Connie and I have attended these fine workshops conducted in Monroeville on the first Saturday in February for the last 4-5 years and always found Elizabeth Wells to be an engaging and informative speaker on a wide range of genealogy subjects. There usually are about 35-40 attendees. You also get the benefit of meeting and going to lunch with other genealogy folks from mid-to-southern Alabama and NW Florida that you might otherwise not see other than in an occasional Alabama courthouse encounter... We have attended this specific topic workshop by her about four years ago and it was what awoke us to the wide range of church documents that are available to help break down that brick wall or to flesh out an ancestor's character. $20 registration is a good deal. While we won't be attending this year's workshop due to reasons not related to genealogy, we can recommend it. It is held in the Old Monroe County Courthouse courtroom that was the inspiration for the court scenes in "To Kill a Mockingbird", and the Monroeville folks are good hosts. We have traditionally enjoyed staying the night before at the Holiday Inn Express south of town and ALWAYS leave time that night before to have a GREAT catfish dinner at Dave's Catfish House restaurant about a block away from the motel. Bruce Rova Gulf Breeze, FL -----Original Message----- From: Monroe County Heritage Museums [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:44 AM To: Claire Stallworth; Linda Linan; Getrude Stephen; Debra Aswock; Ann Biggs Williams; Pauline Barnett; Melinda Wood; Susan Crowson; Ted Urquhart; Diann Daniels; Lynda Spann; Bob Steward; Charlotte Parham; Phyllis Armstrong; Betty Gaines; Mirian McKinley; Dawn Henderson; Bruce & Connie Rova; Kathryn Weatherford; Janie Johnston; Rachel Clinkscale; Judy Osborne; Nancy Rice; Patricia McCullers; Allen Powell; Joyce Sentell; Al Nettles; Ken Prestridge; Betsy Waggoner; Robert Glenn Nivens; Stuart Richeson; Sherry Johnston Subject: Genealogy Workshop in Monroeville Feb. 2, 2008 Genealogy Workshop “From Old Leaves to New Trees: Using church records in historical and genealogical research” MONROEVILLE- The Monroe County Heritage Museums will host the seventh annual genealogy seminar featuring Elizabeth Wells, special collections librarian at Samford University. Topics will include preservation of church records, learning other sources that contain church data and the importance of church records for the organization and the researcher. The seminar will be held at the Old Courthouse Museum on Saturday, February 2, 2008. Registration begins at 8:30 and the program is from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Admission is $20 per person. Following the program, guests will have an opportunity to purchase many genealogical research items from the museum gift shop located on the first floor of the Old Courthouse Museum. For more information, please contact Shannon Hall Jones at the Monroe County Heritage Museums at (251) 575-7433. Location: Old Courthouse Museum Date: February 2, 2008 Time: Registration 8:30 a.m. Program: 9:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m. Admission: $20 per person Please pass this information along. We hope to have the largest participation to date! Thanks, Stephanie Rogers Monroe County Heritage Museums Post Office Box 1637 Monroeville, AL 36461 (251) 575-7433 [email protected] www.tokillamockingbird.com