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| picture originally found on www.vgs.org for the conference. |
I attended my first Genealogy conference a few weeks ago here in Virginia. My family and I were at the local library when I noticed a poster for the poster for the VGS annual conference, Genealogical Gems: Hiding in Plain Sight. I don't normally get to spend a day on myself so I jumped at the opportunity to attend! I figured why not? It was practically in my backyard.
I spent the day on Track 2 which featured Sharon Cook MacInnes, PhD, CG from www.ancestortracks.com Her presentations included:
- Researching State Land Records for the 20 State-Land States: Deeds & Tax Records
- Researching Federal Land Records for the 30 Federal-Land States, Including Military Grants.
- Getting the Most Out of Ancestry.
- Using the FAN Club to Tear Down Brick Walls.
Now I have to say, I thought I had done pretty well following my family history in New Jersey. There were some ancestors who I thought I had "finished" (finished as I thought I would ever get with them ;) ) and boy was I wrong! Now granted it will be a bit before I can get up to the NJ archives to start digging again, however, I'm excited to make another trip up to Jersey to tackle more land records!
In the meantime, I will be searching Virginia land grants. I already found the original land grant for my neighborhood! It's so neat to see the land exchange hands between the crown and the original owners. Plus I now know how some roads got its name.
