Birmingham is an easy drive

If you are thinking about driving to the FGS 2012 conference, Birmingham is a very accessible city. Choose  interstate highways I-20, I-22, I-59, or I-65 to enter the metropolitan area. The states of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee share borders with Alabama. How close is Birmingham to places where many genealogists live? That's an easy answer as many other places are with in a one day (or less) drive. One of my favorite websites for mapping my route and determining distances and driving times is Rand McNally's Mileage Calculator: http://www.randmcnally.com/mileage-calculator.do

Some estimated driving times to Birmingham from:

·    Mobile, Alabama               4 hours

·    Hot Springs, Arkansas      7 hours

·    Panama City, Florida        4.75 hours

·    Atlanta, Georgia               2.5 hours

·    Springfield, Illinois           9 hours

·    Evansville, Indiana           5.5 hours

·    Louisville, Kentucky         5.75 hours

·    New Orleans, Louisiana    5.5 hours

·    Jackson, Mississippi          3.75 hours

·    St. Louis, Missouri            8 hours

·    Raleigh, North Carolina    9 hours

·    Cincinnati, Ohio                7.5 hours

·    Nashville, Tennessee         3 hours