{"id":103408,"date":"2019-04-11T14:53:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T21:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=103408"},"modified":"2019-04-11T15:29:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T22:29:48","slug":"nergc-2019-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/nergc-2019-recap-103408.html","title":{"rendered":"NERGC 2019 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re back from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nergc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NERGC 2019<\/a> in Manchester, New Hampshire. This was a great opportunity to meet Geni users and connect with new members who were eager to learn more about\u00a0collaboration and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/worldfamilytree\" target=\"_blank\">World Family Tree<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9521.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-103419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9521-600x772.jpg\" alt=\"NERGC 2019 Recap | Geni\" width=\"400\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9521-600x772.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9521-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9521.jpg 1117w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The conference offered many workshops, sessions, and special events for\u00a0genealogists and family history enthusiasts of all experience levels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9524.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-103414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9524-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"NERGC 2019 Recap | Geni\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9524-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9524-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9524.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>The Geni booth before the start of the conference<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The exhibit hall was free and open to the public and everyone was encouraged to pick up one of our handy Geni notebooks before they were all gone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/notebooks_nergc2019-2.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-103415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/notebooks_nergc2019-2-600x370.jpeg\" alt=\"NERGC 2019 Recap | Geni\" width=\"520\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/notebooks_nergc2019-2-600x370.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/notebooks_nergc2019-2-300x185.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/notebooks_nergc2019-2.jpeg 1875w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>Handy Geni freebies<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our conference work stations provided a great\u00a0opportunity\u00a0for users to try out all our premium features for free, including viewing and confirming MyHeritage&#8217;s Record Matches and Smart Matches.\u00a0Many were happy for the chance to access these tools\u00a0and\u00a0spend a little longer at the booth\u00a0between class sessions\u00a0to try out something new.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9535.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-103418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9535-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"NERGC 2019 Recap | Geni\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9535-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9535-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9535.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>A user exploring his Mayflower connection on Geni<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always a treat to be able to help new users find their place in the World Family Tree. A man stopped by to explore the site and discovered his great grandparents were already added and connected to the World Family Tree. It turns out his branch was the missing piece of the family and he helped connect another existing branch on Geni.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9533.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-103417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9533-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"NERGC 2019 Recap | Geni\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9533-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9533-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9533.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>Walking a new user through the tree<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Another user stopped by to share how she was surprised to find a cousin all the way in Lithuania. They had discovered their trees overlapped on Geni and now communicate regularly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9528.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-103416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9528-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"NERGC 2019 Recap | Geni\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9528-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9528-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9528.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>Fun chatting with attendees!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We had a great time meeting new people and seeing old friends at NERGC 2019. If you were unable to attend this year, you may want to\u00a0plan for\u00a0the next conference in 2021. The conference will return to Springfield, Massachusetts April 14-17, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re back from NERGC 2019 in Manchester, New Hampshire. This was a great opportunity to meet Geni users and connect with new members who were eager to learn more about\u00a0collaboration and the\u00a0World Family Tree. The conference offered many workshops, sessions, and special events for\u00a0genealogists and family history enthusiasts of all experience levels. The Geni booth before the start of the conference The exhibit hall was free and open to the public and everyone was encouraged&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/nergc-2019-recap-103408.html\"><span>Read the full story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":103419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[1941,6747,5702],"class_list":["post-103408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-genealogy-conference","tag-nergc","tag-new-england"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103408"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103427,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103408\/revisions\/103427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}