17 December 2020

Happy Holidays from NGS!



The National Genealogical Society wishes you a joyous and hopeful holiday season.

We know many of you will not be able to celebrate with family and friends this year. To keep connected and stay safe, here are some things to do while distant:


Please Note: The NGS office will close for the holidays at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, 23 December 2020 
and will reopen Monday, 4 January 2021, at 8:30 a.m.

 








Order NGS Holiday Special Gift Packages Now

 


Time Is Running Out to Order
Holiday Special Gift Packages from NGS

Time is running out to order holiday special packages from the National Genealogical Society for your family and friends. If you place your order before noon on 23 December, we will make sure that your gift recipient will be notified of your present before 24 December. 

All orders placed from noon on 23 December through 3 January will be processed on Monday, 4 January. Great savings on our holiday special gift packages end 5 January 2021.

These packages feature some of our most popular genealogy courses. They are ideal gifts for anyone on your holiday gift list who is interested in learning more about family history research because all of the courses are online using an e-learning system. Whether you purchase a package for a family member, a friend, or even for yourself, the recipients of your gifts can join from home or on-the-go and complete coursework at their own pace and on their own schedule.


Holiday Package #1: Save $30

Holiday Package #1 offers two online courses: Reading Old Handwriting and Transcribing, Extracting, and Abstracting Genealogical Documents.


Holiday Package #2: Save $25

Holiday Package #2 includes the War of 1812 Records course and Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestors course.


Holiday Package #3: Save $25

Holiday Package #3 combines a DNA related online course and a video of a live-presentation lecture webinar. This package includes the course Understanding and Using DNA Test Results and the lecture, "Your Cousins Are Your Secret Weapon," by genetic genealogy expert Angie Bush, plus a four-page syllabus.

All online courses must be completed within six months of registration; however, an extension may be requested. To learn more, visit NGS. For more information about specific courses, see NGS Continuing Genealogical Studies.

07 December 2020

NGS Holiday Special Gift Packages


Holiday Special Gift Packages from NGS

The National Genealogical Society is offering holiday special packages for some of its most popular genealogy courses with great savings for our members. This holiday offer is time limited. The sale starts 7 December 2020 and ends 5 January 2021.

These packages are ideal gifts for anyone on your holiday gift list who is interested in learning more about family history research because all of the courses are online using an e-learning system. Whether you purchase a package for a family member, a friend, or even for yourself, the recipients of your gifts can join from home or on-the-go and complete coursework at their own pace and on their own schedule.


Holiday Package #1: Save $30

Holiday Package #1 offers two online courses: Reading Old Handwriting and Transcribing, Extracting, and Abstracting Genealogical Documents.


Holiday Package #2: Save $25

Holiday Package #2 includes the War of 1812 Records course and Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestors course.


Holiday Package #3: Save $25

Holiday Package #3 combines a DNA related online course and a video of a live-presentation lecture webinar. This package includes the course Understanding and Using DNA Test Results and the lecture, "Your Cousins Are Your Secret Weapon," by genetic genealogy expert Angie Bush, plus a four-page syllabus.

All online courses must be completed within six months of registration; however, an extension may be requested. To learn more, visit NGS. For more information about specific courses, see NGS Continuing Genealogical Studies.

02 December 2020

Call for Proposals for NGS 2022 Family History Conference

 


NGS Announces Call for Proposals 

for 2022 Family History Conference


The National Genealogical Society will hold its 2022 Family History Conference, Our American Mosaic, in Sacramento, California, 25‒28 May 2022. We will open the call for proposals on 2 December 2020 and proposals will be accepted until 1 April 2021.

Across the dramatic landscape that became America, our diverse ancestors each contributed a precious piece to the colorful design of our American mosaic. In the West, Native American cultures have thrived for thousands of years. While eighteenth-century American colonists were fighting for independence from Great Britain in the East, the Spanish were establishing missions and military outposts in what is now California. The discovery of gold near Sacramento in 1848 sparked a frenzy of migration to California from Asia, Mexico, and the eastern states. The lure of western skies has continued to the present day, attracting ranchers, Dust Bowl refugees, the Great Migration of African Americans from the South, immigrants fleeing poverty or persecution, and technology entrepreneurs.

Our family histories make each of us unique, and our separate stories are a shared history within our American mosaic. Attendees at the 2022 NGS Family History Conference in Sacramento will benefit from lectures and workshops to help build skills in methodology and the use of records and resources to advance their genealogical research.

Conference tracks and topics under consideration include the following: African American research; Asian and Pacific Islander research; DNA; European and Middle Eastern research; Hispanic and Latin American ancestry; immigration and migration; methodology; Native American research; New England research; non-traditional families; records and repositories; reference services; society management; technology; the 1950s; western states; and writing.

Speakers who wish to submit lecture proposals may submit up to eight proposals electronically. The speaker compensation is described in detail on the website. Please visit the website for details about required speaker information and each submitted proposal.

NGS has a free webinar, Becoming a Better Conference Speaker: Proposals and Preparations, which can be found on the National Genealogical Society YouTube channel. Speakers are encouraged to view the webinar before beginning the proposal process.

NGS members will receive first consideration as speakers. Notifications for acceptance will be issued in the fall of 2021. Syllabus material, due 1 February 2022, is required for each lecture or workshop presentation and will be included in the syllabus distributed to all conference registrants. Speakers are expected to use electronic presentation programs and provide their own digital projector, laptop or tablet, and connector to the projector cable. NGS will provide projector support, which consists of a VGA or HDMI cable, cart, and power strip. Internet connections will not be provided in lecture rooms.