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FGS 2013...I'm Going!!

I'm registered, and I have enough excitement to almost get me through the next 8 weeks! Eight weeks until this years Federation of Genealogical Societies 2013 Conference, which is being held  so ridiculously close to my former home, just across the state line in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. My hubby...the one who merely ACTS interested when I tell him about the role my 5th cousin once removed played in the Civil War (he was a drummer, not a huge war hero)... The man I married...the one who can't understand why I don't want him to drive me (at 35 mph) through a cemetery when I could get out and walk it at a much more enjoyable pace... The father of my children...the one who usually reminds me that my role as mother comes first and has been known to scoff at my dream of becoming a "certified genealogist" (not in a mean way, but more like "how and when exactly do you plan on doing this?" (sigh...always the realist) This same man, sat down next to me the othe