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Every two years the NERGC conference rotates around New
England, and this year it will be held in Manchester, New Hampshire from April
17th – 21st, at the Radisson Hotel and Expo Center on Elm
Street. I attended my first NERGC in
Springfield, Massachusetts in 2011, and I had a wonderful time. There were lots of wonderful workshops and
lectures, and I met up with some of my favorite friends, genealogists, bloggers
and Mayflower cousins. I highly
recommend this conference if you are a New England genealogist or if you have
New England ancestry.
NERGC 2013 is the twelfth genealogical conference, “Woven in
History – The Fabric of New England”. There will be lectures, workshops, a society
fair, an exhibit hall, special interest groups and the popular “Ancestor’s Road
Show” where experts will help you to find those elusive ancestors (think of the
“Antiques Road Show” on PBS). Best of
all you can meet and mingle with hundreds of other attendees at the conference
who share your love of genealogy. Some
of your favorite genealogy speakers will be there, including Thomas MacEntee
and Lisa Alzo, among others. The featured speakers will be Colleen Fitzpatrick and Stephen Morse. The banquet speaker will be Milli Knudsen, who works for the state of New Hampshire organizing and indexing "cold case" files for the police, using her genealogical skills to help solve these crimes.
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| Yours Truly, blogger Midge Frazel, Mr. Frazel, and blogger Russ Worthington at the NERGC banquet. Don't we look like we were having a great time! |
There is a librarian’s and teacher’s day on Wednesday, April
17th, with workshops developed especially for those groups looking
to learn more about genealogy for students and library patrons. Wednesday, April 17th is also Tech
Day for both the technically challenged or tech-savvy genealogists.
The Society Fair on Thursday night, April 18th, from
5 to 7pm will feature over 20 genealogical, historical, family and lineage
societies. This is a great chance to
mingle with members of these societies and ask questions, and maybe join a few
of these organizations. Groups like the
American Canadian Genealogical Society, the New Hampshire Mayflower Society,
and the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists will all be in attendance.
See the website www.nergc.org
for information and registration.
Volunteering at NERGC can expand your experience. You don’t have to even be a registered
attendee to volunteer. The Volunteer
Chair Christine Bard is looking for people who can give one or two hours of
their time, for simple things like introducing speakers or manning the
registration booths. Please contact
Christine Bard at bardc@comcast.net if
you can volunteer.
Check out the NERGC blog at www.nergc.blogspot.com
Click here for the NERGC e-zine http://www.nergc.org/E-zine_1_2013.pdf
Click here for the NERGC e-zine http://www.nergc.org/E-zine_1_2013.pdf
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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
I hope to make one of these in the not too distant future, but sadly not this year. Both sons graduate from their graduate studies within 11 days of one another in two different states in just about a month, so no extra funds for genealogy travel this year! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI understand, John, since I just came home from RootsTech in Salt Lake City. Fortunately my hometown of Londonderry borders Manchester, New Hampshire, so this is an easy trip for me!
DeleteI wish I could make it to this conference but with a Friday afternoon dress rehearsal for a Sunday concert at NEC's Jordan Hall, I just don't think I can fit it in. The Dedham Choral Society concert is history-focused, commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, so might be of interest to local genealogists / historians. See the Dedham Choral Society website for details.
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