Joint Spring Meeting of GSV and NH Society of Genealogists
Saturday, April 24, 2010, Howe Library, 13 South St, Hanover, NH
| 10 a.m. | Registration |
| 10:20 a.m. | Remarks and announcements by Presidents Inglis and Murphy |
| 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. | NHSOG-sponsored speaker, Diane Gravel: "When the trail turns cold in New Hampshire" |
| 11:45 a.m. | Lunch "on your own" |
| 1:15 - 2:30 p.m. | GSV-sponsored speaker, Michael Sherman, "Rethinking Freedom & Unity: Family History in State History" |
| 2:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
Diane Gravel is a certified genealogist, specializing in New Hampshire research. She lectures frequently on the subject, and also speaks on genealogical research techniques and methodology. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, but lived in Miami, Florida, for 25 years before moving to Thornton, New Hampshire, in 2001. She has served as Vice President of he New Hampshire Society of Genealogist and President of the New England Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists. Diane was co-editor of Volume I of New Hampshire Families in 1790, published in 2007 by the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists and is currently working on Volume II. Further information may be found on her website at www.dianegravel.org.
Michael Sherman is the editor of Vermont History, the journal of the Vermont Historical Society, and adjunct professor of history and culture in the MA program of the Union Institute & University. His previous professional positions include Academic Dean of Burlington College, Professor of history in the Adult Degree Program of Vermont College, Union Institute & University (1996-2006); Director of the Vermont Historical Society (1985-1995); Assoc. Director of the Wisconsin Humanities Committee (1978-1985); and Assistant Professor of History and Humanities at Lawrence University (1974-1978).
Sherman received his B.A. in Humanities at the University of Chicago, his M.A. and Ph.D. in history at the University of Chicago, and training in museum studies at the Milwaukee Public Museum and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
He is the co-author with Gene Sessions and P. Jeffrey Potash of Freedom and Unity: A History of Vermont, published in 2004, and author of articles and reviews on Vermont history and the humanities in public life. He edited and contributed to a volume on Vermont State Government and Administration since 1965, four books of essays on Vermont history, a books of essays on productivity, and on the humanities and public life.
Sherman is also a baker at The Manghis' Bakery, a small, family-owned business in Montpelier.
Cost:
$10 for members; $12 for non-members. Please make your reservation by mailing your check before April 18 to:
GSV, PO Box 14, Randolph, VT 05460-0014.
Directions:
Take Exit 13 (Norwich) from I-91 in Vermont. Cross the river and follow
West Wheelock Street to Main Street in Hanover. Turn right on Main Street
and go south two blocks to South Street. Turn left and go one block.
A map is available on the Howe Library website. (Click on "Directions" in the bottom menu.)
Ontario (Canada) Genealogical Society Conference 2010
Essentials, Innovations and Delights
The Ontario Genealogical Society’s Toronto Branch will host the Society’s annual conference on 14-16 May 2010. OGS, founded in 1961, is a not-for-profit organization with more than 4,500 members. The Conference theme will be: “Essentials, Innovations and Delights”.
In keeping with this theme, the Conference aims to present information that is both relentlessly practical and inspiring. We will be especially interested in lectures that deal with (a) practical essentials, (b) recent innovations, or (c) one-of-a-kind case histories.
In addition we are planning half-day in-depth programs on Italian and Dutch ancestry.
Registration is now open with an early bird rate until January 8.
For more details about Conference 2010 and how to request further information, please visit http://www.ogs.on.ca/conference2010/
Vermont History Expo, Tunbridge, VT, June 2010
New England Regional Genealogical Conference, Springfield, MA, April 2011
The New England Regional Genealogy Society is searching for people to present papers at its 2011 conference during Librarians' and Teachers' Day. More Information.
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