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From: "Mollie H Simpson" <>
Subject: [TNDICKSO] ? Interesting
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:33:52 -0500



I received this and did not know if it might interest anyone.
Mollie'


Countdown to Discovery - A World of Hidden Treasures

Have you ever been to a genealogy conference? No. Well now is the time.
In the heart of Florida and close to Walt Disney World, genealogists
from all over the country, Great Britain and Europe will be attending
the Federation of Genealogical Society Conference, hosted by the Florida
State Genealogical Society.

Why Should you attend?
1) Over 200 LECTURES and over 95 top-of-the line SPEAKERS. Track
descriptions are as follows:

Charting a Course to the Old World (British Isles & Europe)
Exploration in the New World (United States & Canada)
Riches in the First Colony (Focus on Florida)
Diverse Voyagers (Ethnic & Religious Research)
Tools for Successful Navigation (Skills & Strategies)
A Wealth of Hidden Treasures (Records Research)
Just Over the Horizon (Technology & the Internet)!

For more detailed information about each lecture, visit
http://www.fgs.org

2) A TREASURE HUNT is currently in progress. You can win grand prizes
such as free conference registration, room nights at hotels in Salt Lake
City, tuition at the Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research in
Birmingham, Alabama, registration and boarding at a conference in
England and so much more. Check the latest issue of the FGS FORUM for
more details about the great Treasure Hunt or the above web site.

You can also learn more about the conference and the treasure hunts if you
subscribe to the E-zine.To subscribe to the E-zine, send an email
message (no text or subject is necessary) to
>.
You will receive a confirmation message to which you must reply within 24
hours.

3) Over 100 VENDORS or 150 booths will be in the exhibit hall. See a
list of our current exhibitors at
http://www.fgs.org/2003conf/conf-exhibitors.asp

4) All under ONE ROOF. The complete conference and your hotel room are
in one building. There is no need to walk outside in the heat or rain.
All food functions and restaurants are also located in the same
building. Hotel rooms are huge and you can register up to four people
for one price.

5) Fun for the FAMILY. SeaWorld is right across the street from the
conference hotel. Visit Walt Disney World, which includes the Magic
Kingdom, EPCOT, Animal Kingdom, and Disney-MGM Studios, as well as
Universal Studios, Kennedy Space Center, and many, many other wonderful
places!

6) SOCIETIES CAN WIN $200 worth of genealogy books from Betterway Books. If
you advertise the conference in your newsletter, send us a copy and we will
add it to the drawing to be held at the conference. We have made it very
simple for you. Use the media kit at
http://www.fgs.org/2003conf/conf-media.htm

Hurry, the EARLY CONFERENCE registration deadline for the lower price is
July 15th.

HOTEL registration deadline is August 4th. 1-800-327-6677; 407-351-5555
Jim and Pam Cooper
FGS/FSGS 2003 National Conference Co-Chairs

Countdown to Discovery - A World of Hidden Treasures
3-6 September 2003, Orlando, Florida
http://www.fgs.org or http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/
P. O. Box 7066, Vero Beach, FL 32961-7066



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