Ten Lectures During its Family History Conference in May The National Genealogical Society will live stream ten lectures by nationally recognized speakers on some of the most popular topics in the field of genealogy during its 2019 Family History Conference. On Thursday, 09 May,...
Time is running out for speakers—as well as organizations interested in sponsoring lectures—to submit lecture proposals for the National Genealogical Society 2020 Family History Conference. Echoes of Our Ancestors, will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, 20‒23 May 2020. All proposals must be sub...
NGS will open registration on 6 December, Thursday, at 10:00 a.m. ET for the National Genealogical Society’s forty-first annual Family History Conference, Journey of Discovery, which will be held 8–11 May 2019 at the St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, Missouri. Conference Website NGS ...
The 2019 Family History Conference program is now available online and as a downloadable sixteen-page conference brochure. This year’s program, Journey of Discovery, features lecture tracks and topics including African American, English, French, German, Irish, and Scottish lectures. Other popular...
The four-day NGS 2019 Family History Conference promises to be a great opportunity for family historians to advance their research, hone their skills, and network with fellow genealogists. The conference will feature more than 150 unique lectures on topics such as census, court, immigration, land, ...
At the NGS 2018 Family History Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the National Genealogical Society (NGS) presented awards that acknowledge and honor genealogical scholarship and service during the final evening’s banquet. Among them were the award recipients of the highly regarded Family Hist...
NGS Announces Two New Online Courses: African American Roots: A Historical Perspective and Federal Land Records African American Roots: A Historical Perspective introduces you to the uniqueness of searching for African American ancestors. A mixture of history and genealogy, it discusses the role...
Good News! NGS will release three Research in States guide books at its 2018 Family History Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2-5 May 2018. The latest books in this series are Research in Massachusetts, Research in Michigan (revised and updated), and Research in Rhode Island. These ...
