SGS hosts "Mercer Girls" talk, 1-3 p.m., 8 Sept. 2001 You are invited to the Seattle Genealogical Society's Quarterly Meeting to hear Peri Muhich talk about Seattle's Mercer Girls. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, 8 September 2001. Her talk will be preceded by a brief SGS business meeting. Quoting from the SGS newsletter: "Those daring women who took up Asa Mercer's challenge and landed on Seattle's frontier shores, the Mercer Girls, will be Peri Muhich's topic at the SGS quarterly meeting. Peri wrote her University of Washington Genealogy Certificate paper on that intrepid band." "The women left their East Coast homes in the 1860's for tiny Seattle. Most of them married Seattle bachelors, who as a group had put up the funds to send Mercer east to recruit potential brides. The girls were welcomed by men resembling ‘grizzlies in store clothes [with] their hair slicked down like sea otters,' it was written. It's a wonder the women stayed, so come hear of this interesting and unique part of the history of Seattle, now in its 150th year." MEETING LOCATION at SGS NEW OFFICE and LIBRARY!!! The meeting is Saturday, September 8th, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the new office and library of the Seattle Genealogical Society. They are located at 6200 Sand Point Way NE, #101, in Seattle, WA, across the street from the National Archives Pacific Branch. Parking is available on the nearby streets. On the Metro Transit #74 & #75 bus lines. Accessible to the Handicapped. David Ault, Ph. D., SGS Education Committee member SGS Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waseags/ SGS Phone: 206-522-8658 SGS Office & Library: 6200 Sand Point Way NE, #101, Seattle, WA 98115 ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.