{"id":1644,"date":"2021-05-21T16:29:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2021-05-21T16:29:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:29:43","slug":"national-genealogical-society-may-conference-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=1644","title":{"rendered":"National Genealogical Society May Conference Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I attended the National Genealogical\nConference virtually this week, the second time the conference has been in that\nformat.  Here\u2019s my take on it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year there are 3 days in May for the\ngeneral attendees compared to last year, where there was only one.  This makes sense since the organization had\nto pivot at the last minute to move the format while this year they had a\nlonger time period to adjust.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I enjoyed SLAM! on Tuesday.  SLAM is an acronym for Societies, Libraries,\nArchives and Museums and featured \u201cposters\u201d from submitting organizations\nregarding innovative programs they provided to members\/patrons during the\npandemic.  Monday was society today but\nsince I registered as an individual I was not able to attend those\nsessions.  Friday was society wrap up\nwhich, although sessions showed on my dashboard, I was not able to enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was greatly impressed by the SLAM! submissions.  Three Top Poster Winners and three runner ups\nwere highlighted and representatives from the winning organizations answered\nquestions from conference attendees.  My\npersonal favorite was a circle Family Wheel Chart provided by Mary Kate Gliedt,\nGenealogy Manager at the St. Louis Public Library.  The beauty of this simple chart is to allow\nflexibility and inclusion with family dynamics. \nIf you have step-family, adoption, foster parents, nonparental event or\nsame sex parents, the traditional family tree does not work.  With the Wheel Chart, lines can be made to\ninclude those important people that influenced a child.  I have altered the form by making the lines\nfaint so they can be written over if not needed and drawn over when used. An\nexample is above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You would put your name in the ME\ncircle.  Your birth mother could be\nwritten in space Mom 1 or Mom 2.  If you\nhave an Adopted, Foster or Step Mother, she could be placed in the other Mom\nspace.  If you had 3 \u201cmoms\u201d then the top\nhalf of the second circle could be divided into 3 sections.  You can alter the form from there.  When finished, drawing over the lines with a\npen can make the form easy to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll be including spaces around the 4\nquadrants of the page to include children of those relationships.  Now you have one sheet displaying the family\ndynamics and including everyone.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the SLAM! winners, attendees could\nvisit each submission site and chat with representatives.  I will be blogging next week about the\nVeteran\u2019s Legacy Project.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, the first day went well with this\nnew format.  There were only two minor glitches.  The first was that the kickoff event was\npurported to be a livestream from Ancestry but it wasn\u2019t livestream, it was a\nreplay from an older Youtube video from that organization.  Event personnel clarified in the chat that\nwas the case after a number of participants mentioned the discrepancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day ended with the second glitch, a\nlivestream from Family Search.  Clicking\nthe button to view did not work. \nEventually, a note was displayed to go to Youtube.  Several of us missed the first few minutes of\nthe presentation because of the tech issue. Overall, it was a wonderful day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One tech issue occurred on Wednesday when\nDani Shapiro\u2019s presentation froze.  NGS\nallowed viewing through Friday at 5:00 PM for those who missed it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday\u2019s line up included more than one\noption at the same time period.  If you\nwanted to view a missed presentation, viewing was made available through Friday\nat 5:00 PM.  In that way, I was able to\nview every option.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who purchased a 20 or 40 session\npacket, beginning June 15th<\/sup>, all of the sessions except Dani Shapiro\u2019s,\nis included in either packet.  The\nsyllabus for all sessions was provided electronically and those that purchased\na packet, more sessions not yet shown will be available to view through\nDecember 31, 2021.  Since I don\u2019t have\nmany lines in Virginia, I purchased the 20 session packet.  Looking forward to more interesting sessions\nto view over the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although I miss the camaraderie of\nattending conferences in person, there is a lot of positives to virtual \u2013 no wasted\ntime or expense by travel and the ability to view at my leisure.  Next May the NGS conference will be held in\nSacramento, California.  I\u2019m hoping that\na virtual option remains as I have no needed research to do in that area.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are my personal favorite sessions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Heartfelt \u2013 Family Secrets<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Entertaining \u2013 Young General Lafayette<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most New Information \u2013 The Story of Virgina:\u00a0 Arrival of the First Africans (I\u2019m buying the book by Ric Murphy!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Consistent Presenter Over Venues\nDemonstrating Excellence \u2013 Elizabeth Shown Mills.  How she makes everything look simple is just\nso special!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Knowledgeable about Virginia \u2013 Barbara\nVines Little <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DNA Technique \u2013 Tie between Angie Bush and\nChrista Cowan who both demonstrated how they use the colored dots on\nAncestry.  I use mine like Angie but am\nwilling to try Christa\u2019s method.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special shout out to Erin Shifflett, NGS\nStaff.  I couldn\u2019t find the syllabus as\nthe link was buried in one of the many emails that they had sent to remind me\nof the conference.  I sent an email and in\nless than 5 minutes had a response with the document to download.  Now that\u2019s service!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I attended the National Genealogical Conference virtually this week, the second time the conference has been in that format.  Here\u2019s my take on it\u2026 This year there are 3 days in May for the general attendees compared to last year, where there was only one.  This makes sense since the organization had to pivot at … Continue reading “National Genealogical Society May Conference Reflection”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[945,226,946],"class_list":["post-1644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","tag-circle-chart","tag-ngs","tag-slam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1646,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644\/revisions\/1646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}