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 >