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Cruise Planners - O'Connell Travel and The In-Depth Genealogist have partnered with Unlock the Past Cruises to promote their 14^th genealogy cruise-conference and handle cruise bookings for US citizens. 

Cruise Planners (O'Connell Travel) handle the cruise fare and other travel bookings only – not bookings for the onboard conference. This must be booked separately.

THE CONFERENCE
This is organized by Unlock the Past. Program features

• Up to 45 presentations in three parallel streams
• Research Help Zone sessions – opportunity for one-on-one or small group help from experts
• Conference sessions are only held while cruising – not during port stops
• An optional extra “land” conference the day before or day after the cruise is being planned – with different speakers/topics – at a modest extra cost 

THE SPEAKERS

• Chris Paton (Scotland) - one on the most sought after presenters in Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, Canada and the US. He has written many books (including 9 for Unlock the Past) and numerous articles for genealogy magazines.
• Dick Eastman (United States) - widely known internationally for his Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter. He has been involved in genealogy for more than 30 years and has worked in the computer industry for over 40 years in hardware, software, and managerial positions.
• Dr Janet Few (England)
• Jan Gow (New Zealand)
• Caroline Gurney (England)
• Shauna Hicks (Australia)
• Eric Kopittke (Australia)
• Rosemary Kopittke (Australia)
• Mike Murray (Australia)
• Mile High Transcripts (USA)
• Helen Smith (Australia)
  … more to be advised 

CONFERENCE BONUSES, LOYALTY REWARDS and OTHER BENEFITS

for all who register for the conference

• Cruise discount voucher (for a future cruise) – value AU$100 (approx. US$75)
• Genealogy ebook voucher – value AU$150 (approx. US$110) **
• 60% discount on purchase of a special collection of British and European Publicationson fully searchable USB drive – discount value AU$119.70 (approx. US$88) **
• Entry into the cruise prize draw – expected to total several thousand dollars
• Any other special Alaska cruise offers supplied by cruise sponsors and partners 

Note: non-genealogy partners (see below) can have full participation in the conference and get all the above benefits except the two vouchers above marked ** 

CONFERENCE COST – with approx US equivalents as at May 2017 

AU$300 Genealogist rate if booking with a group stateroom (approx. US$220)

AU$380 Genealogist rate if booking outside the group stateroom allocation (approx. US$280)

AU$150 non-genealogy partner rate**** (approx. US$110)

**** Non-genealogy partner rate - includes full cruise/conference participation as well as most bonuses and loyalty rewards - value AU$150 plus. Available to a non-genealogy partner sharing with a Genealogist.

BOOKING THE CONFERENCE

Bookings for the conference are made securely online with Gould Genealogy & History (Unlock the Past’s sister site – for sales). The default rates are in Australian currency, but you can change this in the yellow bar at the top too US currency equivalents.

AU$50 (approx. US$38) deposit only is required at this stage. The balance of the conference fee (AU$330 or AU$100) will be required at about the time the final cruise fee payment is due – June 2018.

• Conference rate deposit (genealogist) – click here
• Conference rate deposit (non-genealogist) –click here

NOTES

• The non-genealogist partner still has full access to the conference and most of the benefits and loyalty rewards. Click here for details
• The deposit and the full conference fee is fully refundable if you find you need to cancel the cruise and conference for some reason

  

Click here for further information on the conference, including the program and speaker biographies