Annual Spring Conference

Registration for our next annual conference will be available in January 2019. Our brochure will be available in the "Downloadable Documents" section.

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NSGS holds it annual conference in late April or early May each year, moving it to different locations across Nebraska. Locations and speakers for past and upcoming conferences are below.

Year	Place	Speaker(s)
1998	Columbus	Neill, Michael John
1999	Grand Island	DeBartolo Carmack, Sharon
2000	Kearney	Hosman, Lloyd & Quinn, Joyw Lette
2001	Grand Island	Eakle, Arlene & Witcher, Curt
2002	Grand Island	DeBartolo Carmack, Sharon
2003	Hastings	Howells, Cindi
2004	Omaha	Schweitzer, George
2005	North Platte	Coleman, Ruby
2006	Beatrice	Colletta, John Philip
2007	Lexington	DeBartolo Carmack, Sharon
2008	Lincoln	Smolenyak Smolenyak, Megan
2009	Scottsbluff	Miller, Julie
2010	Norfolk	Stuart-Warren, Paula
2011	Nebr. City	Blankenau, Gail
2012	Grand Island	Prescott, Laura
2013	Grand Island	Foulk, Beth (Watson)
2014	Grand Island	Various speakers on "Societies with Secrets"
2015	Grand Island	Morgan, George G.
2016	Kearney	Sayre, Rick & Pam
2017	Lincoln	Taylor, D. Joshua
2018	Columbus	Russell, Judy "Legal Genealogist"
2019	Grand Island	Bettinger, Blaine (DNA)
2020	Columbus	Jones, Tom

2019 Conference: April 26-27, 2019 at Quality Inn & Conference Center, Grand Island, Nebraska

Our featured speaker will be Blaine Bettinger

Blaine's topics:

Using Autosomal DNA to Explore Your Ancestry
Working with Testing Company Results
Are You Doing Everything to Identify Your DNA Matches

Using GedMatch and DNA Painter to Analyze Your Autosomal DNA
DNA and the Aftermath of Uncovered Family Secrets

Nine Breakout sessions to choose from including:

1A: Early Day Life in Nebraska by Gary "Mitch" Zabortsky

1B: Cemetery Symbolism & Cleaning by Shannon Lewis

1C: Dating Photographs by Catherine Renschler

2A: Creating the Family History Book of Your Dreams by Phyllis Ericson

2B: Document Preservation by Kari Stofer (Stuhr Museum)

2C: Who's Her Daddy? Using DNA to Find a Father for Jane by Marcie Garnett

3A: Homesteading & Plat Maps by Beth Sparrow

3B: Civil War Orphan's Ranch by Tammy Hendrickson

3C: Googling Your Genealogy by Shannon Lewis

There are 15 Vendor spots available!