The following message is from the President of the Board for Certification of Genealogists. The National Genealogical Society conference in Pittsburgh May 28-31 is proving quite popular. There is still time to come and be a walk-in registrant. The exhibit hall is free to browse with over 100 genealogical vendors. You can see who they are and the hours for each of the four days at www.eshow2000.com/ngs under the exhibits sidebar link. This is the place to be as a national conference is not schedule for the eastern states again for many years. -- Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS Participating Societies Chairperson, NGS 2003 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 9:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [APG] Abstracting Workshop at Pittsburgh Conference Interest in the “Abstracting Records for Accuracy and Success” Workshop sponsored by the BCG Education Fund has been overwhelming. As of last week, almost 100 conference registrants indicated an interest in attending the session. The lecture room, though, will only hold 50, since it is set up in a classroom style to allow for the hands-on work. Not wanting to disappoint those interested in this important research skill, Mary McCampbell Bell, CLS, CGL, has agreed to repeat the workshop. The scheduled session will still be held on Friday morning from 8 am to noon. The additional session is set for Saturday at the same time. As a courtesy to both the instructor and other attendees, everyone should plan on devoting the entire morning to this session. Room assignments will be included in the conference brochure that is part of registration materials. For other last minute details and information, be sure to check at the BCG Booth, #306, in the Exhibit Hall. To those of you who know individuals not on this list with an interest in the Workshop, please pass along this information to them. Knowing about the additional session may help them plan their conference time in advance. And to all of you, the trustees of the BCG Education Fund hope to see you during the conference. Kay Haviland Freilich, CG, CGL Trustee, Board for Certification of Genealogists Education Fund President, Board for Certification of Genealogists CG, CGRS and CGL are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by those who have passed BCG's rigorous examination process. ==== APG Mailing List ==== The Association of Professional Genealogists http://www.apgen.org/publications/apg-l/index.html