{"id":5644,"date":"2017-04-28T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/?p=5644"},"modified":"2017-06-07T14:29:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T19:29:17","slug":"writing-related-sessions-at-ngs-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/writing-related-sessions-at-ngs-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing-Related Sessions at NGS 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NGS-2017-Raleigh-Vector-Banner-01_thumb.png\"><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/conference.ngsgenealogy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Genealogical Society 2017 Family History Conference<\/a> will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina, from May 10-13, 2017. There are so many sessions available, covering a wide array of topics.&nbsp; Following is a list of the writing-related sessions. The <a href=\"http:\/\/conference.ngsgenealogy.org\/program\/\">entire schedule<\/a> can be found on the NGS Conference website.<\/p>\n<h6>Wednesday, May 10<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>StoryMaps: Using Web Maps to Tell Family Stories<\/strong> (4:00 p.m.)<br \/><em>Charlie L. Wells<\/em><br \/>The use of StoryMaps, a simple and effective approach for publishing web maps to tell family stories, is described with several examples.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h6>Thursday, May 11<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Writing a Family Narrative That Your Family Will Want to Read<\/strong> (11:00 a.m.)<br \/><em>Margo Farriss Brewer<\/em><br \/>You want your family narrative to be read and an object of family pride. Learn how to add life and interest to the plain facts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Friday, May 12<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>She Did What, When? Where? With Who? Why? Putting Your Ancestor in Historical Context<\/strong> (4:00 p.m.)<br \/><em>Sara Gredler<\/em><br \/>Utilize \u201cnon-genealogical\u201d sources in a genealogical context to provide a fuller, more colorful story of our ancestors. What exactly does historic context mean?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Saturday, May 13<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Genealogical Documentation: The What, Why, Where, and How<\/strong> (11:00 a.m.)<br \/><em>Thomas W. Jones<\/em><br \/>Learn to document a family history, five characteristics making citations complete and accurate, and a straightforward format for citing physical and digital genealogical sources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you plan on attending any of these sessions?&nbsp; What other conference sessions are you looking forward to attending?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Genealogical Society 2017 Family History Conference will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina, from May 10-13, 2017. 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