I would like to know more about the quarries which might have been mined in the areas around Benevola/San Mar and Boonsboro/Rohrersville area. Living in the area, I am familiar with the quarries that operate today, but I am interested in those of the 19th century, especially marble. Can anyone recommend a resource for this local subject? Cindy H.

Dear Cindy I have just received a big chunk of the schedule for the "Unlocking Your Past 2005" Family History Event. I know we exhanged e-mails about that, and as it turns out, one of the presentations on Thursday night, the 18th, is entitled "Local Iron Ore Furnaces and Migration Patterns." This might overlap somewhat with your area of interest. At any rate, most of the presentations are designed to last about 45 minutes, which allows about 15 minutes for audience members to ask questions. The process of entering the event schedule is proving very time consuming. I worked most all Sunday night and into the wee hours of Monday morning, and only finished 3/4s of the list. The forematting is the tricky part. You can go to the website and see what I have so far. I am somewhat hampered by the fact that they have asked me to withhold some of the speakers and their topics until final confirmation is received, but there is enough there now to give you a pretty good idea of the topics. I should be finished with the schedule by tomorrow. Most of the "blank spaces" you see, actually contain a planned event activity, which I can reveal by changing the color of the text. The committee wants to avoid potential embarrasment for an unconfirmed speaker, by not listing him or his topic until they receive a final confirmation. I guess I can understand that. Here's the link again if you want to take a look: http://home.earthlink.net/~unlockingyourpast/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Hoffman" <smoketownuniv@myactv.net> To: <MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 2:40 PM Subject: [MDWASHIN] Quarries >I would like to know more about the quarries which might have been mined in >the areas around Benevola/San Mar and Boonsboro/Rohrersville area. Living >in the area, I am familiar with the quarries that operate today, but I am >interested in those of the 19th century, especially marble. Can anyone >recommend a resource for this local subject? > > Cindy H. > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > If you have a Family Genealogy Website with Washington County connections, > please send the url to FamilyHart at FamilyHart@aol.com. We will place > a link on the Washington County Website. Thanks! > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >