Members should refer to the current newletter for the most accurate information.
The typical schedule is:
Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec (optional)- Board of Advisors Meet 3rd Tue., 2:30.
20-July-2008: Future meeting
Annual Picnic at Eden Mill Park
The July picnic meeting will be held at Harford County’s EDEN MILL Historic Museum, Nature Center,
& Park. Our tour guide will be Roland Beckman who will discuss the History and Families
of the area starting in 1805 with the house and grist mill that Elijah Stansbury built on more than
200 acres. Family surnames associated with the mill include Eden, Stansbury, Anderson, Smith, Mays,
McFadden, Vaughn, and Webb.
Please, mark your calendars for a delightful experience and picnic. Look for details and lunch
orders in the JULY 2008 issue of the NEWSLETTER.
18-May-2008: Next meeting
Using PastPerfect™ at the Historical Society of Harford County
Our speaker, Mrs. Judy Rogers will present to us an introduction and demonstration of the PastPerfect™ Museum
Software being implemented by the Historical Society of Harford County. This software allows users to search
consolidated indexes of the Historical Society from a single query screen. Thumbnail images of archived
material are also available for many entries.
Her talk will introduce us to features and contents of this new electronic catalog that will eventually
replace existing card catalogs. After laying this groundwork, Judy will teach our group how we can search
the HSHC collections using PastPerfect™ especially for items pertaining to genealogy.
Mrs. Rogers is the PastPerfect Team leader at Historical Society of Harford County, and is presently
coordinating efforts of converting the HSHC print index to an electronic index as well as collecting and
entering different databases that have been compiled by many of the volunteers of the HSHC.
Judy comes to the HSHC well prepared for this task. She has taught in the Harford County Public School
ystem for 34 years, the last 24 as a media specialist. During her tenure as a media specialist, she
supervised computer networks that included research and circulation software, where she was responsible for
converting tens of thousands of items, both book & audiovisual items, from a card catalog system to an
electronic database. She also trained others in the use of this software.
16-March-2008
Methodist Records at Loverly Lane
Ms. Wanda Barnes Hall, Assistant Archivist at Lovely Lane Museum and Archives, will present a
program dealing with Methodist Church related Archives and Research Services available at the
Lovely Lane Museum in Baltimore City, Maryland
18-NOV-2007
Michael Pierce & James McConnell will present their program titled "Digging up your ancestors from the land
(records)."
Are you at a dead-end with your ancestors back in the 17th, 18th, or early 19th centuries? Are you frustrated by the lack
of information in census, birth, death, and marriage records for that period? Don't overlook the land records, where many
nuggets of information can be found.
They will show you where to look, and explain the work they have done to map the 900 early land patents in Harford County
and help you put it all into context. These maps are a starting point to expedite your own detailed search.
Jim McConnell is a retired engineer, who lives in St Michaels. He has been researching his family history, beginning in
Canada, New England, and South Carolina. This work has produced articles for the South Carolina Historical Society and
South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research. Land records and mapping have been a major part of his research.
Mike Pierce lives in Kingsville, and he has been interested in mapping since an early age. He has spent the past 30 years
tracing his family in Canada, New England, and Germany. He has mapped pre-1900 land deeds in Jerusalem Mills and Bel Air,
and about 2 years ago, began mapping all of the early Harford County area land patents.
The two met through the Internet and began collaborating to complete their Harford County, MD effort. They are now working
on publishing it.
16-SEPT-2007
"DNA Genealogy and You - Unraveling the Mystery", by Sharon Swope
The program is titled "DNA Genealogy and You - Unraveling the Mystery" by Sharon Swope, editor of
"Our Name's The Game" the newsletter of the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society
( www.SCPGS.org ) since summer 2001. This program will
attempt to answer your questions on DNA and illustrate how DNA testing relates to genealogical research.
The object is to put DNA in terms you can understand and show how your research may benefit from
participation in a DNA project. Sharon's interest in genetics began in college where her major was
Horticulture with an emphasis on plant breeding and plant pathology.
15-JUL-2007
"Annual Picnic"
July picnic at Holy Trinity Church with Marian Seguin, our hostess and guide
20-MAY-2007
"The Lively World of the Deceased" by Patricia Fagan Tress
Patricia Tress is an investigator for the Office of Cemetery Oversight formed ten years ago in the
Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. Primary objectives of this Office are licensing
and monitoring of individuals, and companies operating cemeteries, or providing burial goods and services
to consumers. The Office is charged with determining and enforcing ethical standards related to the
operation of cemeteries plus the sales of burial goods and services within the State, in order to protect
the citizens of Maryland from unfair and unscrupulous practices.
Her primary task is to investigate, mediate, and resolve consumer complaints. She is also inventorying
cemeteries throughout the State and handling an increasing number of calls regarding abandoned and/or
neglected cemeteries.
Of special interest are the techniques used to research locations and trusteeship of older cemeteries.
This program promises to be a rewarding opportunity, for genealogists who like to explore cemeteries and
cemetery records.
18-MARCH-2007
"Old Surveys, Old Surveying Techniques and Old Deeds" by Everette C. Smith
Come and learn about rods and chains and mysterious markers, as well as how to unravel the
language of your ancestors' deeds.
Everette Smith is a civil engineer, surveyor, and professional genealogist with interest in
tracking old land grants and surveys. He is also an accomplished information technology
specialist, systems analyst and corporate consultant. His presentation promises a lively discussion.
24-SEPTEMBER-2006 (4th Sunday):
"Cedar Hill Cemetery Revealed" by Gary Wasielewski
Cedar Hill is the original municipal cemetery for Havre de Grace, which was long ago abandoned.
It is on Elizabeth Street in the northern part of Havre de Grace.
Gary, as a history teacher, made a study of the cemetery - finding and photographing the few stones
that were left and researching the stories of some buried there.
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