Dear Genealogist, Here are the details on the upcoming Genealogy Fair at the National Archives in Washington, DC. I encourage you to forward this e-mail to other individuals who you feel might be interested in attending this event. Harold McClendon Mount Vernon Genealogical Society Publicity Chairman National Archives Fourth Annual Genealogy Fair Program Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at the National Archives Building Research Center Lobby 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The program is entirely FREE 9:30 - 10:15 A.M. Introduction to Genealogy, Claire Kluskens (Room 500) World War I Gold Star Mothers, Constance Potter (Room G-24) An Introduction to Using the Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) for Family History, Kenneth Heger (Library - Room G-30) 10:30 - 11:15 A.M. Land Entry Papers at the National Archives, Claire Bettag, CG, CGL (Room 500) Genealogical Resources for Merchant Seamen serving in World War I, Susan Abbott (Room G-24) Genealogy and New Deal Relief: The Central Files of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, 1933-1936, John Deeben (Library - Room G-30) 11:30 A.M. - 12:15 P.M. BOOK LECTURE - Kisses from a Distance – an Immigrant Family Experience, Raff Ellis, author (Room 500) Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Rebecca Sharp and Katherine Vollen (Room G-24) DNA Testing: The Very, Very Basics, Thomas Shawker (Library – Room G-30) 12:15 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. – Lunch on your own 12:15 P.M. – 1:15 P.M. Let No Man Put Asunder: Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, Reginald Washington (Library – Room G-30) 1:30 P.M. - 2:15 P.M. Access to Archival Databases (AAD) for Genealogists, Lynn Goodsell and Daniel Law (Room 500) Navigating the Archival Research Catalog, Jill James and Rebecca Warlow (Room G-24) WPA State Guides, Bill Creech (Library – Room G-30) 2:30 – 3:15 P.M. Anatomy of a Civil War pension file, Claire Kluskens (Room 500) Immigration and Naturalization Records of World War I, Marian Smith (Room G-24) The Virginia Slave Births Index: How 19th Century Data Became a 21st Century Research Tool, Leslie Anderson Morales (Library – Room G-30) 3:30 - 4:15 P.M. Finding Place of Birth in Federal Records, Susannah Brooks (Room 500) WWI Draft Registration Records, Rebecca Crawford (Room G-24) Genealogy and the Publications of the WPA, Carolyn Gilliam (Library – Room G-24) Information Tables located in the Research Center Lobby Access to Archival Databases (AAD); Archival Research Catalog (ARC); Help! I’m Stuck: Getting Started; Handouts and Special Databases; NARA Library; Online Genealogy Tutorial; Preservation; You and Your Digital Camera; Genealogy Societies; and Footnote.com Note: Please visit our registration desk and pick up 15% discount coupon for our Archives Shop.