The Ozarks Genealogical Society, Springfield Missouri Fall Conference, Be the Family Sherlock, will be held September 11-12, 2015. Featured speaker will be Lisa Louise Cooke, owner of Genealogy Gems, a genealogy and family history multi-media company. She is producer and host of the Genealogy Gems Podcast and the author of four books relating to genealogy research.

Cooke is a much sought after international genealogy speaker. Her podcasts bring genealogy news, research strategies, expert interviews and inspiration to genealogists in 75 countries around the world, and recently celebrated 1.5 million downloads!

The conference will be held at the University Plaza Hotel, 333 S John Q. Hammons Parkway, Springfield, Missouri beginning Friday evening with The Great Google Earth Game Show and continuing through Saturday afternoon with three main sessions, one of which is Using private investigator techniques to find elusive relatives. The conference includes vendor exhibits, mini seminars, door prizes, and more. Friday's session begins at 7 p.m. with check-in starting at 6 p.m. Saturday sessions begin at 8 a.m. with check-in at 7:45 a.m.

The full conference price of $60 includes all sessions, lunch, vendor showcase and electronic syllabus. Early registration discount of $5 is available through August 31, 2015. For partial registration fees and brochure with registration form go here.

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