The October 2007 meeting of the Lawrence County Genealogical Society will be at 6:30 PM on Tuesday October 2nd, in the meeting room of Briggs Lawrence County Public Library,321 S 4th St, Ironton, OH The speaker for the evening will be Keith Ashley. Keith is the President of the Meigs County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, and actively involved in the S.A.R. (Sons of the American Revolution) and other lineage groups. His grandchildren were inducted into First Families of OHIO at the 2007 OGS Annual Conference. This family is the first five generation group to be in FFO, with his grandparents, parents, Keith, his children, and now the grandchildren. For First Families of Ohio, you have to document you line back to one or more ancestors who lived in Ohio before 1821. The S.A.R. is the male equivalent of the D.A.R., and you have to document your line back to an individual who served during the American Revoluntionary War. Everyone is invited to come to our meeting and hear Keith talk about the various lineage groups and the process of documenting and submitting the applications. The Lawrence County Genealogical Society is a chapter of OGS, and we sponsor three lineage groups. 1. First Families of Lawrence County-for those who can document a line to a person who lived in Lawrence Co. before 1841 2. Civil War Families of Lawrence County-for those who can document a line to a person who served in the Civil War and lived in Lawrence County at some time in their life. This can includes siblings (of a direct ancestor) who served in the war. 3. NEW in 2007 Settlers and Builders of Lawrence County- for those who can document the line to a person who lived in Lawrence County after 1840 and before 1871. Ancestors who are eligible for First Families cannot be submitted for Settlers and Builders, even though they continued to live here. This is for families or individuals who either moved to Lawrence County or were born to late for First Families. There is an annual recognition reception on the first Saturday in November. The deadline for applications in any year is to be mailed by the first of Sept. or delivered to the chapter by the first Tuesday of Sept. If anyone had questions please contact: Don Clark, Corresponding Secretary Lawrence County Genealogical Society PO Box 1035 Proctorville, OH 45669-1035 Ph: 740-886-7230 Email: _Lawcoloreman@aol.com_ (mailto:Lawcoloreman@aol.com) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com