USA National Archives in Washington, D.C

Week-long convention had valuable information - Las Vegas Sun: "Staff archivists help researchers navigate paths through finding aids to locate such items as pension files, service records, and court-martial case files from various wars, records of the New Deal, and homestead case files. The institute offers an incomparable learning opportunity for researchers to utilize records stored in our nation’s premier repository; the institute also allows participants of different backgrounds to renew old friendships and form new ones."

NIGR Home Page: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH"