Midwestern Roots 2005
Early Registration Deadline July 15, 2005
Friday & Saturday, August 19 & 20, 2005
Pre-conference events Thursday, August 18, 2005
Don't miss the July 15 early registration deadline for
Midwestern Roots
2005, to be held at the Indianapolis Marriott East.
Midwestern Roots
2005 will feature nationally-known presenters and will
cover a variety
of topics for the novice as well as the experienced
family historian.
Conference registrations must be postmarked by July 15
to receive the
reduced registration fee. Hotel rooms at the
Indianapolis Marriott East
must be reserved by August 1 to receive the conference
rate. Conference
information, registration forms and exhibitor
information can be found
at
www.indianahistory.org/midwesternroots
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or by
calling (317) 232-1882. Hotel reservations can be
made by calling the
Indianapolis Marriott East at (317) 352-1231 or (800)
228-9290.
Indicate your association with Midwestern Roots 2005
upon making your
reservations to receive the special $92/night room
rate.
Midwestern Roots, co-sponsored by the Indiana
Historical Society and
the
Indiana Genealogical Society, will feature over 30
presentations
covering topics ranging from finding female ancestors,
census
substitutes, family food traditions and German SS
records to baptismal
records, preserving family papers, genetics and more.
Optional pre-conference activities on Thursday, August
18, range from
tours of the William Henry Smith Memorial Library, the
Indiana State
Library and the Indiana State Archives to writing
workshops on
preparing
family histories for publication, computer labs on
genealogy resources
available on the internet and a workshop designed for
library staff and
volunteers who answer questions from genealogy
patrons. The Genealogy
Division of the Indiana State Library and the Indiana
History Center
Smith Library also will stay open late for extended
research hours.
Other activities include a lively panel discussion
bringing together
genealogists and historians to answer the question,
"History and
Genealogy: Why Not Both?" The evening will begin with
a dessert
reception at the Indiana History Center followed by a
discussion with
nationally-renowned historical genealogists Elizabeth
Shown Mills and
Curt B. Witcher, Indiana historian James H. Madison
and migration
historian Marianne S. Wokeck, who will explore how
these fields can
enrich each other, from uncovering the slightest
detail of one life to
seeing human history more clearly because of that
life.
On Friday, August 19, the conference will begin with
the opening
session
by Mills. Mills will explain the standards and
processes all
researchers
need to apply when using family history and
genealogical sources.
Friday
will conclude with a banquet and Mills will give a
presentation that
encourages taking what is learned about ancestors and
conveying it to
descendants.
On Saturday morning, Madison will begin the day by
considering the
various migration streams that settled the Midwest and
show how their
origins, timing and cultural features helped make the
region a
distinctive part of the nation.
Other notable national speakers include John S.
Humphrey, Diane Gagel,
Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, Tony Burroughs and Kandie
Adkinson.
The Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana
Genealogical Society
will
offer six scholarships for graduate students to attend
the conference.
The scholarship application can be found at
www.indianahistory.org/midwesternroots
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