I was asked to forward the following announcement to the list, about a genealogy conference in Florida: >Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 11:35:19 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) >To: <ARWOODRU-admin@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Genealogy Conference >Reply-To: "Pam Cooper" <pamcooper@bellsouth.net> > >It has been 12 years since there was a national genealogy conference in the >Southeast. We want to make sure that everyone knows about it. If you >have any questions feel free to contact us. Everyone who works on this >conference are volunteers. Your support will be appreciated. Thank you. > >Countdown to Discovery - A World of Hidden Treasures >Have you ever been to a genealogy conference? > >Genealogy is a continuing education and learning about documents and >resources often takes us to places that we never dreamed could be helpful to > us. Now, in the heart of Florida and close to Walt Disney World, there is a >place where genealogists from all over the country, Great Britain and Europe >will be attending the Federation of Genealogical Society Conference, hosted >by the Florida State Genealogical Society. > >Why Should you attend? >1) Over 200 LECTURES on a variety of topics and over 95 top-of-the line >SPEAKERS. Track descriptions are as follows: > >Charting a Course to the Old World (British Isles & Europe) >Exploration in the New World (United States & Canada) >Riches in the First Colony (Focus on Florida) >Diverse Voyagers (Ethnic & Religious Research) >Tools for Successful Navigation (Skills & Strategies) >A Wealth of Hidden Treasures (Records Research) >Just Over the Horizon (Technology & the Internet)! > >For more detailed information about each lecture, visit >http://www.fgs.org > >2) A TREASURE HUNT is currently in progress. You can win grand prizes >such as free conference registration, room nights at hotels in Salt Lake >City, tuition at the Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research in >Birmingham, Alabama, registration and boarding at a conference in >England and so much more. Check the latest issue of the FGS FORUM for >more details about the great Treasure Hunt or the above web site. > >You can also learn more about the conference and the treasure hunts if you >subscribe to the E-zine.To subscribe to the E-zine, send an email >message (no text or subject is necessary) to >fgs2003-announce-on@lists.csc.cc.il.us>. >You will receive a confirmation message to which you must reply within 24 >hours. > >3) Over 100 VENDORS or 150 booths will be in the exhibit hall. See a >list of our current exhibitors at >http://www.fgs.org/2003conf/conf-exhibitors.asp > >4) All under ONE ROOF. The complete conference and your hotel room are >in one building. There is no need to walk outside in the heat or rain. >All food functions and restaurants are also located in the same >building. Hotel rooms are huge and you can register up to four people >for one price. > >5) Fun for the FAMILY. SeaWorld is right across the street from the >conference hotel. Visit Walt Disney World, which includes the Magic >Kingdom, EPCOT, Animal Kingdom, and Disney-MGM Studios, as well as >Universal Studios, Kennedy Space Center, and many, many other wonderful >places! > >6) SOCIETIES CAN WIN $200 worth of genealogy books from Betterway Books. If >you advertise the conference in your newsletter, send us a copy and we will >add it to the drawing to be held at the conference. We have made it very >simple for you. Use the media kit at >http://www.fgs.org/2003conf/conf-media.htm > >Hurry, the EARLY CONFERENCE registration deadline for the lower price is >July 15th. > >HOTEL registration deadline is August 4th. 1-800-327-6677; 407-351-5555 > >Jim and Pam Cooper >FGS/FSGS 2003 National Conference Co-Chairs > >Countdown to Discovery - A World of Hidden Treasures >3-6 September 2003, Orlando, Florida >http://www.fgs.org or http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/ >P. O. Box 7066, Vero Beach, FL 32961-7066