Come Home to Rhode Island: 50th Anniversary Conference
June 14 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Rhode Island Genealogical Society
Come Home to Rhode Island: 50th Anniversary Dinner and Conference
June 13-14, 2025
Crowne Plaza, 801 Greenwich Avenue, Warwick RI 02886
Join us for a two-day 50th Anniversary Celebration with exhibits, events, and more. “Come Home to Rhode Island” to discover and explore your ancestry, lineage and roots from early Colonial America, the Mayflower, Rhode Island, etc. It will be a weekend to remember – and be sure to spend time visiting the many historic places and resources (and world-class restaurants!) throughout our beautiful Ocean State while you’re here.
June 14 Conference 8a-4p Ballroom and Foyer
- 8:00 am Check in/Continental Breakfast
- 9:00 am Programming Begins
- 12:00 pm Lunch and Presentations
- 1:30 pm Programming Continues
- 4:00 pm Conference Ends
PRICING:
- Member Ticket: $110
Non-member Ticket: $150 - Live Stream Ticket (Members Only): $75
- Free parking
Memberships start at $25.https://rigensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=13
REGISTRATION LINK: https://rigs50.eventbrite.com/
CONTACT:
Maureen Taylor, 781-492-4354, photodetective@maureentaylor.com
Karin Wulf, professor of history at Brown University and librarian at John Carter Brown Library will talk about genealogy in early America; Keith Stokes with the 1696 Heritage Group will present on the African heritage burying ground in Colonial Newport; Traci Picard, public historian and researcher, will discuss the reconstruction of a once-thriving mixed race, low-income lost neighborhood called Snowtown that once stood along the north side of what is now Constitution Hill in the mid-1800s; Bonnie Wade Mucia with the Mayflower Families Silver Books Project will teach attendees how to use the tools and knowledge in their genealogy work to trace early Colonial settlers and Mayflower descendants through multiple generations.