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Nine Lectures on African American Genealogy A total of nine lectures on African American genealogy are included in this year’s conference. There is a complete list below. There is a strong emphasis on early African Americans in California and the West.  Janice Lovelace is giving three talks ...

February 22, 2022 by Roger Prince

Don’t Forget Tuesday When You Register for the Conference! NGS continues to expand programs for its genealogy society, library, archive, and museum members following the merger in 2020 with the Federation of Genealogical Societies. In 2021, NGS introduced the Focus on Soci...

February 17, 2022 by Roger Prince

DNA Methodology, Tools and Techniques There are ten talks in the DNA Track, three by Diahan Southard, two by Pam Ricciardi Paschke, and one each by Diana Elder, AG, Alec Ferretti, MLS and Michael D. Lacopo, DVM.  The additional two talks are by DNA test vendors Ancestry and Familytree DNA. Southar...

February 17, 2022 by Roger Prince

Nearly Half of Conference Talks Cover Core Skills and Records The NGS 2022 Family History Conference will again feature four days of premier genealogical education consisting of 165 lectures to choose from. At the core of the conference program are lectures on genealogical methods, tips, techniques...

February 15, 2022 by Roger Prince

2022 SLAM! Submissions Due March 15th The SLAM! Idea Showcase is in its second year in 2022 and the call for posts and videos is out now.  Societies, libraries, archives and museums (SLAM) are encouraged to enter submissions through March 15th for this year’s event. This ye...

February 9, 2022 by Roger Prince

The Chinese Who Built America’s Transcontinental Railroad – Gordon H. Chang   SESSION: Keynote Speaker Dr. Gordon Chang is a fourth generation American who grew up in Oakland, California.  He has devoted much of his professional career to studying the Asian-American experience in the Uni...

February 7, 2022 by Roger Prince

SAFE Convention Center Completely Renovated in 2021 If you are going to travel to attend a conference, you want the venue to be worth the visit.  The Sacramento convention center recently completed  a major renovation that took two and a half years to complete at a cost of $1...

February 6, 2022 by Roger Prince

California Research Series Classes – Recordings (Free) Now Available! As mentioned in an earlier blog, the California Genealogical Society (CGS) has organized presentations by archivists and librarians from six of the top genealogical resource facilities in the Sacramento...

February 6, 2022 by Roger Prince

Sacramento 2022 Conference Registration is Now Open Online registration for the NGS 2022 Family History Conference, 24-28 May, is now available. If you wish to mail in your registration, print out the registration form from the Program & Registration Brochure. You can also r...

January 19, 2022 by Roger Prince

Sacramento 2022 Program is Now Available! The program for the National Genealogical Society’s 2022 Family History Conference is now available online as a downloadable brochure. This year’s conference, to be held 24-28 May 2022 in Sacramento, California, is our first to offer both an in-pe...

January 10, 2022 by Roger Prince