Illinois State Genealogical Society 40th Anniversary Conference 40 Years of Discovery – Portals to the Future October 18, 2008 - Elgin, Illinois Speakers · D.Joshua Taylor – Research Services Coordinator at the New England Historic Genealogical Society · Beau Sharbrough – Product manager for MyFamily.com · Lori Bessler – Wisconsin Historical Society Library Outreach Coordinator · Loretto “Lou” Szucs – Executive editor and vice president of community relations for Ancestry.com · Susan Anderson – Area Family History Adviser for the FamilySearch Program · Debra Mieszala – President of the Lake County (IL)Genealogical Society · Eric Basir – Owner of Photo Grafix in Evanston · Kathy Carey – Illinois State Registrar NSDAR Discover and evaluate new web sites, online databases and free tools available on the Internet. Investigate Footnote, FamilySearch and NSDAR collections. Jumpstart your research with new techniques, get organized using MS Word tools and explore procedures for scanning and restoring documents. Contact: Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~ilsgs Email: isgsconference@sbcglobal.net