The Annual Family History Conference


2009 StLGS Family History Conference

39th Annual Conference

Next year’s Family History Conference has already been scheduled for Saturday, 2 May 2009. We will return to the Maryland Heights Community Centre next year.

We are excited to announce that our featured speaker for the event will be David Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA, Director of Records and Information Division, Family and Church History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). This organization has taken on the project to convert the Church’s vast collection of microfilmed records into indexed digital images, which will then be made available on the Internet.

Dave is a 1980 graduate of Brigham Young University, where he received his degree in Family and Local History. He is the former Director of the Libraries Division of the Family History Department, a position in which he had the responsibility to manage the thousands of family history centers worldwide. He is also a past-president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS).

Dave is no stranger to St. Louis, having lectured here many times on both LDS topics and on his personal research specialty, Irish records.

David’s current assignment promises to transform the way genealogists access original documents pertaining to their family history research. We hope you will mark your calendar for 2 May 2009 to hear the latest on this project from the man who is directing it.

This all-day conference is the largest such single-day event in the Midwest. This year’s conference features nationally-recognized speakers, outstanding local speakers, a large and bustling vendor area, and an optional lunch.

Between 1 February and 30 July, audio CDs/cassettes of some of the lectures of the 2008 Conference are available for purchase. To find out more, learn what is available, or to pre-order your CDs or Cassettes, Click here for a brochure and order form, or click to order online.