Please let me know what is done about the Dyer history. I am a descendant of Elisha Bluford. ----- Original Message ----- From: "edj0513" <edj0513@alltel.net> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 3:12 PM Subject: [GAUNION] Dyer-Souther Heritage Association Reunion > The Dyer-Souther Heritage Association Reunion will be held at the North Georgia > Technical College Conference Room in Blairsville, Georgia on Sunday, July 18, > 2004. > > Registration begins at 11:00 a. m. Participants are asked to bring a covered > dish meal to spread with the rest of the food for a grand feast at 1:00 p. m. > Utensils and ice will be furnished. Bring food and tea or soft drinks--only > enough for your family. We usually have so much food because people "over-do" > in the amount of food to share. > > You are also asked to bring your family information such as family histories, > old pictures, albums, and any stand-up displays for the "show and tell" at > tables that will be set up for this purpose. Amy Sgro requests that you fill > out a family information sheet to bring with you. She is entering information > into computer for future reference and perhaps a reprint of Watson B. Dyer's > 1986 Dyer Family History Book and his 1988 Souther Family History Book, both of > which are out of print and sold out. She wants to update them. > > A registration fee of $7.50 per family will be charged to defray expenses of > facility rent and other reunion costs. > > After the meal, a short program will recognize the oldest, youngest, those above > 90, and those who traveled the farthest to the reunion. A memorial service will > honor those kin who have passed since the last reunion. > > This reunion honors early settlers to the Choestoe District of Union County who > settled there in the 1830's: John and Mary Combs Soutehr and Bluford Elisha, > Jr. and Elizabeth Clark Dyer. Recent reunions have number well above 200, with > the highest attendance being 264 in 2002. You are invited to attend if you have > ties to any of the Dyers and Southers who migrated out of Wilkes County, NC and > from Pendleton District, SC to upper Georgia in the 1830's. > > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2004 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: GAUNION-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >