The Wichita Genealogical Society is pleased to be hosting the "Discovering Who You Are" conference.

During the 2009 WGS Research Trip to the Family History Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, the group was privileged to be the first genealogical society to receive an invitation from Ancestry.com for a "behind the scenes tour" of their campus in Provo, Utah.

This tour sparked a partnership between WGS and Ancestry.com to index Kansas and local historical documents.

In return, Ancestry.com has accepted a WGS invitation to speak at our "Discovering Who You Are" conference in October. In addition, the National Archives and Records Administration has also agreed to participate.

WGS is grateful to have as a primary sponsor of this conference the Mid-America All-Indian Center for the use of their facilities. This is a wonderful example of community cooperation.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Registration: 8:00AM - 9:00AM
Conference: 8:45AM - 4:00PM

Held at the Mid-America All-Indian Center in
Wichita, Kansas.

Open to all interested in genealogy and family history.

Speakers include representatives from Ancestry.com and The National Archives.

To learn more about the Conference click here

To register for the Conference click here

The recent television series "Who Do You Think You Are?" sponsored by Ancestry.com has been a wonderful introduction to the world of genealogy. It showed those who were even remotely interested in their genealogy that it is possible to discover additional and interesting information about their family. Although the typical researcher will not find answers as quickly as shown on the show, it did demonstrate that it is possible to make exciting discoveries about their family and help add to their genealogy and family history.



Established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt, The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's redcord keeper. It is responsible for keeping all the important documents created by the US Government. Its holdings date back to 1775 and include slave ship manifests, maps and charts, census records, military records, immigration records, naturalization records, land records, and more. There are 13 regional archives located around the US, in addition to the main NARA facilities in Washington, DC, and College Park, MD. Each regional archive has its own unique records that would be of interest to genealogists.



The Mid-America All-Indian Center (MAAIC) serves as a cultural center and museum dedicated to educating people about and preserving the heritage of the American Indian. Located at 650 N. Seneca near downtown Wichita, the MAAIC houses a museum, a Gallery of Nations for special events, and a gift shop.