As I mentioned earlier this week, the Florida State Genealogical Society is hosting the 2017 Fall Virtual Conference today and tomorrow. I listened to all four talks today and they were great! Such interesting topics, great presenters, and lots of new ideas for my research.
I’m liking it so much I decided to blog again about it because it’s being recorded so you still have a chance to hear the content. If you register for the conference today ($59.95 for non-members) you’ll have access to the recordings for three weeks and you can download the handouts. It’s a great opportunity and I’m glad I didn’t miss out out on it.
Case in point: Today’s talk by Daniel Earl on using funeral records was so interesting and new to me. I had never thought about how funeral records, like bills of sale and programs of funeral services, could help my genealogy research. Now I not only know about them I know where to look for them and even how to contact funeral directors to ask for help.
If you have the money in your genealogy budget, I’d urge you to sign up for this conference, listen in tomorrow live and listen to the recordings of today’s talks over the next three week. I think it’s a well worth the time and a great value.
I absolutely agree, great presentations. MOST DEFINITELY worth registration and reviewing within the three weeks they will still be available to registrants. Initially I thought I might hear some of what I have heard before which is okay because repetition never hurt anyone. However, these presenters (Southard I have heard many times) had terrific, thoughtful strategies about analyzing record sets I have not researched as thoroughly (or even not gotten around to yet in one case). Diahan’s presentation on DNA included how to make effective use of the MOST essential tool at each major DNA site; isolating one feature really was extremely helpful. BTW, Thanks for your blog, Janine.
I agree, Cassie! I’d heard a couple of the presenters before and I thought I might be hearing the same thing twice, but even if that’s true, I’m always hearing with new ears. I took away so much! Thanks so much for reading the blog and commenting!