MEETINGS

Society regular monthly meetings: 2nd Sat. of each month, except July & August, at 1 P.M.

All meetings are held at Homewood at Crumland Farms in their Community Room right off the lobby. They are located on 7407 Willow Rd.

DIRECTIONS: The first exit after Beckley’s motel left off Route 15, approx. 2 miles north of Frederick.

Some meetings are held offsite at special locations. See Calendar of Meetings for details.

CALENDAR OF MEETINGS

MONTH	MEETING TOPIC
September 13, 2008	It's time for our annual "Get Re-acquainted" meeting with its "Show 'n' Tell theme. It is your chance to tell us what you have done over the summer, or over the past year, or maybe what your plans are for the coming year. Harold McClendon will also talk about use of digital cameras to capture information from books. Bring objects to show and bring genealogically-related items that you are willing to sell or swap.
October 11, 2008	Road Trip to Enoch Pratt Fee Library We are taking a trip into Baltimore to visit and research at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. The Maryland Room and all the facilities of the library will be available. We will be carpooling into Baltimore from Frederick. The cost will be $7.00 to defray gasoline and parking fee for our drivers. We plan on meeting at 8:30 am, heading into Baltimore by 9 am to arrive at the Enoch by opening at 10 am. Bring a packed lunch including beverage and we will picnic at the cathedral across the street (weather permitting). Please contact, Jane Thursby at president@frecogs.com or call her at 410-517-3679 to make a reservation. Provide a contact phone number and your location in reference to Frederick. If you are willing to be a driver, let us know.
November 8, 2008	"Foods of our Fathers" Nancy Thrasher Cherry, Food has always been an essential part of our human story. Lack of food, or lack of money to buy food, caused many of our forefathers to sail for the new world. Once they got here, the daily struggle to produce or acquire enough to eat often consumed many of their waking hours and determined their habits and/or migrations. For the month of November, when most of us spend a lot of time thinking about food anyway, the Frecogs presentation will focus on the struggle for food, regional differences in diet, and in the evolution of types and preparation of foods we bring to the table. As an added bonus, Frecogs members are encouraged to bring with them a favorite recipe that has been a tradition in their own families. We will have plenty of tasting plates, cups, spoons and forks on hand in the hope that some members will bring actual samples of those favorite recipes to share with everyone at the meeting. Members are also asked to bring with them, as show ‘n’ tell, any family or hometown cookbooks in their collections.
December 13, 2008	Holiday Luncheon. “Music of Our Mothers” Blue Grass/Grassy Ridge/Tina Beachley. Reservations only by December 6. Member priority — Limited seating. Members can brings books and other genealogical items for sale. Cost is $15 for members and $20 for guests to be paid when you get there. Call or email Nancy Cherry for reservations. Email is: vicepresident@frecogs.com LUNCHEON BEGINS AT NOON.
January 10, 2009	Getting Started with Your Research or Need Help: Did you resolve to start compiling your family tree in 2008? Maybe to resume your genealogical research that stopped when you hit a “brick wall” some time ago? If so, we have help for you. Members and experts will be available at “stations” to help you with questions concerning census records, old photographs, computer issues, land and church records, organizational schemes, and other topics to help jump-start your research. Come and find out how to get started or to tackle the issues that have your genealogical research stalled, all in an informal atmosphere.
February 14, 2009	The Organizing Game Speaker: Trudie Davis-Long, Editor, Instructor, Author/Writer Currently in print is Annotated life and Times James Lantz, Carroll County, Maryland 1857-1891 and Abstract of the Wills and Estate Records of Granville County, NC 1833-1845. FRECOGS newsletter editor (12+ years). Trudie also teaches family research classes for the Historical Society of Frederick Co., Maryland. Part one will take a look at the standard rules for starting a genealogy project. Part two, like the song "Name Game" where any name can rhyme, presents a basic plan that allows you to organize anything. It will require you to use either a table in a word processing, a database, or a spreadsheet program. Setting a project up on paper is possible but will be burdensome, like trying to do a book index without a computer. For hardcopy or ephemera, it will also require the use of a storage system, based on your preferences and needs.
March 14, 2009	French and Indian War Speaker: Allan Powell, noted author and lecturer, who lives in Hagerstown, will be speaking on the French and Indian War time period. He will be telling us tales of the people and places that while not often remembered or known impacted the very creation of our country. Western Maryland played a vital role in the conflict and the city of Frederick was more than a stop along the way west. Mr. Powell’s books, which other history authors cite quickly, are now available for sale at the Frederick County Historical Society and will be available at the meeting. His books currently sell for a premium on Amazon for their collectability.
April 11, 2009	Using the Census to the Best Advantage Speaker: Constance Potter from the National Archives is a reference archivist at the National Archives in Washington, DC, specializing in federal records of interest to genealogists. She worked on the release of the 1920 and 1930 censuses and is a regular speaker at the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the National Genealogical Society, the National Institute on Genealogical Research as well as local genealogical groups in Virginia and Maryland. This lecture describes the Federal population census records, 1790 to 1930, as well as non-population census records.
May 9, 2009	Writing Your Family History Speaker: Shirley M. Sandage, Since 1998 Shirley has been offering a course at FCC each semester call Tales to Tell Your Grandchildren. Competition is fierce to get into this course and people take this course multiple times in order to continue their autobographic writing. Also a segment on "Have you written your obit?" lead by Pepper Scotto
June 13, 2009	More Computer Know-How Speaker: Herb Frantz returns by popular demand with another computer talk.
No July Meeting
No August Meeting

Regular meetings are open to the general public at no cost, except for the December Luncheon Meeting, where a charge for lunch is approximately $15 to $20.

Special Members Only workshops are held at different locations during the year

October Roaming Meeting will be held at special interest locations for research or special programs.

Special Series

Historical Cemetery Walks – at burial grounds around the county.

Meet My Ancestor Programs – given by members for one of their ancestor in Frederick County – special locations, dates, and times.

Holiday Luncheon Meeting is held at Homewood, with a fee for the lunch and special speaker. Starts at NOON!