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Subject: [NCHENDER] Raleigh, NC Workshop - Nov. 3 & 4, 2006
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:18:00 -0400


Raleigh, NC Workshop - Nov. 3 & 4, 2006

The North Carolina Genealogical Society is sponsoring a two-day
workshop, "Meeting Your Ancestor's Neighbors Over the Back Fence and in
the Court Room", conducted by Helen F.M. Leary, J. Mark Lowe, and Ann
Basnight. The workshop will be held Friday, Nov. 3 and Saturday Nov. 4,
2006, at Brier Creek Country Club, 9410 Club Hill Drive, Raleigh, NC.

All three speakers are professional genealogists and lecturers. Helen
F.M. Leary was editor and contributing author of "North Carolina
Research: Genealogy and Local History." She is also Past-President of
the Board for Certification of Genealogists. J. Mark Lowe is formerly
Vice President of Development for the Federation of Genealogical
Societies, Vice President of the Genealogical Speakers Guild and
Past-President of the Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society. Ann
Basnight has thirty years classroom teaching experience and is President
of the North Carolina Genealogical Society. She was editor of the
Tyrrell County Genealogy & Historical Society Journal and President of
Beaufort County Genealogical Society.

Lectures scheduled for Friday, Nov. 3:
"My Taxes Were Due When? (Using Delinquent Tax Lists and Release
Books)" - Lowe
"Spotlight on the Neighbors: What They Can Tell Us and How to Ask" - Leary
"Backtracking – From Present Residence to Former Address" - Leary
"Wonder What’s Over the Mountain" - Lowe

Lectures scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 4:
"Colonial Court Day a Social Event" - Basnight
"Nobody’s Daughter: A Case Study in Proving the Parentage of a
Mysterious Married Woman" - Leary
"Following a Case Through Court" - Lowe

The registration fee includes lunch. Walk-ins are welcome; however
workshop packets may not be available. A map showing the location of
the workshop may be found at http://www.mapquest.com/ by plugging in the
street address above.

Details and registration information for this workshop are available by
e-mail from or on the World Wide Web at
http://www.ncgenealogy.org/ by clicking on Calendar & Events on the left
side of the page, then on the November Annual Meeting & Fall Workshop
button.

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