The July meeting will feature a presentation entitled
"Bringing Great-Grandfather to Life - A Genealogical Case
Study."  The program will be presented by Larry Le Doux.

The speakers presentation is an example of how to perform
solid genealogical research.  The speaker will explain how he
researched the family to prove, clarify and disprove various
assumptions about the family.  The subject of this search
effort was an educated teenage German immigrant who was
subsequently ordained as a Lutheran minister in the 1870s,
and served much of his ministry in Valparaiso, Indiana and
surrounding communities.

This presentation will benefit the novice genealogist by
demonstrating how various approaches to gathering
information were employed, the results obtained, and dead-
ends encountered and resolved.  Experienced genealogists will
find the unfolding vignette of a fellow researcher’s efforts and
results to be informative and entertaining.  The research was
accomplished over a period of six months, and entailed
approximately 30 hours of dedicated effort.

Time to write your family history
“Donʼt put off today what you should
have done yesterday.”
Each day put on paper family rememberances.
         MISSION
The purpose of the Mount
Vernon Genealogical Society,
Inc. is to encourage the
affiliation of persons
interested in the pursuit of
their ancestral heritage and to
promote fellowship and
cooperation among them. To
stimulate and provide
instruction in the use of
genealogical research
methodology and adherence
to standards of accuracy
and thoroughness in
genealogical research. To
provide a forum for the
sharing of knowledge gained
by individual members in their
own research, and to collect,
preserve, and disseminate
genealogical, biographical and
historical knowledge and
information.
July Meeting
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Hollin Hall Senior Center
1:00 PM, Room 112
Topic
Bringing
Great-Grandfather to Life -
A Genealogical Case Study

PROGRAM INFORMATION
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Julia Carr receives the 2009 MVGS Sustained Service
Award from Ray Bailey