63rd Annual NMGS Conference
"Let's Get Back to Genealogy"
Please join us for our 2-day conference in Albuquerque. Enjoy connecting your ancestors with some history and appreciate of how they may have lived and what events took place during their lives.
WHEN:
August 11, 10:00 AM (start) - August 12, 4:30 PM (end)
WHERE:
Albuquerque Marriot Pyramid North
5151 San Francisco Road NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKERS?
If you have genealogy or DNA questions that we can get to the speakers beforehand, please email to infonmgs@gmail.com.
Schedule at a Glance
Friday, August 11, 2023
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
DNA Research Table, Book Vendors, Networking
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Remarks
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Robert Torrez presenting: Genizaros: Indian Captivity in Spanish, Mexican and Early Territorial New Mexico.
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch (included with conference)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Daria Landress & Henrietta M. Christmas presenting: NMGS DNA Project, Research and Technology
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Break
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Nick Pappas presenting: Crosses of Iron: The Tragic Story of Dawson, New Mexico, and Its Twin Mining Disasters.
4:30 PM - until the next day
Dinner on your own
Saturday, August 12, 2023
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Mary Penner presenting: “Because I Said So” Doesn’t Work in Genealogy.
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10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break
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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Angela Lewis & Henrietta M. Christmas presenting: Reviewing Your Research Techniques
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch, Annual meeting, Networking (included with conference)
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1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Henrietta M. Christmas presenting: A Primer on
Pre-marital Investigations in New Mexico.
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2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Robert Martinez presenting: New Mexico Families in the Mexico City Records.
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4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Break
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4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
NMGS and the Santa Fe Trail Book, Plus Closing Comments
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Conference Reminders
Don't forget to bring the following:
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Business cards with contact information and the surnames you are concentrating on for networking.
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Pedigree Charts or Family Group Sheets for the families you need help with or want to share information on.
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DNA Kit # and password.
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Laptop - if you have your Family Tree on Ancestry. The conference space has Wifi.