November 14-15, 2008 - Raleigh, North Carolina *"This Land Was Their Land" *sponsored by the North Carolina Genealogical Society will be presented at the Brier Creek Country Club, Raleigh. Rick Sayre, CG, Monica Hopkins, Larry Cates and A. Bruce Pruitt will present the following topics: *Topographic and Other Maps for Genealogists, Maps of the Southeast United States, Google Earth for Genealogists (Sayer);Understanding Land Records*, *Understanding Deeds* (Hopkins); *Land Grants in North Carolina 1663-1960* (Pruitt); *The Law of the Land *(Cates)*.* Land research is essential for locating and sorting people in large families and with common surnames. These workshops provide tools for this and much, much more. Information and reservations: www.ncgenealogy.org, email: [email protected] -- North Carolina Genealogical Society Publicity Committee