Founded in 1940, the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society seeks to study, preserve, and promote the history of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. The Society strives to accomplish this mission through a variety of public programs, including exhibits, publications, lectures, walking tours, oral history interviews, and various educational programs.
And, do they have the exhibits! If you visit their site, you’ll be treated with pages of old photographs, information about upcoming exhibits, and information about their resources, including their library.
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I’m pleased to announce that the James River Genealogy blog has been listed at the Genealogy Blog Finder. So, if you forget this site’s URL, you can go to the Blog Finder at http://blogfinder.genealogue.com/ to find your way. While you’re there, you can also browse through several hundred and growing genealogical sites listed at this new search base. You might lost some hours looking around, but you’ll have fun!
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The National Genealogical Society, in cooperation with ProQuest CSA, seeks nominations for its annual award to a librarian who has made significant contributions to the field of genealogy and local history. The nominee must have at least five years experience in a public or special library.
The award is named for the late P. William Filby, Director of the Maryland Historical Society and author of many outstanding genealogical reference books. First presented at the 1999 NGS Conference in the States, the award was created and presented by publisher Scholarly Resources of Wilmington, Delaware. In 2004 and 2005 the Godfrey Memorial Library sponsored the award. Since 2006, the $1,000 Filby Prize has been sponsored by ProQuest of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2007. Check the NGS Web site, www.ngsgenealogy.org, for criteria and submission information. The award will be presented at the NGS Banquet in Richmond, Virginia during the NGS Conference in the States May 16-19, 2007.
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I haven’t posted much lately because I got caught up in a great book about the James River by Bob Deans. The River Where America Began: A Journey Along the James isn’t a book about genealogy, but Deans offers an excellent overview about everything that happened along the James River from Clovis tips to the Civil War. So if you want to read about what happened when and receive a solid general education about this area’s history, then Deans’ book is for you.
If you aren’t satisfied with this short and enthusiastic review about this book, read my review at Goinhome to learn more. You can also visit the book’s Web site to learn more. Enjoy!
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Fincastle Librarian Paige Ware was talking about the new genealogy fair that will be held in the fall at the Fincastle United Methodist Church Family Life Center.
Ware and Rena Worthen (pictured here) are helping to organize the genealogical event that will be Saturday, 13 October, 2007. The name of the fair is Start Exploring Your Roots, and they hope it will become an annual event. The first fair will be part of the Botetourt County’s participation in Jamestown 2007 events that are celebrating the 400th anniversary of the establishment of that English colony.
Some of those genealogical research materials that are available at the Fincastle Library include copies of the Layman family Bible, the Snyder Bible, the Kessler files, the Brugh collection, cemetery records, funeral home records, many editions of The Fincastle Herald that are on CD-ROM, The Buchanan News and The Fincastle Herald on microfilm and other genealogy and historic learning tools.
The fair is being sponsored by the Botetourt Genealogy Club, Botetourt County Historical Society, the Virginia Room at Roanoke City Library, Homespun Legacy, Bedford Historical Society and the Fincastle Library. For more information, Worthen can be contacted at the Fincastle Library at 473-8339.
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