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Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick (Airport), an IHG Hotel
Starting at USD 82
Sat, 14 Jun, 2025 at 08:00 am to 04:00 pm (GMT-04:00)
Crowne Plaza Providence-warwick (airport), An Ihg Hotel
801 Greenwich Avenue, Warwick, United States
Rhode Island Genealogical Society 50th Anniversary Conference will be held in the Ballroom and Foyer.
The All Day Event ticket includes :
This event will be available via livestream with a livestream ticket available April 15.
*Please note, lunch program and speakers will not be recorded.
Please also register for our 50th Anniversary Dinner event on Friday, June 13.
Early Bird and full price Member tickets prices are available for registered RIGS members only. Non-members are encouraged to join RIGS to receive the member price. Members who wish to bring a spouse or one other household resident at the member rate can change to a dual membership for an additional $12.50/year. You must update or join RIGS prior to purchasing tickets. Single and Dual memberships are available on our website. https://rigensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=13
We invite you to participate supporting our RIGS 50th Anniversary All-Day Conference - Come Home to Rhode Island by choosing one of our sponsorship levels. A portion of the sponsorships are tax deductible. Please visit our Sponsorship page for more information:
Heritage Partner Media Sponsor· Logo prominently displayed at all events throughout the anniversary year and in our 50th anniversary PR· Special recognition during the opening remarks at the Anniversary Dinner and Conference June 13-14, 2025
· Full-page ad in 2 issues of the RIGS Reporter newsletter
· 6 live stream or in-person tickets to the Cnniversary Conference
· Feature article in the society newsletter· Exclusive opportunity to sponsor a keynote session or workshop in 2025/2026.
· Featured post on the RIGS Facebook Page
Lineage Leader · Logo displayed at the 50th Anniversary Dinner and Conference and mentioned in our 50th anniversary PR
· One half-page ad in the RIGS Reporter newsletter
· 4 live stream or in-person tickets to the anniversary conference
· Opportunity to sponsor a specific session or speaker in 2025/2026.
· Featured post on the RIGS Facebook Page
Roots Advocate · Logo displayed at selected events during the anniversary year
· One quarter-page ad in the RIGS Reporter newsletter
· 2 live stream or in-person tickets to the conference
· Mention in the one society newsletter
· Featured post on the RIGS Facebook Page
Genealogy Guardian $300
· Logo displayed at selected events during the 50th Anniversary Dinner and Conference
· One eighth-page ad in the RIGS Reporter newsletter
· 1 live stream or in-person ticket to the conference
Legacy Benefactor (In-Kind Sponsor/Raffle)
· Mention in one society newsletter
· Acknowledged at the anniversary conference
Ancestor’s Circle: Custom Sponsorship Packages
All the benefits of the Heritage Partner level of sponsorship plus one of the following:
· Sponsorship of a RIGS Preservation Grant in 2025/2026· Sponsorship of the society's signature publication Gleanings for 2025. Your support will not only enhance our ability to celebrate and preserve Rhode Island's genealogical heritage but also connect your brand with a community deeply engaged in historical preservation and education.
Our speakers for the event will be:
Karin Wulf is the Beatrice and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Director and Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library, and Professor of History at Brown University. Her book Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America will be published by Oxford University Press in 2025; among other projects she is working on Genealogy: a Very Short Introduction, also for OUP.
Keith Stokes is presently Vice President of the 1696 Heritage Group. He has also been an Advisor for Rhode Island with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and served on numerous local, regional, and national business and public boards, including Preservation Society for Newport County, Touro Synagogue Foundation, Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission Historical Review Board, Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, Quonset Development Corporation, Rhode Island Foundation, and the American Antiquarian Society
Traci Picard is a public historian and researcher from Providence, RI. She has recently wrapped up a research project for the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, resulting in a report called Company Property: A Case Study of Northern Slavery. She has led the Snowtown Research Team for several years, and contributed to a wide variety of research projects and exhibitions.
Bonnie Wade Mucia owns Keeper of the Past Genealogy, LLC, and is a professional genealogist focusing on New England research. She is the Director of the Mayflower Families Silver Books Project for the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, concentrating on Mayflower passengers' descendants.
Info: In eighteenth-century America, genealogy was more than a simple record of family ties-family connections wielded significant influence across governmental, legal, religious, cultural, and social spheres. In the American context, these ties also defined the boundaries of slavery and freedom, with a child's status often determined by their mother, despite the prevailing patriarchy. And even as the American Revolution transformed society, the significance of genealogy endured. The legacy of lineage from the colonial period continued to shape the early United States, underscoring the enduring importance of family connection.
Info: Introduction to the African heritage people who lived, worked, worshiped and eventually died in Colonial Newport.
Info: Lunch buffet will begin at 12 pm. During lunch, John Tew, Recording Secretary for the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, will present a short history of RIGS.
RIGS Preservation Grants recipients and our Writing Award winner will be presented.
*This part of the program will not be recorded or shown on the lifestream.*
Info: The Snowtown neighborhood once stood along the North side of the Providence Cove. This mixed-race, low-income community was a diverse place of laborers and boarding-houses, entrepreneurs and immigrants. It was also the first major instance of “redevelopment” in Providence, one of many communities leveled for something else. Snowtown is often remembered as a site of disorder...if it is remembered at all. But for many people, for about a century...it was home. The Snowtown Research Team has brought together an interdisciplinary group of researchers to reconstruct this place. Join team leader Traci Picard for a tour through the sources, methods and tools the team has used to do the work. We will look at archival documents like maps, probate records, writs and warrants as well as archaeological artifacts, all of which combine to create social histories of people often discarded from the historical record.
Info: Tens of millions of people are descended from this small group who crossed the ocean in 1620 on the Mayflower. The General Society of Mayflower Descendants publishes a series of 44 books called the Mayflower Families Silver Books, a compilation of colonial scholarship. This presentation covers the history of the Silver Books project and provides you with the tools and knowledge to effectively use them in your genealogy work, particularly for researching the colonial period. These books trace early colonial settlers through multiple generations, offering a treasure trove of genealogy scholarship. Whether you're a seasoned genealogist or just starting, this presentation will equip you to unlock the full potential of the Silver Books, revealing lineages enriched by meticulous research and documented with original records and sources.
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Tickets for RIGS 50th Anniversary Conference - Come Home to Rhode Island can be booked here.
| Ticket type | Ticket price |
|---|---|
| Early Bird RIGS In-Person Member Ticket | 87 USD |
| RIGS In-Person Member | 119 USD |
| RIGS Non-Member In-Person Ticket | 162 USD |
| Live Stream Zoom Registration - RIGS Members Only | 82 USD |
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