Westchester County Genealogical Society (NY) Upcoming Meeting Hope you can make it to the Westchester County Genealogical Society (WCGS) Upcoming Meeting! It will be this coming Saturday at the Aldersgate Memorial United Methodist Church. The Westchester County Genealogical Society is please to present “Ireland’s Forgotten Heroes: A Look at Ireland’s World War I Soldiers” a talk by Tom Phelan at their meeting on Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 10am. Tom Phelan will discuss the many reasons why a quarter of a million Irish men fought in the Great War, and he will explore why Ireland's World War I veterans do not occupy an honored place in the pantheon of Irish heroes. Tom Phelan is the author of the acclaimed World War I novel “The Canal Bridge” as well as “In the Season of the Daisies”, “Iscariot”, and “Derrycloney”. He has also written for Newsday and for the journal of the American Irish Historical Society. Born and raised in Ireland, Tom now makes his home in NY. The meeting will be held at the Aldersgate Methodist Church, 600 Broadway in Dobbs Ferry (across from Mercy College on route 9). Guests are welcome ($3 donation is requested). There will be refreshments and genealogical networking starting at 9:30am. The meeting will be held at: When: Saturday, March 10, 2007 @ 10 a.m. Where: Aldersgate Memorial United Methodist Church, 600 Broadway (route 9), Dobbs Ferry, NY, USA – plenty of free parking Hope you can come on Saturday! For information about Westchester County Genealogical Society (Westchester Connection or Surname List), visit WCGS home page -- _http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs/) RESERVED THESE DATES FOR WCGS Future Meetings Apr 14, 2007 Preserving Your Family’s Memories on DVD* at Grinton I. Will Library, 1500 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY Risa Neuwirth - LifeStory Productions May 12, 2007 Italian Immigration through the Ports of New York and New Orleans E.P. Vallone June 9, 2007 Incorporating Memoirs into Fiction Edith Glass <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.