No Meeting in April, 2008

Next Meeting:

Saturday

May 31, 2008

 2:00 PM

OBCGS General Meeting

Society Library

Program

Discussion; Breaking Brick Walls

Speaker:

Nancy Manning, Discussion Leader

Nancy is a very experienced genealogist

and a pro at solving genealogical "brick walls'

Bring your toughest brick problems to be discussed

(and hopefully resolved)

**NOTE: On January 26, 2008 we held an organizational meeting of individuals interested in German Heritage research. The meeting was very successful.

The next meeting will be held on Saturday, April 19

Program:

The waves of immigration and the migration patterns for Germans

 Everyone is welcome and we especially hope those with

German heritage will join us to explore this new venture.

We will meet at 2:00 PM at the OBCGS Library.

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The DAR and Maney family descendants

will hold a

Commemoration Ceremony

for Revolutionary War veteran Martin Maney

May 17, 2008

 2:00 p.m.

Public invited

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RESEARCH and INQUIRIES
Research services offered by our society.
 

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Volunteer Safety

During the winter months, the OBCGS Library may be closed without notice due to inclement weather. If there is any question, please call the library before leaving home.

New Items in our Bookstore

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Browse the Catalog of our books for in-house research!  **

take me to the catalog

View the surnames in our Family History Files  **

take me to to surname list

**these pages require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader

download Adobe Acrobat Reader free here

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              Upcoming Events of Importance

OBCGS Calendar of  Events

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Our Query Page is Updated and Up and Running Again.

Post your query free of charge on our Query Page!

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Family Reunion Page....add your 2008 reunion!!

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- - - About OBCGS - - -

How to best view our site
ON-SITE SEARCH MACHINE

This website contains hundred of files with information about Old Buncombe County, NC families.  To find information on a specific surname, family or subject, go to our on-site search machine, and enter the subject  you are searching.  Also available on the Search Engine Page is a search machine to search the Internet.

What'sNU?^{updated for 2008!!}

For our regular viewers, the What'sNu? Page is an update of material that has been added in the past month.  What'sNU? will show material that is not on the search machine yet, as well as material recently added. (Our search machine is updated weekly.)  This page is renewed at least weeky, or as information is added.

AIDS TO RESEARCH

 
This site also has information on many other topics -- historical sites, battles, wars, general research help, as well as a continually expanding Queries Page and a Searching and Sharing Page where people may be contacted to exchange information.  There is an On-line Bulletin Board for upcoming events, a vast Hotlinks Page to other sites that are of general genealogical information and specific family sites, an on-line Bookstore of books available through OBCGS.  (See guide below)

We hope you  enjoy your visit to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society site and will return often. 

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