The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) will be holding their annual conference Footprints of Family History in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 3-6 September 2008.

The conference will be held downtown at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and there are several places close to the conference for research: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, NARA-Mid-Atlantic Region, Free Library of Philadelphia, and Philadelphia City Archives.

Two Colorado genealogists will be presenting lectures:

  • Roberta “Bobbi” King
    Wednesday, 3 September, 11:30 a.m., “Voting: When Yes Means No, and No Means Yes”
    Saturday, 6 September, 9:30 a.m., “Survey First, Settle Later: A Discussion of the Public Lands Survey”
    Saturday, 6 September, 2 p.m., “Homestead Records: A Day in the Life of Your Ancestors”
  • Julie Miller, CG
    Friday, 5 September, 11 a.m., “Carriers of News and Knowledge: Post Office Records”
    Saturday, 6 September, 8 a.m., “Google’s Not the Only Game in Town”
    Saturday, 6 September, 11 a.m., “Beyond Population Schedules”

FGS announced this week a “Bring the Whole Gang” member society discount. The discount will be given to
societies that bring at least five members to the conference. Details are at Conference Rebate.

For more information and to register for the conference, go to FGS Annual Conference.

For the latest information about the conference and related activities visit the FGS Conference Blog.