FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Pamela Boyer Porter, CGRS, CGL Phone: (636) 532-7297 Fax: (603) 215-4731 E-mail: [email protected] 2003 Regional Archives Workshop Announced Jasper, Georgia (February 22, 2003)—Two Regional In-depth Genealogical Studies Alliance (RIGS Alliance) workshops will be held in 2003. The first, from 6-10 October, will take place in Atlanta in cooperation with the Georgia Archives. Another workshop will be held from 27-31 October in cooperation with the National Archives Southwest Region in Fort Worth, Texas. These workshops are designed for genealogists, historians, and librarians with a general genealogical or historical grounding who want to learn skills and techniques for researching original records at regional archives. To ensure a quality experience, enrollment is limited. Although these workshops will focus on records from the southeastern and southwestern United States, many of the record types are available at other state archives or NARA regional facilities. Activities will be held in the Atlanta area in a classroom at the new Georgia Archives, and the workshop at Fort Worth will meet at the NARA site. These locations allow attendees the opportunity for immediate on-site research to put to use the skills they learn in class. Workshop staff includes J. Mark Lowe, CG, Linda Woodward Geiger, CGRS, CGL, and Pamela Boyer Porter, CGRS, CGL, and expert staff members from the Georgia Archives and NARA’s Southwest Region. For details about the RIGS Alliance workshops, visit the web site at www.RIGSAlliance.org; e-mail [email protected]; write to RIGS Alliance Workshop, P.O. Box 1273, Jasper, GA 30143; or fax 706.268.3314. ### Pamela Boyer Porter, CGRS, CGL Regional In-depth Genealogical Studies Alliance, Inc. (RIGS Alliance) Web Site: <www.RIGSAlliance.org> E-mail: [email protected] ***************************************** Certified Genealogical Records Specialist (CGRS) and Certified Genealogical Lecturer (CGL) are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under license by board-certified associates who meet genealogical competency standards prescribed for those programs.