Genealogy conference

The genealogy conference this past Saturday was a huge success. We had over 150 people in attendance. The three speakers, Dick Eastman, Thomas MacEntee and Lyn Meehan were fabulous speakers and everyone learned a lot about getting organized with genealogy research, identifying things in records, social networking for genealogists, conservation-keeping up with technology, and becoming a genealogy blogger. Dick did a great presentation on Putting the Genes in Genealogy at the dinner after the conference with about 100 people in attendance. The three speakers went to Banff and Lake Louise for the day on Friday, October 15th with Joan Miller, who also is a member of the same genealogy group which I belong to, which is the Alberta Family Histories Society. The next event is helping plan the Alberta Family Histories Society's 30th birthday this year. Looking forward to this event. I have been a member of this genealogy group for 18 years and have found them tremendously helpful. They are a great group.

Genealogy conference

The genealogy conference is less than a month away. I am really excited about it. There are going to be three great genealogy speakers coming to talk about new technology in genealogy. To register for the event go to www.afhs.ab.ca. Once on homepage, on the right hand side there is information on the conference. Click on the link and it will come to another page with more information. There is a link which gives more information. Click on that and it will give you the information on all topics and speakers and on the second page, there are three maps. One to the hotel, (Deerfoot Inn and Casino), one to a strip mall about 5 min. drive away with a lot of fast food restaurants for lunch and the last map to show you how to get to the Big Rock Grill. Go back once and there is another link to register. You can pay via paypal or you can send a cheque that you mail to Alberta Family Histories Society, 712-16 Ave.N.W.,Calgary, Alberta T2M 0J8. Put attention Registrar on the envelope. The address for the Deerfoot Inn and Casino is 1000-11500-35 St. S.E., the address for Big Rock Grill is 5555-76 Ave.S.E. The doors open at 8 a.m. with the first session at 8:30 a.m. The last session finishes at 3:45 p.m. followed by draws for great door prizes. Please bring a friend to this great event. Cost for the conference is $30.00 per person and for the dinner is $25.00 per person. Seating is limited for the dinner as it is for only 100 people. There are 26 seats left available for the dinner.
Hope to see you there.
Heather Jaremko
The Reunion Planners-Genealogy Services