I'd like to add my own invitation to the DCHS event on 6 and 13 Dec, which is also entered at their website (with prices not yet updated to those given below): http://www.dorchesterhistory.org/GenealogySeries.html This is the first time I've spoken (to an open public group, anyway) on the east side of the Bay Bridge in a few years, with a lot of new material on hand for the morning session on the 13th.  A lot of this should be informative for those who use (or would like to use) the plats.net and mdlandrec.net sites to best effect, and to "see" a variety of Lower Shore discoveries through products developed recently.  Thanks to the DCHS offering a full day on this topic, the opportunity to use the afternoon for personal interaction seemed ideal.  Our LDR friends John Polk and Mike Hitch have generously agreed to man additional PCs using my database for individual help, and we look forward to being available to anyone who'd like to play.  As the syllabus entry says, this sort of encounter is almost always a voyage of discovery for those with ancestors in that neck of the woods. John _________________________ -----Original Message----- From: JL Schulman <schulm@erols.com> To: LD Roots <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 3:39 pm Subject: [LDR] Dorchester Workshops - Reduced Fees The following is being re-posted to announce a change in the cost and to ncourage participation. Please share this with your friends and contacts - The Dorches ter County Historical Society offers this two day genealogy series, or beginner and experienced alike.  Discover your roots and grow your family ree. The speakers and topics will speak to Delmarva and Maryland.  All sessions eld at  the Dorchester County Historical Society,  902 LaGrange Avenue, ambridge, Maryland 21613, 410-228-7953.  Payment by credit card accepted. ach half-day sessions – per session: $5 members of Dorchester County Historical ociety; $10 non-members Full-day session: $10 members of Dorchester County istorical Society; $15 non-members uestions? Call DCHS at 410-228-7953. The deadline for reservations is 5 days efore the desired session. ________________________________________________________________________ Email message sent from CompuServe - visit us today at http://www.cs.com

I have asked to have website updated - I am holding my breath Lynne    --- On Wed, 11/19/08, johnlyon0@cs.com <johnlyon0@cs.com> wrote: > From: johnlyon0@cs.com <johnlyon0@cs.com> > Subject: Re: [LDR] Dorchester Workshops - Reduced Fees > To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 7:37 AM > I'd like to add my own invitation to the DCHS event on 6 > and 13 Dec, which is also entered at their website (with > prices not yet updated to those given below): > > http://www.dorchesterhistory.org/GenealogySeries.html > > This is the first time I've spoken (to an open public > group, anyway) on the east side of the Bay Bridge in a few > years, with a lot of new material on hand for the morning > session on the 13th.  A lot of this should be informative > for those who use (or would like to use) the plats.net and > mdlandrec.net sites to best effect, and to "see" a > variety of Lower Shore discoveries through > products developed recently.  Thanks to the > DCHS offering a full day on this topic, the opportunity to > use the afternoon for personal interaction seemed ideal.  > Our LDR friends John Polk and Mike Hitch have generously > agreed to man additional PCs using my database for > individual help, and we look forward to being available to > anyone who'd like to play.  As the syllabus > entry says, this sort of encounter is almost always a > voyage of discovery for those with ancestors in that neck of > the woods. > > John > > _________________________ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JL Schulman <schulm@erols.com> > To: LD Roots <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 3:39 pm > Subject: [LDR] Dorchester Workshops - Reduced Fees > > > > The following is being re-posted to announce a change in > the cost and to > ncourage participation. Please share this with your friends > and contacts - > The Dorches > ter County Historical Society offers this two day genealogy > series, > or beginner and experienced alike.  Discover your roots > and grow your family > ree. The speakers and topics will speak to Delmarva and > Maryland.  All sessions > eld at  the Dorchester County Historical Society,  902 > LaGrange Avenue, > ambridge, Maryland 21613, 410-228-7953.  Payment by credit > card accepted. > ach half-day sessions – per session: $5 members of > Dorchester County Historical > ociety; $10 non-members Full-day session: $10 members of > Dorchester County > istorical Society; $15 non-members > uestions? Call DCHS at 410-228-7953. The deadline for > reservations is 5 days > efore the desired session. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Email message sent from CompuServe - visit us today at > http://www.cs.com > *************************************** > 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

Thx John - As having seen the database in its early stages, I cannot express enough the value of this resource...both from a macro-historical level of the Old Somerset region and a micro-historical level at the family history perspective. I remember finding things in the old warrants/surveys/patents that were very personal like old ORIGINAL letters vouching for properties, depositions, references to neighbors and special property boundaries (trees, stones, cannon balls, etc) and landmarks, etc...and a lot of the humorous names for land plats! [The funniest of the latter IMO is the land that bordered MT PLEASANT of my 5x g-grandpa Benjamin Hitch called FAT ARSE QUARTER]. These records really bring a uniquely human perspective to what otherwise might be 'dry history' and provide a unique understanding of the local region and its inhabitants and how they lived 200-300+ years ago. And that was 6 years ago when I was involved - you have taken those records and worked tremendous amounts of hours to make them presentable and organized in such a way that everyone can benefit and you should be commended for same. What might have taken a 'layman genealogist' days, if not months, of digging to find in those original records (if, indeed, it could even be found), can now be accomplished in minutes. Heck, one of the greatest accomplishments in my estimation is just reading and translating the 17th and 18th century writing! Congrats and thank you for letting me participate in the workshop. Now, if you'd just write that book or publish the database in some form...I'd pay top $$$ for it knowing how valuable it truly is....! Thanks again and I hope to see/meet the folks on here at the workshop! Best Regards, Mike Hitch "so often times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key..." - Eagles (Already Gone) -----Original Message----- From: lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of johnlyon0@cs.com Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:37 AM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Dorchester Workshops - Reduced Fees I'd like to add my own invitation to the DCHS event on 6 and 13 Dec, which is also entered at their website (with prices not yet updated to those given below): http://www.dorchesterhistory.org/GenealogySeries.html This is the first time I've spoken (to an open public group, anyway) on the east side of the Bay Bridge in a few years, with a lot of new material on hand for the morning session on the 13th.  A lot of this should be informative for those who use (or would like to use) the plats.net and mdlandrec.net sites to best effect, and to "see" a variety of Lower Shore discoveries through products developed recently.  Thanks to the DCHS offering a full day on this topic, the opportunity to use the afternoon for personal interaction seemed ideal.  Our LDR friends John Polk and Mike Hitch have generously agreed to man additional PCs using my database for individual help, and we look forward to being available to anyone who'd like to play.  As the syllabus entry says, this sort of encounter is almost always a voyage of discovery for those with ancestors in that neck of the woods. John _________________________ -----Original Message----- From: JL Schulman <schulm@erols.com> To: LD Roots <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 3:39 pm Subject: [LDR] Dorchester Workshops - Reduced Fees The following is being re-posted to announce a change in the cost and to ncourage participation. Please share this with your friends and contacts - The Dorches ter County Historical Society offers this two day genealogy series, or beginner and experienced alike.  Discover your roots and grow your family ree. The speakers and topics will speak to Delmarva and Maryland.  All sessions eld at  the Dorchester County Historical Society,  902 LaGrange Avenue, ambridge, Maryland 21613, 410-228-7953.  Payment by credit card accepted. ach half-day sessions – per session: $5 members of Dorchester County Historical ociety; $10 non-members Full-day session: $10 members of Dorchester County istorical Society; $15 non-members uestions? Call DCHS at 410-228-7953. The deadline for reservations is 5 days efore the desired session. ________________________________________________________________________ Email message sent from CompuServe - visit us today at http://www.cs.com *************************************** 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