News and Announcements

Scott Lawrence and The St. Mary's County Genealogical Society were recognized by the Coalition To Protect Maryland Burial Sites, Inc. and presented a Periwinkle Award. To read more about it go to this link:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdcpmbs/periwinkle2010.html

News from Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia (LVA) is pleased to announce the completion of an additional digital scanning project. The processing, indexing, and digital reformatting of the Russell County chancery causes is now complete. The images have been added to the Chancery Records Index (CRI) on Virginia Memory. The Russell County chancery spans the years 1864 through 1933 (the index covers through 1960) and can be found at the following link. http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/

This locality joins forty-four counties and cities whose chancery causes have been digitally reformatted and made available through the Library's innovative Circuit Court Records Preservation Program, which seeks to preserve the historic records of Virginia's Circuit Courts.

To date, The Library of Virginia has posted over 4.8 million digital chancery images. Additional localities are presently being scanned and will be posted in the coming months. However, due to the recent reductions to the Library of Virginia's budget, the pace of the agency's digital chancery projects will necessarily proceed more slowly. Please know these projects remain a very high priority for the agency and it is hoped that the initiative can be resumed in full when the economy and the agency's budget situation improve. Please see the Chancery Records Index for a listing of the available locality chancery collections.

Chancery causes are cases that are decided on the basis of equity and fairness as opposed to the strictly formulated rules of common law cases. Chancery cases are especially useful when researching local history, genealogical information, and land or estate divisions. They are a valuable source of local, state, social, and legal history and serve as a primary source for understanding a locality's history. Chancery causes often contain correspondence; property lists, including slaves; lists of heirs; and vital statistics, along with many other records. Some of the more common types of chancery causes involve divisions of the estate of a person who died intestate (without a will); divorces; settlements of dissolved business partnerships; and resolutions of land disputes.

If you have any comments, questions, or corrections regarding the CRI or scanned images, please contact chancery@lva.virginia.gov.

St. Mary's County Genealogical Society's David Roberts Presents a Check to the USCT Memorial Monument to be built at the Lancaster Park in Lexington Park. For more details contact Janice Walthour at lwalthour@md.metrocast.net

Duane Whitlock, Douglass Frederick, David Roberts

David Roberts Honored by USCT Memorial

Monument Committee

2nd Vice-President, David Roberts was recently honored by the United States Colored Troops Memorial Monument Committee for his work with researching the USCT soldiers of St. Mary's County and Congressional Medal of Honor recipients who served during the Civil War. To read more about this event

go to: USCT Memorial Monument Dinner

Basic Genealogy Classes are forming for September 22nd, 6:30 p.m. Class will be held at the Leonardtown Library, space is limited. Go to the library website to register, http://www.stmalib.org

Summer 2010 Generator is in the Mail.

If you have not received your newsletter please let us know so we can get you a replacement. Contact Loranna Gray at llgray@md.metrocast.net

UPCOMING CONFERENCES and MEETINGS IN OUR AREA

August 6-7, 2010 – Indiana Historical Society Family History & Genealogy Conference in Indianapolis, IN

August 29-September 5, 2010 – The Fairfax Genealogical Society sponsor’s a trip to Salt Lake City, UT

September 11, 2010 - Baltimore Family History& GenealogyWorkshop in Essex,MD

October 2, 2010 – Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society Conference in Harrisburg, PA

October 2, 2010 TheMaryland Historical Society in Baltimore,MD is presenting a Family HistoryWorkshop

October 6, 2010 The National Archives will present a program entitled "Introduction to Genealogy."

October 21, 2010 The Charles CountyMaryland Genealogical Society in White Plains, MD

October 30, 2010 – Fairfax Genealogical Society Genealogy Fair in Vienna, VA

March 25-26, 2011 – Fairfax Genealogical Society Conference in the Fair Oaks Mall, VA

April 6-10, 2011 - The New England Regional Genealogical Conference in Springfield, MA

August 14-19, 2011 – The 31st IAGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Conference in

Washington, DC

Friday, August 6, 2010 – Saturday, August 7, 2010. The Indiana Historical Society will present a Family

History and Genealogy Conference entitled “Midwestern Roots 2010.” The theme of the conference is

“Migration Then and Now.” The conference will be held in Indianapolis, IN. Additional details can be

found at http://www.indianahistory.org/.

August 29, 2010 – September 5, 2010. The Fairfax Genealogical Society is planning a trip to Salt Lake

City to conduct research at the Family History Library. Participants will be staying at the Salt Lake Plaza

hotel which is next to the Library. A meeting to assist participants in planning their trip is tentatively

scheduled for late June. Individuals who are interested in making this trip should contact the trip

coordinator, Phyllis Legare at 703-787-9458 or pmlegare@yahoo.com.

September 11, 2010 - Workshop will be presented in Essex, Maryland. This community service event is sponsored by the Baltimore Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is for those interested in researching their family roots and is free. There are many beginning classes, including Where to Start, Beginning Maryland Research, Beginning Genealogy on the Internet, and African-American Research with a

Maryland emphasis, as well as intermediate and advanced classes. The free workshop will feature at least

50 classes in 6 time periods covering all aspects of genealogy. There is no charge for the conference.

Online registration will open in late summer and participants can go to the website and request to be put

their email list for notification when registration has begun. The workshop will be held at the Baltimore

Family History Center at 120 Stemmers Run Road, Essex, MD. Additional details can be found at

http://www.baltimorefamilyhistoryworkshop.org/, by sending an e-mail to bfhworkshop@gmail.com or by

calling 410-686-8481.

Saturday, October 2, 2010 from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm. The Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society will present its

annual conference entitled "Exploring an Array of Resources." The speakers are John Humphrey, CG,

Sharon Hodges, and martin Andersen. The cost of the conference ranges from $40/$50. The conference

will be held at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg East in Harrisburg, PA. Additional details can be found at

http://www.magsgen.com/.

Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 9:30 am.-3:30 pm. TheMaryland Historical Society in Baltimore,MD is

presenting a Family HistoryWorkshop covering four topics: Getting Started; Census, Church & Vital

Records; Land, Court & Probate Records; and Immigration & Naturalization Records. Today’s workshop

is “Immigration & Naturalization Records.” Join noted author and genealogist Robert Barnes for this new

series of workshops designed to introduce new family historians to techniques and allow seasoned

researchers to find new resources. Each session will include continental breakfast and box lunch. Each

session is $50/MdHS Member, $65/ non-members, or you may purchase the series for $175/MdHS

members and $200/ non-members. Each session also includes a chance to ask questions of our experts and

a chance to visit theMdHS Museum and Library during breaks. All sessions will include information on

both print and online sources. Call 410-685-3750 ext. 319 to register. TheMaryland Historical Society is

located at 201 W. Monument Street, Baltimore, MD. Additional details can be found at

http://www.mdhs.org/.

Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 10:30 am. The Baltimore’s Afro-American Historical & Genealogical

Society/Agnes Kane Callum Chapter will hold its monthly meeting. The topic has yet to be announced.

The program will be at the Enoch Pratt Free Library – Northwood Branch, 4420 Loch Raven Boulevard,

Baltimore,MD. Additional details can be found at http://baahgs.wordpress.com/.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 11:00 am. The National Archives will present a program entitled

"Introduction to Genealogy." Staff archivists will present the lecture on basic genealogical research and

techniques. The program will be presented in room G-24 which can be reached through the Pennsylvania

Avenue side of the building. Additional details can be found at http://www.archives.gov/.

Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 7:00 pm. The Charles CountyMaryland Genealogical Society inWhite

Plains will present “Presentation on Framing Memorabilia.” The speaker is Caridad Vicente. The Charles

CountyMaryland Genealogical Societymeets at the LDS Family History Center, 4560 Padgett Road,

White Plains, Charles County, Maryland Additional details can be found at

http://www.ccmdgs.org/index.htm.

Saturday, October 30, 2010 from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm. The Fairfax Genealogical Society will present its

annual Genealogy Fair. The program will be held at the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Station, 2148 Gallows

Road, Dunn Loring, VA. Additional details can be found at http://www.fxgs.org/.

St. Mary's County Genealogical Society, Inc.

Celebrating Over 30 Years of Studying Family History