This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1521 Message Board Post: PATRICK COUNTY GENEALOGY SOCIETY CALENDAR 2005 JANUARY 18, J. E. B. STUART’s LAST RIDE: THE BATTLE OF YELLOW TAVERN, lecture and slide program commemorating the 140th Anniversary of the battle that took Stuart’s life. Presented by Tom Perry. FEBRUARY 15, WAGON ROADS. Sally Burns will present a program on the mode of transportation our ancestors used, the wagon roads and in particularly the wagon roads of Henry County including the Carolina Road (Tutelo Saura Path, Iroquois War Trail) many of which our ancestors would have traveled during their lifetime. MARCH 15, QUILTING. Crystal Woods will present a wonderful program on Quilting in Patrick County. Learn how quilts are made and the beautiful stories they have behind them and how Quilting has also become an art. Feel free to bring your quilts to this meeting. APRIL 19, “THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN,” GEORGE STONEMAN’S 1865 RAID THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. A talk by Civil War Historian Thomas D. Pery on the March thru May 1865 raid by George Stoneman’s 5000 calvary, which was the only Union activity in our area 140 years ago at the end of the Civil War. MAY 17, LAWSON FAMILY TRAGEDY. Esther Johnson and Patrick Boyles will present a program on the Christmas Eve Tragedy of the Lawson Family that occurred in neighboring Surry County of which there are Patrick County descendants. JUNE 21, PATRICK COUNTY POSTCARDS. Marvin Keene, a member of the Reynolds Homestead Postcard Club will do a program on Patrick County Postcards. Bring your Patrick County Postcards and let’s take a walk back in time in Patrick County’s history. JULY 19, PATRICK COUNTY HONOR GUARD. Come and celebrate our country’s freedom with this program on Patriotism. AUGUST 16, CREATIVE MEMORIES SCRAPBOOKING. Alicia Tiller will present a program on scrapbooking and proper care of your photographs. SEPTEMBER 20, BEGINNING GENEALOGY MINIWORKSHOP. Want to do your family tree but don’t have a clue where to start? Esther Johnson will discuss researching courthouse documents, family documents, funeral home records, online records, etc. OCTOBER 18, JESUS CHRIST CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS ON HOW TO DO ORAL HISTORIES. Harry & Judy Roy will present a program on how to sit down and talk with people to record what they have to save in order to preserve these stories for future generations. NOVEMBER 15, SHARING MEETING. Covered dish meal beginning at 6:00 p.m. followed by family tree swap. Bring your photo albums, family trees, books, etc to this meeting. The Patrick County Genealogy Society meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. except the November meeting at Stuart Baptist Church. These meetings are FREE and everyone is invited. For more information, call 276-251-8356, or email [email protected], or [email protected]