2024 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah
June 27-29, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Annual Meeting for 2024 will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 28-30, 2024. The Family History Center in Salt Lake City will be our host. It is operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. You may want to prepare your family history questions by reviewing the The Family History Center website in advance by going online.
Family History Library Building:
- Founded in 1894 to gather records worldwide and assist individuals with their family history and genealogical research
- Largest library of its kind in the world and visited by over 1,900 patrons each day
Other Local Attractions and Events Calendar:
- Temple Square
- Family Search Center
- The Tabernacle Choir "Music and the Spoken Word"
- The great Tabernacle organ
- Utah Valley Events Schedule
- Humanitarian Center Tours
- Museum of Church History and Art
For more information contact: Gailen Vick gailenvick@gmail.com
Saturday, April 28
Thursday, June 27
Friday, June 28
9:30 AM
Welcome JVFOA President - Solutions & Apps. Connect with relatives that are working on the same family lines. Board of Directors meeting & Elections of Officers
By Gailen10, Sidney Calvin9, John Shadrack8, Arthur Robert7, Shadrack Rivers6, Arthur5, Shadrach4, Athur3, Richard2, Joseph1
1:30 PM
Presentation George Flaggs Jr., Mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mayor Flaggs will present the co-plans for our 2025 conference in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The City of Vicksburg will celebrate their 200th anniversary, which was founded by Rev. Newit Vick, while JVFOA will be celebrating their 350th year since arriving in Colonial America. |
3:00 PM
John D. Beatty "What drove me to writing a new book to replace the original 2003 Volume Vick book”, a reference librarian in The Genealogy Center. He is a Board-certified genealogist, an author of sixteen books on local and family history, he served as principal editor for volume one of a two-volume History of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana. He has conducted original research on families from colonial New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland & Virginia. He serves as archivist for the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana.
4:30 PM
Larry is the treasurer-registrar of the Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County and the Society’s past librarian. He is a director of the Joseph Vick Family of America. Additionally, Larry is the administrator of the VICK and Allied Families DNA Project, and was one of six 23andMe Ancestry Ambassadors.
Saturday, June 29
9:00 AM
Welcome Gailen Vick – Elections of Officers results
Treasury Report
10:30 AM
Presentation by Michael Mayfield Vick - Subject; Take care of your ancestors from birth to burial. Hear what you can do to locate cemeteries and provide markers. With newly discovered letters, pictures and documents resulting in a Vick gravestone 160 years past due.
Michael has lived in Texas all his life. Univ. of Texas grad with 2 degrees & a Certified Public Account certificate. His career was spent in management consulting & as a Real Estate Developer. Michael is a real history buff & enjoys both Texas and Family history. He has the distinguished pleasure of knowing that his family attended the 1st Joseph Vick Family Reunion in Mississippi that was organized by Sam Vick in 1972. Michael's father, brother & Sister attended and returned home to tell the amazing stories of the Vick Family. Michael was one of the early participants in the Vick DNA Project. Retired, Michael & Gretchen his wife enjoy time with family.
11:30 AM
2:30 PM
Presentation by Ted Shaw; I am a descendant of one of Joseph Vick ‘s sons and an unidentified enslaved woman. I did not know what to make of this discovery. I recalled that Malcolm X said, “I hate every drop of white blood in me because it is the blood of a rapist”. Yet, when told that a member of the Vick family wanted to talk with me, I agreed to do so. The conversation started awkwardly. I acknowledged the obvious: No one alive today is responsible for what their ancestors did. We are only responsible for what we do or do not do in our time. While I was intrigued to learn about the Joseph Vick Family of America and my connection to it, I was not ready to embrace or be embraced by it, or to attend its reunions. The Vicks, however, would not let me get away.
4:30 PM
John D. Beatty "Tips for Writing a Genealogy, How I used the methodology I did for creating the book & some Funny, Strange, and Unusual Stories in the Early History of the Vick Family”, a reference librarian in The Genealogy Center. He is a Board-certified genealogist, an author of sixteen books on local and family history, he served as principal editor for volume one of a two-volume History of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana. He has conducted original research on families from colonial New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland & Virginia. He serves as archivist for the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana.
Sunday, June 30
11:30 AM
John D. Beatty will participate in a book signing and donation of his newest book to the Genesis Group (www.ldsgenesisgroup.org), which will be placed into the FamilySearch Library.
The Conference will be broadcast live via Video & Audio for those who are unable to attend in person. You may join the meetings via Zoom.com. How to register will be provided closer to the Conference.
All major airlines service The Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), which is convenient to downtown. There are rental cars, ground transportation, and public transportation via TRAX Green Line to Temple Square Station.
The Conference will be broadcast live via Video & Audio for those who are unable to attend in person. You may join the meetings via Zoom.com. How to register will be provided closer to the Conference.
All major airlines service The Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), which is convenient to downtown. There are rental cars, ground transportation, and public transportation via TRAX Green Line to Temple Square Station.