Registration brochures for the annual National Genealogical Conference in the States, May 12-15, are now available. This year the conference is in Richmond, VA. You can contact 1999 NGS Conference, 4527 17th St. North, Arlington, VA 22207-2399; call (703) 525-0050 or visit the society's website: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/
Exhibitions and some seminars will take place at the Richmond Centre for Conventions and Exhibitions, and other seminars will be held at Richmond Marriott Hotel, the conference headquarters hotel. The buildings are connected by a skywalk. If you register before April 3 you can save money.
In addition to the lectures, vendor exhibitions and computer labs, tours are offered to various Old Dominion attractions, such as Colonial Williamsburg, Richmond's many historical and cultural attractions, battlefields, the Confederacy White House, St. John's (the site of Patrick Henry's famous "Liberty or Death'' speech), and the James River plantations.
Regina Hines Ellison, president of Council of Genealogy Columnists (CGC), recently announced the organization's annual "Excellence-in-Writing'' competition.
Categories are: Local Genealogy and History Columns in Newspapers; General Interest Columns in Newspapers; Ethnic Columns in Newspapers; Genealogy Columns in Journals (periodicals), and "Wanna-be'' Columns. Entry fees are $10 per category and the closing date is February 25.
The contest is open to CGC members only. However, membership is open to anyone interested in the field of genealogical writing and editing. To join CGC, send $15 to its treasurer, Sharon King Burns, P.O. Box 47, Edmond, OK 73083-9947. Details and general rules for submission can be found at the CGC website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cgc/index.htm
Winners will be announced in May at the CGC supper during the National Genealogical Society's annual conference in Richmond.
STAR BREAK
The Learning Company, parent of the Family Tree Maker product group, announces it will award a total of $20,000 in a number of grants ranging from $500 to $2,500. Applications must be received by March 15, and winning genealogical groups will be notified by May 10. Guidelines for the grants are:
-- The society should be trying to do something special that will make a valuable genealogical contribution.
-- The grants will be given to societies whose projects require additional funds not covered by their dues.
Preference will be given to:
--preservation projects (such as flattening documents and archiving in acid-free materials);
--projects to make otherwise inaccessible records available (microfilming, cataloguing, indexing, etc.);
--projects that convert data from paper or microfilm to electronic format;
--large projects or equipment needs (e. g., purchasing a microfilm reader or computer).
Application forms can be obtained by writing to: The Learning Company Genealogy Group Grants, 39500 Stevenson Place, Suite 204, Fremont, CA 94539.
The forms also are available online at http://www.familytreemaker.com/grantfrm.html
Winners will be announced in May at the National Genealogical Society's annual conference in Richmond, Virginia.
(c) 1999, Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Myra Vanderpool Gormley and Julie Case are co-editors of Missing Links, a free weekly genealogy e-zine. To subscribe, send your request to: Missing Links Newsletter
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