19-22 May 2004 ---- Sacramento, California National Genealogical Society Conference in the States REGISTER Today! http://www.eshow2000.com/ngs Hello all - Rumors have been flying about the upcoming National Genealogical Society conference in Sacramento---just 21 days away. It came to our attention this week that some Californians are waiting to register because they have heard that the conference might be cancelled. That is not at all the case. Please rest assured that the NGS Conference in the States is ready and rarin' to go! Registration is over 900 now and going up every day. If you have been waiting to register because of concerns over the conference, please put your worries aside. Everyone behind the scenes is working full tilt to put on a wonderful conference in the heart of California's gold country. Here is a quick rundown of the program you can look forward to: ---Assumptions in Genealogical Research: Your Own Worst Enemy ---California Gold Rush ---Westward Ho! But How? ---Documents and Books on the Web ---Three Females 10-16...Making Sense of Pre-1850 Censuses ---Reading Early American Handwriting ---NEHGS Luncheon: "New England Online: Tracing Your Ancestors Using Newenglandancestors.org" ---Sacramento German Genealogy Society Luncheon ---Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Luncheon ---Digital Imaging (Added Workshop) ---Where History Lives: Preservation and Genealogy ---Did Your Ancestors Siblings Take YOUR Family Papers to California? ---Mapping Software Tracks Migration ---Coincoin of Cane River: Breathing Life into "Forgotten" Women ---Federal Census Records: Going beyond the Population Schedules ---The Master Genealogist (Beginner) ---Accessing Records in Eastern Europe ---Using California Records to find Southern U.S. Ancestors ... ---Railroad Records & Railroad History: Methods for Tracking ---Westward Ho and Beyond - Genealogical Notes from One Easterner's Experience ---"The Dawn of Freedom" Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands ---Railroad Museum Reception & Gathering ---Digital Imagingspace is available in additional Workshop on Weds-go to W128 ---Recent Developments in Jewish Genealogy ---Tracking Your Genes in Genealogy: DNA Testing ---Keeping up with the Neighbors - Learning about Your Ancestors from People They Knew ---Research Techniques Using Anthropology, Geography, History, and Political Science ---Before They Crossed the Pond - English Sources for Locating Emigrant Ancestors ---Finding German Ancestors Using Church Records in Germany and the U.S. ---Basic Union and Confederate Military Records in the National Archives ---Board for Certification of Genealogists Luncheon: "How Genealogy Hasn't Changed in Forty Years" ---Genealogical Society of Utah Luncheon ---Genealogical Speaker's Guild Luncheon ---Hands-On Land Platting Workshop ---Far From Home and Family: The Origins of California's Risk-Taking Culture ---Chinese Research: Chinese in the United States Since 1850 ---The Master Genealogist (Intermediate) ---Resolving Research Dilemmas: Case Studies in Logical Analysis and Successful Methodology ---"She Came From Nowhere": A Case Study Approach to a Difficult Virginia Problem ---In a Rut? 7 Ways to Jumpstart Your Research ---Thinking Geo-Logically: Topographical Maps & the Geographic Names Database ---Found: One Ancestral Address, The Poor Farm ---Using Vital Records and Related Sources to Trace 20th-Century Immigrant Origins ---NGS Banquet ---What Language Are They Speaking? Understanding Legalese ---Southern Colonial Land Records: Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia ---Major Resources for French Research: In France, Louisiana, and Elsewhere ---Federal Land Records: Getting a Federal Land Case File ---Documentation: A Formula for Every Day ---Deedmapper ---Before You Publish: What Every Genealogist Needs to Know About Copyright, Fair Use, and Getting Permissions ---Southern Claims Commission Records: A Source for Southern Genealogies ---The Base of English Research - The Church of England Registers ---County Land Records in Depth ---Publishing in the Age of Technology ---German Gothic Handwriting: Anyone Can Read It ---Fleshing Our Ancestral Skeletons - The Case of Helen Law of Aberdeen, Scotland ---Researching Pennsylvania Ancestors ---German Gazetteers: Necessary Tools for Successful Research ---Neighborhood Reconstruction: Using Land Records Effectively ---No Ring? No License? Are They Married? Applying the Common Law to Marriage ---Association of Professional Genealogists Luncheon ---International Society for British Genealogy & Family History Luncheon: "Those Who are But Once Were Not" ---CSGA Luncheon ---Clooz: Ancestor Detective (Beginners) ---Federal Court Records: Neglected Cache of Ancestral Information ---Clues in Missouri Migration ---Indentured Servitude as a Household Economy Strategy ---Land Records - How to Find Them in the Courthouse and on the Internet ---Timelines: A Chronology of Life Events ---The Skills for Certification: Your Questions Answered ---Clooz: Ancestor Detective (Advanced) ---When There's Not a Will There Is a Way ---There's More Than Corn in Indiana: Finding Your Hoosier Ancestor ---From Italy to America: Starting Your Italian Genealogical Research ---Ireland's Estate and Land Records ---Getting Organized: A Genealogist's Greatest Challenge ---ISFHWE Dinner ---Calculating Transatlantic Travel Times in the Colonial Period ---Oregon Genealogical Resources ---Research for Treasures in State Archives ---Extra, Extra! Your Ancestors Are in the Newspaper ---Why You Might Have Missed Your Soldier: Basic Military Records at the National Archives ---BCG Education Fund Workshop: Abstracting Records for Accuracy and Success ---With a Little Help From My Friends and a Significant Number of Strangers ---Texas Before Statehood: The Spanish, Mexican and Republic Eras ---Research Facilities in the Golden State ---I Found It Online: Separating Fact from Fiction ---Separating Fact from Blarney in Irish Oral Tradition ---The Master Genealogist (Advanced) ---A 19th-Century Case Study from Cyberspace: Strategies for Finding and Using Reliable Historical and Genealogical Data on the Internet ---Did They Come From New England? ---NUCMC - A Genealogist's Goldmine! ---Writing Your Family History in Small, Manageable Pieces ---Over the Mountains, Across the Plains... Using Electronic Records to Connect Our Ancestors ---Federation of Genealogical Societies Luncheon ---NIGRAA Luncheon "Your NEW National Archives" ---NGS GENTECH Luncheon ---Compiling Your Family Health History ---Genealogical Proof Standard ---Finding Your Ancestor's New York Origins ---A Baker's Dozen: The Top Internet Sites that Professional Genealogists Use-and Why! ---The 5 Ws: Using the Internet to Answer Who, What, Where, When and Why 19-22 May 2004 ---- Sacramento, California REGISTER Today! http://www.eshow2000.com/ngs We'll see you all in less than three weeks, Cyndi Howells NGS Board of Directors