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From: "Scott Fitzgerald" <>
Subject: [GEN-EVENTS-L] Palestine, TX 8/2/03
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 07:19:23 -0500

EARLY MIGRATION ROUTES TO BE FOCUS OF GENEALOGY MEETING

The East Texas Genealogical Society and the Anderson County
Genealogical Society will present a special program Saturday, August 2, at
1:30 pm, in Palestine at the Public Library, 1101 Cedar Street. The meeting
is free and anyone interested in family research is invited to attend.
Pre-registration is not required.
The Appalachian Mountains and hostile Indians were the primary
barriers that blocked migration and influenced the establishment of early
wagon roads. By locating these migration routes and reversing the paths,
researchers can determine the most likely original location of their
ancestors. Guest speaker, Don Raney, will use maps to locate primary
overland migration routes used by pioneers from colonial settlements in New
England, Virginia and South Carolina between 1700 and 1815.
Mr. Raney is a sixth generation Texan who has been an active
genealogist for over twenty-five years. He currently teaches Beginner &
Intermediate Genealogy courses at Richland College. He is a past Director of
the Dallas Genealogy Society and GENTECH and a life member of the San
Jacinto Descendants. He has been a speaker at numerous conferences and
society meetings thought out the state.
For more information, call Jane at 903-894-6027 or Scott at
903-592-6576 ().

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