The public is invited to attend the 2013 Fall Genealogy Conference. One speaker will be Willard Sterne Randall on “The Wentworth Grant’s; Vermont’s Real Birthday”.
Was the real Founding Father of Vermont Ethan Allen? Or was it Benning Wentworth, the royal governor of New Hampshire who never set foot here but “sold” 138 townships, keeping a lot of the best land for himself and pocketing a fortune in fees. This year, 38 Vermont towns celebrate their 250th birthdays, Willard Sterne Randall will explain how it worked, and more about the first owners of Vermont.
Other speakers will be Mathieu Paradis on the War of 1812 and Ed McGuire on Genetic Genealogy.
The public is invited to attend the 2013 Fall Genealogy Conference sponsored by the Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society, on Saturday, October 19th at the St. John Vianney Parish Hall, 160 Hinesburg Road, South Burlington, VT from 8:30 to 4 pm. Registration - $15.00 before October 11th, $20.00 after that date. For complete details please visit our website www.vt-fcgs.org/vtgen.html or call 802-310-9285.

Genealogical Resources at the Vermont Historical Society
The Vermont Historical Society (VHS) was founded 175 years ago. In the 1940s it acquired the Vermont State Library’s printed family history collection and has maintained a strong interest in genealogy since. It also has a large collection of town histories, manuscripts, photographs, maps, and printed ephemera. On Saturday, October 5th from 10:30 to noon, Paul Carnahan, librarian at VHS, will discuss its genealogical resources and describe how to identify valuable resources to aid in researching your family history. Classes are $5.00 and are held at the Vermont Genealogy Library located on Hegeman Ave, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, across from the State Police Building. We are open for research Tuesdays 3 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 to 4. Please visit our website www.vt-fcgs.org/vtgen.html or call 802-310-9285 for more info.