Hi everyone, Just wanted to let you know that the Lawrence County Genealogical Society will hold their quarterly meeting Saturday, September 16 at 1:00 p.m. at the Lawrence County Library located on East Gaines St. (Hwy. 64 E). This is an important meeting since new board members will be elected for the coming year. Society President Mary Nell Franks will explain the process of applying for First Families of Lawrence County, Tennessee, along with the documentation required. Next, Lila Gobbell will present a program on the important of tracing your family's medical genealogy while you are researching your heritage. The First Families of Lawrence County program was begun by the society in 1998 and is open to anyone whose family was in Lawrence County prior to 1900. A certificate is awarded for two separate categories - 1817-1850 and 1851-1900. In order to receive a certificate, you must present proof through birth records, census records, marriage records, cemetery or death records, land records (deeds, grants, land entries, etc.), Bible records, or other similar records that your ancestor resided in Lawrence County during the time periods stated above. An application and instructions may be picked up at the meeting or obtained from the Lawrence County Archives, 218 N. Military Ave., Suite B-1, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464 (phone: 931-766-1576). Members that are present may pick up the Fall issue of the society's journal during the meeting; for those not present, they will be mailed next week. A meeting of board members will follow the society's quarterly meeting. Everyone is welcome; you do not have to be a member to attend. If you are not a member and would like to join the society, you may do so at the meeting or by contacting the Lawrence Genealogical Society at the above email address. Our mailing address is 218 N. Military Ave., Suite B-1, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464. Membership is only $10 per year. Every member receives a 38 to 40 page quarterly journal (Lawrence County Heritage) packed full of information on families that were in Lawrence County, old pictures, queries, reviews of genealogical and historical books concerning Lawrence County, and abstracts of old original records - wills, tax records, births, Bible records, etc. Kathy Niedergeses