Next week I’m off to The Big Apple for The Genealogy Event to be held this year at the historic Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at One Bowling Green, New York City, NY home of the National Archives at New York City. NARA is also celebrating the 225th Anniversary of the U.S. Customs Service with an exhibit featuring the ledger book from the first ship entering the port of New York under the new regulations. Imagine, the first customs duty paid $774.41 August 5, 1789 for an entire ship load of cargo aboard the Persis sailing from Italy to New York Harbor.
The Persis ledger will be featured at the 225th Anniversary of the U.S. Customs Service exhibit.
Attendees at The Genealogy Event will be able to tour the exhibit on the 3rd floor Welcome Center and use the research facilities. The Genealogy Event runs Friday and Saturday, October 17 and 18, with Sunday October 19 scheduled as a special DNA Day. Exhibitor booths, speakers and expert consultations are scheduled throughout the event.
Speakers include Ron Arons, Nancy and Biff Barnes, James Beidler, Joe Buggy, Shannon Combs Bennett, Blaine Bettinger, Janeen Bjork, Angie Bush, Elaine Collins, Laura Congleton, Bennett Greenspan, Phyllis Kramer, Michael Leclerc, Denise Levenick, Dr. Rhoda Miller, CeCeMoore, Shellee Morehead, Trevor Plant, Maureen Taylor, and Pamela Weisberger.
I’m looking forward to presenting two sessions on digitizing and preserving family keepsakes and making my first visit to NARA-NYC. If you have plans to be in New York City October 17-19, I hope you can attend The Genealogy Event at the historic U.S. Customs House on the tip of Battery Park. Tickets are available here.
I'll be there & I can't wait to see you, too! I plan on going to your talk about preserving heirlooms.