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Please note one correction to the previous " NERGC 2013: Call for Papers " post. “Poster sessions will be up Friday and Saturday.  Presenters will be required to do several scheduled presentations throughout the two days.” The poster sessions in the exhibitor hall will only be up on Friday and Saturday not Thursday as mentioned in the previous post.

Call for Papers 12th New England Regional Genealogical Conference 17-21 April 2013 Radisson Hotel Conference Center, Manchester, NH NERGC 2013 presentation proposals are now being welcomed before 1 March 2012. In keeping with our Conference theme, “Woven in History: The Fabric of New England,” successful lecture, workshop, and poster session proposals will address: • New research methodologies and strategies, including technology and techniques; • Our ethnic fabric – all ethnicities welcomed; • Finding that thread of truth – proving or disproving family lore; • Immigration and emigration patterns; • New uses of sources (such as religious, civil, cemetery, military, and newspapers); • They came to work: work ethics, culture, language, patronymic legacy; • Finds in New England’s repositories (archives, libraries, historical societies); • Successful research trip planning; • Librarian and Teacher Day topics: (Wednesday only) educational and resource- centered presentat...

Can you believe it has been over three weeks since  NERGC 2011 - Exploring New Paths to Your Roots!  The Full Conference Survey is available for only ONE (1) MORE DAY.  If you have not already done so, please share your feedback.  We value your input which helps NERGC review the 2011 conference and plan the next conference in 2013.  Join the over 300 attendees who have already responded.  You may be the winner of a free conference registration  for NERGC 2013 in Manchester NH April 17-21 by completing this survey.  But, time is running out.  Analysis will begin and the survey will not be available for your input after Tuesday May 3.  Improvements for more convenient access have been made.  You will be asked for your email address and you may ask for reassignment of a password if you need it. So go ahead, Click on the words "Participate Now!" below to link directly to the online survey or go ...

An e-mail reminder about the Full Conference Survey went out to all Conference registrants this afternoon.   If you have not already completed our online survey, you have two options.  Go to the NERGC 2011 web page and click on FULL CONFERENCE SURVEY or, click on the button in the e-mail to directly link to the survey. Don't see the button? Try viewing the email in your browser. Complete the survey before May 3, 2011 and your survey ID will be entered into a drawing for one FREE conference registration for NERGC 2013 in Manchester NH (April 17-21).  We will announce and contact the winner.

Oh the places you'll go Now that you know Some new paths to explore And you've learned lots more To help you search your roots So be on your way And with no further delay We bid you farewell Please remember to tell Everyone about NERGC 2013 Manchester See you April 17-21, 2013 for the Twelfth New England Regional Genealogical Conference! Your NERGC Hospitality team

Books Signings at NERGC Friday: April 8, 2011, 9:30am Colleen Fitzpatrick at Maia's Books booth Saturday, April 9, 2011, 11:00am Chris Child, The Ancestry of Catherine Middleton , in the New Historic Genealogical Society booth Leslie Albrecht Huber, The Journey Takers , in the Moorshead Publishing booth Maureen Taylor , Finding the Civil War in Your Family Album and The Last Muster , in the Photo Detective booth The New England Regional Genealogical Conference (NERGC) is being held April 6-10, 2011 in Springfield, MA. More information is available from the conference website . 

Conference Registration/Check-in takes place on the Sheraton’s Second Level Foyer on Thursday from 7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.; Friday from 7:15 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; and Saturday from 7:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Hospitality, Queries, and Volunteers/Evaluation tables are near the Registration Booths on the Sheraton’s Second Level Foyer.   ·        Hospitality will be staffed Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ·        The Volunteers/Evaluation tables will be staffed Thursday and Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

If you’re not signed up for one of NERGC’s meals, there are a number of food options in and near our conference hotels. There will be a food concession on the Third Level of the Sheraton serving breakfast beginning at 8:00 and lunch beginning at 11:00, ending at 2:00 p.m. Peter’s Grille, in the Sheraton, will be open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. for breakfast and 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. for dinner. MVP, also in the Sheraton, will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.   Due to the high NERGC turnout, the Sheraton strongly recommends reservations at both restaurants, with a limit of six people per reservation. Champions Sports Bar & Grill and Currents Fine Dining at the Marriott are open on a first come, first serve basis; no reservations are accepted. The food court located on the Upper Level of the adjacent Tower Square Mall, is o pen 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and offers a variety of options (Combo Wok, Fantastico, LeGreq...

The New England Regional Genealogical Conference (NERGC) will hold it's opening session on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 10:00 in the Springfield Marriott Grand Ballroom, 6th floor. Come hear a welcome and opening remarks by co-chairs, Pauline Cusson and Richard Clarke Roberts. Then be treated to a special talk called "Family History in Primetime: Genealogy's Next Generation" by D. Joshua Taylor, the Director of Education and Programs at the New England Historic Genealogical Society . See you there at 10:00am! The New England Regional Genealogical Conference (NERGC) is being held April 6-10, 2011 in Springfield, MA. More information is available from the conference website .  

The day rate for parking in the Sheraton’s garage is $4.00 per day (with tickets validated at the Sheraton coat check or front desk) or $9.95 per night for guests at the hotel.  Guests can come and go as often as they would like. The Sheraton no longer offers valet parking. The garage clearance is 7’ 2” so standard trucks and vans should have no problem getting in. The Tower Square garage connected to the Marriott Springfield (and across the street from the Sheraton) offers 1,200 well-lighted, covered, and secured parking spaces. The parking is $5.00 per day for daily commuters attending Marriott events. The Marriott’s discounted overnight rate at Tower Square for Marriott guests is $15.00. Ticket validation will be available from banquet bartenders or at the NERGC Hospitality Table on the Sheraton’s Second Level Foyer, one level down from our Exhibit Hall in the Sheraton Grand Ballroom. In addition, there are parking garages (I-91 North garage and I-91 South g...

Please provide your own transportation to the cemetery.  The cemetery is about three quarters of a mile from the hotels, a walkable distance, but keep in mind that you’ll also be walking in the cemetery. The better option is driving, and we encourage attendees to carpool in order to keep traffic in the cemetery to a minimum.   Take a right out of the Sheraton parking garage onto Boland Way; take the first right onto Main St.; take the second left onto State Street.   Then pass Willow on your right and almost immediately take Dwight Ext. on your right.   Merge onto Maple Street.   The address of the cemetery is 171 Maple Street, with the entrance (Cemetery Avenue) just before the intersection of Maple and Central Streets.   Please note that Cemetery Avenue does not look like a street and is a bit obscure as it sits in-between two buildings.   Just beyond Avon Place on the left, look for some dark red stone posts, and enter Cemetery Avenue b...

Whether you’re staying at the Sheraton or at the Marriott, on Sunday morning, before heading out to explore more new paths, join other conference attendees and speakers in celebrating new-found friendships over a complimentary continental breakfast of tea, coffee, juice, pastry, and fruit as our thank you for attending NERGC 2011.   The breakfast runs from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in the Sheraton’s Mahogany Room (Second Level of the hotel).   There will be a running slideshow of photos from the conference, and The Cat in the Hat will be there by 7:30 a.m. and stay until 9:30 a.m. or so.  The Cat won’t perform, but will mingle, provide photo opportunities, and can answer your questions about the Springfield Museums.

A reminder that “Exploring New Paths to Your Roots is being held in two hotels across the street from one another.  The Exhibit Hall and many lectures are at the Sheraton.   However, the opening session, one large lecture room, and the luncheons and banquets are at the Marriott.  PDF files of the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday daily “one-sheet” schedules, and hotel floor plans are now on the NERGC web page . Thursday, April 7th - Daily Schedule Friday, April 8th - Daily Schedule Saturday, April 9th - Daily Schedule Click the daily schedule links above or enter the NERGC 2011 site, and then scroll down to find the “buttons” that link to the files.  After you download and print out the files, you can see which sessions are scheduled for which rooms, and then look at the floorplans to see where the rooms are located.  All those registered for the conference by March 31 should have received an e-mail from NERGC providing links to the syllabus.  If...

WELCOME TO THE SPRINGFIELD 2011 E-ZINE Welcome to the twelfth New England Regional Genealogical Conference 2011 E-zine, the final issue prior to the Conference! Please share it with your friends and associates-and anyone else you feel may be interested in attending the Conference. Missing back issues? Go to http://www.nergc.org/NERGC2011/ezine.html . With less than a week to go, over 770 are now registered for the Conference! This edition of the E-zine features last-minute updates and reminders. REGISTRATION REMINDERS ·          As previously publicized, no refunds are available after 25 March 2011 . ·          You may still sign up for meals, but the hotel cannot guarantee that particular food options are still available this close to the conference.   ·          If you don't have time for the entire Conference, single day registrations are available at $...