Limo Service to Area Hotels

If you will not be renting a car and will need to get from the airport to your hotel, consider this special rate offered to NGS 2009 Conference attendees by Elite Coach -- the company who will be supplying the buses for the planned research excursions!

The rate from the airport to any hotel in the triangle area will be $45. This is a 40% discount off their regular rates! Additionally, you will be riding in a new Lincoln town car with a professionally trained chauffeur.

You just need to call or email their office with your individual information -- name, phone number, email address, & credit card -- to reserve their transportation to and from the hotel. If you call or email this information, you will receive an email confirmation. The contact phone number 24 hours a day is 1-800-569-9484 or email for reservations is res@elitecoach.net.

To learn more about them, visit their web-site, Elite Coach

[Note: there is a taxi stand at the airport (RDU) as an alternative]

Getting There is Easy

Raleigh is conveniently located on I-40 in eastern North Carolina, with easy access from I-95, I-64, and I-85. If you choose to travel by car, Raleigh is just four-and-a-half hours from Charleston, SC; three hours from Richmond, VA; and six-and-a-half hours from Atlanta.

Parking

There is a 900-space parking garage attached to the Raleigh Convention Center and more than 4,000 parking spaces within a 2-block radius of the center.

By Air

Raleigh is served by the Raleigh-Durham International Airport which is a 20-minute drive from downtown. Ten major airlines and nineteen regional carriers provide service to more than 40 desginations.

By Train

Amtrak offers service to Raleigh from Richmond, Washington, D. C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Miami, Tampa, Savannah, and Charleston. The Raleigh Station, located at 320 West Cabarrus Street, is two blocks from the convention center.

The Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room (Charlotte)

The Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room of the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County houses the largest collection of genealogical and historical materials of any public library in the state. Beginning in 1903, the Library began as a Carnegie Library and is now in its third building. Located in uptown Charlotte at 310 N. Tryon, it has a major presence in the community. This special collection is used by authors, the media and general researchers from around the country. Mecklenburg County was formed from Anson County in 1762 and was a part of the great migration that helped populate the rest of the south in the 1800s.

Charlotte is the largest city and Mecklenburg County is the largest county in North Carolina. The library’s collection specializes in city and county materials, as well as all southern and border states. Unique and most frequently used materials include:
• The Charlotte Observer negatives between 1956-1962 and 1966 – 2002
• “Heritage Books” from various counties and states
• Historic maps and Searching for Historic Maps
• Manuscripts
• Microfilm -- over 10,000 reels of federal census, county and state records plus all known issues in existence of The Charlotte Observer, surviving North Carolina newspapers published in the 1700s and some western North Carolina newspapers starting in the 1800s
• Online databases HeritageQuest.com and Ancestry.com Library Edition
• Public and private school publications
• Surname and biographical files

The Carolina Room Staff are committed to presenting local historical information for Internet users. Some exhibits include African-American history, military information as it relates to the city and county, database of cemeteries with several thousand burial records, photographs and postcards, some legal notices, divorce records and newspaper abstracts, early city and county directories, and entire books on local history.

Please visit these sites for more information.
General Library Information
Catalog
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Story, genealogical and historical exhibits by Carolina Room Staff
Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room Information