Eastern Kentucky Genealogy Conference 2012

Please keep in mind that this is a work in progress & will continually update as the date approaches, So mark you calendars, Get your registration in early, & Check back often!!

 All evens will take place in the Argand room of the Ramada Inn & Conference Center, 624 James Trimble Blvd., Paintsville, Johnson County, KY

  Anyone wishing to spend the night should contact the Ramada Directly by calling: 1-800-951-4242

Mention Group Number: GENE-11 or the Conference when making reservations.

 2012 Agenda

(Clicking a Speaker's Name will take you to a new page with a brief bio)

 Friday Sept 14th - Family Connection Night - Get to know each other and compare family notes.

• 5:00  PM - Registration Begins. Connecting, Mingling, & Vendor Browsing.
  
• 7:00 PM - Walter Bowman, Kentucky Department of Libraries & Archives - Confederate Indigent and Window Pensions 1912 - 1978
  

Friday Nights are very relaxed & casual with lots of time to mingle, compare lines, and generally get to know one another.

 Saturday Sept 15th

• 8:30 AM - Registration & Vendor Browsing
• 9:00 AM - Opening Remarks & Introductions
• 9:30 AM - Cheri Daniels - "Embracing the New Frontier: How Technology is Changing the Way We Climb Our Family Tree"
• 10:30 AM - Break & Vendor Browsing
  
• 10:45 AM - Jackie Edmondson Couture - "Appalachian Ancestors: From Whence They Came"
• 12:00 Noon - Lunch (on your own)
• 1:00 PM - Big Sandy Valley Historical Society Meeting, All are welcome
• 1:30 PM - Sarah Milligan - "The Basics of Oral History Interviewing"
  
• 3:00 PM - Break & Vendor Browsing
• 3:15 PM - Cindy Peck - "Using DNA to Explore Your Genealogy Research" **Bring you Family Tree DNA Report if you have one**
• 4:15 PM - Brief meeting for Lawrence County Kentucky Genealogical & Historical Society, Inc.
  
• 5:00 PM - Dinner as a Group, on site at the hotel and catered by the Ramada's Carriage House Restaurant. Dinner is $21.00 per person. Prices include drinks & all taxes and gratuities.

**2012 Menu is still in planning stage**

2011 Menu for Dinner, was as follows**

 

 Special Recipe Breaded Fish with Hush puppies &Tarter Sauce

Baked Chicken on a bed of rice

Creamy Whipped Potatoes

Buttered Whole Kernel Corn

Macaroni with Creamy Cheese Sauce

Stir-fry Veggie Blend

Fresh Garden Salad

Jumbo Homemade Yeast Rolls & Butter

Fresh Garden Salad

Coffee, Iced Tea, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Ice Water

 

 

•  7:00 PM - Benefit Auction - Please donate an item to the auction which benefits area Historical Societies and other groups who help preserve history. Additionally the auction is open to the general public, so bring/invite a friend!

Sunday Sept 16th

• 9:00 AM - Rise & Shine Breakfast as a group, Catered by the hotel's Carriage House Restaurant. $14.00 per person.

 

**2012 Menu is still in planning stage**

**Menu for Breakfast, as follows**

 

Fluffy Scrambled Eggs

Crisp Bacon & Sausage patties

Fluffy Pancakes with Maple Syrup

Country Style Fried Potatoes

Home-style Gravy & Biscuits

Jellies & Jams w/ whipped butter

Fresh Orange Juice & Grapefruit  Juice

Coffee, Hot Tea & Milk

 

•  10:30 AM -  Walter Bowman -Kentucky Confederate Indigent and Widows Pension 1912-1978
  
•  12:00 Noon - Conference Ends