July 1, 2017

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7 Tips to Prevent Ransomware

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From IGGP

The International German Genealogy Partnership (IGGP) will be hosting our second conference in Sacramento California June 15-17, 2019.  IGGP is a growing partnership comprised of more than 100 international genealogical societies and organizations interested in collaborating to help further all members’ family history research with respect to their ethnic German roots.

 

The inaugural 2017 International German Genealogy Conference (IGGC) was highly successful, with 700 in attendance from 5 countries and 34 of the US states.  IGGC is emerging as one of the pre-eminent international German genealogy conferences.  Attached is the notice of the upcoming Call for Presentations.  Please pass this information on to any who might be interested in making a proposal to participate.

See flier for more information. Flier

The International German Genealogy Partnership, which seeks to facilitate German genealogy research globally, is pleased to announce that hotel reservations for its 2019 conference are open as of March 1, 2018. The IGGP requests your assistance in sharing this information with your organization.

 

The partnership will offer three days of German-centric presentations in multiple tracks during its international conference in Sacramento, Calif., in June 2019. The theme, STRIKE IT RICH! with Connections 2 Discoveries, follows on the Connections theme of the IGGP's 2017 inaugural conference.

 

Hotel information may be read at: https://iggpartner.org/cpage.php?pt=83

 

Further details on the conference itself may be read at: https://iggpartner.org/cpage.php?pt=73

 

Information on the partnership is available at: https://iggpartner.org/index.php.