The 53rd annual Michigan in Perspective: The Local History Conference will be held March 25-26, 2011, at the Michigan State University Management Education Center in Troy.

Breakout sessions will cover topics such as local history, genealogy, women’s history, cultural diversity and industrial history.  They include:

•           Researching Your Civil War Ancestors: Overview of the Steps of Researching and Identifying Your Civil War Ancestors

•           “The 4th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War” by Kim Crawford and Marty Bertera

•           Civil War Sesquicentennial

For more information or to register online visit www.hsmichigan.org or call (800) 692-1828.