Special Conference Events

Four unique events have been planned to enhance your participation in the NGS 2012 Family History Conference in Cincinnati. Each event will be described over the next few days.

Tuesday, 8 May 2012: Tour of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky

See why Cincinnati is called the “Queen City” on a special tour created just for NGS Conference attendees and hosted by trained Cincinnati Historical Society docents. Learn some of the interesting history of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky on a three-and-a-half-hour tour aboard comfortable motor coaches.

The tour begins with a short ride to the Cincinnati Museum Center, one of Cincinnati’s iconic National Historic Landmarks. Originally built in 1933 as the Union Terminal train station, the Museum Center was recently named one of the top 50 architecturally significant buildings in America by the American Institute of Architects. Disembark from the coach to briefly view the interior of the breathtaking, ten-story grand rotunda that will take you back in time to an earlier day of rail transportation. (This will also be the site of a Thursday night museum visit, dinner and program.)

Board the coach and continue to the Kentucky side of the Ohio River along historic Riverside Drive in Covington, featuring wonderful 19th century mansions and the perfect view of the Cincinnati skyline. See the Notre Dame-inspired St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, with the world’s largest church stained glass window, before heading back to Ohio. Tour the highlights of downtown Cincinnati including Over-the-Rhine, an area containing the largest collection of Italianate architecture in the United States. Continue through the narrow hillside streets of Mount Adams, into Mount Auburn and on to Clifton, home of the University of Cincinnati. By the end of your tour through Avondale and other Cincinnati suburbs, you’ll understand why Cincinnati is truly one of the great unknown cities of America.

This special tour has been arranged for 12:30 to 4 pm on Tuesday, 8 May 2012, embarking in front of the Duke Energy Convention Center which is within easy walking distance from all conference hotels. The tour features limited walking and will accommodate most individuals who can enter a motor coach with limited assistance. The price is $21.00 per person. Three coaches have been reserved for a limit of 168 people. To make reservations, use the online registration system.

Special Conference Events