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From: janelle lee miller <>
Subject: [GEN-EVENTS-L] NEWS RELEASE FOR OKLAHOMA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2002
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:10:09 -0500


Because of the Labor Day Holiday, Oklahoma Genealogical Society's
regularly-scheduled general meeting will meet instead on Monday, September
9, 2002 at the Wiley Post Historical Building, 2100 North Lincoln, Oklahoma
City, OK. Dr. Bob Blackburn will speak on "Oklahoma's New History
Center--An Update."

A native Oklahoman, Dr. Blackburn is currently the Executive Director of
the Oklahoma Historical Society where he has been on staff since 1979. He
is the author of numerous journal, magazine, and newspaper articles and has
written 13 books on Oklahoma, all targeted at the general reading public.
He has also written scripts for documentaries, appeared numerous times on
the History Channel, and hosted his own television show about Oklahoma
history.

The meeting will be from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public and
free of cost. Volunteers will be on hand at 5:00 p.m.to assist researchers
who need help to start the search for family history or need suggestions
about where to look next.

The Oklahoma Genealogical Society also has a website at
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs/>;

For further information, contact:

Janelle Lee, OGS Public Information
(405) 348-6915
or
Billie Fogarty, OGS President
(405) 528-7460

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