NGS: So many choices, so little time. What lectures are you attending?

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If you are anything like me you are in the middle of research prep and finalizing your schedule for next week.  The printed guide I picked up at my local genealogy society meeting is marked to bits.  There are so many great choices…now if I could only clone myself!

Throw into the mix that I volunteered to help at the conference and pick up drop off for my kids, I have a scheduling nightmare.  Well, actually, it may help cut down on my choices.  I am still waiting to hear back on which “Ask Me” shifts or room monitor assignments I am going to have.  When I get those it may completely re-work my selection!  Waiting patiently for information is not something I do easily.

As of right now, I think these are the lectures I am going to attend.  It may change, I have to be flexible after all, but as of the time I writing these are what I am going to attend!  Of course, if I am still trying to decide I will list both.  Maybe you can help me decide?

Wednesday

8:00 AM               Opening Session ‘Cause, why would I miss this?  Seriously, it looks great!

11:00 AM             BCG Skillbuilding Track: Problems and Pitfalls in a Reasonably Shallow Search, Elissa Scalise Powell

                           Virginia Track: Are Those My early Virginia Ancestors? Spanning Gaps and Developing Theories to Build a Possible Family Structure, Eric G. Grundset

2:30 PM                Virginia Track:  Using Civil War Maps in Genealogical Research, Cassandra Britt Farrell

                           Tricks and Tips Track: Annotating and Archiving Images, Jordan Jones

4:00 PM                Methodology Track: The Sociology of Cemeteries, Helen A. Shaw

                            State Research: Kentucky: Where in the State Do You Relate? Louise T. Jones

Thursday

8:00 AM               Virginia Track: From Jamestown to the Present: The Records of the Virginia Land Office, Barbra Vines Little

                           Research in the States Track:  North Carolina Research, Jeffrey L. Haines

9:30 AM               Research in the States Track: The Old Line State: Research at the Maryland State Archives, Patricia O’Brien Shawker

                           The NYGBS Track: Looking for Your New York Tenant Farmer: Little-Used Resources, Jane E. Wilcox

11:00 AM             Methodology Track: Oh, the Things You Can Map: Mapping Data, Memory, and Historical Context, Stefani Evans

                           Migration Track: The Migration Triangle: Virginia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee, J. Mark Lowe

2:30 PM                BCG Skillbuilding Track: Using Evidence Creatively: Spotting Clues in Run-of-the-Mill Records, Elizabeth Shown Mills

                           Research in the States Track: Missouri: The Crossroads of America, Ann Carter Fleming

4:00 PM                BCG Skillbuilding Track: Finding Thomas’s Father, Pam Stone Eagleson

                            German Track: Contrasting German Migrations: 18^th-Century vs. 19^th-Century Waves, James M. Beidler

Friday

8:00 AM               Migration Track: Migration Routes to Kentucky, Donald W. Rightmyer

                           National Archives Track: Tract Books: Master Index to Federal Land Records, Angela Packer McGhie

9:30 AM               BCG Skillbuilding Track: Disputes and Unhappy Differences: Surprises in Land Records, Sharon Tate Moody

                           Spreading the News Track: Incorporating Social History into Your Research, Michael D. Lacopo

11:00 AM             Records Track: An Ounce of Prevention: Making a Genealogy Disaster Plan, Julie Miller

                           DNA Track:  Administering a Surname DNA Project, Terry Barton

2:30 PM               Records Track:  Using State and Regional Genealogy Periodicals in Your Research, Don W. Rightmyer

                           DNA Track: Genetic Genealogy Case Studies: Maximize Use of DNA Test Results, Debbie Parker Wayne

4:00 PM               Spreading the News Track: Writing a Narrative Family History: Snares and Pitfalls, John Philip Colletta

                           DNA Track: DNA and the Golden Rule: The Law and Ethics of Genetic Genealogy, Judy G. Russell

Saturday

8:00 AM              BCG Skillbuilding Track: Using and Evaluating Family Lore: She Married a Distant Cousin in Virginia, J.H. “Jay” Fonkert

                           NEHGS Track: Research Strategies for Upstate New York, Henry B. Hoff

9:30 AM              Virginia Track: A Treasure Trove of Rarely Used Records, Barbara Vines Little

                          Potpourri Track: Picture This: Images You Can Freely use, Judy G. Russell

11:00 AM            BCG Skillbuilding Track: Organize Your Research without Losing Your Mind, Julie Miller

                          Methodology Track: Using Case Studies to Learn Research Methods and Share Family Information, Thomas W. Jones

2:30 PM              BCG Skillbuilding Track: Working with Documents: The Importance of Context in record Analysis, Barbara Vines Little

                          Migration Track: How to Prepare for Successful Research in European Records, John Philip Coletta

4:00 PM              NEHGS Track: Making Midwest Connections at NEHGS, Rhonda R. McClure

                          Potpourri Track: Keep the Message Consistent – Sell/Document/Deliver from Proposal to Syllabus to Presentation, Diana Crisman Smith