by Jennifer Zinck | 17 April 2013 | Conferences, Education, General, Technology
NERGC 2013 kicked off today at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Manchester, New Hampshire. If my count at lunch was correct, about 150 people turned out for this new offering at NERGC. It seems that it was a success! First to talk today was Stephen P....
by Jennifer Zinck | 14 November 2012 | Conferences, DNA, General, Genetic Genealogy
ISOGG FTDNA Chapter Meeting Sunday morning at the conference always starts with a meeting of the International Society of Genetic Genealogists (ISOGG) FTDNA Chapter. ISOGG President Katherine Borges reminded everyone that ISOGG is a free support network for genetic...
by Jennifer Zinck | 13 November 2012 | Conferences, DNA, General
The 8th Annual Conference on Genetic Genealogy was held at the Sheraton Intercontinental North Houston on November 9-10, 2012. Bennett Greenspan opened the conference with a welcome speech that included some new information for group administrators. Usually Max does...
by Jennifer Zinck | 27 October 2012 | Conferences, DNA, General
Congratulations are in order for Bridget Bray of BBNY Group LLC, who did an outstanding job pulling everything together for The Genealogy Event in New York City on October 26th and 27th. The Metropolitan Pavilion was a buzz of activity from just before noon on...
by Jennifer Zinck | 04 March 2012 | General
For some, a visit to the National Archives is routine but for those of us who don’t live nearby, it is a special treat. Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit NARA in Waltham, Massachusetts, attend a 1940 Census Workshop sponsored by the Massachusetts Society...
by Jennifer Zinck | 22 February 2012 | General
One of the hot topics in GeneaBlogging land this week is fact versus conclusion based data entry. The gist of the discussion is whether to use software to enter conclusions only. Over the years, I have found it to be quite a challenge to keep track of sources and...
