Schedule
| 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Registration Check-In | Old South Church |
| 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Opening Ceremony and Keynote Address by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Old South Church, Sanctuary, Ground Flr |
| 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Opening Reception | The Lenox Hotel |
| 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Registration Check-in | Old South Church |
| 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Vendor Hall | Old South Church, Gordon Chapel, Ground Flr |
| 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. | The Frontiers of Heraldry: Heraldry in a Globalizing World, Luc Duerloo Read Abstract | Old South Church, Sanctuary, Ground Flr |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | New Arms, New Identities: 1100-1600, From North to South: Heraldry and "Bank" | Old South Church, Sanctuary, Ground Flr |
Civic Heraldry and Identity of Bulgarian Tampa’s Civic Heraldry, Lynn Turner, AG, FUGA | Old South Church, Mary Norton Hall, 2nd Flr | |
The Cereso Enigma: Establishing One Community Across Three Continents: | Old South Church, Guild Room, 4th Flr | |
| 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Break for lunch CIGH & CIOC Business meetings [CIGH 12:30-1:00 pm; ICOC 12:30-2:00 pm] | Old South Church, Phillis Wheatley Room, 4th Flr |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Sojourners, Returners, and "Circulars": An Chasing Family Matters Across the Atlantic, | Old South Church, Sanctuary, Ground Flr |
Coats of Arms Coming to the Grand Duchy of "I Take What I Find"?—The Question of the | Old South Church, Mary Norton Hall, 2nd Flr | |
Divorce, Illegitimacy, Migration (and Bigamy?): Marriage Dispensations in England and | Old South Church, Guild Room, 4th Flr | |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Armigerous Artists: Formation of Modern Arms and Men in Motion: Migration and | Old South Church, Sanctuary, Ground Flr |
Andrew—A Young German Shoemaker The “Colonia Tovar” a German-Venezuelan City, | Old South Church, Guild Room, 4th Flr | |
| 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Exhibit Opening & Reception | Old South Church |
| 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Registration Check-in | Old South Church |
| 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Vendor Hall | Old South Church, Gordon Chapel, Ground Flr |
| 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Establishing Credible Online Family Trees and DNA Results: Panel Discussion, Robert Charles Anderson, FASG; Bruce Durie,BSc (Hons), PhD, OMLJ, FIGRS; Robert Kehrer Read Abstract | Old South Church, Sanctuary, Ground Flr |
Heraldic Device as Literary Device: King How the Armorial Heritage of Migrants is | Old South Church, Mary Norton Hall, 2nd Flr | |
Forbidden Heraldry as an Attempt to St. George's Image in Heraldry and | Old South Church, Guild Room, 4th Flr | |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | The Anglo-Saxon Invasion of England and The Heraldry of the (von) Oelreich Family— | Old South Church, Sanctuary, Ground Flr |
“These Incorrect Shields”: Heraldic The President of Germany’s Informal Office | Old South Church, Mary Norton Hall, 2nd Flr | |
The Heraldic Carpenter: Pierre de The Adoption of Heraldic Iconography in | Old South Church, Guild Room, 4th Flr | |
| 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Break for lunch Bureau Permanent Business meeting | Old South Church, Phillis Wheatley Room, 4th Flr |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | The Impact of Travel to Africa on People and Heraldry: Migrations Between | Old South Church, Sanctuary, Ground Flr |
Secrets of the Seals: Early Modern Colonial Gravestones of Massachusetts | Old South Church, Mary Norton Hall, 2nd Flr | |
Making a Gigantic Family Tree: Multitudes A Portrait of the Pioneering Family in the | Old South Church, Guild Room, 4th Flr | |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | The Curious Journey of Magnus A Heraldic Myth? Krummedige vs. Gunnersen— | Old South Church, Mary Norton Hall, 2nd Flr |
| The Marmion Family in Twelfth-Century England: The Evolution of a Pedigree, Robert Charles Anderson, FASG Read Abstract | Old South Church, Guild Room, 4th Flr | |
| 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | AIH Business Meeting | Old South Church, Phillis Wheatley Room, 4th Flr |
| 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Registration Check-in | Old South Church |
| 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Vendor Hall | Old South Church, Gordon Chapel, Ground Flr |
| 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Journeys of Charges: Origin in One Origins, Journeys, and Destinations in the | Old South Church, Sanctuary, Ground Flr |
Migrations in Southern Africa and Migration as a Prerequisite in the Formation | Old South Church, Mary Norton Hall, 2nd Flr | |
Lithuanian Community in Lawrence, Tracing Noble Roots: Validating the Plementi | Old South Church, Guild Room, 4th Flr | |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Why We are Not “Celtic”: Evidence from Three Brassfield Brothers Settled in Virgina | Old South Church, Sanctuary, Ground Flr |
From King to Emperor—British Nobles In and Out of Favor?—How Foreign Honors | Old South Church, Mary Norton Hall, 2nd Flr | |
Pablo Plauchu, A Frenchman in Mexico, The New Medieval Collection of FamilySearch, | Old South Church, Guild Room, 4th Flr | |
| 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Break for lunch AIG Business Meeting | Old South Church, Phillis Wheatley Room, 4th Flr |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | The Reshaping of Identity Through Heraldic Design and the Immigrant | Old South Church, Sanctuary, Ground Flr |
Speed Bonny Boat: The Evolution of "Indeterminate Cadency"—Designing and | Old South Church, Mary Norton Hall, 2nd Flr | |
Fleshing out Your Family Tree, Did Boston Corbett—the Soldier Who | Old South Church, Guild Room, 4th Flr | |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Closing Ceremony & Awards | Old South Church, Sanctuary, Ground Flr |
| 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Banquet; separate ticket required | Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel |
| 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Walking Tour of Historic Boston Harvard University & Cambridge Tour Revolutionary Lexington & Concord Tour | Separate Ticket |
Gala
The Congress ended with a magnificent Closing Banquet
It took place on Friday, September 27 at 6:00 p.m.
At the Fairmont Copley Plaza
138 St James Ave, Boston, MA
Excursions
Attendees were encouraged to visit famous Boston-area locations during their stay in the city. On Saturday, September 28 delegates could choose to join one of three full-day excursions.
On October 28, 1636, John Harvard founded the American Colonies’ first higher learning institution, Harvard College, with £400 and an approval from the Great and General Court of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. From this moment on, Harvard College, later Harvard University, became a staple of American culture. Many notable Americans including John Adams, Henry David Thoreau, T. S. Elliot, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama are alumni of the University. Current Harvard students led us on a tour of what makes Harvard University so special and included Harvard history, culture, and famous Harvardians. Following lunch, we had an architectural tour of Cambridge by boat along the Charles River.
Boston is known as The City on a Hill, The Hub, The Olde Towne, and The Cradle of Liberty. Its role in the beginning of America’s Revolutionary War cannot be overstated. Meeting at City Hall Plaza and following The Freedom Trail, this day-long excursion explored the historical landmarks that led to the birth of the United States. Some of the sites we visited included Faneuil Hall, The North End, The Old State House, Old North Church, Boston Harbor, King’s Chapel, Old South Meeting House, Paul Revere’s House, and Granary Burial Ground. The tour covered 3.5 miles of walking and lasted around 4 hours, which included a lunch at one of Boston’s historic taverns.
Sixteen miles outside of Boston, the American revolution began with “The shot heard around the world.” We visited Lexington and Concord along “Battle Road” to learn about the beginning of the Revolutionary War with tour guides and reenactors.
We began in Lexington, where we visited Lexington Green where 77 Minutemen stood against 700 British Red Coat Soldiers in the first battle of the Revolutionary War. We also viewed colonial homes originating from the 1700s along our route.
Following lunch in Concord, we visited Old North Bridge where local militia ignited the war with the first shot at British soldiers. We also visited Author’s Row, where literary legends such as Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Ralph Waldo Emerson resided. We then received a special curator’s tour of the Concord Museum and its collections.
Heraldic Artist Scholarships
The 36th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences was held from Tuesday, September 24, to Saturday, September 28, 2024, in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The theme of the Congress was “Origins, Journeys, Destinations.”
To encourage an inclusive dialogue among scholars of genealogy and heraldry and to create a robust experience for attendees, we invited heraldic artists to participate in the Congress. Through the generous support of Brady Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle, Baron of Balvaird and Patron to the Congress; Henry Lynn, Jr.; and Reverend Robert Grover Windsor, Sr., we were happy to offer scholarships for up to eight heraldic artists to be used to attend the Congress. Those awarded a scholarship received:
- Full pass to the Congress (includes access to all presentations, opening reception, and exhibit opening and reception)
- Table in the vendor hall (to be shared with another artist)
- $1,500 to help cover expenses associated with travel, accomodations, and other sundries related to participation in the Congress
Sponsorship Opportunities
For future sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kelse Petersen at kelse.petersen@nehgs.org or 617-226-1261.