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Local and Regional Genealogy Events
Harold McClendon of the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society maintains a well-known list of upcoming genealogy events. Most are in the Mid-Atlantic Region, with some farther afield.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
The Washington DC Family History Center will sponsor its 7th annual Family History Conference from 9:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. at 10000 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington, MD 20895.
This conference is free of charge with 29 classes from beginning to advanced genealogy. The keynote speaker will be popular Teacher, Author, Blogger, and Webinar Host, DearMYRTLE, addressing the topic, Digging into Our Roots Using 21st Century Tools. She will also present two additional classes.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
The Maryland State Archives is hosting six lectures this winter/spring. The last speaker in the series is Robert "Bob" Barnes speaking on Looking Below the Surface at Death and Probate Records on May 11, 2013. The presentation is from 10:00 am to 12 noon at the MSA, 350 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, MD 21401. Admission is free, and seating is limited. To reserve for this presentation, please contact Jennifer Ruberti, jennifer.ruberti@maryland.gov or at 410-260-6493.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
The 34th annual Family History Conference, "Family History for Smarties (and others, too!)", sponsored by the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society will be held at the Lancaster Host Resort and Conference Center, 2300 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, PA. The keynote speaker will be Dr. John Philip Colletta. For more information, please visit www.lmhs.org.
Friday thru Sunday, August 2-4, 2013
The Sheldon Family Association announces that the Annual Meeting and Reunion will occur August 2-4, 2013 in Oberlin OH. Persons interested in Sheldon history and families are encouraged to join us. Deborah Mohler and the Rev Brian Wilbert are the hosts. More information about events and reservations at the Oberlin Inn are at the web site www.sheldonfamilyv2.org.
The Sheldon Family Association has chosen Oberlin OH as the site for the 74th Annual Meeting and Reunion of our membership and others interested in Sheldon history. In recognition of the effort by H O Sheldon of Oberlin College to collect Sheldon Family histories, we have enlisted the help of Brian Wilbert and Deborah Mohler as the hosts for this important event. The Association was incorporated in 1939 by Sheldon descendants of the 5 colonial Sheldon men of New England: Isaac of Windsor CT and Northampton MA, John of Providence and John of Kingston RI, Godfrey of Saco Maine and Richard
Sheldon. Our Reunion Chairperson is Wendy Sheldon Black of Murphys CA.
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