National Calendar of Events

March 8, 2008 -  Brea, California The Genealogical Society of North Orange County will present "Court Records Seminar" featuring Cheryl Cook Singleton, Penny Feike, and Don Ray. For more information or to register, go to http://www.gsnocc.org/or e-mail rugovic@sbcglobal.net.

March 22, 2008 -  Logan, Utah The Logan Regional Family History Center and My Ancestors Found will host "Logan Utah Genealogy and Family Heritage Jamboree." For more information about this event see the http://www.myancestorsfound.com/, telephone 801-829-3295 or write to My Ancestors Found, PO Box 187, Morgan, UT 84050.

March 28-29, 2008 -  Ottawa, Ontario The Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society and the Ottawa Public Library announces "Gene-O-Rama 2008." Speakers for this event will be Janice Nickerson, Elizabeth Kipp and Randy Saylor. More information can be found at http://www.ogsottawa.on.ca/or send an e-mail to conference@ogsottawa.on.ca.

March 29, 2008 -  Virginia Beach, Virginia Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak will be the featured speaker for Virginia Beach Genealogical Society's 2008 Annual Conference. For more information or to register go to the society's Web site www.rootsweb.com/~vavbgs/or send an e-mail to joanored@aol.com.

April 11-12, 2008 -  Seattle, Washington The Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International has announced its 2008 CGSI Symposium. Speackers for this event will be Cyndi Howells, Leo Baca, James Felak, Jaraslava Soldanova, Chuck Kusak and Susan Casey. More information can be obtained by visiting the society's Web site http://www.cgsi.org/or by sending an e-mail to PaulMCzech@comcast.net.

April 11-12, 2008 - The Wisconsin State Genealogical Society’s 2008 Gene-A-Rama will be held Friday and Saturday at the Plaza Hotel Suites & Conference Center in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The featured speaker will be Maureen A. Taylor. Please see the WSGS Website at http://www.wsgs.org/for more information.

April 19,  2008 - The Anchorage Genealogical Society presents its 22nd Annual Family History Seminar featuring Christine Rose in Anchorage, Alaska. Further information can be obtained from : PO Box 242294, Anchorage, Alaska, 99524 or http://www.anchoragegenealogy.org/or AGS@ak.net

April 26, 2008 -  Santa Rosa, California Rhonda R. McClure will be the featured speaker for the Sonoma County Genealogical Society's conference. For more information, contact Lois Nimmo, program chairman at loisnim@scbglobal.netortelephone her at 707-537-1684. To register, contact Audrey Phillips, 96 Eastside Circle, Petaluma, CA 94954-3609. 

April 26, 2008 -  Topeka, Kansas The Topeka Genealogical Society has announced its 2008 Conference "From Traditional Methods to Cutting Edge Science!" featuring Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak. For more information, contact Nora Patton Taylor at npattontaylor@topekachamber.orgor telephone 785-286-1606.

May 14-18, 2008 - NGS Conference in the States and Family History Fair, Kansas City, Missouri 

June 23-28, 2008 - the XXVIIIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences hosted and organized by the Quebec Genealogical Society will be held at the Quebec City Convention Centre. (http://www.sgq.qc.ca/congres_2008/welcome.htm). The 2008 Edition Theme is: The Meeting of Two Worlds: Quest or Conquest:

June 19-21, 2008 -  Columbus, Ohio Palatines to America has announced its National Conference, sponsored by the Ohio Chapter. Speakers for this event will be Marion Wolfert, Maralyn Wellauer, Meldon Wolfgang, Roberta Estes, Ken Smith, Ann Miller and Barbara Nuehring. For more information, see the society's Web site http://www.palam.org/. 

June 27-28, 2009 -  Springfield, Illinois The Biennial Gathering of Sisson Cousins has been announced. For a registration form, please contact David Martin at davidchina_2000@yahoo.comor telephone 508-420-0024. 

June 27-29, 2008 -  Burbank, California The Southern California Genealogical Society has set the dates for its 39th Annual Genealogy Jamboree. More information about this event can be found at the society's Web site www.scgsgenealogy.com/.

September 3-6, 2008 -  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The 2008 FGS Conference "Footprints of Family History." Hosted by FGS and a number of local genealogical and historical societies in the Philadelphia area, this conference will have something to offer for every level of genealogist or family historian. More information, plus registration is available at the society's Web site http://www.fgs.org/.

October 6-10, 2008 - Salt Lake City, Utah The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History has announced its 8th Annual British Institute. Mark your calendars and check back for more details, or go to the society's Web site http://www.isbgfh.org/.

September 3-6, 2008 - FGS Conference, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania