Friday, May 23, 2008

NGS conference 2008

Recently I attended the 2008 NGS conference which was held in Kansas City, Missouri.

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/

I do not know the exact number of attendees, but I heard it was around 4,000. There were many good speakers at the conference. Particular seminars I enjoyed were presented by John Philip Colletta, Ph.D., Kathy Huber, Barbara Vines Little, and David Rencher. There were other skillful presenters but the topics covered by the ones mentioned were of special interest to me at this time.

http://www.genealogyjohn.com/

http://www.samford.edu/schools/ighr/faculty/little_b.html


There were enough vendor exhibits to be interesting but not so many you cannot see them all. They covered almost anything to do with genealogy. One of my favorites was the Sons of the American Revolution. The gentleman dressed in period costumes.

http://www.sar.org/


On one evening the conference attendees were given a reception at the National World War I Memorial Musuem.

http://libertymemorialmuseum.org/display.aspx?pgID=886

Virtual tour: The tour will give you an idea of the memorial but it is so much more "awesome" in person.

I found some photos on the internet so you can see what it looke like.

Liberty Memorial sits atop a hill in Kansas City, Missouri. When I arrived at the the memorial I was amazed by the size of the structures. Then I walked past a reflecting pool down toward the huge doors to the museum entrance. To get in to see the exhibits you cross over a glass (plexiglass?) bridge which spans a field of poppies. Is is breathtaking and sad at the same time.

http://libertymemorialmuseum.org/display.aspx?pgID=887