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From: "Pamela Boyer Porter, CGRS, CGL" <>
Subject: [GEN-EVENTS-L] Regional Archives Workshop
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 05:19:47 -0500

For immediate release:

The Regional In-depth Genealogical Studies Alliance workshop being held in
cooperation with the National Archives and Records Administration's
Southeast Region in Atlanta, Georgia, from October 13-18, 2002, has extended
its early registration deadline. Those wishing to register for this workshop
can still do so at the early registration tuition of $499 through July 15.
After that date, tuition goes up to $549.

This hands-on workshop features a full week of learning how to access and
interpret original records available at the National Archives regional
facilities. For more details or to download a registration form, see the
RIGS Alliance Web site at http://www.RIGSAlliance.org or e-mail
.

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Original Press release:

2002 RIGS Alliance Workshop

The Regional In-depth Genealogical Studies Alliance (RIGS Alliance) workshop
will be held 13-18 October 2002 in Atlanta, Georgia, in cooperation with the
National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA’s) Southeast Region.

The workshop is designed for genealogists, historians, and librarians with a
general genealogical or historical grounding who want to learn skills and
techniques for researching original records at regional archives. It is not
a beginning genealogy workshop. To ensure a quality experience, enrollment
is limited to thirty. Although this workshop will focus on records from the
Southeastern United States, many of the record types are available at other
NARA regional facilities.

Activities will be held in the Atlanta area at the Hampton Inn Southlake
(workshop headquarters hotel) and in a state-of-the-art classroom on the
beautiful campus of Clayton College and State University, both in Morrow,
Georgia. Additional instruction and research will take place at the National
Archives Southeast Region in East Point, Georgia. Workshop staff includes J.
Mark Lowe, CG, Director of RIGS Alliance, Inc., Linda Woodward Geiger, CGRS,
CGL, and Pamela Boyer Porter, CGRS, CGL, Assistant Directors, and expert
staff members from NARA’s Southeast Region.

For details about the RIGS Alliance workshop, visit the web site at
www.RIGSAlliance.org; e-mail ; write to RIGS Alliance
Workshop, P.O. Box 1273, Jasper, GA 30143; or fax 706.268.3314.

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Thank you!

Pamela Boyer Porter, CGRS, CGL
Assistant Director
Regional In-depth Genealogical Studies Alliance, Inc. (RIGS Alliance)
Web Site: <www.RIGSAlliance.org>
E-mail:
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