Friday, September 23, 2011

Fairfax VA Genealogical Society Fall Fair









This October, the Fairfax Genealogical Society invites you to participate in the

Military Records with Craig R. Scott, CG


Saturday, October 29, 2011
9:00 AM to 2:30 PM

Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Department
2148 Gallows Road
Dunn Loring, VA 22027
    Featured Speaker: Craig R. Scott, CG
    Craig Scott was the co-editor of Northern Virginia Genealogy (1996-1997) and the editor 
    of the Scott Genealogical Quarterly (1987-1995). 
    He is the author of The 'Lost Pensions': Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838 
    and Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Inventory 14
     (Revised)He has co-authored several books relating to records in Northern Virginia. 
    He is President and CEO of Heritage Books, Inc., a genealogical publishing firm with 
     over 2,800 titles in print.
    A professional genealogical and historical researcher for more than twenty years, he
     specializes in the records of the National Archives, especially those that relate to the
     military. He is the current president of the Association of One-name Studies and was
     the Clan Scott Genealogist (1985-2000). He is a member of the Library Board of 
    Virginia, and on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Genealogists, 
    and the Maryland Genealogical Society. He is also on the Editorial Board of the 
    National Genealogical Society, and the Coordinator for the Military Courses at the 
    Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University.

    Lectures:
    RESEARCHING YOUR COLONIAL OR FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ANCESTOR
    This session will delve into how to properly research your ancestor during the wars 
    and after. It will include a look at the militia for Colonial and British forces, records 
    of service, bounty land records, manuscript collections, and other records. 
    Pre-Revolutionary War records are at the British or colonial/local/state level, and the 
    nature of colonial service is local.

    RESEARCHING YOUR WAR OF 1812 ANCESTOR
    Military records for the War of 1812 and later wars changed a great deal from those 
    for conflicts before the Revolutionary War. Except for State militia units, the nature 
    of service is national, and there are consolidated service records, pension records 
    and bounty land records located at NARA. Come find out how to research your 
    ancestors who fought in the War of 1812.

    REASONS FOR NOT SERVING IN THE CIVIL WAR
    This session will show how to research provost marshal records, recruits, draft records, 
    substitutes, and medical records. It will include a look at conscription in the South and 
    the North.

    Registration:
    or fill out the registration form and mail it along with your check to the address shown 
    on the form.
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