Sixth Annual Genealogy Fair
April 14 & 15, 2010
National Archives Research Center,
Lobby and Pennsylvania Avenue Plaza,
Washington, DC (Enter on Pennsylvania Avenue)
The National Archives will host its sixth annual Genealogy Fair over two days. The fair showcases Federal records located at the National Archives and professional genealogy organizations’ resources for doing research on family history. The fair will provide information and guidance for experienced genealogy professionals and beginners.
Please visit this web page periodically for updated schedule, speaker, and exhibitor information.
Last Year's Genealogy Fair Was a Great Success!
April 22 & 23, 2009
The National Archives hosted its fifth annual Genealogy Fair. The fair showcased Federal records located at the National Archives and professional genealogy organizations’ resources for doing research on family history. The winners of the National Archives Awards for Excellence in Genealogy were announced during the fair. The fair provided information and guidance for experienced genealogy professionals and beginners. The event was free and open to the public in partnership with the Foundation for the National Archives and Ancestry.com.
Reference archivist Constance Potter and archives technician Jill Kieger show a guest one of the many online databases available for genealogy research at the National Archives and Records Administration web site: www.archives.gov |
Presentation in the Library of National Archives Building, Washington, DC — one of 22 free sessions available during the 5th Annual Genealogy Fair over two days |
Access Programs digitization coordinator Mary Rephlo shows guest, David McMillen, the many exhibits and lectures offered at the free, two-day, National Archives 5th Annual Genealogy Fair, Washington, DC |
Free help and materials for walk-in attendees available from the sixteen guest genealogy exhibitors at the National Archives 5th Annual Genealogy Fair, Washington, DC |
"Excellence in Genealogy Awards" presented by Acting Archivist of the United States Adrienne C. Thomas to the 2009 respective first and second place winners Myron McGhee and Stephanie Smith |
Archives specialist Daniel Law and archivist Lynn Goodsell giving a presentation on the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) at the National Archives 5th Annual Genealogy Fair, Washington, DC |
Researchers learn about the online "Beginning Your Genealogy Research" tutorial (PowerPoint presentation) for family research at the National Archives, Washington, DC during the 5th Annual Genealogy Fair |
Acting Archivist of the United States Adrienne C. Thomas participating in the popular "National Family Tree" activity at the National Archives 5th Annual Genealogy Fair, Washington, DC |
5th Annual Genealogy Fair, Identity at the Crossroads: Discovering Who You Are, at the National Archives Building, Washington, DC on April 22 and 23, 2009 |
National Archives Genealogy exhibit at the 5th Annual Genealogy Fair, Identity at the Crossroads: Discovering Who You Are, in the National Archives Building, Washington, DC, on April 22 and 23, 2009 |
Session topics included three tracks; Getting Started, Online Records and Databases, and Other Selected Topics.
See the complete schedule by day showing the session titles and descriptions, tracks, times, locations, and presenters:
- Complete schedule for Day 1
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - Complete schedule for Day 2
Thursday, April 23, 2009
See the condensed schedule for April 22 and 23, showing the session titles, times, and locations.
WHERE: Research Center Lobby and Pennsylvania Avenue Plaza (outside), National Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
WHO: Speakers and exhibitors included National Archives staff, historians and professionals from the genealogy community who are experts in records that assist with genealogy research.
National Archives Exhibitors:
- Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
- Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)
- Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
- Family Activities
- Foundation for the National Archives
- Genealogy Tutorial
- Help! I’m Stuck
- National Archives Experience
- National Archives Shop
- Preservation
- Regional Archives
- You and Your Digital Camera
Guest Genealogy Exhibitors:
- Ancestry.com
- Association of Professional Genealogists
- Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States
- District of Columbia Archives
- District of Columbia Public Library, Washingtoniana Division
- Fairfax Genealogical Society
- Family Search
- Federation of Genealogical Societies
- Footnote.com
- Genealogy Club of the Montgomery County Historical Society
- Library of Congress, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room
- Mount Vernon Genealogical Society
- National Genealogical Society
- National Society Sons of the American Revolution
- Prince George's County Genealogical Society
- USCIS Genealogy Program
- Washington DC Family History Center
BACKGROUND: The National Archives holds the permanently valuable records of the Federal government. These include records of interest to genealogists, such as pension files, census and Freedmen’s Bureau materials. For more information about the National Archives' holdings start on our home page www.archives.gov.
