Category: Alumni Association

2019 Gen-Fed Banquet will feature A’Lelia Bundles

May 28, 2019

The Genealogical Institute on Federal Records Alumni Association (Gen-Fed Alumni Association) will hold its Annual Banquet on Friday, August 2, 2019, at the Vantage Point Restaurant, Holiday Inn Rosslyn, in Arlington, Virginia. The traditional post-institute gathering offers the Class of 2019 an opportunity to meet area alumni and a beautiful evening view of Washington, D.C.

We are pleased to welcome Ms. A’Lelia Bundles as our guest speaker. Her talk is entitled “Genealogy Gens: Discovering Our Family Legacies in Unexpected Places.”

A’Lelia Bundles is the author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker, a biography of her great-great-grandmother. This New York Times Notable Book is in production as a four-part Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer and scheduled to air in early 2020. She is at work on her fifth book, The Joy Goddess of Harlem: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance, about her great-grandmother whose parties and arts patronage helped define the era. Ms. Bundles is the brand historian for Madam C. J. Walker Beauty Culture, a line of hair care products manufactured by Sundial Brands and sold exclusively at Sephora. A former network television news executive and Emmy-award winning producer at ABC News and NBC News, she is a vice chairman of Columbia University’s Board of Trustees and immediate past chair of the board of the National Archives Foundation. She founded the Madam Walker Family Archives and is on the advisory boards of the March on Washington Film Festival and the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute.

The cash bar opens at 6:00 PM, followed by dinner at 7:00 PM, and the program at 8:00 PM.

Seating is limited; parking is $5.00.

Holiday Inn Rosslyn, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209.

To make a reservation online, visit the Members’ Corner and pay via PayPal or download a registration form and mail it with your check: 2019 Gen-Fed Banquet Registration  Do not delay! Deadline for reservations is Monday, July 29, 2019, or until it sells out.

 

Gen-Fed Alumni Announces 2019 Scholarship

October 2, 2018

The Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed) Alumni Association is pleased to announce the Richard S. Lackey Scholarship to support attendance at Gen-Fed in 2019.  The Alumni Association, whose purpose is to promote, conduct, and foster genealogical education, research, study, and analysis, began offering the scholarship in 1984.

Richard S. Lackey (1921-1983) of Mississippi, for whom the scholarship is named, led efforts to professionalize the pursuit of genealogy. In addition to lecturing and teaching, he was an author/compiler of genealogical writing standards and Mississippi source material. His work exemplifies the highest standards of competent research and scholarly citation of sources. His books Cite Your Sources: A Manual for Documenting Family Histories and Genealogical Records (1980) and Write it Right (1983), co-authored with Donald R. Barnes, promote proper documentation of sources in family histories and genealogical papers. At the time of his death, Richard was President of the Board for Certification of Genealogists.

The scholarship is awarded annually to an experienced researcher active in a paid or volunteer position that directly benefits the genealogical community.  This year the scholarship will award $600, which covers full tuition for the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed), and partly defrays hotel and/or meal costs. The Gen-Fed Alumni Association will also provide dinner at the Gen-Fed Alumni Banquet on Friday evening, 2 Aug 2019, where a check for the amount less tuition will be presented to the recipient.

The 2018 Lackey Scholarship recipient, Linda MacIver of Boston, said, “Personally for me, this [Gen-Fed Institute] week would not have been possible without the Alumni Association members, who continue to support the Richard S. Lackey Scholarship…. I love teaching [genealogy] beginners!  It is so wonderful to watch the faces when they find that first special piece of research and they are ‘hooked!’…. Yes, we can help to change lives…so go out there and start doing it!”

For more information about the Institute, visit www.gen-fed.org. The application can be downloaded from the Scholarships page.

All applications and additional attachments must be submitted in PDF format, combined in one file.   The completed application form and attachments should be emailed to Gary Zizka at gmzizka@gmail.com with “Lackey Scholarship 2019” in the subject line. The PDF file name should include your last name and first initial, such as “ZizkaG Lackey Scholarship 2019 Application.” 

A complete application must be received by midnight (EST), 31 December 2018.  The winner will be notified by 15 February 2019. Other applicants will be notified shortly after that date. The scholarship winner will automatically be registered for the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records to be held at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., from 29 July – 2 Aug 2019.

 

Cokie Roberts to Speak at 35th Anniversary Banquet

May 19, 2018

The Genealogical Institute of Federal Records Alumni Association (Gen-Fed Alumni Association) will hold its Annual Banquet on Friday, July 20, 2018, at the Vantage Point Restaurant, Holiday Inn Rosslyn, in Arlington, Virginia. The traditional post-institute gathering offers the Class of 2018 an opportunity to meet area alumni and a beautiful evening view of Washington, D.C.

We are pleased to welcome Ms. Cokie Roberts as our guest speaker. A political commentator for ABC News and NPR, she is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, many on the roles of women in U.S. history. Her talk is entitled “Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised our Nation.”

The cash bar opens at 6:00 PM, followed by dinner at 7:00 PM, and the program at 8:00 PM.

Seating is limited; parking is $5.00.

Holiday Inn Rosslyn, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209.

To make a reservation online, visit the Members’ Corner and pay via PayPal or download a registration form and mail it with your check: 2018 Gen-Fed AA Banquet Registration. Do not delay! Deadline for reservations is Monday, July 16, 2018, or until it sells out.

 

2017 Alumni Banquet Set for Friday, July 14

May 19, 2017

The Genealogical Institute on Federal Records Alumni Association (Gen-Fed AA) will hold its Annual Banquet on Friday, July 14, 2017, at the Vantage Point Restaurant, Holiday Inn Rosslyn, in Arlington, Virginia.  The traditional post-institute gathering provides the Class of 2017 an opportunity to meet and mingle with area alumni.

This year’s speaker is Jessie Kratz, Historian of the National Archives And Records Administration. Her talk is entitled “The Life and Times of the Archives.”  The cash bar opens at 6:00 PM, followed by dinner at 7: 00 PM, and the program at 8:00 PM.

Guests are welcome, there is free parking, and the view is spectacular!

Holiday Inn Rosslyn, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209; Rosslyn Station Metro Stop.

To make reservations online, visit the Members’ Corner, or download a registration form and mail it with your check: 2017 Gen-Fed AA Banquet Registration   

Reservation Deadline: Monday, July 10, 2017.