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18 Aug 2007 FGS/ACPL Conference 2007 in Ft. Wayne, IN - Day 3
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Saturday, August 18, 2007

I’m so glad I stayed an extra day for this conference, because my most favorite session was “Designing, Writing, and Publishing Your Family History” by John Philip Colletta. Now this guy is a GREAT speaker! I can tell he taught for a living… he’s a fantastic teacher and very engaging.
17 Aug 2007 FGS/ACPL Conference 2007 in Ft. Wayne, IN - Day 2
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Friday, August 17, 2007 - FGS/ACPL Conference 2007

Of all of the conferences I’ve ever attended, this is by far the greatest one! All of the sessions were very informative and engaging — not many were boring at all. I’ve learned that I need to revamp all of my citations… none of them are explicit enough. I also need to get them into Mills’ format, at least closer to it, if possible.

I also learned what a case-study is, which is something I will have to write for my BCG certification. I also need to get into some more prestigious Genealogy societies, and also read, read, read more case studies from The American Genealogist magazine, for one.

Hey, guess what! I put up a poster about donating my scanner and PC to a genealogy society, and the Illinois State Genealogical Society wants it! The problem is, I have to take it down to Springfield sometime to get rid of it. Oh well. I’ll just make a genealogy trip out of it and visit the archives!


16 Aug 2007 FGS/ACPL Conference 2007 in Ft. Wayne, IN - Day 1
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Thursday, August 16, 2007 - FGS/ACPL Conference 2007

It’s finally here!!! Vacay time!!! Whoo hoo!!

I got up at 1:30am this morning and drove to Ft. Wayne — I arrived around 6:30am. I found a place to park for only $4 a day, and then registered for the conference. The genealogy conference hosted by The Federation of Genealogical Societies and the Allen County Public Library. It’s theme is “Meeting at the Crossroads of America”. It’s held at the Grand Wayne Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

After I registered, I was then able to get in to the Allen County Public Library, which is located just across the street from the Conference center. What a place! It’s brand-new, and is very modern. All of the genealogy books, pamphlets, booklets, have been hard-bound into nice durable covers. They provide carts for patrons to wheel around stacks of books. They allow cameras to take photos of pages of books, eliminating the need to stand in long lines at the copier. They have so much information that I could spend every day for a month in there and still not get all of the info that could pertain to my genealogy! I am definitely going back.

I was at the library until about 1pm, at which time I tried to find a place to eat lunch. I tried the Firehouse — it wasn’t very good at all. They had limited home-made sandwiches that I could’ve made at home, potato chips, a pickle, and a small iced tea.

After lunch, I went back to the conference center and attended a 2-hour session on becoming certified through the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG). It takes about a year to get an application up to par to submit for certification. However, I think I’m going to try to do it — it looks like fun!

After the conference, I then went to find the hotel and settle in for the night. The hotel was accommodating and I’d say average (from what I’m used to) — I had a quiet room on the third floor.  Luckily there was an elevator!

I sure am enjoying this vacay. I’ve been waiting for it for so long, and now here it is! I’m sure it will go fast…