| Conference Sessions (conference registration required)
Register today to attend four full days of more than 150 lectures by 100 of the nation's top genealogists and historians.
Pre-Conference Tours (conference registration not required)
Hoover Dam and Ethel M. Chocolates Tour
This six-hour tour allows participants to explore the rich history of Hoover Dam, enjoy a buffet lunch, and tour a chocolate factory and botanical garden.
Museum Tour
Tour the 30-acre Clark County Museum and the National Atomic Testing Museum in this five-hour tour.
Night Tour
Experience the full brilliance of neon Las Vegas in a five-hour tour of the Las Vegas Strip and Downtown!
For more information, please see Las Vegas Area Tours.
Conference Highlights
| Opening Session | Wednesday, 8 May, 8:00 a.m. |
| Marian Smith, Chief, Historical Research Branch, USCIS, will explore the importance of national policy changes to ancestors, their records, and your genealogical research in "People, Policy, and Records: The Importance of Historical Background." |
| NGS First-Timers' Breakfast | Thursday, 9 May, 7:00 a.m. |
| Network and share conference tips and strategies with other first-time attendees, NGS officers, and the NGS board of directors. |
| NGS Banquet | Friday, 10 May, 7:00 p.m. |
| Join NGS in welcoming historian Mark Hall-Patton, Museums Administrator for the Clark County Museum System and authenticator for the History Channel's Pawn Stars, along with well-known genealogist, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak. Hall-Patton looks at research and artifact authentication, television style, in "Do You Think Anyone's Going To Watch This Show?" Smolenyak presents a model monthly grant awards program in "Lucky 13: A Modest Proposal Regarding Genealogy Grants and Pawn Stores." |
| NGS/GenTech Luncheon | Saturday, 11 May, 12:15 p.m. |
| Come prepared for audience participation as the Ancestry Insider explores "The Future of Family History — According to You!" |
| NGS Annual Meeting | Saturday, 11 May, 5:15 p.m. |
| Hear the latest updates concerning publications, member benefits, genealogy courses, affiliate programs, video archives, and more from NGS President, Jordan Jones. |
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Exhibit Hall (free to the public)
Visit more than 100 vendors, who offer a variety of genealogy-related products, services, and memberships.
Exhibit hall hours are as follows: |
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| Wednesday, 8 May, 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. |
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| Thursday, 9 May, 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. |
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| Friday, 10 May, 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. |
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| Saturday, 11 May, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. |
Register today to attend the
NGS 2013 Family History Conference.
See you in Las Vegas! |
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