The January 2013 D-OGS Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, January 9th at 7 p.m. at the Christ United Methodist Church offices in Southern Village, south of Chapel Hill on US 15-501. The street address is 105 Market Street, rooms 103 & 105. Here is a map: http://tinyurl.com/cby3fyt. This address is the office building for Christ Church and is across the street from the church. There is parking on the streets around the church and the lot behind the offices.
The speaker will be long-time D-OGS member Richard Ellington. Richard’s program topic will be: Protect Yourself and Your Data – Make Your Computer Safe for Data! He will be talking about things that you need to do to protect your computer and precious data from damage from all sorts
of potential problems – hardware, software, malware, backups and such.
PLEASE NOTE THE MEETING DATE OF JANUARY 9. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FELT
THAT MEETING ON THE DAY AFTER NEW YEAR’S DAY WOULD NOT HAVE VERY HIGH ATTENDANCE AND OPTED TO MOVE THE MEETING DATE TO THE 9TH.
- Stewart Dunaway
Date: February 1, 2012
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Topic: The McCulloh Great Tracts – Their Impact on Genealogy Research
Speaker: Stewart Dunaway
Location: Bennett Place located at 4409 Bennett Memorial Road, Durham,
NC 27705-2307 - (919) 383-4345 - http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bennett/
*Note* Stewart will sell and sign books at the end of the meeting.
About the topic:
The McCulloh Great Tracts – and their impact on
genealogy research
Henry McCulloh was a typical adventurer in the realm of colonial
politics and economics. He is said to have been a merchant of London,
and his home was at Turnham Green, Middlesex County. He probably became
interested in North Carolina through his relations with Gabriel
Johnston, to whom he advanced considerable sums of money between 1726
and 1733. McCulloh’s deepest interest in the New World was that of a
land speculator. In 1737, the Crown delivered to Murray Crymble and
James Huey, trustees for McCulloh, warrants for 1,200,000 acres in North
Carolina, on condition that 6,000 foreign Protestants should be colonized.
Related information about the topic:
http://piedmontwanderings.blogspot.com/2010/01/settlers-in-tract-11.html
http://piedmontwanderings.blogspot.com/2010/01/great-tract-11-and-haw-river.html
http://www.carolana.com/NC/Royal_Colony/nc_royal_colony_henry_mcculloch.html
About the speaker:
Stewart Dunaway, formerly an executive of Siemens Telecom (FL), is
retired and now spends time researching colonial and revolutionary war
history in North Carolina. He has published myriad historical books as
well as genealogy-related material from the State Archives. He has
transcribed over 19,000 records from the Archives, now provided in book
form. His books can be found on the internet at:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/sedunaway.
Stewart, his wife Maryellen, and daughter Sarah reside in Hillsborough.
Monday, January 30, 6:00 PM–
Get Organized: GO Month – Truths and Myths About Being Organized:
Ever wondered how to get that organized look out of a magazine? Lori Bruhns, time management consultant and professional organizer, will share the truths and myths about being organized and what is real and realistic about getting and staying organized. January is Get Organized Month, so kick off the year with some great tips from Lori. Find out more or register online at the Orange County Public Library.
Bennett place – Durham Civil War Roundtable – 19 January, 2012 from 6:30 PM until 9:00 PM.
The Durham Civil War Roundtable is open to the public with an annual membership fee of $15.00 to cover the cost of guest speakers, refreshments, and administrative costs.
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Peggy Boswell will be talking about the Scott Collection. The Alamance County Genealogical Society meets the second Monday of each month except June, July and August, at 7:00 p.m., at the Western Steak House, 142 N. Graham-Hopedale Road Burlington, NC 27215
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The January 2012 D-OGS Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, 4 January, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the Christ United Methodist Church offices in Southern Village, south of Chapel Hill on US 15-501. The street address is 105 Market Street, rooms 103 & 105. Here is a map: http://tinyurl.com/cby3fyt. This address is the office building for Christ Church and is across the street from the church. There is parking on the streets around the church.
Our speaker for January will be D-OGS member Ann Myhre. Ann’s topic will be “The War of 1812 in the Lower South – the Rest of the Story.” James McEwen, Ann’s great-great-great-grandfather, served as a Captain and a Major in the war in the lower South. He and other members of his family left stories about the war and their service from their perspective. A great-great-grandfather, Joel Regen, also served but left only official records; he was a private. What official records are available for those who served, and how do we find them?
Ann Regen Myhre grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee, but has lived in Garner more than two-thirds of her life. She has a BA and an MS in Biology from East Tennessee State University and a BS from NCSU. She has taught, worked in a lab and was a church administrator. She began her genealogy search over 55 years ago and has researched her ancestors and those of her family members in New England, the South including Texas, the upper Midwest, Canada, Norway and the Czech Republic. She and husband John have two married children and two grandchildren.
Ann has provided this related information about the topic:
http://www.warof1812.ca/intro.html
http://www.ancestry.com/militaryrecords
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
http://www.history.com/topics/war‐of‐1812
The next general meeting of the Durham-Orange Genealogical Society (D-OGS) will be held on Wednesday evening, 7 December 2011 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Golden Corral on NC55, just south of the intersection of NC54 and NC55. Address: 5006 NC Highway 55, Durham, NC 27713, (919) 544-2275 – Map. There is a “Senior Discount,” if you qualify.
This is not a regular meeting. There will be no speaker or fixed program. This is our annual “birthday party” for everyone to enjoy. Come and enjoy the fellowship of your fellow D-OGS members and their guests. Dress will be as formal or casual as you require.
When you arrive, pay for your meal and proceed to the back right of the restaurant to their meeting/party room. This is a good time to bring your spouse, a significant other, friend or potential new member so that you can introduce them to all those people that you have mentioned during the last year – yes, we plan on having name tags.
The next D-OGS meeting will be Wednesday, October 5th at 7pm at Duke Homestead.
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The speaker will be Thomas H. Krakauer, Ph.D. He will be speaking about the Museum of Durham History, a new virtual community that ties elements of Durham’s past together into a cohesive story for generations to come. More information can be found on their website at the Museum of Durham History.
Thanks to Bill Reid for bringing this to our attention:
**For those of you who are planning to attend the D-OGS Computer Interest Group that is starting back up again this Saturday at 9 am at the Orange County Public Library**
Hey Gang . Listen up! *PARKING !*:
The County has rented parking for the library on the BOTTOM floor of the
parking deck (which is between the library and Weaver Street Market). You
can enter the deck on the bottom by driving past the front of the Market all
the way to the end. Turn right through the gate and go straight as far as
you can and park there. Take the elevator (or climb the stairs) to library
level, turn right for the exit and walk down to the 2nd building.You’re
there..
OR
From Churton St. take Margret to the west. Turn left into the road next to
the library and park if you can find an open space (some are limited time).
If there in nothing open in front of the 2 buildings..Don’t panic. Drive
straight to the gate at the entrance to the Parking deck. It’ll open. Drive
to the bottom deck and park as described above.
I was told yesterday that you will need a number to get out of the Deck. You
can get it in the library.
Sorry this is so complicated but the deck is privately owned (County is
saving $$) and the owner is making all the rules.
Hope to see you there, I need lots of help… Bill Reid
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From Carol Boggs:
Finally! We have heard from the library and we will meet at the Orange County Public Library in Hillsborough for our “Rally ’round the CIG” get together this Saturday, September 17, from 9am to 11am.
We may bring food, drinks, etc. but must bag out what we bag in and try not to leave crumbs. <G>
Please plan to bring a friend, neighbor, spouse, or any newbie who may be interested in any way in what we do at our meetings. Our meeting will be truncated by the dollar as you will have seen from the previous message, but that’s all right this time. Two hours will do.
Bring along articles, URLs, resources (or resource people!) to share with the group. We will discuss what we want to do from here forward and see if there is a pattern or system that meets our needs. Please think this through ahead of time so we won’t waste any of our valuable fun learning time head-scratching over administrative details.
So much has gone on in the world of genealogy since we last met that we will have no lack of subjects to discuss. Did you see that Ancestry’s stock took a dive recently? What else is new that pertains to technology and rooting around in our ancestors’ lives? I’m looking forward to hearing all about it.
With great relief,
Carol
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The January 2013 D-OGS Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, January 9th at 7 p.m. at the Christ United Methodist Church offices in Southern Village, south of Chapel Hill on US 15-501. The street address is 105 Market Street, rooms 103 & 105. Here is a map: http://tinyurl.com/cby3fyt. This address is the office building for Christ Church and is across the street from the church. There is parking on the streets around the church and the lot behind the offices.
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