Deadline: 04/01/2020 – History, Education, Genealogy Speakers Needed on 05/19/2021 in Richmond, Virginia for NGS 2021 Family History Conference – Free Speaker Bureau Expert Wanted

The National Genealogical Society 2021 Family History Conference, Virginia: The Deep Roots of a Nation, will be held in Richmond, Virginia, 19‒22 May 2021. The call for proposals opens on 8 January 2020 and closes on 1 April 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

Seventeenth century, native born Virginian William Byrd, II, once said “In the beginning, all America was Virginia.” And, as any native Virginian will tell you, he was correct. The first permanent English settlement in what was to become the United States was established at Jamestown in 1607. Patrick Henry’s famous “Give me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech was given in 1775 at St. John’s Church in Richmond. Virginia is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents—a list which includes four of the first five presidents. The Virginia General Assembly is the longest continuously operating legislative body in the western hemisphere―first meeting in Jamestown’s church in 1619. Since 1607, immigrants from many countries have made Virginia their home. Some remained for generations while others moved on to new frontiers to expand, populate, and build a nation.

The NGS 2021 Family History Conference in Richmond, Virginia, will be the first conference after the merger of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) into the National Genealogical Society (NGS). Therefore, the NGS 2021 call for proposals includes a full day of society management topics on Tuesday, 18 May 2021.