Fairfax Genealogical Society Spring Conference

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The Fairfax Genealogical Society Spring Conference will be held 6-7 April 2018. The the Joy of Genealogy conference will be located at The Westin at Tyson’s Corner. Lectures include Irish Research, African American Research, and Finding Their Religion Along the Way. For more information and to register, click here

UMW Great Lives Series 2018

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The schedule for University of Mary Washington’s Great Lives Series is up! These lectures are free to attend and begin at 7:30 pm. For more information and to view the schedule, click here

Fairfax County, VA Celebration

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Come out to celebrate Fairfax County’s 275th anniversary 17 June 2017 from 10am to 4pm. There will be food trucks (we like food!) and over 80 organizations and attractions to keep you busy and entertained. For more information, click here.

Black History Month Genealogy Conference

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There will be a free genealogy conference Saturday, 4 February 2017 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at Laurel FHC in Laurel, Maryland. For more information, visit Conference

 

Great Lives Series 2017

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University of Mary Washington’s Great Lives Series schedule is up! For more information, visit Great Lives Series

Meet Hidden Figures Author

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If you’re going to be in the Fredericksburg, VA area in early March, please be sure to support and meet Hidden Figures Author, Margot Lee Shetterly! This event is being held at University of Mary Washington’s Dodd Auditorium on Saturday, 4 March 2017 from 3:00-5:00 pm. You can contact me for more information.

Family Tree Webinar: Confirming Enslaved Ancestors Utilizing DNA

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Hey all, if you have some time tomorrow, join Melvin J. Collier as he presents webinar Confirming Enslaved Ancestors Utilizing DNA. It is being held April 8, 2:00 pm Eastern. For more information, click here

 

Fredericksburg Family History Day 2016

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Fredericksburg Family History Day will be held Saturday, March 19 at the LDS Chapel. The theme is Connecting Our Stars, and the keynote speaker is Dr. William Pretzer, Senior Curator for History at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. For more information, click here

African-American Genealogy Conference

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There is a free genealogy conference being held Saturday, February 20, 2016 at the Family History Center in Laurel, Maryland. The event is sponsored by the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. and African American Special Interest Group. The keynote speaker is Angela Walton-Raj. I am sure this will be a great event!

For more information, visit http://www.wdcfhc.org/AAHGS-Conf/index.html

 

VGS Spring Conference 2016

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Virginia Genealogical Society’s Spring Conference is being held April 29-30, 2016 at the Library of Virginia. This year’s theme is Library of Virginia: Records and Research Stategies. Included is a tour of the library, which is sure to be pretty darn awesome. I had the good fortune of attending last year’s conference and enjoyed myself.

For more information, visit vgs.org