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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:36:45 EDT


Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial
Conference on Genealogy

Sponsored by the
Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
25-26 April 2003
Baton Rouge
Celebrating our 50th Annivesary, 1953-2003!
Friday, April 25th
Lectures on Louisiana's precolonial and colonial history by:
Richard Condrey, Ph.D., on Louisiana's Native Peoples
Robert de Berardinis, on French Colonial Louisiana
Lee Woodward, Ph.D., on Spanish Colonial Louisiana
Gregory Osborn & James Eberwine, B.A., on Louisiana's African Americans
Claire Mire Bettag, CGRS, CGL, on Louisiana Repositories & Records. Elizabeth
Shown Mills will speak at the Banquet on Friday night. Anglo-American
research will be addressed throughout the conference.

Saturday, April 26th
A day with Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA, internationally
recognized authority on genealogical methodology and evidence. Ms. Mills will
use Louisiana examples in her presentations on:

Ten Steps to a Solution: How to Analyze a Problem and Develop a Research
Strategy
Genealogy in a Heinz 57 World: Old Myths, Modern Methods
The Identity Crisis: Right Name, Wrong Man? Wrong Name, Right Man?
Finding Females: Wives, Mothers, Daughters, Sisters & Paramours! Vendors will
be present on Saturday.





Conference fees: Registration form:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/seminar.htm
Holiday Inn South
9940 Airline Hwy
Baton Rouge, LA 70816

> Rooms are available for Conference attendees at a special rate of $72.00 per
> night. Call 1-800-HOLIDAY for reservations, or call 225-924-7021, Monday -
> Friday, 8am - 5pm.





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