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Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

This year’s Fox Valley Genealogical Society (FVGS) conference features popular genealogists, Lou Szucs and Juliana Smith.  There will be four one-hour presentations: Getting Started on Ancestry.com What’s New at Ancestry.com Getting the Most from your Family History Finds They Became Americans: Finding Naturalizations and Ethnic Origins

Before I get into this post, I wanted to quickly share that I have been named an Official Blogger for the RootsTech 2012 family history and technology conference.  I’m honored that FamilySearch chose me as an ally in promoting RootsTech.

While I was at the FGS 2011 Conference, I stopped by the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) and learned about a new scholarship.  The Birdie Monk Holsclaw Scholarship for IGHR was established in 2010 to cover the cost of tuition.  The application deadline is October 1st annually. Click here to learn more.

In honor of their 12th year of providing online genealogy courses, the National Institute for Genealogical Studies is offering a 12% discount on course packages.  The course packages are already discounted tremendously (i.e., if you were to purchase each course separately, you’d spend a lot more), so a 12% discount is icing on the cake.

The FGS 2011 Conference was a whirlwind of activities, and as exhausted as I am (even after being home for a few days), it was well worth it.