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1999 SCGS Summer Workshop

Date- Saturday, July 10, 1999
Place- SC Archives and History Center, 8301 Parkland Road, Columbia, SC

Main Speaker- Lloyd Dewitt Bockstruck. Currently serves as supervisor of the Genealogy Section of the Dallas (TX) Public Library. He has been on the faculty of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University in Birmingham, AL since 1974 and is the first recipient of the Institute's Outstanding Alumnus Award. He is the author of VIRGINIA'S COLONIAL SOLDIERS, GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN TEXAS, and REVOLUTIONARY WAR BOUNTY LAND GRANTS AWARDED BY STATE GOVERNMENTS. He received the Award of Merit from the National Genealogical Society in 1982 and was named a Fellow of the society in 1993. He is active in numerous lineage societies and is featured in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA. His column, "Family Tree," appears weekly in the DALLAS MORNING NEWS.

Upcoming meetings for the Old Darlington District Chapter, SCGS
Sunday, Feb. 7, 1999, 3:00 p.m.- Monthly Meeting, Hartsville Genealogical Research Library (old Hartsville Train Depot, 114 South Fourth Street, Hartsville). Program- The South Carolina Cotton Trail. Speaker- Claire Stanley, Hartsville-Society Hill Tourism Director.
Sunday, March 7, 1999, 3:00 p.m.- Monthly Meeting, Darlington County Historical Commission (204 Hewitt Street, Darlington). Program- Use the research facilities of the Darlington County Historical Commission.
Sunday, April 11, 1999, 3:00 p.m.- Monthly Meeting, Hartsville Genealogical Research Library (old Hartsville Train Depot, 114 South Fourth Street, Hartsville) Program- TBA

Hartsville Genealogical Research Library.
Hartsville Genealogical Research Library, 114 South Fourth Street (old Hartsville Train Depot), Hartsville, SC. Site of the SCGS Archives. Hours: Monday- 1-5 p.m.; Friday- 1-5 p.m.; Saturday- 9:00 a.m. - 3;00 p.m.; Sunday- 2-5 p.m. Closed most holidays.

Notice of a Genealogical/Historical research trip planned for June 13-19, 1999 to Washington, DC. Information may be obtained by e-mail from Esther Cope or call 803-652-3639.

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