Boozhoo gang - just a short note to let you know about the meeting last weekend up in the Soo. We had a small turnout as expected, but as usual we ate well! Most of the attendees were of the Visnaw/Giroux families, so there was lots of info swaping among them. We invited Art Leighton from the Soo tribe. He spoke with us about his plans for the Cultural Division and he definately includes genealogy in his vision. He also spoke about developing a living history village and an art gallery. Also on hand was Beth Walsh, a researcher from the St. Mary's Catholic Church, who spoke to us about the church's work in pulling info together to make a CD on the church's records! No news on when that project will be completed or exactly what records will be included. (St. Mary's has holdings from defunct parishes in the eastern end of the UP, as well) We plan on having the 2005 meeting at the same time (weekend before the 4th) at the same place. The Cultural Center is a very nice facility with room for at least 300 and has its own kitchen and parking. It is directly across the street from the pow wow grounds. I will be posting informative reminders in the future. I hope more of you can pencil us in for next year's meeting. Baamapii! Terry Weller
Hi Terry, Thanks for your update on the meeting. I appreciate it. It is exciting about the Soo Tribe including a genealogy component!! Yes, please keep up posted. Love Ya, BettyK ----- Original Message ----- From: <Trashound@aol.com> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:14 PM Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Soo Genealogy Meeting recap > Boozhoo gang - just a short note to let you know about the meeting last > weekend up in the Soo. We had a small turnout as expected, but as usual we ate > well! Most of the attendees were of the Visnaw/Giroux families, so there was > lots of info swaping among them. > > We invited Art Leighton from the Soo tribe. He spoke with us about his plans > for the Cultural Division and he definately includes genealogy in his vision. > He also spoke about developing a living history village and an art gallery. > Also on hand was Beth Walsh, a researcher from the St. Mary's Catholic > Church, who spoke to us about the church's work in pulling info together to make a > CD on the church's records! No news on when that project will be completed or > exactly what records will be included. (St. Mary's has holdings from defunct > parishes in the eastern end of the UP, as well) > > We plan on having the 2005 meeting at the same time (weekend before the 4th) > at the same place. The Cultural Center is a very nice facility with room for > at least 300 and has its own kitchen and parking. It is directly across the > street from the pow wow grounds. I will be posting informative reminders in > the future. I hope more of you can pencil us in for next year's meeting. > Baamapii! Terry Weller > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm > >