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Stumpage Reports
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Wednesday, March 24, 2004 :::
Climbing Their Family Trees
Monday evening my workplace dispatched me to Albemarle, North Carolina to give a talk to the local genealogy society. It went well, the audience was composed of the type of folks you would expect at such a gathering. No refreshments. My job was to overwhelm them with information in preparation for when they get overwhelmed when they visit the archives. It was kind of fun watching the little old ladies discuss whether or not to purchase a GPS thing for use when they are mapping old cemeteries. "The fire department had one they said we could use, but it got ran over by a fire truck."
The event was in the public library, and I got there a little early to do some research on their Confederate monument. One source I have said it was dedicated on September 25, 1925. I had no luck looking at the newspaper for that date, so of course I went to May 10 of that same year and did find something about the contract being awarded for the construction of the monument. I was referred to the head of the local UDC who was going to be at the meeting. I told her I was researching the monument and she said "What do you need?" and I said "What do you have?". She said "Everything, would you like me to make copies for you?". So hopefully that will come through.
I got to spend the night in Charlotte and see some folks, it was a nice day.
::: posted by tom at 10:32 AM
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