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19th Annual Central Indiana Genealogy Conference

When
11 Oct 2014
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN

The Genealogical Society

of Marion County

in cooperation with the

Indiana Historical Society

presents:

19th Annual Central Indiana Genealogy Conference

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center

450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN

Please join Genealogical Society of Marion County and the Indiana Historical Society for our Annual Conference.This is an all day conference with four sessions and lunch.

The sessions include:

Finding Naturalization Records and other Clues to Immigrant Origins - Some amazing details and clues are waiting to be found in personal, local, county, state and federal collections. This presentation will help you find naturalization records, how to use them effectively and to make other important discoveries leading back to the place in the old country that your immigrant ancestor called home.

Coming to America: Finding Your Ancestor’s Arrival Records on Ancestry.com - Immigration is an important part of our nation’s history and of your personal family history. Passenger arrival records are much more than lists of names. Finding and using these records effectively will lead to intriguing family stories and provide clues for further research.

Common Surnames: Finding Your Smiths – Finding common names in your family tree is almost inevitable. This presentation is loaded with tips for distinguishing one individual or family from others with same last name.

Hidden Treasures at Ancestry.com- Beyond the traditional records that yield essential names, dates and places, you can often get a better understanding of your ancestors from some of the lesser-used records that don’t rise to the surface in a general search. From Almshouse and Agricultural schedules and fraternal and ethnic collections to a vast assortment of military records, great details can be found in the billions of records at Ancestry.com. This presentation highlights some of the best and most unusual collections, how to find them and the wonderful clues in them that will lead to other records.

Our Speakers:

Juliana Szucs Smith has been with Ancestry.com for more than 15 years. She has written articles for online and print genealogical publications and wrote the "Computers and Technology" chapter of The Source. She is a former editor of the

Chicago Genealogical Society Newsletter and for many years, she was the editor of The Ancestry Daily News and Ancestry’s Weekly Journal. Also for Ancestry.com, she has presented a number of webinars and videos. She regularly speaks at local, state and national conferences. Juliana holds a certificate from Boston University's Online Genealogical Research Program, and is currently working towards certification from the Board for Certification of Genealogists.

Loretto Dennis Szucs (“Lou”) is Vice President of Community Relations at Ancestry.com. With more than 40 years of experience as a researcher, archivist, author, editor and community leader, she continues to serve on the board of directors for the Federation of Genealogical Societies, as a member of the Records Preservation and Access Committee and the Lockport Area Genealogical and Historical Society. Previously she served on the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island History Advisory Committee and has appeared on television news stories and on The View. She was co-editor of The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy; co-author of The Archives and author of a number of books and articles.

Conference Fee (Includes lunch, free parking, discounts in bookstore, access to exhibitions)

LEU's: 6 LEU's available; certificates at sign-in table

$32 for GSMC and IHS members and

$40 for nonmembers.

Members-Only Early Bird price only $30 if registration is received by September 12, 2014.

For more information and to register - please visit -

http://genealogyindy.org/

"Preserving The Past, Serving The Present, Promoting The Future"

Wabash Valley Genealogy Society

Based in Vigo County, Terre Haute, Indiana. Serving Clark, Crawford and Edgar Counties in Illinois.

Clay, Greene, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo in Indiana

P.O. Box 7012

Terre Haute, Indiana 47802-7012

Society Email Address: wvgs@inwvgs.org

President: James Kane Email: jjpkane@frontier.com

For other WVGS officers and their contact information click on "Contact" above left.