Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGLSM, The Legal Genealogist, provides expert guidance through the murky territory where law, history, and genealogy come together. Session Number: T133, Hosted by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Title: Just Three Generations: New York Style...

  Dr. John Treadway, Professor Emeritus of History and Global Studies at the University of Richmond. Session Number: T131, Hosted by the Palatines to America German Genealogy Society Title: Germans in Virginia—The First Three Hundred Years Date and Time: Thursday, 1 June, at 12:30 p.m. ...

Videos of our recent conference question and answer Zoom sessions are now available on the NGS YouTube Channel. Sessions were held on 9 February and 14 March 2023. The videos provide overviews of the main conference and pre-conference activities including tours, the BCG Educational Fund workshop, FO...

  As an author and speaker, I often hear the question: how did I go from researching family history to writing a trilogy about my ancestor Cecily?Mine is a peculiar journey, but I’ve never met a family historian who didn’t have an odd story. We all know that sometimes we find our ancesto...

Far East Deep South Documentary to Screen Friday Afternoon Baldwin Chiu and Larissa Lam will screen their film Far East Deep South Friday at 4 PM at the NGS conference.  The film is an award-winning documentary produced and directed by them. Chiu’s search for answers about h...

Motherlode Wine Experience/Gold Discovery Tour/Capitol Mall Genealogy Research/ Old Sacramento Walking Tour CGS, your local host society has organized four tour options for Tuesday, May 24th Motherlode Wine Experience: This could be your view if you sign-up for this once in a lifetime to...

Don’t Forget Tuesday When You Register for the Conference! NGS continues to expand programs for its genealogy society, library, archive, and museum members following the merger in 2020 with the Federation of Genealogical Societies. In 2021, NGS introduced the Focus on Soci...

A Taste of California Welcome Reception and Back to the Fifties Evening, NGS Banquet CGS, your local host society has organized two evening events outdoors and an easy walk from the Conference Center and hotels. A Taste of California Welcome Reception:             ...

Sacramento 2022 Program is Now Available! The program for the National Genealogical Society’s 2022 Family History Conference is now available online as a downloadable brochure. This year’s conference, to be held 24-28 May 2022 in Sacramento, California, is our first to offer both an in-pe...

Honoring 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage Woman’s suffrage parade, Wash., D.C. Mar., 1913 LCCN2002736824.jpg; photo courtesy of Wikimedia Common License The National Genealogical Society (NGS) 2020 Family History Conference to be held May 20-23 in Salt Lake City, is excited to offer a new t...