Nearing the End -- Blogger Island Goodbyes

All good things must come to an end ... the Blogger Island table on Sunday afternoon:

The geneabloggers at the table include (from the left):

Kim Cotton; Beverly Fieg; Elizabeth Marcheshi; Randy Seaver; Jesus Morales; Elyse Doerflinger; George G. Morgan; Leo Myers; Laurie Desmarias; Michael J. Leclerc; Drew Smith; Cyndi Ingle.

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Engaging the Next Generation Panel Discussion

The "Rebranding Genealogy and Engaging the Next Generation" panel discussion on Sunday.

The panel (from the left):  Michael Melendez; Josh Taylor; Crista Cowan; Elyse Doerflinger, and Janet Hovorka (moderator):

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Janet and Melanie at FamilyChartMasters (Chart Creation) Display

Geneabloggers Janet Hovorka and Melanie Frick in front of Janet's FamilyChartMasters display:

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Celebrating the '60s!

Sunday was the '60s celebration - here are J. Paul Hawthorne and Jane Neff Rollins with their tie-dyed outfits:

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Bridal Shower Party for Elyse and Jesus - Post 2

After the gifts were opened, and the cake cut, a balloon bashing game broke out.  Some scenes:

Bridal Shower Party for Elyse and Jesus - Post 1

A bridal shower was held for Elyse and Jesus on Saturday evening, hosted by Cyndi Ingle, Paula Stuart-Warren and Jana Broglin.  

a)  Jesus and Elyse (wearing her sash and tiara) being toasted by Cyndi:

b)  The beautiful cake:

c)  Elyse and Jesus cutting the cake:

David Lambert at NEHGS (Society, Publishing, Record Provider) Display

David Lambert, the Chief Genealogist at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, at their display:

Official Geneabloggers Photo

The Geneablogger Official Photo after the Blogger Summit panel discussion:

Seated (from the left):  Heather Wilkinson Rojo; Thomas MacEntee; Randy Seaver, Nicka Smith.

Second row (standing):  Gini Webb; Angela Walton-Raji; Beth Marcheschi; Schelly Talalay Dardashti; Blaine Bettinger; Daniel Horowitz.

Third row (standing):  Emma, Makayla, Elyse Doerflinger; Melanie Frick; Patricia Stannard; Jacqi Stevens; Kim Cotton; J. Paul Hawthorne.

There were many more genealogy bloggers at the Jamboree - they missed this photo!

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Elyse and Gini at Jamboree

I love to take pictures of my geneablogging friends at conferences.  Here is one I took today of Elyse Doerflinger (on the left) and Gini Webb on the right.

And Elyse's reflection in the mirror.  This is at the blogger table in the hotel lobby on Thursday, 5 June.

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Congregating at Bloggers Island

The Bloggers Island table in the Marriott lobby was the hub of Geneabloggers activity - well, plus the bar.

From the left - Thomas MacEntee, Linda Seaver, Elyse Doerflinger, Jesus Morales, Randy Seaver and Lisa Alzo.

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