{"id":302,"date":"2013-06-12T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T21:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/dont-forget-to-register-for-the-fgs-2013-conference-before-july-1st-to-save-50\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T20:23:12","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T01:23:12","slug":"dont-forget-to-register-for-the-fgs-2013-conference-before-july-1st-to-save-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/dont-forget-to-register-for-the-fgs-2013-conference-before-july-1st-to-save-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Forget to Register for the FGS 2013 Conference Before July 1st to Save $50!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" title=\"FGS2013Ambassador\" alt=\"FGS2013Ambassador\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-dlvgdpXwhKA\/UbjiAjIXVgI\/AAAAAAAAIyM\/N9gCVb0NVr0\/FGS2013Ambassador%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"200\" height=\"179\" border=\"0\" \/>June is almost halfway gone and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgsconference.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">FGS 2013 Conference<\/a> is getting that much closer.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t registered yet, be sure to <strong>do so by July 1st in order to save $50<\/strong> on a full registration.\u00a0 I myself have been procrastinating, but as soon as I post this, I\u2019m heading over to register.\u00a0 See the press release below for more details.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>2013 FGS CONFERENCE EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS JULY 1<br \/>\n<\/b>\u201cJourney through Generations\u201d \u2013 A Conference for the Nation\u2019s Genealogists<\/p>\n<p>June 10, 2013 \u2013 Austin, TX.\u00a0 Discounted early-bird registration for the 2013 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference will continue only until July 1. Early registrants receive a $50 discount for the full four days, or a $20 discount for any single day. Details at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fgsconference.org\/\">http:\/\/www.fgsconference.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will be held 21-24 August 2013 in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the Grand Wayne Convention Center. This year\u2019s conference theme is \u201cJourney through Generations,\u201d and the local hosts are the Allen County Public Library (ACPL) and the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana (ACGSI). Platinum sponsors are FamilySearch, FindMyPast.com and Ancestry.com.<\/p>\n<p>The conference offers opportunities for all who are interested in researching their family history, with over 160 educational sessions on records, strategies, and tools for genealogists at all levels. The exhibit hall features over 70 vendors offering a wide range of genealogical products and is open and free to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Luncheons, workshops and special events provide additional opportunities for networking and learning. Make sure the get your tickets to these conference \u201cextras\u201d early to guarantee your spot.<\/p>\n<p>See you in Fort Wayne in August!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn More and Stay Connected<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit or subscribe to the FGS Conference Blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fgsconferenceblog.org\/\">http:\/\/www.fgsconferenceblog.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Like the conference on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FGSconference\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FGSconference<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the conference on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/FGSconference\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/FGSconference<\/a> and hashtag #FGS2013.<\/li>\n<li>Visit Fort Wayne at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitfortwayne.com\/FGS\">http:\/\/www.visitfortwayne.com\/FGS<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) was founded in 1976 and represents the members of hundreds of genealogical societies. FGS links the genealogical community by helping genealogical societies strengthen and grow through resources available online, FGS Forum magazine (filled with articles pertaining to society management and genealogical news), and Society Strategy Series papers, covering topics about effectively operating a genealogical society. FGS also links the genealogical community through its annual conference &#8212; four days of excellent lectures, including one full day devoted to society management topics. To learn more visit<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fgs.org\/\">http:\/\/www.fgs.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June is almost halfway gone and the FGS 2013 Conference is getting that much closer.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t registered yet, be sure to do so by July 1st in order to save $50 on a full registration.\u00a0 I myself have been procrastinating, but as soon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[357,358,25,356,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-fgs-conference","category-genblog","category-news","category-news-events","cat-357-id","cat-358-id","cat-25-id","cat-356-id","cat-39-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3HcLI-4S","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2734,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions\/2734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}