January 10th, 2018 First meeting of the year

We had a great "2018 Genealogy Fair" today at the Lake House.  We are sorry that some of you could not attend.  We did have 31 attendees to the Fair (not including our guests), with 18 being brand new potential members.  It was great to see these new and enthusiastic "genealogists" with great questions.  It was also fantastic to have 13 DIRT current members in attendance to share their own experiences and meet new people.

I want to thank Denise Doyon and Linda Mecchi for their tremendous help in setting up and running the Genealogy Fair.  I also want to thank Denise and Linda for all they have done for DIRT to start it in 2013 and help it grow to what it is today.  They have passed the Leadership role to Lynn Baker, who will try very hard to keep up the forward progress.

We had guests: Marianne Crawley (South Carolina Room - Charleston County Public Library) and Delsa & Dave Biorn from the LDS Family History Center to share what is available to you and also have tables to talk to attendees about what is available.

Lynn presented "Who is DIRT", "Where to get Free Genealogical Research" and a Map project for everyone to show where their relatives are located.  Linda Mecchi did a Genealogy Crossword puzzle for a prize of "free DIRT membership for a year".  We had a lot of fun and got to meet many new "potential genealogists".

Here are the handouts:
Who is DIRT brochure: Click Here

Where to get Free Genealogical Research: Click Here

We are into the new year of 2018, please look at the upcoming events.  The evening sessions will be more focused on helping those that are new to Genealogy to get started.

See you all soon.