Carolyn, Is there any chance that internet cousins can participate someway? I have ancestors and, I'm sure, cousins from and in Sussex County now, who I would love to find. Thanks, Joni -----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 6:58 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