2024 Conference

Conference Schedule

Friday, April 5, 2024

3:00-5:00 Workshop on Plotting Deeds, Tony Mitchell, WCGHA Office [Workshop is full.]

Saturday, April 6, 2024

8:00-9:00 Registration, Book Displays Open, Wytheville Meeting Center

9:00-9:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:30-10:30 Genealogical Resources of the Library of Virginia, Vincent T. Brooks

10:30-11:00 Coffee/soft drinks/snacks; visit booksellers

11:00-12:00 Wills, Settlements, and Chancery, Barbara Vines Little

12:00-1:45 Lunch on your own; book sales continue

1:45-2:45 Family Life in Early Appalachia, Dr, Richard Straw

2:45-3:00 Short Break

3:00-4:00 Tax Records and Genealogy, Barbara Vines Little

4:00-4:15 Coffee/soft drinks/snacks; book sales close after break

4:15-4:45 “Our Loose and Scattered Manner of Living” – Virginia’s Frontier West of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Dorette Sobolewski

4:45-5:00 Announcements; Adjourn Until the Banquet

6:30 pm Banquet, Wytheville Meeting Center, Mary Draper Ingalls Wasn’t the Only One, Frieda Davison