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    1. [TNMONROE-L] Kingston Demolition Range Photo Workshop
    2. Barbara Kesterson
    3. Kingston Demolition Range Photo Workshop Pellissippi Genealogical & Historical Society{PGHS} anounces the upcoming release and sale of the first two CD-ROM volumes of its "KINGSTON DEMOLITION RANGE PHOTOS BEFORE 1942." The workshop event will be held Saturday, May 24, 2003 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. noon at Clinton Senior School Cafeteria, 425 Dragon Drive, Clinton,Tennessee. The photos cover the lost communties and farms that now make up Oak Ridge, K-25, Y-12, X 10 and the newest Spallation Neutron Source. The photographs, taken by Army Corps of Engineers, cover the homeplaces and buildings removed in 1924-43 for the Manhattan Project. The originals are now held by the National Archives and Records Administration in Atlanta and have never before been distributed in this Re: format for the interest of historians and the interested public. In late 2002 with a funding grant fronm BXWT Y-12, LLC, the PGHS began a year-long project to retrieve the photographs, convert them to digital format and reproduce them on CD-ROM. The event will feature: Keynote Speaker: Donald Raby, Project Chairman Photograph Copying Demonstration Property Location Maps Surname Index of all families removed from Oak Ridge Reservation. Sale of Volumes 1 and 2 on CD-Rom For additional information, contact the: Pellissippi Genealogical & Historical Society 118 South Hicks Street Clinton, TN. 37716 c/o Donald Raby [email protected] or phone-865-688-2679 Please also visit our website; http//pghs.home.att.net -- Get your free email from http://joinme.com Powered by Outblaze

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