The U.S. National Genealogical Society is holding its annual "Conference in the States" this week in Raleigh, North Carolina. If you can be in Raleigh for one day or more, you will enjoy this event. It starts on Wednesday, May 13, and continues through Saturday, May 16.
This year's event will feature more than 160 educational sessions and workshops conducted by many of the top names in family history research from North Carolina and around the nation. The variety of topics—from beginner workshops, to understanding and using DNA testing for family history, to finding resources for Native American, African-American, Scots- Irish, and other ethnic groups, to complex problem-solving, and more—provide tools for everyone from the merely curious to those who aspire to become credentialed or professional genealogists.
You can read more about this major conference at: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/conference_venue.
I expect to be at the conference this week, accompanied by Pamela Clark Cerutti. Pam edits this newsletter and she is also well-known as the editor of UpFront, the NGS e-newsletter. Pam and I hope to meet as many newsletter readers as possible.
At any genealogy conference, my favorite place is the Exhibit Hall. This time I expect to spend a lot of time in the Footnote booth. Footnote is a sponsor of this newsletter and will be holding forth in booths 216 and 218. I will be there much of the time to both help demonstrate Footnote and to meet newsletter readers. Please stop by to say "Hello."
By the way, the Footnote folks are promising some "special pricing" just for those who sign up at the conference. I don't know the details but have been told that it is probably the most aggressive price the company has ever offered. You may have to ask about it, however. I don't think it is being advertised. Just ask!
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