Registration will open on Sunday, 1
December 2013, for the National Genealogical Society’s thirty-sixth annual
family history conference, Virginia : The First Frontier, which will be
held 7–10 May 2014 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center and the Marriott
Hotel in Richmond , Virginia Virginia Jamestown to Kentucky
Continuing its goal
of providing quality educational opportunities to its participants, the
conference will again feature the Board for Certification of Genealogists’
Skillbuilding track, which focuses on research techniques useful to both the
beginning and the advanced researcher. Among the eighteen lectures in the
migration track are David Rencher’s “From Ulster to Virginia
and the Carolinas,” Eric Grundset’s “The Chesapeake and New England: Colonial
Connections and Migrations,” and J. Mark Lowe’s “The Migration Triangle: Virginia , the Carolinas, and Tennessee United
States and Europe .
Single-day tracks focus on DNA, NARA Virginia
To register online,
visit the NGS website at http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/event-registration/ and complete the registration
form.
The online
searchable program is available at http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/agenda/ and the PDF brochure is available at http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/. The brochure includes an overview
of the sessions, tours, pre-conference events, registration times, and rates,
as well as general conference and hotel details. Attendees are urged to visit
the conference blog, which will feature tips on local and regional research
facilities as well as things to do in and around Richmond
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