Category Archives: Events

D. Joshua Taylor, a leading genealogist from findmypast.com, will be answering questions about genealogy LIVE via Twitter on April 15 at 1 PM (Eastern). To ask a question or follow along, use @FindmypastUS or #FMPexpert.  Hope to see you there!

Yesterday I received an email from the Publicity Chair, Tina Lyons, for the 2013 Conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies.  All genealogy bloggers, societies, writers, and editors are encouraged to become an Ambassador for the conference, which will be held August 21-24 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  An Ambassador is someone who will help promote the FGS 2013 Conference through blogging and social media.

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

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

The annual conference of the Fox Valley Genealogical Society (FVGS) will be held on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in Naperville, Illinois.  Maureen Taylor, a.k.a. The Photo Detective, is the featured speaker and will present the following lectures: Identifying and Dating Family Photographs Preserving Family Photographs – 1839 to the Present Reading Genealogical and Immigrant Clues in 19th Century Photographs Kodak Moments and Technicolor Dreams: 20th Century Photos and Films in the Family Archive

Saturday afternoon marked then end of the third annual RootsTech conference.  As an official blogger for the second year, the 2013 conference was a much different experience for me…simply put, I wasn’t in attendance, well, in person that is. Instead, I watched from the sidelines at home.  In a way, I felt like I was at the conference, as many people in my online social networking circles were posting comments, news, and photos.  And best of all, some of the session were streamed lived right to my home computer, where […]

The National Genealogical Society Family History Conference will be held in Las Vegas, May 8-11, 2013.  Over the course of four days, genealogy experts will come together and speak on a variety of topics from records to technology to methodology and everything in between.  And, as always, there are some sessions related to writing and sharing stories/research that I thought I’d highlight for my readers.

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