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Show On Friday, seminars, special committee meetings and tours will also be conducted. A large banquet on Friday evening will conclude the worldwide gathering. An excellent program of entertainment will be conducted the evening of the ban- quet, Mr. Zabriskie said. The planning coordinator said that an interesting presentation on European and. American heraldry will be given. Microfilming companies, publishing houses for the genealogical trade, firms who supply oomputers, cameras, filing systems and reading machines will prepare exhibits. Many letters from throughout the United States and overseas have been received by the society requesting additional information on the convention and offers have been made to present exhibits. The convention was announced last Jan. 20. Theme of the three-darecords conference is Records Protection in an Uncertain World and will be designed for archivists, librarians, historians as well as genealogists. y Governmental officials from various nations and state officials of the U.S. will play key roles in the world records conference. Heads of national and state archives, librarians, and historians will present various papers and will lead discussions regarding records and preservation of records, Mr. Zabriskie noted. Preliminary estimates made by The Genealogical Society show that 20,000 to 25,000 genealogists, archivists, librarians and other records officials will attend the convention. PLANS MOVING AHEAD . World Genealogy Meet Interest Is mounting as plans are being formulated for the 1909 Worldwide logical Convention and Seminar in Salt ' Lake City. The genealogical convention wCl be with registration on Aug. 4, held Aug. conference on records will and a three-da- y begin Aug. 6, running concurrently with , sessions for genealogists. General sessions, seminars and symposiums will be conducted in the Salt Lake 5-- 8 County Civic Auditorium complex Bob R. Zabriskie, planning coordinator for the convention and seminar, said the names of chairmen and committee members will be announced soon. About four individuals win serve on etch of the fol- - executive committee, advisory, advertising and publicity, reservation registration and housing, food and restaurant, tours and entertainment. lowing committees: mid-Marc- program agenda and scheduling, womens activities, public services, and exhibits and displays committee. (Salt Palace). ' The Civic Auditorium complex is being built to accommodate approximately 29,000 persons. It has a scheduled compleh tion date of 1969, and is now 45 per cent complete, according to J. Howard Dunn, manager of the complex. Construction is on schedule, he said. When comwill have a pleted, the auditorium-aren- a seating capacity of 14,000, with (he assembly hall accommodating 2,800; 750, little theatre; 10,176, exhibit hall; and 50 to 400 persons in each of several meeting rooms. Consideration is being given to scheduling chartered flights from various points in the world to and from Salt Lake City. Tours wiH be conducted throughout Salt Lake City and to scenic spots in Utah and adjoining states. Two general sessions, beginning at 10 a.m., will be held Aug. 5 for the worldwide genealogical convention, with two also scheduled the following day for the records convention to which genealogists will also be Invited. Events scheduled on Thursday, Aug. 7, will include seminars, panel discussions, symposiums, and tours. Awards Presented At Conclusion Of Family Seminar . Award certificates were presented for (he best published genealogy, filing system, periodical, and best organizational setup at the conclusion of a Family Organization Seminar April 4 in Salt Lake City. Elder Theodore M. Burton, vice president and general manager of The Genealogical Society which sponsored the seminar, presented the following awards: - and presents certificate for best published genealogy. RCH WEEK ENDING APRIL 2 1968 Best published genealogy Becks tead Aram in ta Lee Family Organization, Hayes; best filing system, Bitton Family Organization, Dona Vitale; best periodical, Murphree Genealogical Association, Bill R. Under, editor; and best organizational setup, Belnap Family Organization, Della A. Belnap, president ' Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Vitale, and Mr. tinCity, and Miss ' Belnap, Ogden, Utah. der are from Salt Lake Approximately 100 representatives of family genealogical organizations in Utah, California, Idaho, and Arizona attended the seminar. Families represented include the following: Henry Aldous Dixon, Charles W. Penrose, J. .L. Bunting, Rus-soWilliam Orson Growther, Elias Cox, Joseph Seely, the Cutler family, the Hatch family, and the Henry Bisel family. Speakers at the seminar included C. Derek Harland of the Church Personnel Department and John H. Stables, Bill R. Linder and Ted F. Powell of The Genealogical Society staff. n, |