My Lecture, Vendor, Booksigning Schedule

 

 

                                       My Event Schedule

The following is where I will be attending either as a Lecturer or Vendor selling my books. I hope to see you there.

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EVENT LISTINGS

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UEL 225th. Landing Anniversary 

10-13 July 2008 - UEL Annual Conference - Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

I will be giving a Loyalist Documents Research Lecture With A Ghostly Ending on Saturday, 12 July 2008 at 11 to 11:45 AM seminar session at Saint John.

Saint John 225" Saturday Morning Seminars: Loyalist of New England Documents & Ghostly Results, by Paul J. Bunnell, UE

Paul will be displaying the type of documents that can be found in New England and other Colonies along with Loyalist homes and structures still standing today in Massachusetts. He will show what kinds of information can be found and where to find it. The talk will end with Paul's own personal experience with his ghostly Loyalist ancestor and their close relationship.

Paul is an author of over 25 books written on Loyalists, French and Native American Marriages, other areas covering Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Minnesota, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York histories and genealogies. He lectures on these subjects, but enjoys traveling around with his vendor services and books at genealogy conferences throughout the year. Paul is a registered UEL member and presently holding several positions as President of the Violette Family Association, Editor of the only USA produced Loyalist Newsletter, the editor of the Koasek Abenaki Nation "Dawnland Voice" newsletter, and the Koasek Abenaki Tribal Genealogist. One very important highland in Paul's genealogy career was personally meeting His Royal Highness, Prince Philip at the UEL conference in 1989 in Quebec and the Prince accepting Paul's first book, "Thunder Over New England, Benjamin Bonnell, The Loyalist" into the Palace Library and signing a portrait of himself. Paul's educational background in genealogy is from Brigham Young University and over 30 years of experience. His passion is trying to please people with his work.

(Thursday July 10 - Sunday July 13): "Saint John 225" hosted by New Brunswick Branch in Saint John NB.

......Stephen Bolton UE, Conference Chair <steve .bolton@gnb.ca>


I will be planning on attending and having my vendor table there. More details to follow. 
    The New Brunswick Branch of the UELAC looks forward to celebrating in 2008 the 225th anniversary of the Landing of the Loyalists from the evacuation of military quarters and refugee camp in New York City. Although there will be many celebrations throughout the Atlantic provinces, we especially look forward to welcoming you to the UELAC conference and annual meeting.  
    Our Conference will feature a number of unique elements. The first unique feature is the time of year, with the Conference being held in July. The Conference Centre is the Hilton Hotel, built on the site where our Loyalist ancestors landed.

Updated Stuff: Saint John 225" Pre-Conference Trip to King's Landing or Fredericton's UNB
   "A highlight of this year's conference will actually occur before the main event - the pre-conference tours. On Thursday morning July 10th you can board a bus at the Saint John Hilton (the host hotel) and take your choice of two interesting destinations.
    If genealogy is your passion, disembark on the University of New Brunswick's Fredericton Campus at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. The Conference website ( http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/fmor/) contains a brief note describing the extensive holdings of PANB. Much of the Archives material is searchable online ( http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/?culture=en-CA) so it is possible to perform a lot of pre-visit planning. Also located on the UNB Campus is the Loyalist Collection at the Harriet Irving Library. Here you will find the muster rolls of the Loyalist Regiments and their claims for compensation. ( http://www.lib.unb.ca/collections/loyalist/about.html)
    Those who stay on the bus are headed a half hour upriver to the Kings Landing Historical Settlement ( http://www.kingslanding.nb.ca/). This is a world class facility and recreates life along the Saint John River from the Loyalist period through the turn of the 19th century. Our group will experience a guided tour and enjoy a "High Tea" at the Kings Head Inn - a fine and filling Victorian custom.
    After leaving Kings Landing we will try to remember to pick up those at the Archives and travel back to the Saint John Hilton - the site of the evening's Welcoming Reception (and the subject of the next installment).
    "The Dominion Conference of the UELAC "Saint John 225" will be held in the Loyalist City of Saint John, New Brunswick July 10-13, 2008. Visit http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/fmor/ for details.
            Stephen Bolton UE, Conference Chair

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THE VIOLETTE FAMILY ASSOCIATION

30th. Anneversary Reunion 

8-9 Aug. 2008, Friday & Saturday  Connecticut. This will be a weekend event for all Francois Violette (1744-1824) descentants. It will be the 12th. reunion in 30 years, and the last time it was held in Connecticut, we broke the record for having the most members attending a family reunion. Please mark you calendars and stay in touch as times and dates appear here. Or check out the official Violette Website at: http://www.violettefamily.org/. Anne Roy, President/Director of the Acadian Village at Van Buren, Maine will be our speaker.

BEVERLY HILLS SUITS

(old name) Howard Johnson Inn & Conference Center

383 South Center Street (right off I-91)

Windsor Locks, Connecticut 06096

Website: www.absolutehojo.com Phone: 860-623-4400

Barbara Spielman – Director of Sales & Catering (Hotel Only)

Paul J. Bunnell, President, Violette Family Association

 

 

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Maine Genealogy Society Annual Conference

“Linking to Your Family's History”

Maine Genealogical Society's 2008 Annual Conference

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Wyndham Hotel, South Portland, ME

 

20 Sept. 2008, South Portland, ME - Maine Genealogical Society - "Trace Your Roots with DNA," "Beyond Y-DNA: Your Genetic Genealogy Options," "Reverse Genealogy: Techniques for Finding Your Lost Loved Ones," "Cases That Made My Brain Hurt' and "Remembering Our Ancestors" - Wyndham Hotel, 363 Maine Mall Road.

I am planing on attending as a vendor. More details to follow.

As has been our recent tradition of being as geographically accessible to our members as possible, we are headed to the southern end of the state this year. We will have another great selection of programs and nationally recognized speakers expecting to draw well over 200 attendees. For further details and/or and online pdf. version of the registration form, please check out the conference website at: http://www.maineroots.org/2008conference.htm .

Here's the Conference Schedule

8:00 - 9:00

Registration, Shopping the Vendors and Coffee Time

 

9:00 - 9:15

Welcome Address, Presentation of Awards and Announcements

 

9:15 - 10:15

Keynote Address

Remembering Our Ancestors [Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak]

 

10:15 - 10:30

Morning Break

 

10:30 - 11:30

Breakout Sessions

a) Trace Your Roots with DNA [Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak]

b) Mapping Your Ancestors Electronically [Geoff Rasmussen]

c) A Conversation About LD 1084 [Senator Paula Benoit]

 

11:30 - 11:45

Open - a brief spot to shop, research or network

 

11:45 - 1:00

Lunch

 

1:00 - 1:45

Maine Genealogical Society Annual Meeting

 

2:00 - 3:00

Breakout Sessions

a) Beyond Y-DNA: Your Genetic Genealogy Options [Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak]

b) Marketing Your Ancestors with Message Boards and Mailing Lists [Geoff Rasmussen]

c) The Maine-Canada-Ireland Connection: Seeking Rogers' Roots [Carol P. McCoy]

 

3:00 - 3:15

Afternoon Break

 

3:15 - 4:15

Breakout Sessions

a) Reverse Genealogy: Techniques for Finding Your Lost Loved Ones [Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak]

b) Legacy Software: Insider Tips and Tricks [Geoff Rasmussen]

c) Preservation of Modern Imaging Systems [David Mishkin]

 

4:15

Closing Remarks, Door Prizes

 

 

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Massachusetts Society of Genealogists (MASOG) Annual Conference

18 Oct. 2008 - Saturday at Salter College in Salter College is in West Boylston, Massachusetts

We will have our vendor table and all my books there. Hope to see you then

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 22 April 2009 - NERGC Conference - Manchester, New Hampshire

Discovering Family Treasures

Tenth New England Regional Genealogical Conference 22-26 April 2009

Expo Center of New Hampshire and Radisson Hotel

Manchester, New Hampshire

 

 Manchester 2009 E-zine #1

Permission to email, copy, and print this E-zine in part or whole is granted.

WELCOME TO THE MANCHESTER 2009 E-ZINE

DISCOVERING FAMILY TREASURES

FEATURED SPEAKERS FOR 2009

EXHIBIT HALL

SOCIETY FAIR

ANCESTORS ROAD SHOW

WHAT’S A NERGC?

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

ABOUT THIS E-ZINE

WELCOME TO THE MANCHESTER 2009 E-ZINE

Welcome to the first New England Regional Genealogical Conference 2009 E-zine!  Between now and April 2009, we’ll be providing updates on the Tenth New England Regional Genealogical Conference through periodic E-zines like this one.  Please share them with your friends and associates – and anyone else you feel may be interested in attending the Conference.

 

DISCOVERING FAMILY TREASURES

Discovering Family Treasures, to be held April 22-26, 2009 at the Expo Center of New Hampshire and Radisson Hotel in Manchester is the tenth New England Regional Genealogical Conference and will build on NERGC’s tradition of excellence in providing genealogical lectures, seminars and workshops; the Ancestors Road Show; a Society Fair; and banquets and luncheons for new and established genealogists alike at minimal cost. 

 

Pauline Cusson, Melinde Sanborn, and Allison Ryall will Co-Chair the 2009 Conference, and Program Co-Chairs will be Christine Sweet-Hart and Barbara Mathews.

 

In keeping with the Conference theme, National speakers James L. Hansen, F.A.S.G; Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, GLC; and Megan S. Smolenyak and over 40 other speakers will help genealogists unlock “family treasures” though sessions covering:

 

  • General genealogical skills and techniques;
  • Family history writing and publishing;
  • Forensic genealogy;
  • Ethnic genealogy of all types, including French-Canadian, Acadian, and Native American;
  • Treasures found in regional or local repositories and libraries;
  • Techniques for finding and utilizing specific record sources (such as religious, civil, cemetery, military, newspapers, city directories, etc.) and the treasures they contain;
  • Accessing resources using technology; research strategies; research pathways; and online resources;
  • Finding and preserving family treasures of all types.

 

In addition to the wealth of knowledge shared by expert genealogists, there will be opportunities to discover additional treasures in the Exhibit Hall -- and meeting hundreds of other attendees at the Conference who share your love for genealogy may be one of the greatest rewards of all!

 

The excitement for Discovering Family Treasures is already building.  Watch our Website: www.NERGC.org for developing information. 

 

FEATURED SPEAKERS FOR 2009

Discovering Family Treasures 2009 is pleased to announce three nationally known featured speakers for our conference:

 

THOMAS W. JONES

Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, is joint editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, former trustee and a past president of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, and board member of the Association of Professional Genealogists. An active genealogist since his teens, Tom’s research encompasses records of every state east of the Mississippi and France, Germany, Italy, and Ireland. Half his maternal ancestry passed through New England, and the other half is Irish. (His paternal ancestry is Southern.) His information-packed lectures cover methods applicable across geographic areas, time periods, and levels of expertise. Editing, teaching, writing, and tackling “brick-wall” genealogical problems, he works full-time in genealogy.

 

JAMES L. HANSEN

James L. Hansen, F.A.S.G, has been since 1974 the reference librarian and genealogical specialist at the Library of the Wisconsin Historical Society, where he assists several thousand researchers a year in their genealogical and historical research.  He has taught beginning and advanced genealogical research courses over Wisconsin's Educational Telephone Network.  Among his publications are articles on a variety of genealogical topics, a bibliography of territorial Wisconsin newspapers, and a guide to the library in which he works.  He is a nationally-known speaker, having lectured on genealogical topics at numerous conferences in the U.S. and Canada, including 21 National Genealogical Society conferences and 14 Federation of Genealogical Societies conferences. He was the 1994-1995 president of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and in 1995 was named a fellow of the American Society of Genealogists. In 2002 he was awarded the Filby Prize for Genealogical Librarianship at the National Genealogical Society conference in Milwaukee.

 

MEGAN SMOLENYAK SMOLENYAK

Attendees of the NERGC 2007 conference in Hartford will remember Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (yes, that's her real name), for her outstanding talk, “Cases That Made My Brain Hurt” at the Friday luncheon and for two standing-room-only lectures, “Trace Your Roots with DNA” and “Beyond Y-DNA:  Your Genetic Genealogy Options.”  She has been an avid genealogist since the 6th grade and is skilled in many aspects of family history research.  Megan is honored to serve as Chief Family Historian and North American spokesperson for Ancestry.com, the largest genealogical company in the world. She is also co-founder of Roots Television, a pioneering and popular online channel of genealogy and history-oriented programming. She also made news when she discovered a startling connection when requested by Austin Fenner of the New York Daily News to research the roots of Rev. Al Sharpton. Much to her astonishment, she learned that Rev. Sharpton's great-grandfather had been owned by relatives of Strom Thurmond.  She is the author of several books and numerous articles, lectures widely, and conducts research for the U.S. Army and television programs.  Her website is Honoring Our Ancestors.

 

EXHIBIT HALL

NERGC’s Exhibit Hall has always been one of the “best liked” features of the conference, providing the opportunity to find that book, CD, or other genealogy-related product between lectures and meals.

 

For 2009, there will be a total of 74 booth spaces, with invitations to purchase booth space going out in April or May.  Exhibits Co-Chair David Mishkin reports, "This year we are going to take advantage of the Exhibit Hall being open to the general public.  We are currently planning a new marketing campaign to bring lots of new and unaffiliated folks into the Exhibit Hall.  This will be very advantageous to not only the commercial exhibitors, but the society exhibitors as well.  By bringing new people into the Exhibit Hall, people that are not familiar with genealogy but have an interest in their family history will have an opportunity to explore what genealogy is all about and how it will be a benefit for them to become a member of  a local genealogical society."

 

SOCIETY FAIR

All interested societies or organizations wishing to participate in the NERGC Society Fair on Thursday, April 23, 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. are invited to contact Ralph Wadleigh at whplar@comcast.net to register their interest and reserve a space.  Participants will have a display table, chairs and signage.  Sales of merchandise are not allowed, but promotional material may be distributed and orders taken.  The Society Fair is a great way to promote your organization in front of lots of potentially interested folks!

 

ANCESTORS ROAD SHOW

The Ancestors Road Show returns to NERGC in Manchester. The Road Show will be held Friday and Saturday April 24 + 25 from 9:00 a.m. - noon and 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.  Think about the challenging research problems that you can bring to the Road Show. Pre-Conference sign ups will be available for Conference attendees beginning in March 2009.  Information will be posted in future issues of the E-zine as well as on the NERGC website, www.nergc.org.

 

As always, this event is possible only through the kindness of the many volunteer genealogists. We are looking for consultants with experience in any aspect of genealogy including translating.  If you are willing to volunteer for an hour or two either Friday or Saturday please contact Margaret Dube (CommonFolk@Comcast.net ) or Pam Eagleson (peagleson@yahoo.com), co-chairs of this event. 

 

WHAT’S A NERGC?

While many think of “NERGC” as a Conference, it is really much more.  Formed twenty years ago to bring cutting edge genealogical education within the reach of New England genealogists and family historians, the New England Regional Genealogical Consortium, Inc. has produced nine conferences in every state in New England.  The most recent Conference, held in Hartford, Connecticut in April 2007, was attended by over 700 genealogists from more than twenty states, Canada, and England. Each Conference is made possible by many hours of work by volunteers from the Participating Societies.  For 2009, those societies are:

  

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Participating Societies are reminded that they must supply at least one volunteer for committee work prior to the Conference and must provide required on-site volunteer hours during the Conference.

 

But anyone planning to attend the Conference can help. At the Conference we’ll need volunteers to assist the exhibitors, and to help with registration, hospitality, and more.  As you begin to make your plans to attend, think of areas where you can lend a hand.

 

One committee that will need volunteer help is Signage, which at the last Conference saw a new set-up, which is now in place for future Conferences. If you are very comfortable with using computer software, the Signage Committee would love to have you volunteer for an hour or so at the Conference, here and there, to give other workers a break. Typically, this would mean typing in, printing out, and replacing the title or room number of a program when there is a last-minute change in that information. Also, periodically, someone needs a new sign for a special feature. For more information, please contact Signage Chair Jay Sage jay@sagefamily.org.

 

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