Vault Vednesday: Food, Film, and Family History Centers

In today’s edition of Vault Vednesday I’ll talk about luncheons and dinners at the NGS Family History Conference and the increase of family history centers and film at the Granite Mountain Record Vault (GMRV).

NGS Conference Luncheons/Dinners

To properly appreciate the delicate flavors of a fine, multi-course dinner, one must cleanse the palate between each course. The same is true when tasting dozens of wonderful classes at the multi-day National Genealogical Society (NGS) conference. A wonderful way to cleanse the palate of the mind is attending the luncheons and dinners. (Hey! I love to eat!)

Presentations are generally light, allowing your brain a much needed rest. I’m signed up for several of these.

Date of Session	Start Time	Session Number	Event	Presentation Title	Presenters
28-Apr	12:15 PM	W131	Federation of Genealogical Societies Luncheon	Rediscovering America's First Frontier	Cherel Henderson, Kent Whitworth
28-Apr	12:15 PM	W132	NIGRAA Luncheon	Sleep Deprivation and Archival Withdrawal: The Post-NIGR Experience.	David McDonald, CG
28-Apr	12:15 PM	W133	Palatines to America Luncheon	Those Revolting Germans	James Jeffrey
28-Apr	7:00 PM	W164	International Society of Family History Writers and Editors Banquet	Tales from the Editor's Desk	Michael J. Leclerc
28-Apr	7:00 PM	W165	United Polish Genealogical Societies Banquet	Hidden Sources for Finding Family Stories	Loretto Dennis Szucs
29-Apr	12:15 PM	T231	Board for Certification of Genealogists Luncheon	It's All in How You Look at It: An Opportunity or a Chore	Barbara Vines Little, CG
29-Apr	12:15 PM	T232	Utah Genealogical Association Luncheon	Genealogy: It's Not Just for Mormons	DearMyrtle
29-Apr	12:15 PM	T233	International Society for British Genealogy and Family History Luncheon	Ask the British Isles Genealogy Experts	Panel
30-Apr	12:00 PM	F331	Association of Professional Genealogists Luncheon	Growing Up Genealogically	Laura Murphy DeGrazia, CG
30-Apr	12:15 PM	F332	FamilySearch Luncheon	FamilySearch’s Latest Research Tools: Genealogists Take Note!	Don Anderson
30-Apr	12:15 PM	F333	New England Historic Genealogical Society Luncheon	Finding Family Treasures at NEHGS	Judy Lucey
30-Apr	7:00 PM	F362	NGS Banquet	Unpuzzling The Castle Class: Exploring the Intrigues and Interconnections of Royalty	David McDonald, CG
1-May	12:00 PM	S431	NGS GenTech Luncheon	The Top 10 Areas Where Technology Can Still Make a Real Difference in Genealogy–Could You Please Hurry?	David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA
1-May	12:15 PM	S432	Genealogical Speakers Guild Luncheon	From Index Cards to Powerpoint and Beyond	Maureen A. Taylor
1-May	12:15 PM	S433	ICAPGen Luncheon	Thinking Creatively About Research Problems	Apryl Cox, AG

Prices vary and can be found in the conference registration web pages.

I’d like to say thank you to the authors of the Conference Blog. The blog recently featured you-know-who. Read the blog at http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org

 

Pre-registration must be postmarked by 12 April 2010. There are just 12 days left.
The conference begins 28 April 2010. There are just 28 days left.

The Vault: Growth of Film, Family History Centers

This chart shows that growth in the FamilySearch (Genealogical Society of Utah) microfilm collection took off once the Granite Mountain Record Vault was completed.

Year	# of Microfilms	Notes
1938	12
~1949	50,000
1951	~65,000
1956	~130,000
~1959	200,000-
1961	~250,000
1966	~500,000
1971	?86,000	100 FHCs in U.S., Canada, Mexico, South Pacific. The equivalent to 25 million standard volumes of 300 pages each.
1972	712,945	In 17 countries. 712,945 100-foot rolls of microfilm are the equivalent of over 3,401,301 printed volumes of 300 pages each.
1973	796,804	In 27 countries. 796,804 100-foot rolls of microfilm is equivalent to 3,801,373 printed volumes of 300 pages each.
1974	836,952	In 27 countries. 836,952 one hundred-foot rolls of microfilm are the equivalent of over 3,992,911 printed volumes of 300 pages each.
1975	876,532	In 37 countries. 876,532 100-foot rolls of microfilm are the equivalent of over 4,219,504 printed volumes of 300 pages each. And 1,000s more films/month. 128,000 books. 400 new books/month.
1976	910,661	In 35 countries using 80 microfilm cameras and five oral interviewers. During 1976 microfilm holdings increased by 4.5 percent equivalent to 4,334,559 volumes of 300 pages each.
1977	949,000	In 36 countries. 949,000 one-hundred-foot rolls of microfilm is equivalent to 4,517,000 volumes of 300 pages each.
1978	983,000	In 43 countries. 983,000 one-hundred-foot rolls of microfilm is equivalent to 4,679,000 volumes of 300 pages each. And 85 cameras adding 4,000 rolls/month
1979	1,024,000	In 39 countries. 1,024,000 one-hundred-foot rolls of microfilm, equivalent to 4,927,000 volumes of 300 pages each.
1983	1,250,000
1987	1,450,000+	180,000 books. 8,000,000 family group record forms.
1988	~1,500,000	More than 1/2 billion images. 200 cameras in 40 countries. In 1985 added 37 million records and in 1988 added 90 million records. 7,000 miles of film duplicated for FHCs annually. And 100+ cameras. 180,000 books books, periodicals, etc. 1,000+ FHCs in North & South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, Pacific.
1989	1,600,000	3 exposures per seconds. 200 cameras in 40 countries. 1,400 FHCs. Duplicated 8,400 miles of film for distribution.
1991	1,700,000	Increasing by 40,000 rolls/year
1995	1,800,000
1996	1,900,000	Adding 5,000 rolls/month
1998	2,000,000+ 700,000 microfiches	3,000+ FHCs. 280,000 books. Microfilming in 110 countries. Vault has 2 billion exposures, ~13 billion names. A total of 329,434,125 names have been indexed by 50,000+ volunteers. 8,000 volunteers transcribed 30,000 names in the 1881 British census.
2005	2,300,000+

Use hyperlinks to see sources.