| 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. |
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| 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. |



| 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 |

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