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March 27, 2014 \u2013 Austin, TX. Online registration is now open for the 2014 Federation of Genealogical <\/p>\n Josh Taylor, FGS President, shares, \u201cThis year\u2019s FGS conference offers an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in researching their family history. This conference will offer over 160 educational sessions on records, strategies, and tools for genealogists of all levels. Sessions will be presented by some of the leading genealogists from the United States. Ten different sponsored luncheons will provide opportunities for networking.\u201d<\/p>\n Platinum sponsors include leading family history companies: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, and There are more activities and research opportunities too numerous to list. However, you can learn all The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) was founded in 1976 and represents the members of 2014 FGS CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS OPEN \u201cGone to Texas\u201d \u2013 A Conference for the Nation\u2019s Genealogists March 27, 2014 \u2013 Austin, TX. Online registration is now open for the 2014 Federation of GenealogicalSocieties (FGS) Conference, scheduled 27\u201030 August 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. Register athttp:\/\/www.fgsconference.org […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[301,357,358,25,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-genblog","category-events","category-fgs-conference","category-genblog","category-news-events","cat-301-id","cat-357-id","cat-358-id","cat-25-id","cat-39-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3HcLI-1i3","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4963","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=4963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4964,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4963\/revisions\/4964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Societies (FGS) Conference, scheduled 27\u201030 August 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. Register at
http:\/\/www.fgsconference.org<\/a> by 1 July 2014 for an early\u2010bird discount. This year\u2019s conference theme is
\u201cGone to Texas,\u201d and the local hosts are the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society (SAGHS)
and the Texas State Genealogical Society (TSGS).<\/p>\n
findmypast. Other participating and supporting organizations include Family Chronicle Magazine,
Association of Professional Genealogists, Dell, Lexmark, Board for Certification of Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, New England Historic Genealogical Society, The Polish Mission of the Orchard Lake Schools, Texas State Genealogical Society, and The National Huguenot Society.<\/p>\nConference Highlights <\/h6>\n
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experience levels. Attendees will be able to learn about Texas and neighboring states research,
African\u2010American and ethnic origin research, military research, genetics, technology, migration,
methodology and more.<\/li>\n
gadgets on the market for genealogists and family historians, as well as information about
genealogical organizations. Representatives of FGS member societies will staff their booths in
the special Society Showcase area.<\/li>\n
Society and Texas State Genealogical Society invite registrants to an evening at the Institute of
Texan Culture, an amazing museum located directly behind the convention center. On Friday
evening, The San Antonio Conservation Society hosts a festive Night in Old San Antonio\u2122 in the
historical art village of La Villita. The Conservation Society only hosts 10 of these events each
year and FGS is excited to offer this event. Details can be found at www.fgsconference.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n
tools to help societies promote themselves, increase membership, and develop sources of
revenue. The day kicks off with a first ever, half\u2010day workshop to develop a plan and tools to
use to enhance and guide their society forward.<\/li>\n
of sessions designed for librarians, archivists, and other information professionals serving family
history researchers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
about the 2014 FGS Conference and register for this exciting four\u2010day event at
http:\/\/www.fgsconference.org<\/a>. Be sure to also visit or subscribe to the FGS Conference Blog at
http:\/\/www.fgsconference.org\/blog<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\nLearn More and Stay Connected<\/h6>\n
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About the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)<\/h6>\n
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 for the family history community), and Society Strategy Series papers, covering topics about
effectively operating a genealogical society. FGS also links the genealogical community through its
annual conference \u2010\u2010 four days of excellent lectures, including one full day devoted to society
management topics. To learn more visit http:\/\/www.fgs.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"