National Genealogical Society

About NGS

The National Genealogical Society, a nonprofit organization founded in 1903, is the premier national society for everyone from the beginner to the most advanced family historian.... Learn More

Highlights

John Thomas Humphrey, CG (1948-2012)

The genealogical community and the National Genealogical Society have lost a dear friend and scholar with the death of John Thomas Humphrey on 12 August 2012. John’s work in our field is some of the most important and essential for early Pennsylvania and German genealogy. Read more.


Educational Courses

1. Genetic Genealogy, The Basics
2. Using Federal Populations Census Schedules in Genealogical Research

New Series Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the NGSQ


Ron Ames Hill, CG, FASG

Research Adventures in England (140MB)

Ask the Experts

NGS and Repeat Performance are re-releasing  a special collectors’ audio recording  of an NGS “Ask the Experts” session from the 1986 NGS Conference in the States held in Columbus, Ohio.  It  featured Milton Rubincam and John Insley Coddington, two of the more prominent genealogists of the previous generation.


In the NGS “Ask the Experts” recording, Rubincam and Coddington answer questions from the audience about how to research a particular problem or where to find a historical record before the availability of the Internet and search engines, such as Google. Their answers and suggestions represent the best genealogical thinking of that era and urge consideration of many issues that still plague researchers today.


You can order a copy of this historic interview, “Ask the Experts”(item #COO-15), from Repeat Performance at http://www.audiotapes.com/conf.asp?ProductCon=2012 (or http://goo.gl/mY5ZP). Be sure to use the item #COO-15 when searching for this recording.

 

NGS Research Trips to Salt Lake City

Join the NGS’ group leaders for a week at the world renowned Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In Fall 2012 from 21–28 October

In the Winter 2013 from 6–13 January
 

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Now at the NGS Store

Research in the States Series


Research in Indiana Print or PDF
Research in Kentucky Print or PDF


 

NGS 2013 Family History Conference

The NGS 2013 Family History Conference will be held at The LVH-Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mark your calendars for 8–11 May 2013. Learn More.



Make your hotel reservations today at The LVH!