Laverne--How do we pay for this? Do we pay you or just do it all at the school? Can I put it on my credit card? Robin in Toronto Laverne Piatt wrote: > Hi list, > > Things are beginning to settle down around here but I'm way behind on my > e-mail so please give me a little longer on that activity. > > Because there have been several mentions of the Piatt Conference I thought I'd > post information here again. > > First, a little history: For the past 16 years a small group of persons > interested in the Piatt history has met for a week in the summer. We have > used college dormitory facilities to keep costs down and to give us a place to > congregate in the evenings to share our findings of the day. We have met in > various states, always where there were primary Piatt records to be found or > near a premier research facility. A few of our locations have been Washington > PA, Fort Wayne IN, Fairfax VA, Washington DC, Carlisle PA, Cincinnati OH. > > This summer we will meet at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Bucks > County, PA. The time is fast approaching. I do hope that many of you, > especially ones who have never attended a conference, will make an effort to > join us in Doylestown. The proximity of the New Jersey State Archives, as > well as counties important to Piatts (such as Hunterdon and Warren) will > provide opportunities to find new information and, we hope, to fit some pieces > of this daunting puzzle together. There are still many questions to be > answered about the generations between Rene Piatt, who died in 1705, and the > Piatts who left New Jersey, probably after the Revolution, for new territory > in Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Many of these traveling Piatts > appeared in the 1820 census, seemingly droping from the sky, but most likely > coming from New Jersey or being children of New Jersey parents. > > On a typical day we have breakfast in the college cafeteria, then we break > into groups to go researching. Make up of the groups and destinations can > change from day to day. In the evening, after dinner, we gather in a lounge > area to share and discuss the day's research. > > With so much to be reviewed at the New Jersey State Archives and other sites, > we need many pairs of eyes helping us. Please consider joining us at the: > > 17th PIATT RESEARCHERS' CONFERENCE > 24-30 JUNE 2001 > DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE, Doylestown PA. > > Rooms are $20 per person per night. You may book a single room or a double room. > > Breakfast only will be $3.00. (I believe this is only a pay if you eat > situation but I will have to confirm it.) > > We will need to furnish our own pillows and bed linens. > > I must contact the college again for the name of our dormitory and to learn > whether the dormitory is air conditioned. > > No room deposit is needed prior to the conference, but there is a $20.00 cash > deposit payable to the college when you receive your room key. When the key > is returned at the end of the conference, the deposit will be refunded by the college. > > Please e-mail your reservation to me me at > > LaPiatt@worldnet.att.net > > as soon as you know that you will be able to join us this summer. This > invitation is open to anyone interested in the Piatt/Pyatt, etc surname. > > Again, emphasis will be on gathering records from the State Archives at > Trenton NJ and in Hunterdon and surrounding counties of NJ. Bucks Co PA where > Doylestown is would offer research opportunities. I understand there is a > nice library in Flemington NJ, too. Morristown NJ and Jockey Hollow, where > Major Daniel Piatt died during the Revolution, would be about an hour and a > half away. > > -- > Laverne Ingram Piatt > Ontario, OH > > ==== PIATT Mailing List ==== > You can contact the listowner (that's me, Christine!) at > xinegirl@gateway.net > with any questions, problems, or suggestions! > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!