This page will be updated as events occur and new events are added, so check back often.
The page has been arranged in chronological order by event date; therefore, entries at the bottom of this page are more likely to still have open Calls for Proposals.
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2025; Proposal due date: 1 Sep 2024; Appleton Public Library 2025 Genealogy Series
“Find Your Ancestors”
- Appleton Public Library welcomes proposals for our 2025 genealogy series Find Your Ancestors. Since 2014, the Find Your Ancestors series has provided genealogy education to over 10,000 attendees.
- The series reaches an average of over 150 national and international attendees each month. Returning to a renovated library in 2025, we are excited to offer a hybrid program environment for both in-person and virtual presenters.
- We encourage proposals on a wide range of genealogy topics geared toward an audience of genealogists of all skill levels.
- The deadline for submission of proposals is September 1, 2024.
For further details and to submit your proposals before September 1, 2024, please visit https://apl.org/find-your-ancestors/
Questions can be directed to Katie Stilp, Local History Librarian, or 920-832-6173.
2025; Proposal due date: 1 Sep 2024; Legacy Family Tree Webinars 2025 Webinar Series
- Submissions are for classes that are 1) 60 minutes plus Q/A, or 2) 20-minutes-or-under “Webinar Shorts” or 3) 10- minutes-or-under TechZone videos. Please indicate which type in your proposal. All speakers are welcome to submit.
- Topics covering Artificial Intelligence, Curated Top 10s of Places, Genealogical methodologies, strategies, FAN Club and case studies, DNA, Historical records and events, Software and Technology, Places and Ethnicities, MyHeritage, Beginners, and Organization are especially encouraged, but all topics are welcome.
- Please check the library at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com to see what topics have been done previously (fresh perspectives and new angles are welcome).
- Speakers receive remuneration of $200 per webinar (for 60 minute webinars) or $50-$100 for Webinar Shorts and TechZone videos, plus monthly viewership royalties.
- The deadline for submission of proposals is September 1, 2024.
For further details and to submit your proposals before September 1, 2024, please visit https://familytreewebinars.com/call-for-presentations-2025/
2025; Proposal due date: 15 Sep 2024; The Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) 2025 Webinar Series
Deadline Extended!
- We are open to any topic related to genealogical/family history.
- The SCGS Webinar Series will feature approximately 18 to 20 presentations for the 2025 calendar year.
- Presentations will be scheduled on either the first Saturday of the month or the third Wednesday of the month.
- Presentations will be held live and are expected to run approximately 50 to 60 minutes in length, with a question-and-answer (Q&A) session of up to 30 minutes following the presentation.
- The webinar presentation and Q&A will be recorded and posted in SCGS’s Members Only section of the website for viewing.
- The deadline for submission of proposals is September 15, 2024.
Full details including compensation, and submission ideas, requirements, and the submission process, are available at the SCGS Call for Presentations page.
Please review the 2025 Webinar Submission Checklist before submitting your proposal.
2025, 19-20 September; Proposal due date: 9 Dec 2024; The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society 2025 New York State Family History Conference
“Echoes of New York”
- This year’s conference will be held September 19-20, 2025, both online and in-person in Kingston, NY.
- The NYG&B is specifically seeking lecture and webinar topics on New York records and repositories; methodology; New Netherland residents and settlers; migration and settlement; immigration and immigrant communities; New Yorkers of color and others whose stories have been historically underrepresented; DNA and genealogy; military service; and New York biographies.
- Examples in presentations should use connections to New York whenever possible.
- Length of in-person presentations should be 50 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions and can include various formats. Panel discussions and similar formats will also be considered for in-person presentations.
- Speakers are encouraged to submit up to five proposals.
- Deadline for submissions: December 9, 2024.
For additional information, including compensation details, please see on our 2025 Call for Presentations flyer. If you have any questions, please email .
Proposals can be submitted online at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/25Conf
2025, 29 Oct – 1 Nov; Proposal due date: 1 Dec 2024; The 18th New England Regional Genealogy Conference (NERGC)
“New Englanders Here, There, and Everywhere.”
- This year’s conference will be held October 29th through November 1st, 2025, at the DoubleTree Hotel, Manchester, NH.
- NERGC is looking for: 90-minute conference sessions that include 30 minutes of questions and answers; Mealtime presentations of 45 minutes; and Two-hour workshops.
- A short list of requested presentations include: Case studies with and without DNA; Pet DNA; Civil and Revolutionary War; AI and genealogy; Writing for family history and publication; Genetic genealogy and/or forensic genealogy; and Interesting uses of records including religious, civil, probate, military.
- Deadline for submissions: December 1, 2024.
You must submit your lecture and workshop proposals through the NERGC program portal. This permits you to enter up to six presentation proposals. Visit our portal at:
https://shorturl.at/wrHp5
For additional information, including compensation details, please review our 2025 Call for Presentations flyer before visiting the submission portal.