Sunday, May 22, 2016

NGS 2016 Conference Blog Compendium - UPDATED!

I am not attending the National Genealogical Society (NGS) 2016 Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from May 4 through 7, 2016, but a lot of geneabloggers are.


This post will serve as a compendium for blog posts by genealogy bloggers attending the NGS Conference and writing about their activities.

1)  Upfront with NGS blog written by Diane L. Richard:

*  NEW from NGS -- Research in Florida & Research in TX -- get a copy starting TODAY at the NGS Exhibit Booth #NGS2016GEN (4 May 2016)
*  National Genealogical Society Presents Awards Honoring Excellence in Newsletter Editorship and Service to NGS (4 May 2016)
*  NGS Conference Recap + provide feedback on speakers & order lecture audio recordings ... (25 May 2016)

2)  The Ancestry Insider blog by the eponymous blogger:

*  #NGS2016GEN Connie Lester Opening Keynote (4 May 2016)
*  #NGS2016GEN Michael Hall Presents FamilySearch Luncheon (5 May 2016)
*  #NGS2016GEN Opening Session Info about the National Genealogical Society (6 May 2016)
*  #NGS2016GEN Crista Cowan, Ancestry.com (7 May 2016)
*  Ancestry’s Newspapers.com at #NGS2016GEN (31 May 2016)

3) Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems blog, by Sunny Morton:

*  FREE NGS 2016 Live Streaming Sessions Have Begun (4 May 2016)

4)  The Genealogy Insider blog by Diane Haddad:

*  Genealogy News From the NGS Conference in Florida! (4 May 2016)

5)  GeneJourneys blog by Lauren Mahieu:

*  The Future of Family Tree Maker (4 May 2016)

5)  DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog by Pat Richley-Erickson:

*  #NGS2016gen Awards (4 May 2016)
*  Drew Smith - 2016 Filby Award for Genealogical Librarianship (4 May 2016)

6) DearMYRTLE YouTube Channel Videos by Pat Richley Erickson::
*  AmbushCAM - MyHeritage Daniel Horowitz (4 May 2016)
*  AmbushCAM - Maureen Taylor (4 May 2016)
*  AmbushCAM - Findmypast (5 May 2016)
 AmbushCAM - Texas Research with Kelvin Meyers (5 May 2016)
*  AmbushCAM -- Genealogy Tours of Scotland (5 May 2016)
AmbushCAM - RPAC with Jan Alpert (5 May 2016)
*  AmbushCAM - Genealogy Roadshow (6 May 2016)
*  AmbushCAM - Family Tree Maker (6 May 2016)
*  AmbushCAM - St. Louis County Library (6 May 2016)
*  Ambush CAM - Excelsior College (6 May 2016)

7)  Genealogy At Heart blog by Lori Samuelson:

*  News from the National Genealogical Society Conference (4 May 2016)
*  Top Five Conference Lessons Learned (15 May 2016)

8)  Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter blog by Dick Eastman:

*  National Genealogical Society Presents Awards Honoring Excellence in Newsletter Editorship and Service to NGS (4 May 2016)
*  NGS States Concerns About HB 2 Impact on Their 2017 Raleigh Conference (5 May 2016)
*  2016 NGS Conference in Ft. Lauderdale is a Success (9 May 2016)

9)  Springboard News and Notes by NGS writers:

*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Russell on Conflicting Evidence by Harold Henderson (6 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Lowe on Research Planning by guest (9 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Miller on Research Plans by J. Mark Lowe (10 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Eagleson on Finding Robert Walker, a Case Study by Michael S. Ramage (11 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Mills on Research Problems by Sara Scribner (12 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Little on Weighing Evidence by Darrel Jackson (13 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Bloom on Writing Conclusions by Darcie Hind Posz (16 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Jones on DNA and Brick Walls by Melinda Daffin Hennefield (17 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: J. Miller on Reasonably Exhaustive Research, a Case Study by Karen Stanbary (18 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Evans on Negative and Indirect Evidence by Nancy A. Peters (19 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Morehead on Finding an Ancestor’s Hometown by Jean Atkinson Andrews (20 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Hait on the Logic of Source Citation by Darrell Jackson (23 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Dunn on Convincing Proof Arguments by Melissa Johnson (24 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Giroux on Evidence Summaries by Melissa Johnson (25 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Mathews on Evidence Evaluation by Angela McGhie (26 May 2016)
*  Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Koford’s Brick-Wall Sledgehammer by Angela McGhie (27 May 2016)

10)  Carolina Girl Genealogy by Cheryl Hudson Passey:

NGS2016~Watching Another Conference From My Rocking Chair (6 May 2016)
*  NGS2016~Watching Another Conference From My Rocking Chair~Day 2 (7 May 2016)

11)  Genealogy Certification: My Personal Journal blog by Jill Morelli:

*  NGS 2016: What You Missed (6 May 2016)
*  NGS: The FAN Club (8 May 2016)
*  NGS: What Did I Learn? (8 May 2016)

12)  Scottish Genealogy Tips and Tidbits by Christine Woodcock:

*  Poor Turn Out at NGS 2016 (7 May 2016)

13)  GeneaSpy blog by J. Paul Hawthorne:

*  NGS 2016 Fort Lauderdale: Pre-Conference (11 May 2016)
*  NGS 2016 Fort Lauderdale: Day 1 (12 May 2016)
*  NGS 2016 Fort Lauderdale: Day 2 (13 May 2016)
*  NGS 2016 Fort Lauderdale: Day 3 (21 May 2016)
*  NGS 2016 Fort Lauderdale: Day 4 (Last) (21 May 2016)

14)  Smoky Mountain Family Historian blog by Lori Thornton:

*  Looking Back at NGS 2016 in Fort Lauderdale (13 May 2016)

15)  A Sense of Family blog by Shelley Bishop:

NGS 2016 Conference: Photo Recap, Part 1 (15 May 2016)
*  NGS 2016 Conference: Photo Recap, Part 2 (4 June 2016)

16)  Legacy Tree Genealogists blog by Jessica Taylor:

*  Legacy Tree Genealogists at NGS 2016! (20 May 2016)

17)  Utah Genealogical Association blog by J. Paul Hawthorne:

*  SLIG in Florida! (24 May 2016)

There are many posts on Facebook and tweets on Twitter using the hashtag #NGS2016gen - check them out.

If you have written blog posts about the NGS 2016 Conference, and I haven't seen them or just missed them, please comment on this post and I will add a link to your blog post.

Last updated:  4 June 2016, 9 a.m.

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2 comments:

Jessica Taylor said...

Hi Randy! Please add our NGS post to your list if you can: https://www.legacytree.com/blog/legacy-tree-genealogists-ngs-2016
Thanks!

Randy Seaver said...

I already had it - #16 on the list, posted 20 May 2016. I'm reviewing blogs daily still for this.