Those of us who blog and attend conferences usually receive and wear our Blogger Beads distributed by Thomas MacEntee. The FGS [Federation of Genealogical Societies] Conference beads from Thomas were complimentary of Dear Myrtle. They are a conversation starter! When I return home, they will hang on a door knob with Blogger Beads from past conferences. They'll be ready if I should ever attend Mardi Gras!
I was asked yesterday if I'd been blogging about the Conference ...and I had to reply that I had, but only once. So my conscience is nagging me.
Too busy, having too much fun. And a little brain dead from all the new information. Best class? All of them. Last night - Friday night - was the big drawing of door prizes. Really good door prizes like a registration to FGS next year in Fort Wayne, an iPad, six nights in Salt Lake City, a research trip worth $2500.. I didn't win. No, I did not.
But I did become an arbitrator for FamilySearch indexing. So I'll be arbitrating as well as indexing. FamilySearch has computers set up to introduce indexing - each completed batch was a chance for a FlipPal at the drawing last night. Their new big project is the immigration and naturalization records.
Today, Saturday September 1st, is the last day of class, last day of the Exhibit Hall. Dick Eastman will host his EOGN dinner tonight. There is a farewell Brunch tomorrow for those of us still around. It's been a very fast week.
Then I'm off for a side trip to visit my two granddaughters at their University before I head for home.
Showing posts with label FGS 2012 Birmingham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FGS 2012 Birmingham. Show all posts
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
FGS 2012 in Birmingham
Serendipity. The most recent weekly assignment for Abundant Genealogy was about the contacts we make and the impact that contact has on our on research. And now this is the week of the FGS 2012 Conference in Birmingham. And I am here. What a perfect way to make new contacts and see your friends!
Tonight - Tuesday, Sept 28th - before the actual opening of the Conference, FamilySearch hosted a dinner and a bit of a news and status update for those of us who are Bloggers. What a delightful evening! I know many pictures were taken and there will be blogs that tell you all the details and many of the facts related during the brief presentation.
I just want to say this. Thank you, FamilySearch. For so much. For tonight's dinner, fellowship and the really neat gift. For coordinating the 1940 indexing and bringing the whole project in ahead of time - there is no other organization that could have done so. For your many research-help classes. For the ever growing Wiki. For RootsTech [oh how much fun that is!] For microfilming and now digitizing those millions of records from past years. For all the ongoing planning to preserve and digitize records world-wide, and make those records available to all of us.
We can give back. 165,000 volunteers helped index the 1940 census - that has dropped to about 50,000 that are now indexing the Immigration records. Where did you go? Just help when you can - every single name indexed is someone's family member. FamilySearch is now accepting volunteers to help digitize the records and they can work on local projects. Volunteers can add to the information on the Wiki. As the Family Tree comes online - and yes, it will - there will be a need for volunteers to correct and improve the data. We can all help - that's how we can show our gratitude for all that FamilySearch has done for the genealogy community.
If you are not attending this week, I can only say, "I wish you were here!"
Tonight - Tuesday, Sept 28th - before the actual opening of the Conference, FamilySearch hosted a dinner and a bit of a news and status update for those of us who are Bloggers. What a delightful evening! I know many pictures were taken and there will be blogs that tell you all the details and many of the facts related during the brief presentation.
I just want to say this. Thank you, FamilySearch. For so much. For tonight's dinner, fellowship and the really neat gift. For coordinating the 1940 indexing and bringing the whole project in ahead of time - there is no other organization that could have done so. For your many research-help classes. For the ever growing Wiki. For RootsTech [oh how much fun that is!] For microfilming and now digitizing those millions of records from past years. For all the ongoing planning to preserve and digitize records world-wide, and make those records available to all of us.
We can give back. 165,000 volunteers helped index the 1940 census - that has dropped to about 50,000 that are now indexing the Immigration records. Where did you go? Just help when you can - every single name indexed is someone's family member. FamilySearch is now accepting volunteers to help digitize the records and they can work on local projects. Volunteers can add to the information on the Wiki. As the Family Tree comes online - and yes, it will - there will be a need for volunteers to correct and improve the data. We can all help - that's how we can show our gratitude for all that FamilySearch has done for the genealogy community.
If you are not attending this week, I can only say, "I wish you were here!"
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