Society of Genealogists sponsors Family History Conference
The Society of Genealogists is sponsoring a stream of expert speakers at the next national Family & Local History conference ‘Open the Door & Here are the People’. This 4 day conference is being hosted by the Halsted Trust 28-31 August 2009 at the East Midlands Conference Nottingham. The SoG stream covers a series of talks given by Else Churchill, John Hanson, Geoff Swinfield and Alec Tritton, covering everything from Surname searching to the very best websites; DNA and family history to Tracing Living Relatives.
The conference cost of £369 includes en-suite accommodation, all meals, lectures, and entertainment. The day rate, cost of partial attendance, booking form, and full programme are available at www.openthedoor.org.uk Save £40 on the full conference price (reducing it to £329) by going to www.openthedoor.org.uk/booking.html clicking on the special offer code tab, then entering SG101 into both the ‘user name’ and ‘password’ fields.
Other speakers include military historian, broadcaster and author Richard Holmes; historians and authors Kate Williams and Sarah Wise; TV genealogist Nick Barratt; George Redmonds, leading authority on English surnames plus speakers from The Galleries of Justice, Institute for Name-Studies, King’s College, London, The Library & Museum of Freemasonry, The Media Archive for Central England, The National Archives, National Maritime Museum, National Monuments Record, Parliamentary Archives, Royal Geographical Society, The Royal Observatory and The Women’s Library.
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