Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society will present Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, noted author, genealogy librarian, newspaper columnist, and nationally-known lecturer in their 17th annual seminar Saturday Nov 20, 2004 at the Martin Senior Citizens Center, 906 Heritage Way, Brentwood, TN. The Center is located east of the Concord Road exit from I-65, across from the Brentwood Library. Tennessee Historical Society is co-sponsor for this presentation. Topics to be covered include "Genealogical Research in the Southern Colonies," "Southern Migrations," "Virginia Research," and "The Carolinas Research." Vendors of genealogical materials and books will have displays. Registration opens at 8:30 am and the program begins at 9:00. Registration fee of $30 for members and $40 for non-members includes a packet of hand-outs. A box lunch will be guaranteed only for advance registrations received before the 10 November deadline, however a complimentary selection of pastries and beverages will be available at the morning session. Advance registrations should be sent to Juanita Patton, Registrar, P. O. Box 330948, Nashville, TN 37203-7507, with check or money order made out to Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society. For additional information call (615) 298-3742, e-mail [email protected] or check the society website at www.mtgs.org Since 1973, Lloyd Bockstruck has served as Supervisor of the Genealogy Library at the Dallas (TX) Public Library. His popular column about genealogy, "Family Trees," appears each Saturday in The Dallas Morning News. Among his works are Virginia's Colonial Soldiers; Genealogical Research in Texas; Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments; and Naval Pensioners of the United States, 1800-1851. The Middle Tennesse Genealogical Society, organized in 1986, is a not-for-profit organization of about 600 members in Tennessee and in several states and nations. The award-winning quarterly Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History presents material about a 40-county area surrounding Nashville. Bimonthly meetings and programs are held on the third Saturday every other month at the Edmondson Pike Public Library, 5501 Edmondson Pike, Nashville, TN. For information about the program schedule and how to become a member, check the Society's website at www.mtgs.org Carolyn Smotherman Corresponding Secretary Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society