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January 12, 2019: MEETING CANCELLED

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The weather forecast is calling for snow this weekend so we have cancelled the Saturday meeting. Stay safely at home and enjoy the snow!

Let’s start out on the right foot in 2019!

Bring your genealogy questions to our January meeting and we will put our heads together to help find possible avenues of research. We will save some time to hear about your recent discoveries and successes in your genealogy. Come and be inspired to launch your genealogy research in 2019!

The meeting will take place Saturday, January 12 from 1:30 pm-3:30 pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The address of the Church is 1275 Timberwood Blvd., Charlottesville, VA. It is located on the corner of Airport Road and Timberwood. Coming from U.S. 29, the entrance is on the right (north) side of Airport Road immediately before you reach the church. Drive to the back of the building where you will see the entrance to the Family History Center.

Hope to see you there.

CVGA Address

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Hi all — CVGA got a new PO Box last year, and the free forwarding has run out. Please make sure all your postal correspondence goes to:

Central Virginia Genealogical Association
P.O. Box 817
Earlysville, VA 22936-0817

All general email correspondence should go to: cvgaboard@gmail.com

All newsletter correspondence should go directly to the editor: eleanordew@gmail.com

December 8, 2018: Ancestor Show and Tell

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This month we are having an “Ancestor Show and Tell”. Bring something that has a special meaning to you as a family historian and if you like, tell us about it: who it belonged to, what it means to you and where it came from. It could be a handmade item, such as a quilt or a doily, a dish or a doll with a special significance, a family scrapbook or family bible, or even an exciting, unexpected document that you have found.

NOTE: We will treat your special items as museum pieces and ask that no one touches anything without your permission.

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The meeting will take place from 1:30 pm-3:30 pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The address of the Church is 1275 Timberwood Blvd., Charlottesville, VA. It is located on the corner of Airport Road and Timberwood. Coming from U.S. 29, the entrance is on the right (north) side of Airport Road immediately before you reach the church. Drive to the back of the building where you will see the entrance to the Family History Center.

Hope to see you there!

November 10, 2018: Deborah Harvey-DNA & Genealogy

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Do you have questions about DNA testing for genealogical purposes? Professional Genealogist Deborah Harvey can answer your questions.
Are you thinking about taking a DNA test? Would you like to know what to expect before you spend your money? Have you taken a test and now wonder what to do with the results? Would you like to know what type of test should you get?

See Deborah’s website at back2rootsgen.com.

The meeting will take place from 1:30 pm-3:30 pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The address of the Church is 1275 Timberwood Blvd., Charlottesville, VA. It is located on the corner of Airport Road and Timberwood. Coming from U.S. 29, the entrance is on the right (north) side of Airport Road immediately before you reach the church. Drive to the back of the building where you will see the entrance to the Family History Center.

NO October 2018 Meeting

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There will be no monthly meeting in October. We will be busy researching our genealogy using the great research tips we learned at the Virginia Genealogical Society meeting on October 5 & 6.

 

 

September 8, 2018: Michael Crabill, mapmaker

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Michael Crabill will tell us about the patent maps of Albemarle, Amherst and Nelson counties he has drawn by hand. For a preview of his beautiful maps, visit his website at https://crabillmaps.com/

You won’t want to miss this meeting!

The meeting will take place from 1:30 pm-3:30 pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The address of the Church is 1275 Timberwood Blvd., Charlottesville, VA. It is located on the corner of Airport Road and Timberwood. Coming from U.S. 29, the entrance is on the right (north) side of Airport Road immediately before you reach the church. Drive to the back of the building where you will see the entrance to the Family History Center.

NO August 2018 Meeting

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We will not have a monthly meeting in August. Our host, the Family History Center at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Charlottesville, takes a vacation during the month of August.

We thank the church heartily for allowing us to use their premises for our regular monthly meetings.

 

 

July 14, 2018: Finding Your Revolutionary War Ancestor

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If you think you might have Revolutionary War ancestors and you would like some sound advice on where to find records to locate your patriots, join us at our next meeting on Saturday, July 14. Shelley Murphy will share valuable tips with us on finding records that might help you apply for membership in a lineage society such as the Daughters of the American Republic.

The meeting will take place from 1:30 pm-3:30 pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The address of the Church is 1275 Timberwood Blvd., Charlottesville, VA. It is located on the corner of Airport Road and Timberwood. Coming from U.S. 29, the entrance is on the right (north) side of Airport Road immediately before you reach the church. Drive to the back of the building where you will see the entrance to the Family History Center.

 

April 14, 2018: James Madison and the Louisiana 16

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Our April 2018 speaker will be Zann Nelson. She will tell us about the 1834 sale of 16 enslaved people of color by former President James Madison of Orange County, Virginia. His cousin, William Taylor, purchased them and subsequently moved them to Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.

The program will touch lightly on the domestic slave trade while focusing more specifically on the effort by Ms. Nelson to identify the 16, learn more about their lives, and ultimately locate and connect with living descendants.

Covered in the PowerPoint presentation will be the numerous challenges, a few of the tools utilized in tackling the investigation and the status of the project.

Ms. Nelson is a researcher, writer and public speaker, president of History Quest, and a columnist at “Buried Truth” and “Zann’s Place”. She is working on a special project, The African American Descendents’ Quest.

Learn more about Ms. Nelson’s work at her website, www.historyinvestigator.net or at her Facebook page, History Investigator. She can be reached by telephone at 540-718-3465.