Nationally known genealogists George G. Morgan and Maureen Taylor will be on hand for “Footprints in Time: Discovering Your Ancestor’s Lives,” the Maine Genealogical Society conference set for Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Bangor Civic Center.

Do sign up before Aug. 31, so you can save money.

The program also will feature Marlene A. Groves, author and editor of the Maine Genealogical Society Newsletter; Carol P. McCoy, president of Find-Your-Roots; Dale W. Mower, vice president for the Maine Genealogical Society; and Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and state historian for Maine.

Here’s the day’s schedule:

. 8 a.m. Registration.

. 9:30 a.m. Morgan’s keynote, “Bring ‘Em Back to Life: Developing An Ancestor Profile.”

. 10:50 a.m. Choose from: “Bits about Obits: Reading Between the Lines,” Morgan; “Identifying and Dating Family Photographs,” Taylor; and “Silent Sentinels, Maine’s Civil War Monuments,” Shettleworth.

. Noon-2 p.m. Lunch and visiting with vendors.

. 2 p.m. Choose from: “Expand Your Research Reach with Interlibrary Loan and Digitized Book Collections Online,” Morgan; “Getting the Most from Census Records,” McCoy; and “Bidding on the Past: Discovering Your Family History on eBay,” Mower.

. 3:20 p.m. Choose from: “The Genealogist as CSI,” Morgan; “Walking in Your Ancestors’ Footsteps: Plan a Family History Vacation,” Taylor; “Transcribing Vital Records” “How to be a Good ‘Copy’ Cat,” Groves.

The registration fee for Maine Genealogical Society members before Aug. 31 is $25.

Not a member of MGS? Send $20 to MGS, Box 221, Farmington 04938, or just send the $20 along with your registration fee. Membership includes the quarterly journal and newsletter, plus a discount on publications.

The fee for non-MGS members before Aug. 31 is $35. The registration fee for everyone who registers after Aug. 31 is $45.

Lunch is $15 – sweet apple cornbread chicken, stuffed haddock or vegetable linguine.

Print off a registration form from the Web site at www.maineroots.org and send it with your fee to MGS in care of Dale Mower, 185 Norfolk St., Bangor 04401.

Or you can just send your fee plus name, address, phone number and e-mail to Dale at the above address. Also, list lunch choice and which workshop sessions you will attend to help MGS plan for space requirements.

Last fall’s conference in Portland was fabulous. You won’t want to miss this one.

The Fuller Society, founded in 1992 by Mary Lee Merrill of Warren, will hold its annual meeting Sept. 13-15, at the Holiday Inn By The Bay, Portland.

Guest speaker for the Saturday night banquet will be Stuart Hall, captain general of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants and former governor of the Maine Society of Mayflower. His presentation will be on the Elizabeth Tilley, a reproduction of a 1600s shallop which sailed from Augusta to Plymouth, Mass., in 2004. The crew were members of the Pilgrim John Howland Society.

The Fuller Society perpetuates the memory of Pilgrims Edward Fuller and his brother, Dr. Samuel Fuller, passengers on the Mayflower and signers of the Mayflower Compact. Objectives are encouraging research and publication of lineages beyond the Mayflower Five Generations Books, initiating professional research and documentation of the Pilgrims, and assisting descendants of the Mayflower Pilgrims in acquiring proof of eligibility.

In 1999 the Society initiated a scholarship for Fuller descendants, now $600 to the first-place winner of an essay contest, $400 to the runner-up and $200 to the second runner-up. The scholarships are named for Bridget Lee Fuller, the wife of Dr. Samuel Fuller. She founded the first private school in America.

In 1996 the Fuller Society sponsored a tour to Pilgrim sites in England such as St. Mary’s Church in Redenhall, County of Norfolk, where the Fuller brothers were baptized. In 2002 a plaque was dedicated at First Congregational Church at the Green, Middleboro, Mass., honoring the Rev. Samuel Fuller, its first minister and son of Dr. Samuel Fuller.

Fuller Society meetings are held throughout the United States and every third year are in the Plymouth, Mass., area in conjunction with the meeting of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.

Membership in the Fuller Society is open to anyone interested in or descended from Edward or Dr. Samuel Fuller. Proof of descent is not required. There are some 300 members.

For information, contact Gov. John F. Hoffman, 42 Sugar Maple Lane, Tinton Falls, N.J. 07724 or e-mail pjs5686@aol.com

Merrill also founded the Pilgrim Edward Doty Society in 1982 for descendants of Doty. That society has 550 members.

Merrill is a member of Mayflower in Maine and Delaware and is on the Historic Sites Committee for the General Society. She belongs to Pemaquid Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and is treasurer of the Maine Chapter, Daughters of Founders and Patriots.

Send genealogy queries to Family Ties, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor, ME 04402; or familyti@bangordailynews.net.