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NEW ENGLAND CROSSROADS The 8th New
England Regional Genealogical Conference "This Year's Only Big Genealogical Conference in the Northeast" (slogan courtesy of Elsie Gustafson) Online Conference E-zine of News and Developments Issue #8 --
18 March 2005 Only 312 HOURS until
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Registration Cut-off: Remember,
because of Easter holiday weekend, your mail registrations should be
received by Gratia Mahony no later than Thursday March 24! Registrations received later
may not make it to Portland and will
be treated as walk-ins.
Email Gratia at: gratiam@verizon.net if you have any
questions. The Conference brochure and registration form
is available for download at the Conference website www.nergc.org. Here you can see the full
conference program and the many lectures and special events to choose
from. Where / When to Register: The registration desk in the hotel lobby will
be open from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Wednesday evening for anyone coming to
the conference early. Registration will open on Thursday morning at
8:00 AM, and will remain open during the conference. Program/Speaker Change: Ugo Perego, scheduled to speak during Friday's DNA track will be unable to give his talk at the conference as he was recently notified he is scheduled to take his Oath of US Citizenship on March 31. His colleague, Sacha Masek, a project administrator at the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation, will be presenting the same topic in his place. Sacha is responsible for national and international collections of both pedigree charts and genealogies. She travels often to attend conferences and workshops where she presents lectures and answers questions about the work at the Foundation.
Our sincere congratulations to Ugo -- and we're looking forward to meeting Sacha! For
Exhibitors Planning Book Signings: If you're an exhibitor or author of a book and have plans for book signings at any of the vendor booths during the conference, please email Laura Prescott: lgprescott@charter.net with date, time, book title, and author. We'll try to get the word out for you. Hotel Rooms Still Available: The Portland Harbor Hotel www.portlandharborhotel.com (4 ˝ blocks from the Conference
Hotel) still has rooms available and is blocking them for the Conference
attendees at a special rate of $129 per night until March 21. Call the Hotel at 888-798-9090
(toll free) or 207-775-9090 and be sure to mention NERGC when making
your reservation. Make
Your Luncheon Choices, Please: From Kathleen Felton who is in charge of
hosted meals: We need your help! With the meeting now just days
away, we are finalizing all the details and plans to make this conference
the best ever. In this
regard, if you are registered to attend one or both of the luncheons
(Friday and/or Saturday), please e-mail NERGCPlanningComittee@myexcel.com
with your menu
selection(s). The choices
are: Friday: Grilled Marinated London
Broil
or Penne
Pasta (Vegetarian meal) Saturday:
Monte Carlo Chicken or Pasta Primavera
(Vegetarian meal) This information will be used to provide a more
accurate count to the hotel’s Catering Department for those
meals. We appreciate your help and look forward to
seeing you in Portland. Reminder about
the Photo Workshop: If you are attending the Photo Workshop, please
bring with you any photograph you would like to discus and/or any
questions you have about any of your photographs. Maureen Taylor, co-leader of the Photo Workshop, had an
interesting article: “Saving Family Treasures – Having Fun with Family
History” in the March 3, 2005
edition of Ancestry Daily News.
You can read the article at: www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=9711&o_iid=831&o_lid=831&o_it=4717
Ancestors Road Show Lineup: Allison Ryall, Ancestors Road
Show Chair, reports that the following knowledgeable genealogists will be
available at the Conference to help attendees with their problems and brick
walls:
Saturday
Others who will be giving their
time to help with general questions and scheduling: Allison Ryall, Christine
Sweet-Hart, Pam Eagleson, Kathryn Black, Donna Moughty and Pat
Odiorne So, bring your questions and
problems to the Conference and sign up for a free 15 minute consultation
with an expert.
About this E-zine: This e-zine
is sent to you at your request or because of your involvement This and earlier issues of this e-zine
are available on the NERGC Website www.nergc.org. ============================================================= | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
