Good Afternoon, Sorry for the late report, trouble with mail. The members of PCFR met March 19, 2002 for our monthly meeting. It was a huge success! 32 people were in attendance. We have two new members, Dewey Grubb and David Briley. Ms. Grubb is researching the surnames Nichols, Nantz, Parker, and Harris. Janice reported that we have over 255 members, more joining all the time. She also spoke about the problem with the quarterlies reaching some of our members. It seems this is more common in the Virginia and DC areas. If you have not yet gotten the latest, contact Janice. Speaking of the quarterlies, we are looking into having them done professionally. The rules of the post office constantly change and the task of putting them together takes days. We hope to have them contracted out before the next issue is due. Warren reported that the computer has been paid for! Thanks to all for the special donations. Eleanor reported on the computer in the library. It's a great success! It is getting a lot of use. She has printed out instruction manuals of Family Tree Maker and Personal Ancestral File that are kept beside the computer for the newer researchers. She plans to have a manual of Legacy also. We have also purchased a CD read/write which will enable us to copy a CD to a CD. The read/write will be available at every meeting. Eleanor and Mr. Nelms have planned a special day for April 20, 2002 from 10:00am until 1:00pm at the library. On this day, PCFR members will be at the library to scan photographs belonging to present and former Pitt County citizens. Once complied, a CD will be made and added to our vast archive collection. It will be our first visual archive. Betsy plans to have a slide show going while people wait to have their photos scanned. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Brenda informed us of having 109 members on the mail list. She encouraged everyone to read, post, and share. Roy Glen Jackson, Jr. donated "Joseph Jackson, Sr., Family, ca 1720-1790/91," compiled by Boyd R. Switzer. Several visitors were in attendance. Discussion went on until after 8:30. Folks went to the History Room to look at the computer and our huge collection of information. Plan to attend the next meeting. They are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm at Sheppard Memorial Library. Recording Secretary, Kathryn D. Clark

Cousins: You all certainly have my permission to include the Tucker/Nelson photographs that were previously sent to Cousin Betsy Ross (currently shown on her web page) some time back. I would love to see all the newly acquired photographs once they are scanned and ready for our viewing. Is Cousin Betsy Ross planning on adding the newly acquired photographs to her site, too? I surely hope so, as she has some awesome pics residing there. Always, Cousin John (from Alexandria, VA.) Searching: Barrow, Brown, Ewell, Hardee, Laughinghouse, Moore, & Tucker lines Kathryn wrote: > Good Afternoon, > > Sorry for the late report, trouble with mail. > > The members of PCFR met March 19, 2002 for our monthly meeting. It was a huge success! 32 people were in attendance. We have two new members, Dewey Grubb and David Briley. Ms. Grubb is researching the surnames Nichols, Nantz, Parker, and Harris. > > Janice reported that we have over 255 members, more joining all the time. She also spoke about the problem with the quarterlies reaching some of our members. It seems this is more common in the Virginia and DC areas. If you have not yet gotten the latest, contact Janice. Speaking of the quarterlies, we are looking into having them done professionally. The rules of the post office constantly change and the task of putting them together takes days. We hope to have them contracted out before the next issue is due. > > Warren reported that the computer has been paid for! Thanks to all for the special donations. > > Eleanor reported on the computer in the library. It's a great success! It is getting a lot of use. She has printed out instruction manuals of Family Tree Maker and Personal Ancestral File that are kept beside the computer for the newer researchers. She plans to have a manual of Legacy also. We have also purchased a CD read/write which will enable us to copy a CD to a CD. The read/write will be available at every meeting. > > Eleanor and Mr. Nelms have planned a special day for April 20, 2002 from 10:00am until 1:00pm at the library. On this day, PCFR members will be at the library to scan photographs belonging to present and former Pitt County citizens. Once complied, a CD will be made and added to our vast archive collection. It will be our first visual archive. Betsy plans to have a slide show going while people wait to have their photos scanned. Everyone is encouraged to attend. > > Brenda informed us of having 109 members on the mail list. She encouraged everyone to read, post, and share. > > Roy Glen Jackson, Jr. donated "Joseph Jackson, Sr., Family, ca 1720-1790/91," compiled by Boyd R. Switzer. > > Several visitors were in attendance. Discussion went on until after 8:30. Folks went to the History Room to look at the computer and our huge collection of information. > > Plan to attend the next meeting. They are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm at Sheppard Memorial Library. > > Recording Secretary, > > Kathryn D. Clark > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237