----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Robertson" squirrelena@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 Subject: Mobile Genealogical Society - Feb. Meeting February 12, 2005 Mini-work shop at 12:00, followed by refreshments. Don Wehner will present the mini workshop and will speak on Research Pit falls. Things That Help and Booby Traps. A short business meeting at 1:00 conducted by the acting President Betty Jones. The guest speaker will begin at 1:30 - Presenting the program in February is Ray L. Bellande of Ocean Springs, MS. Mr. Bellande plans to appear in costume as W. T. Ames, an early mayor of Ocean Springs, who married a Mobile widow and lived many years in Selma, Alabama. As part of his presentation he will relate all the Mobile families who lived and worked in Ocean Springs and those from Ocean Springs who relocated to Mobile with the L & N Railroad. This will include the general history of Ocean Springs. Thank You Shirley