Annual Fairfax Genealogical Society Spring Conference -- 25 & 26 March 2011

The annual Fairfax Genealogical Society Spring Conference is just around the corner at the Fair Oaks Marriott in Fairfax, Virginia. On Friday, March 25^th, we are offering a two hour lecture in the afternoon/early evening followed that night by a 30 minute “mini-lecture” from Ancestry.com and a one hour lecture to finish the evening. During that entire time we will also be offering consultations with our speakers.

On Saturday, March 26^th, we have four tracks. Each track features four, one hour lectures for a total of 16 hour long lectures on Saturday. There is also a 5,000 square foot vendor hall. If your members still haven’t gotten enough genealogical learning, there will also be more mini-lectures during the lunch break on Saturday plus many vendors feature demos and offer door prizes for registered attendees.

This year our featured speakers are Warren Bittner and Leslie Albrecht Huber, both of whom will be speaking on Friday and Saturday. On Saturday they will be joined by Charles S. Mason, CG, and Jennifer Dondero for our four tracks of lectures. All four, along with Bob McLaren, will be offering 20 minute consultations on Friday.

As an incentive, we are offering your members an online only $10 discount on any registration option that includes a Saturday registration. In order to receive the discount, please have your members use the Eventbrite link to register. http://fxgsconf2011.eventbrite.com/?discount=ngs032011

Additionally, we have a discount rate at the hotel of $69/night by either calling the hotel and giving them the code, “Fairfax Genealogical Society Room Block,” or by booking a room online and using the discount code, FGSFGSA. At the bottom of this email are links to our website, the Eventbrite registration website, and the hotel website. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

Eventbrite Registration Website: http://fxgs.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d5dc96d301f5e316b08040836&id=105f9e4d6d&e=2216bd95ab

Hotel Website: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/iadmc-fairfax-marriott-at-fair-oaks/

Fairfax Genealogical Society Conference Website: http://www.fxgs.org/2011conference.html  

Sincerely,

Billy Dondero

Conference Chair

Fairfax Genealogical Society

[email protected]

P.S. Registrants can only use one discount code should they belong to multiple societies offering discounts.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Follow NGS via Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Think your friends, colleagues, or fellow genealogy researchers would find this blog post interesting? If so, please let them know that anyone can read past UpFront with NGS posts or subscribe!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Suggestions for topics for future UpFront with NGS posts are always welcome. Please send any suggested topics to [email protected].