Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 10:15:56 CST
Reply-To:     David Sanders <david@FRODO.WES.ARMY.MIL>
From:         David Sanders <david@FRODO.WES.ARMY.MIL>
Subject:      Genealogical conference scheduled
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

Hi Folks,

For anyone who is interested, I received the following notice in the
mail yesterday.  I have no connection with the Society or the Dept.
of Archives, so what you see below is as much as I know.  Any typos
are probably my own.

David Sanders
david@frodo.wes.army.mil

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                       GENEALOGICAL SEMINAR
                            presented by
                  Mississippi Genealogical Society
            Mississippi Department of Archives & History

                    Saturday, January 23, 1993
                       9:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

              Coliseum Ramada - Jackson, Mississippi
                          Empire Ballroom
                        400 Greymont Avenue
      Exit Pearl Street or High Street off Interstate 55 North


Speaker - Helen F. M. Leary, C.G., C.G.L., F.N.G.S

    Helen Leary ranks among the top genealogical speakers in the
    U.S.  She is a Certified Genealogist, a Certified Genealogical
    Lecturer and a Fellow of the National Genealogical Society
    (Award of Merit, 1987).  President of the national Board for
    Certification of Genealogists, she is a trustee of the Association
    of Professional Genealogists and a founding member of the
    Genealogical Speaker's Guild.  A past president of the North
    Carolina Genealogical Society (Award for Exceptional Service,
    1988), she is coeditor of and contributing author to "North
    Carolina Research:  Genealogy and Local History".  Mrs. Leary is
    well-known to many as a member of the adjunct faculty of the
    Samford University Institute of History & Genealogical Research.


Topic - "Clutching at Straws and Other Last-Ditch Efforts:
         What To Do When All Else Fails"

     9:00  Registration, coffee
     9:30  "Is This the Same Man or a Different One with the Same
            Name?"
    10:45  Break
    11:00  "From Present Residence to Former Address:  How to Backtrack
            an Ancestor Who Has Moved"
    11:45  Luncheon
     1:00  "Back to Square One:  Getting More from the Records than You
            Thought Was There"
     2:15  Break
     2:30  "The Last Gasp:  Weighing the Evidence to Determine Proof"
     3:45  Adjourn


Cost

    Seminar ................................ $18.00*
    Luncheon (optional - please come!) ..... $12.00
    Total ...................................$30.00

    * $2.00 discount for MGS members.  Add $2.00 if received after
      January 18.

    Limited Seating - No Refunds After January 18.


How to Register

    Make check payable to Mississippi Genealogical Society.
    Mail to:  Mississippi Genealogical Society
              P.O. Box 5301
              Jackson, MS  39296-5301

    Include:  name, telephone number, city, state, zip code.
    Specify whether you will attend just the seminar, just the
        luncheon, or both.
    Multiple registrants may be included by enclosing the above
        information for each and remitting the increased amount
        for all planning to attend.


All of the following books may be purchased at the Genealogical
Seminar January 18, 1992.  Volume XVII contains an index to Volumes
I - XVI.  Volume XI in limited supply.  To order by mail, send your
check to:  Mississippi Genealogical Society; P.O. Box 5301; Jackson,
MS  39296-5301.  Add $2.50 to the price of each book for shipping
and handling.  (NOTE: The brochure gives the above date of January
18, 1992.  I hope they meant January 23, 1993, but I have no way
to verify this. David).

    Volume     Published            Contents              Price
    ------     ---------            --------              -----
     III         1956       Cemetary & Bible Records     $15.00
     IV          1957       Cemetary & Bible Records     $15.00
     V           1958       Cemetary & Bible Records     $15.00
     XI          1965       Cemetary & Bible Records     $15.00
     XIII        1969       Cemetary & Bible Records     $15.00
     XIV         1972       Cemetary & Bible Records     $15.00
     XV          1974       Cemetary & Bible Records     $15.00
     XVI         1976       Cemetary & Bible Records     $15.00
     XVII        1978       Cemetary & Bible Records     $25.00
     XVIII       1980       Cemetary & Bible Records     $17.50
     XIX         1981       Cemetary & Bible Records     $18.50
     XX          1986       Cemetary & Bible Records     $25.00
     XXI         1988       Cemetary & Bible Records     $25.00
     XXII        1990       Cemetary & Bible Records     $25.00
                 1991       Member Lineage Charts        $32.50
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