On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:05:38 EDT, [email protected] wrote: >Please share the following with your society members and as many other >resources as you can think of. > >Benefits of Attending a National Conference > >A question frequently asked this year is why should I attend a conference in >California, I have no ancestors there. The answer is quite simple, personal >enrichment. > >Conference speakers share the skills and techniques they have learned through >years of experience. They are selected to speak because of the expertise they >have developed through their personal and often professional research. One >speaker may offer the techniques for research in a given locality, another >has done extensive research in a specific location of archives or uses the >computer for research, yet >another may specialize in military research, and still others offer tips to >log and/or organize your research to gain maximum benefit from your own >research. > >Fellow conferees are also resources for information. Someone sitting next to >you in one of the sessions or across the table at a luncheon or banquet may >reside in an area where your ancestors were located, or may even be >researching the same surname. Sharing information with fellow conferees >expands our knowledge and offers new insights for research. We genealogist >are always happy to share our success stories, the technique used to solve a >research problem, or the obscure resource or archives we have found. > >Speakers and fellow conferees offer various kinds of enrichment, but we >cannot overlook the vendors who offer an array of products to assist in our >research. The vendors who fill the exhibit hall offer an array of products, >publications, computer software, and information. This is the opportunity >to examine new and some times older area specific publications collected by a >vendor, or new publications offered by major publishers. Software >developers are happy to answer questions and offer >demonstrations. Numerous organizations offer information and their products, >These organizations may include the Family History Library, National >Genealogical Society, National Archives, and a variety of genealogical >societies. > >The FGS/CSGA Conference “California, A Goldmine of Diversity” has something >for genealogist of every level and interest from beginner to professional. > >FGS Conferences offer one day of society support sessions. These sessions >offer the opportunity for society delegates and members to learn and discuss >various methods for maintaining and building successful genealogy societies. >Society members who attend these sessions will find valuable information to >share with their societies. > >A Pre Conference “Librarians Serving Genealogists” is being offered in >Ontario for professionals from libraries with local of family history >collections. Information is available at >http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/genealib/ and the LSG mailing list >http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/genealib/list.html > >Why do I attend a National Conference? Because I leave each conference with >a lot of new information helpful to my research, new skills, new friends, >and enhanced with a lot of enthusiasm and energy. > >Jo Russell > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- Iris Carter Jones President: Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley