Nebraska State Conference is May 4-5

There's still time to plan to attend the annual conference of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society that will be held May 4 - 5, 2012 in Grand Island.

The featured speaker is Laura Prescott. Her sessions are:

• Timelines: Placing Your Heritage in Historical Perspective
• Turning Fiction Into Fact
• Diaries and Journals: Finding and Using These Valuable Resources
• Spinsters and Widows: Gender Loyalty Within Families
• The Rest of the Story: Using Manuscripts to Create a Family History

Other speakers will be:

• Susan Nordstrum - ensembles of life that 11 Nebraska family history genealogists created in their work with objects.
• Catherine Renschler: images from the Adams County Historical Society glass plate negatives collection.
• Diane White: the story of the German people from Russia and the migration to the United States.
• Gary Zabokrtsky: Genealogy: A Trip Back Through Time.

Registration fee for one day is $50/day or both days for $85 (includes lunch both Friday and Saturday).

Download the conference flyer here.

Visit the NESGS web site.

I hope to see you there!

May 4 - 5, 2012
Midtown Holiday Inn
2503 S. Locust
Grand Island, Nebraska