WOW......thanks for sharing this Greg. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Lovelace" <greglovelace@comcast.net> To: <lovelace@rootsweb.com> Cc: <lovelace@carolina.rr.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:37 PM Subject: [LL] 2011 NGS Family History Conference OK, y'all... Pay attention! I know this is way in advance, but that's why I'm trying to get it out early. The 2011 annual National Genealogy Society Family History Conference is going to be held in Charleston, South Carolina, 11-14 May 2011. That's over a year away, and I am planning to attend. I just thought it might be a wonderful opportunity for some of us to attend a national conference and meet each other. Since it is so far in advance, it gives everyone time to decide and to make plans. Is anyone interested? The conference registration fee for this year's meeting in Salt Lake City is in the range of $200-$250 for the full four-day conference (for comparison's sake). Then hotels, restaurants, shopping, etc. I would love to see you folks and share what little I know of Charleston with you. The call for papers says: "Charleston is a city which is rich in history. Since 2011 is the 150th Anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War at nearby Ft. Sumter, lectures about Civil War records or other military records are encouraged. We also invite lecture submissions on topics about Native Americans, African Americans, and other ethnic immigration groups including Scotch-Irish, German, Huguenot and Jewish; research in South Carolina and the surrounding states; migration patterns from South Carolina to Georgia, Tennessee and the other Gulf States; general genealogical topics including methodology, skills building, record analysis, problem solving and writing family history; and lectures for the GenTech track which should focus on technological innovation in genealogy." There is also a video presentation about what to expect at a national conference: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/video_conference And finally, there is the conference brochure for this year's meeting, just to give you an idea of what a conference of this magnitude will be like: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/galleries/new-gallery/Registration_brochure.pdf Let's start planning! We've been wishing we could all get together anyway, so let's do this! Peace, Part of the Tree, Greg ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message