The Annual Family History Conference


The 2009 Family History Conference was a tremendous success. to see what attendees said on evaluation forms Click Here

40th Annual Conference

Saturday, 15 May 2010

J. Mark LoweWe are excited to announce that our featured speaker for the event will be J. Mark Lowe, is a full-time professional genealogist, author, and lecturer who researches primarily in original records and manuscripts throughout the South. Mark has published articles in the Association of Genealogical Societies (APG) Quarterly, North Carolina Genealogical Society Quarterly, SPEAK!, The Longhunter, and other genealogical society publications. His weekly local history article appears in the Robertson County Times.

As the Director of the Regional In-depth Genealogical Studies Alliance (RIGSA), Mark developed and directed (with the RIGSA team) week-long interactive learning sessions and hands-on research focusing on original documents and manuscripts at regional archives in cooperation with the National Archives. He is an instructor at the Institute for Genealogical & Historical Research (IGHR) at Samford University in Birmingham and at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy sponsored by the Utah Genealogical Association (UGA). He is the former vice-president of development for the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), immediate past-president of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association. He was awarded the APG’s Grahame T. Smallwood Jr. Award in 2007 for personal commitment and outstanding service to the genealogical community.



Maryland Heights Centre

Nearly every year since 1970 the Society has hosted an all-day genealogical conference.  Historically, it has been the largest such single-day event in the Midwest. 

The Conference features one or more nationally-recognized speakers, several outstanding local speakers, a large and bustling vendor area, and an optional lunch.

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For a history of the Society's Family History Conferences, click here.