Conference Program

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 Tuesday, May 15
8:45 AM - 4:00 PM 
B101    BCG Education Fund Workshop
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 
L100    Librarian's Day: When Will All Your Records Be on the Web? Digital Initiatives of the Library of Virginia
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM 
L101    Librarian's Day: History Begins with You: Help Preserve the Past with the Basics of Archives
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM 
L102    Librarian's Day: Luncheon Sponsored by ProQuest  
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM 
B102     
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 
L103    Librarian's Day: Designing User Friendly Research Guides for Genealogists
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM 
L104    Librarian's Day: Handling Genealogical Inquiries
 
 Wednesday, May 16
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 
W101    Opening Session
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
W102    The Family Said It Was So: What to Do When the Family Traditions Are Wrong
W103    From Jamestown to the West: Early Virginia Migration Patterns
W104    Records of the Post Office Department 1773-1971
W105    Researching Eighteenth Century Germans
W106    Overlooked Sources: Business, Institution & Organization Records
W107    The Continental Line: Some Not So Revolutionary Rank & Organizational Considerations
W108    What's in It for You? The Library of Virginia's Website
W109    South Carolina Land Grants
W110    GenSmarts
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM 
W111    Federation of Genealogical Societies Luncheon
  • Witcher 
W112    Virginia Genealogical Society Luncheon
W113    NIGRAA Luncheon
W114    Genealogical Speaker's Guild Luncheon
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM 
W115    Solving the Mystery of the Disappearing Ancestor
W116    Discovering Your Ancestors on the Virginia Peninsula: Heartland of the Colony, the State and the Nation
W117    Timelines: A Chronology of Life Events
W118    English Research: Seventeenth Century Sources and Indexes
W119    The United States Life-Saving Service (USLSS)
W120    Understanding the Colonial Wars
W121    America's GenealogyBank: Adding the Details to Your Family Tree
W122    Land Grants in North Carolina 1663-1960
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
W123    Handwriting Workshop
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
W124    Genealogical Proof Standard in Action: How to Build a Case When No Record States the Answer
W125    The Five John Shacklefords of Virginia
W126    The WPA Era: What it Created for Genealogists
W127    Tracing Your Scots-Irish Ancestors
W128    Stories on a Sheet of Paper: Legislative Peitions at the Library of Virginia, 1776-1865
W129    North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee
W130    Research in Washington, D. C. ,From Home!
W131    Introduction to Topographic Maps
W132    Clooz
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM 
W133    International Society for Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE) Gala Awards Dinner
 
 Thursday, May 17
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM 
T201    Digging Through Documents Word by Word
T202    Virginia North Carolina Connections and Beyond
T203    Tracking Pennsylvania Ancestors: Keys to Successful Research
T204    Did Your Ancestors Serve in the Old Wars? National Archives Military Records, 1784 to 1811
T206    Southern Migration Paths
T207    Overview of NARA
T208    Google Is Not the Only Game In Town
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 
T205    Early Germans in Pennsylvania and Virginia: Two Colonies, Two Separate Traditions
T209    Using Original Court Records: A Hands-On Workshop
T210    The Master Genealogist: Beginning/Intermediate
9:30 AM - 12:00 AM 
T211    BCG Certification Seminar
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM 
T212    FFV's: First Felons of Virginia and the Indentured Servant System
T213    North Carolina: Land, Legends, and Legacy - Part I
T214    Railroad Records & Railroad History: Methods of Tracking
T215    Researching Your Irish Here Before Going There
T216    Public Lands and Claims in the American State PApers
T217    Getting More from Legacy Family Tree
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
T219    Virginia Frontier Settlement and Migration
T220    North Carolina Land, Legends, and Legacy - Part 2
T221    But I Know He Got a Pension! Working the National Archives Pension Indexes
T222    English Research: Eighteenth Century Sources and Indexes
T223    Traffic and Trade on the Colonial Coast
T224    Stormy Weather: Weather Records
T225    Honey, I Shrunk the Family
T226    More Than You Ever Wanted to Know about Postcards
T227    Optimizing Your Computer at No Cost
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM 
T228    Board for Certification of Genealogists Luncheon
T229    Friends of the Virginia State Archives Luncheon
T230    Genealogical Society of Utah/Family History Library Luncheon
T231    NEHGS Luncheon: News From New England: What's New at the New England Historic Genealogical Society
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM 
T232    Historical Documentary Publications as Genealogical Sources
T233    Early Tidewater Virginia Records
T234    South Carolina Research
T235    Researching Your War of 1812 Ancestors
T236    German Migrations to America
T237    Wagons West: The Great Wagon Road
T238    Denial of Citizenship
T239    Creating & Using PDF Files
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM 
T240    Mapping Workshop for Genealogists
T241    Genealogy....in WORD
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
T242    What Is the Standard of Proof in Genealogy?
T243    Getting the Most from Virginia's Court Records: Order Books, Minute Books and Ended Causes
T244    Ancestors in the Volunteer State: Research in Tennessee
T245    Old Becomes New: Primary Documents and Books Online
T246    NGS Forum Roundtable
T247    People Finders for North Carolina
T248    NARA Roundtable
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM 
T249    One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 
T251    Evening Host Event: An Evening at the Virginia Historical Society  
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM 
T250    Safe Computing
 
 Friday, May 18
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 
F301    Research Guides: A Genealogist's Best Friend
F302    Virginia's Tax Records: A Gold Mine of Information
F303    Seamen's Protection Certificates, 1792-1869
F305    Our Virginia Foremothers: We Wouldn't Be Here Without Them!
F306    ICAPGen: Becoming an Accredited Genealogist, Part I
F307    One Name Studies and DNA
F308    Organizing Scanned Images
F310    Mapping Your Family History with Family Atlas
8:00 AM - 10:30 AM 
F304    Kentucky Land Patents: Daniel Boone Enters Cyberspace
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
F309    For Land's Sake! Introduction to the Fun of Land Platting!
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM 
F311    Reporting Your Research
F312    The French and Italians in Virginia: Hidden Migrants, Refugees, and Merchants
F313    Civil War Tax Assessment Lists, 1862–1874
F315    ICAPGen: Becoming an Accredited Genealogist, Part II
F316    Were Your Ancestors Friends? Finding and Using Their Quaker Records
F317    Deep Linking and Deeper Linking: How to Get the Most out of Existing Search Applications
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
F314    Poor? Female? Black? Slave? A Two-Hour Seminar on Reconstructing Female Lives & Lineages
F318    DeedMapper
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
F319    Understanding the Vocabulary of Your Ancestors
F320    Treasures of the Blue Ridge and Beyond
F321    Senate Nominations, 1789-1946
F322    Resources for the West Virginia Researcher
F323    Methodology for Irish Immigration/Emigration
F324    Compiling Your Family Health History
F325    The 5 W's: Using the Internet to Answer Who, What, Where, When and Why
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM 
F326    Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) Luncheon
F327    International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH) Luncheon
F328    Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society (MAGS) Luncheon
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM 
F329    Squeezing the Records Until They Talk
F330    The Virginia Land Office: An Introduction and Overview
F331    Accidents Happen: Civilian Conservation Corps Accident Reports
F332    The Old Line State: Research at the Maryland State Archives
F333    When "Kind and Thrifty Husbands" Are Not Enough: Some Thoughts on the Legal Status of Women in Virginia
F334    When Surname Searching Does Not Work
F335    Methods for Identifying the English Origins of American Colonists
F336    Roots Magic
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
F337    Chancery Court Papers Workshop
F338    Excel for Genealogists
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
F339    Kinship Determination
F340    Look Under the Barrel: Lesser Known Sources for Virginia Genealogical Research
F341    Customs House Records
F342    Maryland Online
F343    What You and Your Society Can Do for Record Preservation and Access
F344    Solving the Mysteries of Lost Records  
F345    Finding and Using Birth, Marriage, and Death Records Prior to Civil Registration
F346    Digital Cameras: How to Pick One & What You Can Use it For
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM 
F347    NGS Banquet
 
 Saturday, May 19
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 
S401    Working With Colonial Records
S402    Opening the Mountain: Delivering the Granite Mountain Records to You
S403    Extra! Extra! Hearl All About it! Newspapers at the Library of Congress
S404    Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are! Hide & Seek on the Internet
S405    Finding People in the Census
S406    Starting Your African American Genealogical Research
S407    DNA Testing: The Very, Very Basics
S408    What's New at Ancestry
8:00 AM - 10:30 AM 
S409    Photo Image Digital Manipulation Using Shareware
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
S410    Workshop for Beginners
Please Note: No need to be registered for the conference (full conference or day) to attend this workshop
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM 
S411    Is My Writing Ready for the Popular Press?
S412    The New FamilySearch - Engaging the World in Family History
S413    Our National Treasure: The Library of Congress
S414    BCG Helen Leary Lecture: Honesty, Courtesy & Confidentiality: Ethics for Family Historians
S415    R.I.P. - Cemtetery Research
S416    Harriet, Widow of Dred Scott: Basics of African American Research
S417    The Nuts and Bolts of Using DNA Testing
S418    Searching on Ancestry.com
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
S419    Finding and Using Manuscript Collections
S420    FamilySearch Indexing: Now Available in Your Town and Around the World
S421    Treasure in the Library of Congress Manuscript Collection!
S422    Finding Your Ancestors in Local Histories
S423    Finding Clues in Wills and Other Probate Records
S424    The Clues Are in the Census: Finding Former Slaves and Slave Owners
S425    Managing a Large DNA Project Including Some Interesting Results
S426    Getting the Most Out of Census Records at Ancestry.com
S427    Backup Strategies and Tools
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM 
S428    NGS GENTECH Luncheon: Playing Hide and Seek in the 1910 to 1940 US Census
S429    DAR Luncheon: Where Did I Come from Mommy, and What Really Happened at Jamestown?
S430    African American Historical & Genealogical Society Luncheon
S431    ICAPGen Luncheon: Where Have All the Records Gone? The Joys and Sorrows of a Virginia Genealogist
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM 
S432    Sharing Your Ancestor's Story
S433    Speak, Roll Over, or Play Dead
S434    Birth of a Nation: Papers of the Continental and U.S. Congress
S435    Lessons From a Snoop: Collateral Relatives and Associates
S436    Newspaper Research: More Than Obituaries
S437    Researching German Ancestors: The Agony and the Ecstasy
S438    Using Current DNA Technology in Your Genealogical Research: Five Practical Applications with Case Studies
S439    Getting the Most out of Family Tree Maker
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
S440    The Master Genealogist: Advanced
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
S441    Do's & Don'ts For Your Research
S442    A World of Records: Using the Family History Library and Family History Centers at Home and Onsite
S443    Maps at the Library of Congress
S444    Fraternally Yours: Identifying Fraternal Organizations of Your Ancestors
S445    Sources for Vital Records
S446    In forma pauperis Slave Lawsuits in Antebellum Virginia
S447    Race, Ethnicity, & Ancestry: Genetic Genealogy; DNA Testing
S448    RootsWeb: Finding Our Roots Together
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM 
S449    NGS Annual Meeting  

While NGS will make every reasonable effort to present the program as described, topics, time slots and speakers are subject to change.