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Discovering Family Treasures
Tenth New England Regional Genealogical Conference
22-26 April 2009
ExpoCenter of New Hampshire and Radisson Hotel
Manchester, New Hampshire

Manchester 2009 E-zine #1
Permission to email, copy, and print this E-zine in part or whole is
granted.

WELCOME TO THE MANCHESTER 2009 E-ZINE
DISCOVERING FAMILY TREASURES
FEATURED SPEAKERS FOR 2009
EXHIBIT HALL
SOCIETY FAIR
ANCESTORS ROAD SHOW
WHAT’S A NERGC?
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
ABOUT THIS E-ZINE

WELCOME TO THE MANCHESTER 2009 E-ZINE
Welcome to the first New England Regional Genealogical Conference 2009
E-zine!  Between now and April 2009, we’ll be providing updates on the
Tenth New England Regional Genealogical Conference through periodic
E-zines like this one.  Please share them with your friends and
associates – and anyone else you feel may be interested in attending
the Conference.

DISCOVERING FAMILY TREASURES
Discovering Family Treasures, to be held April 22-26, 2009 at the Expo
Center of New Hampshire and Radisson Hotel in Manchester is the tenth
New England Regional Genealogical Conference and will build on NERGC’s
tradition of excellence in providing genealogical lectures, seminars and
workshops; the Ancestors Road Show; a Society Fair; and banquets and
luncheons for new and established genealogists alike at minimal cost.  

Pauline Cusson, Melinde Sanborn, and Allison Ryall will Co-Chair the
2009 Conference, and Program Co-Chairs will be Christine Sweet-Hart and
Barbara Mathews.

In keeping with the Conference theme, National speakers James L.
Hansen, F.A.S.G; Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, GLC; and Megan S. Smolenyak
and over 40 other speakers will help genealogists unlock “family
treasures” though sessions covering:
 General genealogical skills and techniques; 
Family history writing and publishing; 
Forensic genealogy;
Ethnic genealogy of all types, including French-Canadian, Acadian, and
Native American; 
Treasures found in regional or local repositories and libraries; 
Techniques for finding and utilizing specific record sources (such as
religious, civil, cemetery, military, newspapers, city directories,
etc.) and the treasures they contain; 
Accessing resources using technology; research strategies; research
pathways; and online resources; 
Finding and preserving family treasures of all types.

In addition to the wealth of knowledge shared by expert genealogists,
there will be opportunities to discover additional treasures in the
Exhibit Hall -- and meeting hundreds of other attendees at the
Conference who share your love for genealogy may be one of the greatest
rewards of all! 

The excitement for Discovering Family Treasures is already building. 
Watch our Website: www.NERGC.org ( http://www.nergc.org/ ) for
developing information.  

FEATURED SPEAKERS FOR 2009
Discovering Family Treasures 2009 is pleased to announce three
nationally known featured speakers for our conference:

THOMAS W. JONES
Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, is joint editor of the National
Genealogical Society Quarterly, former trustee and a past president of
the Board for Certification of Genealogists, and board member of the
Association of Professional Genealogists. An active genealogist since
his teens, Tom’s research encompasses records of every state east of
the Mississippi and France, Germany, Italy, and Ireland. Half his
maternal ancestry passed through New England, and the other half is
Irish. (His paternal ancestry is Southern.) His information-packed
lectures cover methods applicable across geographic areas, time periods,
and levels of expertise. Editing, teaching, writing, and tackling
“brick-wall” genealogical problems, he works full-time in
genealogy. 

JAMES L. HANSEN
James L. Hansen, F.A.S.G, has been since 1974 the reference librarian
and genealogical specialist at the Library of the Wisconsin Historical
Society, where he assists several thousand researchers a year in their
genealogical and historical research.  He has taught beginning and
advanced genealogical research courses over Wisconsin's Educational
Telephone Network.  Among his publications are articles on a variety of
genealogical topics, a bibliography of territorial Wisconsin newspapers,
and a guide to the library in which he works.  He is a nationally-known
speaker, having lectured on genealogical topics at numerous conferences
in the U.S. and Canada, including 21 National Genealogical Society
conferences and 14 Federation of Genealogical Societies conferences. He
was the 1994-1995 president of the Association of Professional
Genealogists, and in 1995 was named a fellow of the American Society of
Genealogists. In 2002 he was awarded the Filby Prize for Genealogical
Librarianship at the National Genealogical Society conference in
Milwaukee.

MEGAN SMOLENYAK SMOLENYAK
Attendees of the NERGC 2007 conference in Hartford will remember Megan
Smolenyak Smolenyak (yes, that's her real name), for her outstanding
talk, “Cases That Made My Brain Hurt” at the Friday luncheon and for
two standing-room-only lectures, “Trace Your Roots with DNA” and
“Beyond Y-DNA:  Your Genetic Genealogy Options.”  She has been an
avid genealogist since the 6th grade and is skilled in many aspects of
family history research.  Megan is honored to serve as Chief Family
Historian and North American spokesperson for Ancestry.com, the largest
genealogical company in the world. She is also co-founder of Roots
Television, a pioneering and popular online channel of genealogy and
history-oriented programming. She also made news when she discovered a
startling connection when requested by Austin Fenner of the New York
Daily News to research the roots of Rev. Al Sharpton. Much to her
astonishment, she learned that Rev. Sharpton's great-grandfather had
been owned by relatives of Strom Thurmond.  She is the author of several
books and numerous articles, lectures widely, and conducts research for
the U.S. Army and television programs.  Her website is Honoring Our
Ancestors ( http://www.honoringourancestors.com/ ).

EXHIBIT HALL
NERGC’s Exhibit Hall has always been one of the “best liked”
features of the conference, providing the opportunity to find that book,
CD, or other genealogy-related product between lectures and meals.

For 2009, there will be a total of 74 booth spaces, with invitations to
purchase booth space going out in April or May.  Exhibits Co-Chair David
Mishkin reports, "This year we are going to take advantage of the
Exhibit Hall being open to the general public.  We are currently
planning a new marketing campaign to bring lots of new and unaffiliated
folks into the Exhibit Hall.  This will be very advantageous to not only
the commercial exhibitors, but the society exhibitors as well.  By
bringing new people into the Exhibit Hall, people that are not familiar
with genealogy but have an interest in their family history will have an
opportunity to explore what genealogy is all about and how it will be a
benefit for them to become a member of  a local genealogical society." 

SOCIETY FAIR
All interested societies or organizations wishing to participate in the
NERGC Society Fair on Thursday, April 23, 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
are invited to contact Ralph Wadleigh at whplar at comcast.net to register
their interest and reserve a space.  Participants will have a display
table, chairs and signage.  Sales of merchandise are not allowed, but
promotional material may be distributed and orders taken.  The Society
Fair is a great way to promote your organization in front of lots of
potentially interested folks! 

ANCESTORS ROAD SHOW
The Ancestors Road Show returns to NERGC in Manchester. The Road Show
will be held Friday and Saturday April 24 + 25 from 9:00 a.m. - noon and
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.  Think about the challenging research problems that
you can bring to the Road Show. Pre-Conference sign ups will be
available for Conference attendees beginning in March 2009.  Information
will be posted in future issues of the E-zine as well as on the NERGC
website, www.nergc.org.  ( http://www.nergc.org./ )

As always, this event is possible only through the kindness of the many
volunteer genealogists. We are looking for consultants with experience
in any aspect of genealogy including translating.  If you are willing to
volunteer for an hour or two either Friday or Saturday please contact
Margaret Dube (CommonFolk at Comcast.net (
http://mail.charter.net/do/mail/message/mailto?to=CommonFolk%40Comcast.net
) ) or Pam Eagleson (peagleson at yahoo.com (
http://mail.charter.net/do/mail/message/mailto?to=peagleson%40yahoo.com
)), co-chairs of this event.  

WHAT’S A NERGC?
While many think of “NERGC” as a Conference, it is really much
more.  Formed twenty years ago to bring cutting edge genealogical
education within the reach of New England genealogists and family
historians, the New England Regional Genealogical Consortium, Inc. has
produced nine conferences in every state in New England.  The most
recent Conference, held in Hartford, Connecticut in April 2007, was
attended by over 700 genealogists from more than twenty states, Canada,
and England. Each Conference is made possible by many hours of work by
volunteers from the Participating Societies.  For 2009, those societies
are: 

American Canadian Genealogical Society ( http://www.acgs.org/ )
Manchester, NH

American French Genealogical Society ( http://www.afgs.org/ )
Woonsocket, RI

Cape Cod Genealogical Society ( http://capecodgensoc.org/ )

Central Massachusetts Genealogical Society ( http://www.cmgs-inc.org/
)

Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc.

Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council (
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctpgc )

Connecticut Society of Genealogists ( http://www.csginc.org/ )

Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor (
http://www.societyct.org/societies/windsor.php )

Falmouth Genealogical Society ( http://www.falgen.org/ )

Genealogical Society of Vermont ( http://www.genealogyvermont.org/ )

Godfrey Memorial Library  ( http://www.godfrey.org/ )
Middletown, CT 

Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston ( http://jgsgb.org/ )

Massachusetts Genealogical Council (
http://home.comcast.net/~massgencouncil )

Massachusetts Society of Genealogists ( http://rootsweb.com/~masgi )

New England APG ( http://www.neapg.org/ )

New England Historic Genealogical Society (
http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ )
Boston, MA

New Hampshire Society of Genealogists ( http://nhsog.org/ )

Polish Genealogical Society of CT & the Northeast (
http://www.nergc.org/2009/www.pgsctne.org )

Rhode Island Genealogical Society ( http://www.rigensoc.org/ )

South Shore Genealogical Society ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~massgs )

The Irish Ancestral Research Association [TIARA] ( http://tiara.ie/ )

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Participating Societies are reminded that they must supply at least one
volunteer for committee work prior to the Conference and must provide
required on-site volunteer hours during the Conference.

But anyone planning to attend the Conference can help. At the
Conference we’ll need volunteers to assist the exhibitors, and to help
with registration, hospitality, and more.  As you begin to make your
plans to attend, think of areas where you can lend a hand. 

One committee that will need volunteer help is Signage, which at the
last Conference saw a new set-up, which is now in place for future
Conferences. If you are very comfortable with using computer software,
the Signage Committee would love to have you volunteer for an hour or so
at the Conference, here and there, to give other workers a break.
Typically, this would mean typing in, printing out, and replacing the
title or room number of a program when there is a last-minute change in
that information. Also, periodically, someone needs a new sign for a
special feature. For more information, please contact Signage Chair Jay
Sage jay at sagefamily.org (
http://mail.charter.net/do/mail/message/mailto?to=jay%40sagefamily.org
). 

ABOUT THIS E-ZINE
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involvement in NERGC 2007.  We welcome your thoughts and suggestions for
items to appear in future issues.  Please send them to Richard Roberts,
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