You won't want to miss the next Conference in the States, sponsored by the National Genealogical Society, when the nation's genealogists will come together in Raleigh. The conference will be held in the new Raleigh Convention Center on 13–16 May 2009. The North Carolina Genealogical Society is the local sponsor of this national conference. More information about the conference can be found on the internet at http://www.ngsgenealogy.organd http://www.ncgenealogy.org/. This is your chance to attend a national conference right here in North Carolina! There will be speakers, book dealers, genealogy products vendors, networking opportunities and much, much more for every level of genealogical experience. Volunteers are needed for this major genealogical conference both before and during the event. How about you? More information about volunteering can be found at http://www.ncgnealogy.org/pdf/press/volunteer.pdf. If you are interested contact Rob Elias (rcgenealogy@aol.com) or Cathy Elias ( cathyelias@aol.com).

This for those of you who enjoy Appalachian Folk Music and live close to Hickory, NC. 10 October 2008 Park Inn -Gateway Conference Center The Davenport Room 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 Donation Please make checks out to: NCSH Fundraiser The North Carolina Society of Historians, Inc., is very proud to announce that award-winning Appalachian Folk Singer, author, and teacher, Betty Smith, will conduct a benefit concert on Friday. October 10, 2008 at the Gateway Conference Center in Hickory, NC, for the NCSH. She will delight us with mountain ballads, the gentle tone of the dulcimer, and stories of long ago and ... not too far away! Ms, Smith was awarded the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Award for significant contribution to the folk traditions of the Southern Mountains and was the NCSH Historian of the Year in 2000. She has been recorded by Folk Legacy Records, June Appal Records and Bluff Mountain Music, and has written curriculum for Open Court Publishers and Children’s Music Workshop. Appalachian Repertory Theatre has produced A MOUNTAIN RIDDLE, a one-act play written and performed by Petty Smith For more information call: 828-078-2469 (If no answer, leave a message and someone will get back to you asap). Sincerely Brenda Messer, Vice-President NCSH, Inc. 125 1/2 Walker Road Morganton, NC 28655 828-433-7003 828-391-3232 cell geneslady@compascable.net The Messerville Gazette http://messerville.com 2007 Historian of the Year (The North Carolina Society of Historians, Inc. http://www.ncsocietyofhistorians.org/