2024 New York State Family History Conference

Join the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society (NYG&B) and other genealogy experts for New York’s largest statewide family history conference:

September 20–21, 2024 (Livestreamed from Syracuse, NY)

September 20–November 1, 2024 (On-Demand Access)

This year's theme is Connect at the Crossroads and will feature live streamed presentations in Syracuse, New York, as well as additional on-demand sessions to watch at your own pace. Can’t join us in person? No problem! All in-person events will be livestreamed and subsequently made available on demand.

From the essentials needed for navigating New York research to using maps, newspapers, letters, and journals on your historical journey to understanding immigration and migration patterns, the conference offers a rich array of sessions to help participants hone their skills.

The live streamed portion of the conference will be held on Friday, September 20, and Saturday, September 21, 2024, at the Erie Canal Museum in downtown Syracuse (318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse, NY 13202).

All the conference programming and sessions will be available to registrants for on-demand viewing through November 1, 2024.

What to Expect:

More than 20 of the top voices and experts in the genealogy field to lead sessions and answer your questions, including Michelle Tucker Chubenko, Skip Duett, Annette Burke Lyttle, Jeanette Sheliga, Jane E. Wilcox, and more.

A total of 34 sessions and events (13 in-person/live streamed and 21 on demand) all for less than $10 a session.

A rich array of programming—whether it’s mastering the basics or refining research to break through brick walls—on a variety of crucial resources like New York records and repositories; methodology; migration and settlement; immigration and immigrant communities; New Yorkers of color and others whose stories have been historically underrepresented; and much more.

Learning opportunities with the wider genealogy and family history community.

Learn more and register at https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/nysfhc/about.