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| '''Texas State Genealogical Society 2012 Annual Conference''' | | '''Texas State Genealogical Society 2012 Annual Conference''' '''was a resounding success''' with over 300 General Confeence registrants and dozens more attending the various free events. |
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| Riley Conference Center,<br>Southwestern Theological Seminary<br> Fort Worth, Texas
| | MARK YOU CALENDAR FOR THE 2013 Texas State Conference in Round Rock on October 31st, November 1st and 2nd, 2013. |
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| GPS location: 4726 Stanley Ave, Fort Worth TX 76115<br> 1-3 November 2012
| | <br> 2012 was in Fort Worth, Texas on 1-3 November 2012 |
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| Local Host Societies: | | Local Host Societies were: |
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| [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmcgs/ Mid-Cities Genealogical Society] <br>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txags/ags.htm/ Arlington (TX) Genealogical Society]<br>[http://www.gpgstx.org/ Grand Prairie (TX) Genealogical Society] | | [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmcgs/ Mid-Cities Genealogical Society] <br>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txags/ags.htm Arlington (TX) Genealogical Society]<br>[http://www.gpgstx.org/ Grand Prairie (TX) Genealogical Society] |
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| == About == | | == About == |
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| The Texas State Genealogical Society (TSGS) hosts an Annual Conference in partnership with one or more local societies. Watch this page for frequent updates. | | The Texas State Genealogical Society (TSGS) hosts an Annual Conference in partnership with one or more local societies. Watch this page for frequent updates. |
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| == Keynote Speaker ==
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| The TSGS 2012 Annual Conference will feature nationally known Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA. Mr. Witcher is the Genealogy Center Manager of the Allen County Public Library
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| == Conference Activities ==
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| === Thursday, November 1 ===
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| Planned Tracks:
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| *Librarians Track managed by Sue Kaufman. Opened by Curt Witcher
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| *Genealogical Society Leadership Sessions managed by Sandra Crowley. Closed by Curt Witcher <br>
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| *FamilySearch Track
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| *BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology) Track
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| *Public Expo Thursday evening 5 - 9 pm
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| === Friday, November 2 ===
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| Proposed tracks:
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| *Methodology Track
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| *Resources Track
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| *Ethnic Focus (Native American, African-American by Anna Burrows and Hispanic Research)<br>
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| *Getting Started Experience
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| *BYOT Sessions (including Mini Sessions by local CIGs)
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| *FamilySearch Track
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| *Friday Night Banquet - Speaker: Lloyd Bockstruck <br> Join us for an evening fun and conversation as we hold our traditional Friday night awards banquet, but this year served with a twist!
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| === Saturday, November 3 ===
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| *All-day block of four valued talks by Curt Witcher <br>
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| *Getting Started Experience
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| == Exhibitors ==
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| *Arphax Publishing
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| *Texas General Land Office
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| *Mia's Books
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| == Attendees ==
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| == News Feeds ==
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| *[http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23tsgs2012 Twitter Feed for #TSGS2012 Hashtag] | | *[http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23tsgs2012 Twitter Feed for #TSGS2012 Hashtag] |
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| == External links == <!-- | | == External links == |
| | | '''Webiste:''' {{URL|www.txsgs.org}} |
| *[http://fgs.org/2012conference/ Official FGS 2012 Conference Website]
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| *[http://fgs2012media.weebly.com/ FGS 2012 Media Center]
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| *[http://lanyrd.com/2012/fgs2012/ FGS 2012 social directory] - Lanyrd.com
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| *[http://www.facebook.com/FGS2012 FGS 2012 Facebook Page]
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| *[http://www.twitter.com/tsgs2012 TSGS2012 Twitter Page]
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| -->[[Www.txsgs.org|TSGS]]
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| [[Category:Conferences]] | | [[Category:Wiki Historical]] |