Please excuse any possible duplication of notice - but we wanted everyone to know about the upcoming fall events: 1. FRECOGS Calendar of Events is completed through June 2004 - copies are available via email upon request, or see abbreviated version on our new website: <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/frecogs/">http://members.aol.com/frecogs/</A> 2. FRECOGS Fall 2003 meetings will start with this Saturday Sept 13 - 1 pm - Homewood - Annual Show and Tell Sharing Meeting with tea and cookies and used book sales table available. Open to the public. 3. FRECOGS October meeting is purposely not scheduled in Frederick so our members can attend the Maryland Genealogical Conference in Baltimore that weekend. Our members are encouraged to form carpools - email for help. 4. (and the most exciting) FRECOGS Genealogical Conference in November - Event coming up in just 8 weeks: 'Reality Genealogy' Conference What: All day gamily history conference - 4 sessions, vendors, box lunch When: Saturday, November 8, 2003 Time: Registration and Coffee 8:00 am, day ends by 5 pm. Where: Conference Center - Frederick Community College - Address: 7932 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick, MD - Motter Ave Exit - north off Rt 15 For Who: Researchers of Social and Family History for any Region Why: To provide a day of learning the reality of research and its outcome expectations. Sponsors: Frederick County Genealogical Society, Inc.(MD) & The Catoctin Center for Regional Studies. Cost: $50 all inclusive - LESS $10. if payment received before Oct 1 = $ 40.00 per person Includes: All sessions, extensive handouts, surname roster, door prize, morning coffee, snack, & box lunch Limit: All seats are at tables - but attendees are limited to 100 persons - first registered - first seated. Handicapped accessible in modern conference facilities. Vendors: Willowbend Books, other research, author, scrapbooking, & suppliers, and area organizations TOPICS: 1. Link between social history & genealogy - using female ancestor search example 2. Techniques in preparing for a research project -military records at U.S. Archives as example 3. Offspring Survival Manual - Preparing Your Lifetime's Mountains of Papers for Next of Kin 4. Internet Research - Western Maryland as Examples - What To Do With The Internet Now SPEAKERS in the same order - first two in morning, second two after lunch break: 1. Pat Gracie, New Market, MD - an experienced genealogist for over 30 years 2. Tim Reese, Burkittsville, MD - expert researcher retired from Smithsonian 3. David Rubincam, Lanham, MD - son of the late Milton Rubincam, world-famous genealogist, researcher, and educator, and NGS Hall of Fame honoree. 4. Ralph Riggins, Westminster, MD - genealogy author, website administrator, & Internet user Remember the opportunities for research in this area - historical societies, libraries, and archives. If you are planning to come from out of the area - we will send local tourism information, or online at: Directions to Conference Center: <A HREF="http://www.frederick.edu/html/utilities/Contact/"> http://www.frederick.edu/html/utilities/Contact/</A> About the FCC location: <A HREF="http://www.frederick.edu/html/business_services/ConferenceCenter/"> http://www.frederick.edu/html/business_services/ConferenceCenter/</A> About Frederick Tourism: <A HREF="http://www.fredericktourism.org/">http://www.fredericktourism.org/</A> ************************************ Contacts: Chairman: Nancy Thrasher Cherry 301-572-4406 [email protected] Vendors: Trudie Davis-Long 301-831-5781 [email protected] Treasurer: Kathy McLaughlin 301-371-4901 [email protected] Hospitality: Pepper Scotto 301-834-9907 [email protected] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Registration form available on website (cut and paste) : <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/frecogs/"> http://members.aol.com/frecogs/</A> Send Registration to be received before Oct 1, 2003 for the $10 discount. Payment made to "FRECOGS" $40 before October 1 - $50 afterwards. Kathy McLaughlin, FRECOGS Treas. 1717 Marker Road Middletown, MD 21769 email: [email protected] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *** Remember limited seating - register early Use one registration form per attendee - and include your top 10 surnames for the program book. Registration blank help - via email: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- Mark your calendars for the next bi-annual Frecogs Conference - tentatively set for November 2005. Mark your calendars for the next Catoctin Center for Regional Studies 'Crossroads in History' Conference at FCC in the fall of 2004. Thank you and we hope that all our Western Maryland researchers gather and have great information exchange on November 8 in Frederick County - 'mother of Western Maryland' Pepper Scotto, Pres FRECOGS