Thanks, Carol for looking out for all of us. Nerissa On Friday, February 12, 2010, at 04:03PM, <HubbellGen@aol.com> wrote: >I've looked at all the various weather predictions and am not confident >that the roads for everyone will be clear in the morning for the CIG meeting, >so I am going to cancel it now before it gets any later. I could be sorry >that I missed an opportunity for a meeting, but I would feel terrible if >anyone had an accident on a snowy road somewhere tomorrow morning. > >If we have a beautiful clear day tomorrow, blame it on me and just enjoy >it. Or rather, spend the three and a half hours working on your genealogy - >just don't tell anyone where you are. > >Cheers, > >Carol >************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > >To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. To unsubscribe, email NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com with your request. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDOGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Our local D-OGS member, Stewart Dunaway is cited in this article in "Duke Today" featuring his research on mills on the New Hope Creek in the Duke Forest. Great job Stewart! Very interesting history and so close to home. Carol

For those interested: Registration for the 2010 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, scheduled for 18-21 August 2010 in beautiful Knoxville, Tennessee, is now open. This year's conference theme is "Rediscovering America's First Frontier," and is co-hosted by the East Tennessee Historical Society and the Kentucky Historical Society. The conference schedule includes 173 presentations by 73 noted speakers, including a large number of sponsored luncheons with speakers. There will be two exciting evening events: "Come Sit a Spell: Ballads, Mountain Stories, and Country Fare," organized by the host societies; and the annual gala FGS banquet, "An Evening in Old Appalachia," which will be held at the fascinating Museum of Appalachia. The exciting program includes a completely redesigned "Focus on Societies" day that will present societies' officers, as well as their members and volunteers, with all new programs and focus group sessions to help improve their operations and effectiveness. ProQuest is sponsoring Librarians Day, a full day of free sessions for librarians and archivists that includes a tour of the outstanding McClung Historical Collection of the Knox County Public Library. FamilySearch will present an extensive track of sessions about its resources and projects that you won't want to miss. Ancestry.com will present a free day of classes for the public and conference attendees on Saturday, plus they will offer free document scanning sessions to attendees by appointment throughout the conference. The Genealogy Guys Podcast will also be there to record a "live" session at the conference. The Exhibit Hall will be filled with a wide array of vendors and organizations, and a special Spotlight on Societies area will showcase local and regional genealogical and historical societies. There will be extended Exhibit Hall hours on Friday evening, followed by a gala reception, hosted by FamilySearch, to kick off the 1812 Pension Files Digitization Project. There are more activities and research opportunities too numerous to list. However, you can learn all about the 2010 FGS Conference and register for this exciting four-day event at http://www.fgs.org/2010conference. Be sure to also visit or subscribe to the FGS Conference Blog at http://www.fgsconferenceblog.org for lots more information and travel advice. We look forward to seeing you in Knoxville in August! Cherel Henderson and Pat Oxley National Conference Co-Chairs 2010 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference

John and Richard and Cathy...let me send a former slave, SUSAN, who belonged to to JOHN CARR, FATHER OF JULIAN S. CARR, who was their family cook. After Old KIT BARBEE, largest donator for founding of UNC, had his blacksmith shop on corner of Franklin and Columbia John Carr built a 2 story frame merchantile place, andjust beyond it hislovely home. The the third place, OF WHITCH I AM AWARE, ANYWAY, was my g'father's FORD DEALERSHIP..HE WASPIONEER IN THE AREA RE AUTOS...STROWD MOTOR CO. And we need to think about AUNT NELLY STROWD ATWATER STRAYHORN, WF OF TONY/TONEY STRAYHORN, SD TO HAVE BEEN A FINE FELLOW.. WHO EST A COUPLE OF BLACK CHURCHES NEAR CARRBORO/ONE ON ATWATER RD....WHEREVER THAT IS. her father belonged to Bruce's Bryant Strownd in the White Cross, Bingham township. Nelly and her mother belonged to Mattie Atwater Strowd's cousin. Mattie was Bruce's first wf., andthey were my g'parents...307 Cameron Ave. Bruce Strowd descended thru His grandmother, lou atwater strowd, dau of JAHAZA ATWATER AND ELIZABETH BOOTHEAUNT NELLY AND DR. BRAXTON AKA BRACK BYNUM LLOYD, COUNTRY DOCTOR AND MAYOR OF CARRBORO...EVERYBODY LOVED HIM AND STORIES HE TOLD AT, ACCOD TO RICHARD, EUBANKS DRUGSTORE. I SAW HIM JUST ONCE AND WILL ALWAYS REM. DAD AND SON EUBANKS!! from Joseph Barbee who came down from VA., and was uncle to KIT. JOSEPH D. IN THE 1780'S. SHARE, IF IS OF INTEREST! BEBE -----Original Message----- From: Richard Ellington <richard_ellington@unc.edu> To: D-OGS closed list <NCDOGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 11, 2010 11:02 am Subject: [NCDOGS] Black History Month commemoration today I got this note from John Schelp, one of our friends with the Old West Durham Neighborhood Association: Today on The State of Things... First Person History: February is the month when all Americans are asked to reflect on the African-American experience. On today’s show we’ll do just that by opening the oral history archive at UNC-Chapel Hill to get a few first-hand accounts of the struggle for civil rights. Among the voices recorded decades ago are the Reverend Doctor Pauli Murray, a civil and women’s rights advocate, and Lemuel Delaney, nephew of the famous civil rights pioneers Sadie and Bessie Delaney. Seth Kotch, coordinator of Oral History Digital Initiatives in the Center for the Study of The American South at UNC-Chapel Hill, joins host Frank Stasio to discuss these first person narratives that shed light on the Southern experience today. --> Listen live at noon on 91.5 FM or obroadcast online anytime at http://wunc.org/programs/tsot -- Richard =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Richard K. Ellington ITS Data Centers Manager Information Technology Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 440 W. Franklin St., CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu 919-698-8591 (voice) 919-843-9153 (fax) richard_ellington@unc.edu "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". -Winston Churchill =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ************************* Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. To unsubscribe, email NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com with your request. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDOGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Doris and others, we usually try to put any notes from the CIG meeting in the following month's newsletter so everyone can at least get a little benefit from the meeting, even if you didn't attend. I am more than glad to distribute any pertinent info about members, meetings, events, etc., in the newsletter. All you need to do is send it to me. - Richard Doris Saunders wrote: > I am sorry I am too far away to attend but I will appreciate any new URLs and helpful info you cn e-mail to me. Say hello to all. Doris Saunders dgsaun2@hotmail.com > >> From: HubbellGen@aol.com >> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:31:16 -0500 >> To: ncdogs@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [NCDOGS] CIG Meeting Saturday, Feb 13 >> >> The D-OGS Computer Interest Group will meet as scheduled this Saturday, Feb >> 13 in the downstairs conference room of the Chapel Hill Public Library. >> Our speaker has had scheduling complications, and will have to postpone her >> talk with us, but we will reschedule her soon. >> >> For this meeting, I suggest that all you skilled roots searchers out there >> send us the URLs of some of your favorite sites so we can view and discuss >> them. New ones pop up every day, and we can't find all of them without >> help. As usual, there will be plenty of time to answer your questions, or help >> folks new to genealogy with their online searches. If you haven't come to a >> meeting before, please come along, we're very informal and intent on >> helping each other get the most out of our efforts whether with a genealogy >> software program, searching the net, or using digital cameras to assist with >> our work. Anything digital is fair game, and the more people, the more fun. >> Bring your laptop if you have one. Coffee is permitted in the conference >> room so have your second cup with us. >> >> Carol >> ************************* >> Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ >> >> To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. To unsubscribe, email NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com with your request. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDOGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/ > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > > To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. To unsubscribe, email NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com with your request. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDOGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Richard K. Ellington ITS Data Centers Manager Information Technology Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 440 W. Franklin St., CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu 919-698-8591 (voice) 919-843-9153 (fax) richard_ellington@unc.edu "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". -Winston Churchill =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

I am sorry I am too far away to attend but I will appreciate any new URLs and helpful info you cn e-mail to me. Say hello to all. Doris Saunders dgsaun2@hotmail.com > From: HubbellGen@aol.com > Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:31:16 -0500 > To: ncdogs@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NCDOGS] CIG Meeting Saturday, Feb 13 > > The D-OGS Computer Interest Group will meet as scheduled this Saturday, Feb > 13 in the downstairs conference room of the Chapel Hill Public Library. > Our speaker has had scheduling complications, and will have to postpone her > talk with us, but we will reschedule her soon. > > For this meeting, I suggest that all you skilled roots searchers out there > send us the URLs of some of your favorite sites so we can view and discuss > them. New ones pop up every day, and we can't find all of them without > help. As usual, there will be plenty of time to answer your questions, or help > folks new to genealogy with their online searches. If you haven't come to a > meeting before, please come along, we're very informal and intent on > helping each other get the most out of our efforts whether with a genealogy > software program, searching the net, or using digital cameras to assist with > our work. Anything digital is fair game, and the more people, the more fun. > Bring your laptop if you have one. Coffee is permitted in the conference > room so have your second cup with us. > > Carol > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > > To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. To unsubscribe, email NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com with your request. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDOGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/

Carol, I would highly recommend Archive Grid in the genealogy section of nclive.org I found reference to my late father (a Harlem dentist) in a most unusual place, the University of Minnesota Archives. I would like to show CIG attendees who may not know much about that portion of nclive.org some of its possibilities (unless this topic has been covered). See you Saturday, Nerissa On Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at 09:31PM, <HubbellGen@aol.com> wrote: >The D-OGS Computer Interest Group will meet as scheduled this Saturday, Feb > 13 in the downstairs conference room of the Chapel Hill Public Library. >Our speaker has had scheduling complications, and will have to postpone her >talk with us, but we will reschedule her soon. > >For this meeting, I suggest that all you skilled roots searchers out there >send us the URLs of some of your favorite sites so we can view and discuss >them. New ones pop up every day, and we can't find all of them without >help. As usual, there will be plenty of time to answer your questions, or help >folks new to genealogy with their online searches. If you haven't come to a >meeting before, please come along, we're very informal and intent on >helping each other get the most out of our efforts whether with a genealogy >software program, searching the net, or using digital cameras to assist with >our work. Anything digital is fair game, and the more people, the more fun. >Bring your laptop if you have one. Coffee is permitted in the conference >room so have your second cup with us. > >Carol >************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > >To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. To unsubscribe, email NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com with your request. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDOGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I got this note from John Schelp, one of our friends with the Old West Durham Neighborhood Association: Today on The State of Things... First Person History: February is the month when all Americans are asked to reflect on the African-American experience. On today’s show we’ll do just that by opening the oral history archive at UNC-Chapel Hill to get a few first-hand accounts of the struggle for civil rights. Among the voices recorded decades ago are the Reverend Doctor Pauli Murray, a civil and women’s rights advocate, and Lemuel Delaney, nephew of the famous civil rights pioneers Sadie and Bessie Delaney. Seth Kotch, coordinator of Oral History Digital Initiatives in the Center for the Study of The American South at UNC-Chapel Hill, joins host Frank Stasio to discuss these first person narratives that shed light on the Southern experience today. --> Listen live at noon on 91.5 FM or hear broadcast online anytime at http://wunc.org/programs/tsot -- Richard =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Richard K. Ellington ITS Data Centers Manager Information Technology Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 440 W. Franklin St., CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu 919-698-8591 (voice) 919-843-9153 (fax) richard_ellington@unc.edu "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". -Winston Churchill =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

I just received a notice of a program that the NC Genealogical Society is sponsoring on March 15. You might be interested if you have Irish or Scots-Irish ancestry. Spend an afternoon with some very interesting material. Here are details: The North Carolina Genealogical Society presents “Our Irish and Scots-Irish Ancestors” with Fintan Mullan and Brian Trainor of the Ulster Historical Foundation, Monday, 15 March 2010 at the North Carolina Archives Auditorium, 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 (directions). Registration and welcome is from 1:30 until 1:45 p.m. The program runs 5:00 p.m. Fintan Mullan has been Executive Director of the Ulster Historical Foundation since 2001. He is a non-executive director of the Irish Family History Foundation, a board member of the Northern Ireland Publications Resource (NIPR), a member of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Readers Forum, and a non-executive director of the International Society for British Genealogy & Family History. He has spoken widely in the United States about Irish family history research, and has also spoken in Canada, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. He was educated at Queen's University Belfast where he received a bachelors degree in Irish Politics and Philosophy and a masters degree in Organization and Management. Brian Trainor retired as Research Director of the Ulster Historical Foundation in 2006 and now works part-time as a consultant for the organization. Formerly Director of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and Chairman of the Irish Manuscripts Commission, he has also held a lecturing post in history at Queen's University Belfast and a fellowship with the Institute of Historical Research in London. Educated at St Columb's College in Derry, and Queen's University Belfast, he holds a 1st Class Honours degree in History, has been awarded a Doctorate of Letters from the University of Ulster, and holds Doctorate of Law from the National University of Ireland. Registration is $15 for members, $20 for non-members. For additional information, or to register via US Mail, see the Registration Form (1.7 MB PDF), or by registering through our web store. If you can't print out the registration form, here is the web link: http://www.ncgenealogy.org/ -- Richard =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Richard K. Ellington ITS Data Centers Manager Information Technology Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 440 W. Franklin St., CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu 919-698-8591 (voice) 919-843-9153 (fax) richard_ellington@unc.edu "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". -Winston Churchill =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Today on The State of Things... First Person History: February is the month when all Americans are asked to reflect on the African-American experience. On today’s show we’ll do just that by opening the oral history archive at UNC-Chapel Hill to get a few first-hand accounts of the struggle for civil rights. Among the voices recorded decades ago are the Reverend Doctor Pauli Murray, a civil and women’s rights advocate, and Lemuel Delaney, nephew of the famous civil rights pioneers Sadie and Bessie Delaney. Seth Kotch, coordinator of Oral History Digital Initiatives in the Center for the Study of The American South at UNC-Chapel Hill, joins host Frank Stasio to discuss these first person narratives that shed light on the Southern experience today. --> Listen live at noon on 91.5 FM or hear broadcast online anytime at http://wunc.org/programs/tsot

The D-OGS Computer Interest Group will meet as scheduled this Saturday, Feb 13 in the downstairs conference room of the Chapel Hill Public Library. Our speaker has had scheduling complications, and will have to postpone her talk with us, but we will reschedule her soon. For this meeting, I suggest that all you skilled roots searchers out there send us the URLs of some of your favorite sites so we can view and discuss them. New ones pop up every day, and we can't find all of them without help. As usual, there will be plenty of time to answer your questions, or help folks new to genealogy with their online searches. If you haven't come to a meeting before, please come along, we're very informal and intent on helping each other get the most out of our efforts whether with a genealogy software program, searching the net, or using digital cameras to assist with our work. Anything digital is fair game, and the more people, the more fun. Bring your laptop if you have one. Coffee is permitted in the conference room so have your second cup with us. Carol

Great program, as I expected. Two of my definitely non-genealogist friends watched and enjoyed it, saying that it provided a graphic view of what genealogists enjoy so much about the search. It's so personal. Carol

In case you missed it, Henry Louis Gates' hour-long first episode of "Faces of America" will re-air on UNC-TV at 3AM, followed by two half-hour episodes of "A Biography of America starting at 4AM. The first deals with slavery, the second deals with the start of the Civil War. "Faces of America" continues next week. Do check your local listings. Nerissa On Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at 05:10PM, "Nerissa Williams" <nerissawilliams1@me.com> wrote: >Henry Louis Gates' special on gen'y of famous Americans is on PBS right now. >Enjoy, >Nerissa > > > >On Monday, February 01, 2010, at 06:55PM, <HubbellGen@aol.com> wrote: >>Bebe, >> >>The contents of the NC Room (minus a piece or two that needed to be housed >>elsewhere) are now in the second floor genealogy/history area of the new >>Orange County Public Library. The director of the library came to a D-OGS >>meeting last fall, showing us the floor plans with the genealogy section in >>the far corner of the second floor and talked about her plans for the >>section. The library is now open, and thanks to the efforts of all the local D-OGS >>members who worked hard to bring this about, we are going to have the >>February D-OGS meeting in the library this Wednesday night and have a tour of >>the new facility. This couldn't have happened without lots of folks getting >>out there and putting the case for the library before the public. >> >>One of the things we might be thinking about at this stage is digitizing a >>number of materials such as yours that could be put on CDs, or reside on >>library computers. Therefore they would not be the only copies, but would be >>in the County or region where they were first brought to life. This is an >>important feature of local history and genealogy, for when someone comes to >>visit from across the country and realizes they can find stories and >>photos that are relevant to their ancestry, it can make the entire trip >>worthwhile. These materials should be made widely accessible so that they are not >>only in a journal of one Society, but can be shared on a number of levels >>with people who live nowhere near the place where their ancestors spent >>their lives. This kind of material is what local history and genealogy centers >>are made of. >> >>Digitized materials can be shared far and wide, but only if they are made >>accessible to the library and treated appropriately. I think that the >>sharing of your materials could probably best be accomplished through scanning >>and digitization, and then archiving in the most suitable place. That may be >>a place like the NC Archives, or the UNC Southern Historical Collection. >>But that should be decided by professionals. We in Old Orange County have not >>yet gotten organized well enough yet to make firm recommendations about >>collections like yours, yet we are aware that there are materials like yours >>out there that should be part of the core collection of the OCPL. We have >>long lamented that the NC Room has been treated as a step-child, but we have >>not developed a plan to go forward because we were putting all our energy >>into saving the collection. Now it is time for us to begin to look ahead >>and solicit collections like yours, with the guidance of experts who can help >>us gather and protect this material in the most appropriate format. >>Funding is obviously an issue, but a web site that is well structured and >>maintained could be a very useful way of sharing these materials. But as many >>genealogists have commented, they have seen historical materials online, but >>when they actually went to the community where their forbears lived, they had >>an entirely different experience in seeing the materials in their context. >>An experience not to be duplicated. >> >>So our work is cut out for us, and years of neglect must be overcome. >>Materials like yours should be an incentive to us to find a way to provide >>growth for the room Nat Clark worked so hard to protect and promote. >>I hope you will strongly consider working with us to find the best way to >>protect and share your materials. >> >>Carol >>************************* >> Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ >> >>To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. To unsubscribe, email NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com with your request. >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDOGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > >To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. To unsubscribe, email NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com with your request. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDOGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Henry Louis Gates' special on gen'y of famous Americans is on PBS right now. Enjoy, Nerissa On Monday, February 01, 2010, at 06:55PM, <HubbellGen@aol.com> wrote: >Bebe, > >The contents of the NC Room (minus a piece or two that needed to be housed >elsewhere) are now in the second floor genealogy/history area of the new >Orange County Public Library. The director of the library came to a D-OGS >meeting last fall, showing us the floor plans with the genealogy section in >the far corner of the second floor and talked about her plans for the >section. The library is now open, and thanks to the efforts of all the local D-OGS >members who worked hard to bring this about, we are going to have the >February D-OGS meeting in the library this Wednesday night and have a tour of >the new facility. This couldn't have happened without lots of folks getting >out there and putting the case for the library before the public. > >One of the things we might be thinking about at this stage is digitizing a >number of materials such as yours that could be put on CDs, or reside on >library computers. Therefore they would not be the only copies, but would be >in the County or region where they were first brought to life. This is an >important feature of local history and genealogy, for when someone comes to >visit from across the country and realizes they can find stories and >photos that are relevant to their ancestry, it can make the entire trip >worthwhile. These materials should be made widely accessible so that they are not >only in a journal of one Society, but can be shared on a number of levels >with people who live nowhere near the place where their ancestors spent >their lives. This kind of material is what local history and genealogy centers >are made of. > >Digitized materials can be shared far and wide, but only if they are made >accessible to the library and treated appropriately. I think that the >sharing of your materials could probably best be accomplished through scanning >and digitization, and then archiving in the most suitable place. That may be >a place like the NC Archives, or the UNC Southern Historical Collection. >But that should be decided by professionals. We in Old Orange County have not >yet gotten organized well enough yet to make firm recommendations about >collections like yours, yet we are aware that there are materials like yours >out there that should be part of the core collection of the OCPL. We have >long lamented that the NC Room has been treated as a step-child, but we have >not developed a plan to go forward because we were putting all our energy >into saving the collection. Now it is time for us to begin to look ahead >and solicit collections like yours, with the guidance of experts who can help >us gather and protect this material in the most appropriate format. >Funding is obviously an issue, but a web site that is well structured and >maintained could be a very useful way of sharing these materials. But as many >genealogists have commented, they have seen historical materials online, but >when they actually went to the community where their forbears lived, they had >an entirely different experience in seeing the materials in their context. >An experience not to be duplicated. > >So our work is cut out for us, and years of neglect must be overcome. >Materials like yours should be an incentive to us to find a way to provide >growth for the room Nat Clark worked so hard to protect and promote. >I hope you will strongly consider working with us to find the best way to >protect and share your materials. > >Carol >************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > >To Unsubscribe: As a member you are automatically subscribed and remain subscribed. To unsubscribe, email NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com with your request. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDOGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I thought you might cancel because of the weather. That was really what I was questioning. Thanks. Harriet

This might also be of interest to some members; some of you will know of it. In 2008 The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) issued the second edition of the book, "Forgotten Patriots, African American and American Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary War". A guide to Services, Sources and Studies it contains 6,600 names with some background and history of the role played by these Patriots. Even though not searching for anyone in particular, (I don't have a name for our legendary Cherokee Princess), I found it to be interesting reading and a good source of information to support programs. ISBN: 978-1892237-10-1. "Dedicated to the memory of the known and unknown African American and Native American Patriots, Soldiers and Seaman of the American Revolution". Donna Robertson

Ava-- You might also want to mention that after someone "goofs" and sends an e-mail intended for only one person to the entire list, they shouldn't compound the error by sending a second e-mail to the list saying: "Oops. Sorry I goofed." or words to that effect. -- Dan Durham

This may be of interest to many of our members: COLORED CONFEDERATES AND UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS TOPIC OF FEB 28 TALK Many people find it hard to believe that any African American, slave or free, would have willingly served on the side of the Confederacy in the American Civil War. But Earl Ijames, a curator at the North Carolina Museum of History, says that hundreds did just that, and that their reasons for fighting were as varied and complex as those of white soldiers. These black soldiers, as well as the blacks who served the Union cause, will be the topic of a presentation sponsored by the Chatham County Historical Association on Sunday, February 28, 2010. The public is welcome at this free program, entitled Colored Confederates and United States Colored Union Troops, which will be held at the Pittsboro campus of Central Carolina Community College at 2:00 pm in the multipurpose room. "The historically accurate term for the African Americans in the service of the Southern cause is 'colored Confederates,'" Ijames says, and thousands of them went to war from Southern states, including North Carolina. Some were slaves sent in place of their masters, or were forced or volunteered to serve alongside them. Others were free blacks who offered their services. Whatever their reasons for serving, Ijames says, these men deserve to be recognized for their valor. "It's a miscarriage of justice for this many people to be just blotted out of history," he believes. Ijames has spent some 15 years studying this interesting and controversial topic. At the presentation on February 28, he will present some examples and discuss the historical evidence available to document them. He will invite questions following the presentation. The public is invited to attend the program to learn more about this fascinating and often ignored subject. For more information about this program, see the Chatham County Historical Association website: www.chathamhistory.org<http://www.chathamhistory.org> or call Beverly Wiggins at 919-542-4478.

Sorry, everyone, for those requesting digest mode, contact me at NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com<mailto:NCDOGS-admin@rootsweb.com>. I never got that all typed into my last email! Ava

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