<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/index.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/index.htm</A> Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Conference on Genealogy Sponsored by the Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society 25-26 April 2003 Baton Rouge Holiday Inn South 9940 Airline Hwy Baton Rouge, LA 70816 Celebrating our 50th Anniversary, 1953-2003! Friday, April 25th, 2003 Lectures on Louisiana's precolonial and colonial history by: Richard Condrey, Ph.D., on Louisiana's Native Peoples Robert de Berardinis, on French Colonial Louisiana Lee Woodward, Ph.D., on Spanish Colonial Louisiana Gregory Osborn & James Eberwine, B.A., on Louisiana's African Americans Claire Mire Bettag, CGRS, CGL, on Louisiana Repositories & Records. Elizabeth Shown Mills will speak at the Banquet on Friday night. Anglo-American research will be addressed throughout the conference. Saturday, April 26th, 2003 A day with Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA, internationally recognized authority on genealogical methodology and evidence. Ms. Mills will use Louisiana examples in her presentations on: Ten Steps to a Solution: How to Analyze a Problem and Develop a Research Strategy Genealogy in a Heinz 57 World: Old Myths, Modern Methods The Identity Crisis: Right Name, Wrong Man? Wrong Name, Right Man? Finding Females: Wives, Mothers, Daughters, Sisters & Paramours! Vendors will be present on Saturday. Conference fees:    Friday, April 25, 2003    Saturday, April 26 -  Go to web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/SeminarForm.htm   Banquet --           [these usgenweb list do not allow us to post prices] Or, register by 1 March 2003 and attend both the Friday & Saturday sessions and the Banquet for a total fee of $! Holiday Inn South 9940 Airline Hwy Baton Rouge, LA 70816 > Rooms are available for Conference attendees at a special rate of $ per > night. Call 1-800-HOLIDAY for reservations, or call 225-924-7021, Monday - > Friday, 8am - 5pm. Please <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ela-lghs/SeminarForm.htm">click here</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/SeminarForm.htm for the Conference Registration Form. For further information about the April 2003 Seminar celebrating the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase and our 50th Anniversary, contact President <A HREF="mailto:ponchatoula1@i-55.com">James Perrin. </A> ponchatoula1@i-55.com All information is covered in the web site of LGHS: <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/index.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/index.htm</A> Please do not respose  with reply - all information in the site.