The May 10th meeting of the Hudson County Genealogical Society will be held at the beautiful Beacon, formerly the Jersey City Medical Center. The meeting will start promptly at 1:00 am, and end about 1:00 pm. We are please to have as speaker Leon Yost, vice-president of the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy. He will speak and answer questions on preservation and Jersey City History. We will also be screening a presentation of "Parade of the Shantytown Dead", created by noted photographer Bob Leach, Director of the Jersey City Historical Project. This video provides a window into the history of a section of Jersey City in the 1850s. For more information and directions to the site, please check out our website at www.hudsoncountynjgenealogy.org. BREAKING NEWS!!!! Come join us this Sunday, May 4th at the Hoboken Art and Music Festival! Rain or shine, from 11:00 am until 6:00 pm, we will have a table to answer questions about our society and have fun doing so!