{"id":1331,"date":"2019-02-20T19:35:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T00:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2019-03-07T21:32:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T02:32:42","slug":"upcoming-genealogy-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/?p=1331","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Genealogy Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>RootsTech 2019<\/strong> takes place at Salt Lake City from Wednesday, February 27 through Saturday, March 2. This is the world&#8217;s largest family history event. <br \/>You can take advantage of free streaming sessions. Click on the link for the schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rootstech.org\/salt-lake\/live-stream-schedule\">https:\/\/www.rootstech.org\/salt-lake\/live-stream-schedule<\/a> <br \/>A few of the sessions are &#8220;What&#8217;s New on Family Search&#8221;, &#8220;Connecting Your DNA Matches&#8221;, &#8220;Becoming a Professional Genealogist&#8221;, &#8220;What You Don\u2019t Know About Ancestry&#8221;, and &#8220;The Research Roadmap: Your Path to Success&#8221;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><br \/><strong>Fairfax Genealogical Society Spring Conference<\/strong> takes place Friday and Saturday, April 5 &amp; 6 at the Sheraton Reston Hotel in Reston, Virginia. The theme of the conference is &#8220;Finding Your Missing Branches&#8221;. There will be special sessions offered: DNA with Diahan Southard and &#8220;Beginning Land Platting: Metes &amp; Bounds&#8221; with Mark Lowe. Another interesting session is &#8220;Digging Deeper: Federal Records&#8221; with Rick Sayre. For registration information visit the FxGS website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fxgs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.FXGS.org<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Virginia Genealogical Society Spring Conference,<\/strong> with the theme &#8216;Laws &amp; Wars That Impacted Your Virginia Ancestor&#8217;, takes place Saturday, April 13 at Four Points Sheraton &#8211; Richmond Airport. The speakers are Judy Russell and Craig Scott. For registration information visit the VGS website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vgs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/vgs.org.<\/a> On Friday, April 12, there will be guided research at the Library of Virginia from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. This is free and open to the public; no registration is needed. Fill out a consultation form and bring it along with you to help the researchers guide you in your research. Click on this link for the form: <a href=\"https:\/\/vgs.org\/upload\/files\/Conference\/VGS_conference_consultation_form.pdf\">https:\/\/vgs.org\/upload\/files\/Conference\/VGS_conference_consultation_form.pdf<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: We will not be meeting in <strong>April<\/strong>. We are encouraging members to attend the VGS Spring Conference which falls on the second Saturday of April.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RootsTech 2019 takes place at Salt Lake City from Wednesday, February 27 through Saturday, March 2. This is the world&#8217;s largest family history event. You can take advantage of free streaming sessions. 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