Virginia Genealogist Dr. Robert (Bob) Clay June 24, 2000            9:30PM-5:00PM Montgomery College 3200 College Park Dr. Conroe, TX Building A Registration begins at 8:30AM This is the biggest seminar in years and you won't want to miss it!!!! A native of Tennessee, Bob is very familiar with the settlement and migration routes many people took on their way to the west.  He has been with the Library Of Virginia since 1970, is the Senior Record Archivist there and has done extensive research into Virginia records. Topics will include: (1) Virginia Counties with emphasis on Colonial period, what they are, how there were created , where they are, and how best to use county records.  (2) Virginia Colonial Records and Revoluntionary Period Records Land Office, Military, Tax and Church.  (3) THINGS THEY NEVER TELL YOU. This includes misconceptions, abbreviations, stange quirks in records, and equivalent records.  There will be time at the end of the seminar for questions and answers. The charge for MCG&HS members will continue to be $25 to the day of the seminar. Before May 15, 2000, the price is $30.00. This has been extended until June 4. $35.00 after May 15, 2000  Special Genealogical Society Group discounts of 15 or more are available if paid before May 15 will be $25.00 each. This does include lunch.   >>>>After June 15th we will not be able to guarantee lunch, we will try to get them lunch, but we have to turn in a count for the lunch and I don't know if we will be able to add to it. The fee does not though! This is a good reason to tell people to pay NOW! 8:30AM-9:15AM registration and vendor booths open 9:15AM-9:30AM Welcome and Announcements 9:30AM-10:30AM General Genealogical Research Techniques on Virginia Counties with emphasis on the Colonial Period (1) What They Are (2) How They Were Created (3) Where They Are (4) How Best to Use County Records 10:30AM-11:00AM break and vendor shopping 11:00AM-12:00PM Virginia Colonial Records & Revolutionary Period Records 12:00PM-1:30PM lunch and vendor shopping 1:30PM-2:30PM Four Things They Never Tell You (1) Misconceptions (2) Abbreviations (3) Strange Quirks in Records (4) Equivalent Records 2:30PM-3:00PM Door Prizes 3:00PM-3:45PM Question & Answer period 3:45PM-4:00PM Closing Remarks 4:00PM-4:30PM vendors The Drury Inn 281-362-7222 is close to the college and the Woodlands Mall. And there is a Marriott 281-292-3262, Residence Inns 281-392-3252, La Quinta Inn 281-367-7722 They are several large hotels right in that area.