Saturday, September 3, 2016

2016 FGS Conference Blog Compendium - UPDATED

This blog post will try to collect all of the genealogy-related blog posts from attendees at the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2016 Conference held in Springfield, Illinois from 31 August to 3 September 2016.


Please take a moment and check out the posts that interest you.

1)  The writer of The Ancestry Insider blog:

*  Ancestry Library Edition Bookmark from Librarian’s Day – #FGS2016 (30 August 2016)
*  Stop by Springfield, Win Prizes - #FGS2016 (31 August 2016)
*  Societies Day at #FGS2016 (1 September 2016)
*  Schedule for Ancestry.com Booth Presentations at #FGS2016 (1 September 2016)
*  #Genealogy Past, Present, and Future – #FGS2016 (2 September 2016)
*  Congratulations, Lou Szucs - #FGS2016 (3 September 2016)
*  From Content to Discovery on Ancestry.com – #FGS2016 (7 September 2016)
*  Coming to America by Juliana Szucs – #FGS2016 (8 September 2016)
*  Anna Swayne’s Cracking the Case with DNA – #FGS2016 (13 September 2016)
*  FGS Next Project #FGS2016 (14 September 2016)

2)  Gayle Ficarra Wolcott on the Genealogy Dragnet blog:

*  FGS Conference 2016 - Day 1 (31 August 2016)
*  FGS Conference 2016 - Day 2 (1 September 2016)

3)  Chris Paton on The GENES Blog:

*  In Springfield for the FGS Conference (31 August 2016)
*  Back From the FGS Conference in the USA (5 September 2016)
*  Unlock the Past genealogy books available in US from Maia's Books (6 September 2016)

4)  Caroline Pointer on the FGS Voice blog:

*  Keep Up With #FGS2016 From Home (31 August 2016)
*  With Historic Gift and Community Support, the Fundraising for the Preserve the Pensions Is Officially Completed! (1 September 2016)
*  Awards Presented to Deserving Individuals & Organizations at FGS 2016 Conference (1 September 2016)
*  "Lou D. Szucs Service Award" Announced at FGS 2016 (1 September 2016)

5)  Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog:

*  Hats Off to the Volunteers (31 August 2016)
*  Over the Top!!! (1 September 2016)
*  For the Record ... (3 September 2016)

6)  Dick Eastman on Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter blog:

*  RPAC at FGS Springfield 2016 (31 August 2016)
*  A Report From the FGS 2015 Opening Session (1 September 2016)
*  FGS 2016 Awards Presented at the FGS 2016 National Conference (1 September 2016)
*  FGS Conference in Springfield, Illinois Is a Success (5 September 2016)

7)  Fred Moss on the Records Access and Preservation Committee blog:

*  RPAC at FGS Springfield 2016 (31 August 2016)

8)  Jacquie Schattner on the Seeds to Tree blog:

*  My First FGS Conference AKA Academy Awards Show of Genealogy (4 September 2016)

9)  Diane Tourville on the Genealogy on my Mind blog:

*  40 Days | Day 11 | Goodbye, Springfield, Illinois, and 2016 FGS Conference (8 September 2016)

I will try to update this post several times a day as I read blogs on my Feedly.

If you have written a blog post about the FGS Conference and I haven't posted it, please let me know in Comments to this post and I will add it to the list.

Last updated - 14 September, 10 a.m.

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