Speakers Bureau

Call for Papers

2-5 April 2009
Ohio Genealogical Society's Golden Anniversary conference
Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, Ohio
Proposals Due: 15 June 2008

Digging for Gold: Finding our Family Nuggets

The Ohio Genealogical Society is accepting proposals for their Golden Anniversary conference, 2-5 April 2009 at the Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron. Deadline for submissions is 15 June 2008. Lectures will be one hour long, including a ten minute question and answer period. Submissions for workshops, especially for Thursday evening, will be considered.

This is a very special conference, as Ohio is celebrating its Golden Anniversary in 2009. Proposals are being sought in a variety of areas including beginning genealogy, Ohio-specific topics, states associated with Ohio (through migration into or out of the state), methodology, technology, 20th century research, ethnic topics, writing/publishing, immigration, preservation, etc. In addition, we are seeking proposals on World War II military resources, business/industrial records, fraternal and service organizations, and proof standards. Previous speakers are encouraged to submit new or new to the Ohio conference proposals.

Proposals should include the following information:
• Lecture title and concise outline of content
• Short summary (50 words or less) for the program brochure
• Audience level (beginning, intermediate, advanced, all)
• Audio-visual requirements
• Speaker’s full name and contact information, including postal address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers
• Speaker’s biographical data
• Speaker’s resume of recent lecture experience

Speakers who have not lectured at a state, regional, or national conference are encouraged to submit an audio or video tape of a recent lecture.

Speakers will receive an honorarium, travel expenses, hotel, per diem, and complimentary conference registration.

Interested individuals may submit any number of proposals. They can be submitted electronically to
program2009@ogs.org, Subject line: 2009 Conference Proposal. Those speakers using the postal service need to send two copies of each proposal to: 2009 OGS Conference Program Chair, 96 Library Street, Hudson, Ohio 44236 5122 attn Gwen.

Diane VanSkiver Gagel, 2009 OGS Program Chair

13–16 May 2009
National Genealogical Society's Conference in the States
Raleigh, North Carolina

From the Lost Colony to the West,
North Carolina and the Building of a Nation

You are invited to submit lecture proposals for the 2009 Conference-in-the-States to be held 13–16 May 2009 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Home to the first English settlement in North America, North Carolina’s storied past provides a backdrop for an exciting conference that will explore early settlement and the records left by individuals who lived within her borders. While early settlers include Virginians moving southward, Highland Scots, and DeGraffenried’s Swiss and German settlers, second generation settlers from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia became the beginning of a flood of people who followed the Carolina and Pennsylvania Wagon Roads into Piedmont North Carolina and beyond. These people, their records and their migration will be one of the major focuses of the conference.

Among the topics being considered are lectures on the history, records, repositories and ethnic and religious groups of North Carolina and neighboring states with special emphasis on migrations into, within and out of the region and the origins of the early settlers. Other regional topics of interest include land and military records (especially the French and Indian Revolutionary and Civil wars). Proposals are also solicited for the broader genealogical categories including federal records, the law as it relates to genealogy, methodology, problem solving, the use of technology including genetics and other 20th-century research topics and hands-on and computer workshops.

Sessions are generally limited to one hour. Syllabus material (PDF files), due in early 2009, is required for each lecture or workshop presentation and will be included in the syllabus distributed to all conference registrants.

Please see proposal guidelines at www.ngsgenealogy.org/2009callforpapers.cfm for instructions regarding submitting proposals.

Speakers may submit any number of proposals.

NGS members will be given first consideration as speakers.

Lecturers will receive complimentary conference registration and publications and compensation based on the number of lectures given.