This should be a very interesting gathering. I live out of state I cannot attend, and am sure many other interested parties are in the same situation well. It would be great if a Family list & contact list could be shared with this group after the meeting. If anyone is willing to share the names of those like me who cannot attend and their families, please add me to that list. Note too, I have been in the Laurel Library, and found it to be a very nice facility, with a very good genealogy collection, and a very helpful staff. Grady Ellis, Ellis & Waller families, from the SW corner of Little Creek/DE and surrounding MD area. Thanks, Grady Ellis Ellis10520@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn & Ray Miller Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 8:58 PM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Cc: candrmiller@verizon.net Subject: [LDR] "Sussex County Cousins"-Special Interest group forming Hello Fellow Sussex County Researchers! > > I thought that you might be interested in knowing about a Special Interest > Group being organized by the Sussex County Genealogical Society (SCGS) in cooperation with the Laurel (DE) Public > Library. > > The name of this informal group is "Sussex County Cousins" and, as the > name implies, it is designed to be a group of family history researchers > who have their roots in Sussex County DE. > > The first get-together will be on Wednesday, September 24 at 1 PM in the > Carpenter Community Room of the Laurel Public Library, 101 E. 4th. Street > Laurel, DE. > > The plan is to introduce ourselves and mention the surnames of the main > branches of the Sussex County families that you are researching, the area > of Sussex County in which they lived. We would also like to know the > family surname which you feel most confident (we call them "hits") and > the family name you feel the least confident about (we call them "miss's). > That way everyone will be familiar where they can be of help to someone or > where they can get help with their own brickwall. The library staff will > give an overview of the Delaware and Family History collections available > at the library. Also, for this meeting, an experienced researcher has > offered to bring in his laptop and share his extended database with those > interested. He has brand new, never published, still a work in progress, > information on cemeteries and the connected families in the Little Creek Hundred and Laurel areas. > > After the informal meeting everyone is invited to stay and network with > their newly discovered "cousins". Also, the library will remain open until > 8 PM that day for those wanting to take advantage of the unique > genealogical research collections available at the library. >There is no charge for this get-together! > Please feel free to contact me with any questions, suggestions or comments > you may have concerning this group. My email address is bbde@verizon.net. > > I am really excited about meeting my unknown "Sussex County Cousins"! > > Carolyn Elliott Miller > Membership Chair of SCGS > *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message