<fontfamily><param>Times</param><bigger>There several upcoming conferences that might be of interest to list members: 1. Harrisburg Area Community College is sponsoring a seminar on the American Revolutionary War, Saturday morning, September 20, at one of its Harrisburg campuses (next to the Farm Show Building). For brochure and registration, contact the Professional and Adult Education Center; 717-780-2587. Cost is $24. 2. Palatines to America - PA Chapter will hold its fall conference on Saturday, September 20, at Yoder's Conference Center in New Holland (near Lancaster). Registration starts at 8 a.m. and the conference is over at 4 p.m. Lunch is included in the registration fee of $18. Mr. Henning Schroder will discuss German vital records, German church books and German State Archives Records and Ms. Sharon Odgen will look at a woman's life in the 1800s. For more information contact Shirley Nystrom at 610-917-0778 or David Hively at 717-244-7358. There is also a spring conference. 3. The 19th Annual Family History Conference is scheduled for October 30 to November 1 at the Holiday Inn/Lancaster Host Hotel and Conference Center. The event is co-sponsored by the Lancaster Historical Society and the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Several optional tours are available - a research trip to Washington, DC (National Archives or Library of Congress) on Thursday and a trip for Chester County research on Friday. A number of workshop sessions will be available on Saturday - including topics such as getting started online, using Fraktur, cemetery preservation, evaluating evidence, changing borders, and more. Keynote speaker on Saturday is Dr. Arlene Eakle, president of the Genealogical Institute in Salt Lake City, who will look at American migration patterns. A Friday night banquet will feature a slide-illustrated lecture on Pennsylvania as a melting pot. Cost varies depending on the events - workshop sessions, Friday banquet, research trips. For additional information, contact the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society at 717-393-9745 (phone) or 717-393-8751 (fax). I have attended a HACC conference on the Civil War, several PALAM conferences at Yoder's and at least one of the Family History Conferences (including the trip to the National Archives). I can recommend all of them highly. </bigger></fontfamily>