NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Key Priority #1--Advancing Knowledgeable Genealogy Practice
Critical Outcome: Deeper and more frequent learning collaboration among interested family history community contributors with different levels of experience and expertise in genealogy.

Key Priority #2—Building an Understanding of Family History’s Beneficial Impact
Critical Outcome: Increased involvement of interested communities and contributors in pursuing their genealogical journeys through local genealogical organizations and more national/global resources.

Key Priority #3—Creating a More Diverse Future for Family History
Critical Outcome: Clear growth in the demographic, identity, and other dimensions of diversity among interested contributors involved in the family history community.

NGS Genealogy Learning Initiative—NGS will develop a suite of genealogy learning products, services, and experiences to help build the knowledge and skills of all family history community participants.

NGS Local Genealogical Societies Initiative—NGS will collaborate directly with interested contributors in developing value that helps strengthen local genealogical organizations.

NGS Family History Diversity Initiative—NGS will identify and work to break down barriers to greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in the family history community.

NGS leads the genealogy community in providing education and training resources, including foundational and advanced skills courses. In addition, we publish the field's leading academic journal, the NGS Quarterly, which sets the standards for genealogical research and writing.

Our national family history conference is the leading event for in-person education, including more than 100 lectures by the field's top speakers/lecturers.

Additionally, we lead the genealogy community's coalition that works to preserve public records and make them accessible.

NGS continues to see increases in students taking online genealogy courses through our learning management system (LMS). We launched two significant new courses over the past 12 months, including Foundations in Family History, and Advanced Skills in Genealogy.

The society publishes new and updated volumes of the "Research in the States Series" each year at the annual conference. These research guides highlight the genealogical resources available in a particular state. Recent releases include Maryland, Oregon, and Nevada.