NERGC 2023: MISSING BRANCHES ARE NOT THE END OF THE LINE

Wednesday, 17 APRIL - TECH DAY NERGC's first Tech Day will be held on Wednesday, 17 April 2013 at the Manchester Radisson. This event is focused on demonstrations of intermediate and advanced technology that is both helpful and timesaving during genealogical research and writing. Tech Day provides the opportunity for genealogists to review items that are focused on a technically oriented audience and might not otherwise be included in a general conference trying to reach a broad audience. The cost is $40 per person for four seminars, a lunchtime presentation, and full lunch compliments of FindMyPast.com. 8:45 A.M - 9:30 A.M. Registration and Welcome 9:30 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. Deep Linking and Deeper Linking: How I Get the Most Out of Existing Search Applications Stephen P. Morse, PhD Stephen P. Morse, PhD Deep linking provides a means of optimizing the information extracted from existing third-party websites in general, and from search applications in particular. Various ...

Here are 65 exceptional reasons to head to the New England Regional Genealogical Conference in April 2013! NERGC FEATURED SPEAKERS Colleen Fitzpatrick, PhD , is the author of two of the best-selling books in genealogy. Forensic Genealogy has been widely recognized for its innovative forensic science approach to genealogical research. DNA & Genealogy was commissioned by Family Tree DNA for its Second Conference on Genetic Genealogy in November 2005,and has been praised by readers as "the ideal handbook for anyone starting out in genealogy using the DNA tools available" and "the book to get for someone starting or running a surname project." Colleen consults with television and documentary production companies on Forensic Genealogy and DNA & Genealogy. She has been featured on NPR's Talk of the Nation radio program (July 2005), and has written cover articles for Internet Genealogy (June2006),...

Wednesday, 17 APRIL - LIBRARIANS’ AND TEACHERS’ DAY NERGC's Fourth Librarians' and Teachers' Day will be held on Wednedsay, 17 April 2013 at the Manchester Radisson. The day will be devoted to showing attendees how genealogy can enhance curricula, attract new patrons, and highlight collections. Librarians' and Teachers' Day provides the opportunity for professionals to learn how genealogy can serve them in their dual roles as curators of their unique collections and as ambassadors of genealogy resources for their schools and libraries. All librarians and teachers who work with family history patrons or genealogy-related research materials will benefit from this special event.The cost is $40.00 per person and includes lunch compliments of ProQuest. 8:45 A.M - 9:30 A.M. Registration and Welcome 9:30 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. Getting Patrons Started in Genealogy Christine Sharbrough, MSLIS, CG For those librarians who are not genealogists, dealing with ...

On Thursday, April 18, 2011 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm there will be a "Society Fair" in the Radisson Hotel Manchester at the rear of the Exhibit Hall family, genealogical and historical societies from all over New England will provide information about their organizations. The Society Fair is FREE and OPEN to the general public at no cost so that anyone can make contact with society representatives, pick up brochures and registration material, or perhaps even make a more permanent connection by joining a group. Who knows how many of these can be of service to you in your research? Come find out!!  It's a great place to meet and greet and gather in anticipation of the opening of the trade show at 6 p.m.. Don't miss it!   The Fair is a great place to meet and greet fellow attendees.  It’s also a place to gather information on family associations, area repositories and genealogical societies offering a variety of information and tools.  It’s been heard ...

Online registration for NERGC 2013 is no longer available. However, you're still welcome to join us in Manchester! Walk-in registrations will be accepted Thursday, Friday, and Saturday although those so registering are not guaranteed a conference bag, pin, or CD syllabus.

As anyone who has been at genealogy for a while knows, it becomes a real “man-hunt” sometimes. After 20 years of digging up tiny details of her own Irish ancestors and countless dead ends for clients, it was not a big leap to volunteering at New Hampshire’s Cold Case Unit. Genealogists are all about cold cases. Milli's banquet presentation at NERGC will briefly outline what indexing a homicide is all about. She will profile two related homicides out of Manchester in the 1990’s, a time when the drug culture had dominated the residential neighborhoods filled with apartment buildings, small bars, and cheap motels. She was still a classroom teacher at the time in Londonderry, an affluent town just south of Manchester, whose kids seeking a wild side gravitated to the happening part of the “big” city. It wasn’t until later that she realized one of her former students was wrapped up in the seedy existence of prostitution and cocaine. Meanwhile, in Nashua, a woman who was to beco...

Some of your best time at  a conference will be spent in the exhibit hall. The NERGC exhibit hall will be open: Grand Opening : Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 6:00-8:00pm Friday, April 19, 2013 - 8:00am - 5:00pm Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 8:00am - 4:00pm Please note that the Exhibit Hall is Free and Open to the general public as well as conference attendees. Here's a sneak peak of the exhibitors will have booths in the exhibit hall at the 2013 New England Regional Genealogical Conference (NERGC): About Your Kin American Civil War Ancestor (ACW Ancestor) American French Genealogical Society American-Canadian Genealogical Society AMS Imaging, LLC Board for Certification of Genealogists Boston University Center for Professional Education Brightsolid (Findmypast.com) Connecticut Ancestry Society Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council Connecticut Society of Genealogists CT Society Daught...