Archive for the ‘General’ category
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...
The Legal Genealogist Will Give Four Talks at Sacramento—Judy Russell SESSION: W117 TRACK: Records and Repositories TITLE: Las Leyes de California: Spanish Colonial Laws and the Records They Produced SESSION: T251 TRACK: BCG Skillbuilding TITLE: Marg...
Tools to Help with the 1950 Census….and More—Stephen P. Morse SESSION: S427 TRACK: Records and Repositories TITLE: Getting Ready for the 1950 Census: Searching With and Without a Name Index There is much excitement about the release of the 1950 census on April 1st this year. So...
by Matthew Berry, CG, NGS Sacramento Conference Chair Matthew Berry, CG One of the things I liked best the first time I attended a National Genealogical Society Family History Conference was the opportunity to talk about genealogy with other people who understood my passion for family history. They ...
By Matthew Berry, CG, NGS Sacramento Conference Chair On Friday, 18 March, the NGS 2022 Family History Conference planning team met at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento. We wanted to finalize some of the details that go into planning a meeting of this size. After touring the f...
