Day 2; Thursday, 11 May 2017
Day two was all about learning and the first full day of classes I could attend. I met several new people today and people that I only knew from Facebook. It's nice to actually hear someone speak. I attended my first paid luncheon with LaBrenda Garret-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, as the speaker. She gave an important and eye-opening lecture on Genealogy from the African-American perspective. After the all day class schedule, I was beat and decided to just relax in my hotel room and order dinner in. After falling asleep a little after 9:00 pm I was awoken by a loud noise outside. I sprung out of bed to find the hotel was being slammed by massive wind and rain. I thought we were being hit by a hurricane... LOL. Lightning flashes all throughout the sky too! This San Diego boy is not used to this! I turned on the news only to see a little ticker tape saying that a severe thunderstorm was moving through Wake County. Later, because I couldn't sleep now, on the 10 o'clock news they showed the radar images. It was gone within an hour... weird!
Classes I attended:
- Finding Georgia Records with J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA (filling in for my friend Kristen Harms).
- Info Overload? Effective Project Management, Research, Data Management & Analysis with Elizabeth Shown Mills CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA.
- Solving Complex Problems With Tax Lists with Gail Miller CG.
- BCG Luncheon with LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, "Condemnation of Memory: Recalling That African American Genealogy Is American Genealogy".
- The Virginia-North Carolina Connection with Barbara Vines Little CG, FNGS, FUGA, FVGS.
- Baptist Ancestors in Tennessee and the Carolinas with Lori Thornton, MLIS.
Now for the pictures!
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| Most of the rooms were large and very comfortable. |
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| The line for Elizabeth Shown Mills. |
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| The line for Elizabeth Shown Mills. |
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| Claudia Breland, who was speaking on DNA at the conference. |
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| Elizabeth Shown Mills classroom. |
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| ESM preparing for the large crowd. |
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| Looks like it was too crowded for Gordon Remington (walking). |
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| A fan of LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson. |
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| LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson speaking at the BCG Luncheon. |
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| Roger Moffat (standing) talking with DNA expert Blaine Bettinger. |
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| Karen Jones (L) talking with Paula Furick. |
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| Lisa Louise Cook doing her classes in the hall. Always sold out! |
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| Re-visiting the SLIG booth. |
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| I caught NGS official photographer, Scott Stewart, unaware! |
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| Scott Stewart, official photographer of the event. |
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| Dinner in my room! That pizza was very filling! |
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| Severe storm slams the hotel. |
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| Just a little wind and rain... LOL |
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