The Ohio River has served as a major passageway for travelers and goods going west since the eighteenth century. Cincinnati overlooks Northern Kentucky just across the river, and southeast Indiana is only a few miles to the west. Explorers, frontiersmen, pioneers and immigrants left an abundance of family history to discover in Cincinnati.
The four-day conference will include more than fifty national speakers providing over 150 lectures including ethnic research, African American research, research in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, migration to and out of the tri-state area, immigration, methodology, military, family history writing, ethnic workshops, technological innovation in genealogy (GenTech), BCG Skillbuilding track, and much more.
Duke Energy Convention Center, the conference site, is located in the heart of downtown Cincinnati, just blocks from I-71 and I-75 (minutes from I-74) and ten minutes from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The downtown area offers shopping, dining, theatre, and a lively arts and music scene, and is just a short walk from the Ohio River. The extensive genealogical collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is located four blocks from the Convention Center.
The Ohio Genealogical Society and the Hamilton County Chapter of OGS are the local hosts working with the National Genealogical Society to create a memorable experience for genealogists in the Queen City of the West. An outstanding conference in a unique city, with plentiful research opportunities: it's a combination you won't want to miss!
Deb,
ReplyDeleteI have this site listed in my google reader, which is how I knew about your post. If I can help in any way, let me know. I, too, am very excited about the conference being in Cincinnati. I would like our visitors to come to know and love our city and its resources as we do.
Is the 2012 Convention Syllabus out yet? Would love to see what is going to be offered. Can not wait for convention. Thanks
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