Spring Conference

 

Welcome to the 2023 Spring Conference - Join us for a day of great genealogical learning with guest speaker, Melissa Barker, The Archive Lady.  Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives.  She is affectionally known as The Archive Lady to the genealogy community.  She lectures, teaches, and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in archives and records preservation.  She conducts virtual presentations across the United States and Canada for various genealogy groups and societies.  She writes a popular blog entitled A Genealogist in the Archives and is a well-known genealogy and history book reviewer.  She has been a Professional Genealogist for 19 years with expertise in Tennessee records.  She has been researching her own family history for the past 33 years.


Saturday, April 15th beginning at 9:00 a.m. Central Time

Sessions include

  • The Home Archivist: Preserving Family Records Like a Pro!
  • Preserving Your Ancestor’s Textiles and Handmade Treasures
  • Digging into Finding Aids: The Road Map to Any Manuscript Collection
  • 10 Things a Genealogist Should Do Before Leaving a Library or Archives


All sessions will be recorded and available after the conference.  

We’re happy to have our members join us at our facility in the East Village of Des Moines.  Don’t worry if you can’t come all the way to Des Moines.  We will host the conference on Zoom too.  


Guest Speaker

Melissa Barker, The Archive Lady


  • Lunch will be catered by In The Bag. Make your lunch selection below. (optional)

  • Lunch will be catered by In The Bag. Make your lunch selection below. (optional)

  • using Zoom

  • using Zoom

Mixed greens topped with marinated chicken breast, Mandarin oranges, pineapple, and pecans with chow mein noodles. French dressing on the side

Smoked turkey, mixed greens, avocado on a wrap spread with cream cheese and honey dijon mustard

Ham and sharp cheddar wrapped with shredded lettuce

Herbed cream cheese spread with shredded carrots, cheese, and lettuce, rolled around sliced beef in a tortilla


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