schedule

SCHEDULE FOR THE 2008 WORKSHOP

FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2008

10:00 - until Registration - Vendor Setup

11:00 - 12:30 Search Room Hands-On Tour (Steve Tuttle). Meet in Archives Search Room

12:30 - 1:30        Lunch (On your own)

1:30 - 2:30       General Session    Shirley Hodges - Little Known Facts About the Census

2:45 - 3:45        Session I

                             Chief Ralph Justice Oxendine - Sumter Cheraw Indians
                             Charles Andrews - Understanding Old Plats

4:00-5:00 Session II

                              Shirley Gage Hodges - Wither Thou Goest: Tracing our Female Ancestors
                              John H. Smith - The Lost Years: NC Records for African American Research
                                                                Between Emancipation & the 1870 Federal Census
                              Greg Matthews - Googling and Genealogy
                              Bennett Greenspan - DNA Testing: Why is it important?

7:00 - 8:00 Speakers Reception - Marriott Courtyard - Meet and Greet the Speakers

SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2008

8:30 - 9:30 Registration - Coffee & doughnuts - Displays open

9:30 - 9:45 Welcome - Announcements - Dr. Connie T. McNeill, President SCGS, Dr. Roger Stroup

9:45 - 10:45 General Session - Shirley Hodges - Immigration: The Journey to America

11:15 - 12:15 Session I

                           John H. Smith - What's New for South Carolinians in the Southern Historical
                                                             Collection at the UNC, Chapel Hill
                           Scott Wilds - Beginning Genealogy - How to get started
                            Harris Bailey - Yes You Can Find Your African American Ancestors Before 1870

12:15 - 2:00    Lunch - Catered
                            SCGS Board Meeting During Lunch - Board Members Line Up at Beginning of
                            Lunch Line

2:00 - 3:00      Session II

                            Shirley G. Hodges - Newspapers: A Pot of Gold
                            Richard Fowler - Celtic & Irish Influences on the SC Upstate
                            Bennett Greenspan - How Do I Use the Results of DNA Testing?
                            Scott Wilds - Intermediate Genealogy

Conference Hotel: Courtyard by Marriott, Columbia NE, 111 Gateway Corporate Blvd., Columbia. Phone: 803-736-3600. Please reserve your room by June 18, 2008 to ensure SCGS Summer Workshop Rates. Mention SC Genealogical Society.

Pre-registration: (save $5.00) Members $25.00 Non-members $30.00 Catered Lunch $10.50

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