Dear Listers: Forwarding info received this morning re the 2003 FSGS Conference. Happy Trails, Lauren List Admin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COUNTDOWN TO DISCOVERY: THE FGS/FSGS 2003 CONFERENCE ================================================== The countdown CONTINUES! The Florida State Genealogical Society will host the FGS/FSGS 2003 Conference at the Renaissance Orlando Resort adjacent to SeaWorld in exciting Orlando, Florida, on 3-6 September 2003. The conference theme is Countdown to Discovery: A World of Hidden Treasures. The speaker invitations have been mailed and their enthusiasm is tremendous! The Program Committee is pleased to report that there will be more than 185 different sessions presented by more than 80 speakers from across the globe. In the coming issues of the Delegate Digest, we'll be sharing more details with you about the nine session tracks: - Society Management - British Isles & Europe - United States & Canada - Focus on Florida - Ethnic and Religious Research - Skills & Strategies - Records Research - Technology & the Internet You'd better believe that the Program Committee anguished over making selections from the nearly 800 lecture proposals submitted by more than 170 speakers. We have some tremendous content for this conference, and you won't want to miss it. In addition, we anticipate more than 100 vendors will be participating in the exhibits area, and you won't be able to resist building your collection of reference books, maps, CDs, and other great products. To learn more about the FGS/FSGS 2003 Conference, visit the FGS Web site at http://www.fgs.org and click on the button for Conferences. And you'll also want to subscribe to the Conference e-mail "ezine" to receive the latest updates so that you can map your plans to the treasures to be found in Orlando, Florida, in 2003. To subscribe to the e-zine, send an email message (no text or subject is necessary) to [email protected] You will receive a confirmation message to which you must reply within 24 hours. You can discover more information about the conference in the ezine, in the FGS FORUM, and here in the Delegate Digest. Get ready to blast off to Orlando in 2003! posted with permission from: ================================================= Federation of Genealogical Societies "FGS Delegate Digest" ================================================== Linking the Genealogical Community Volume 9, No. 8 November 2002 ==================================== (C) Copyright 2002 - Federation of Genealogical Societies. Permission is granted for genealogical societies to make copies for non-commercial use within the society. All other rights are reserved.