DDGS MEETINGS
Location: Delaware Public Archives, 121 Duke of York Street, Dover, Delaware
Dates: Meetings are generally held on the 1st Saturday of the month on a bi-monthly basis (October - June).
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Programs: Most meetings have a guest speaker who will present information on a genealogy topic. Some presentations are for local interest researchers and others are not. They usually appeal to both the beginner and experienced genealogist. Meetings allow time for members to share research information with other members. Elections are held during the June meeting.
Upcoming Meetings:
February 11, 2012 - Please join us for a meeting of the Downstate Delaware Genealogical Society on Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Delaware Public Archives, 121 Duke of York Street, Dover, Delaware. Our speaker will be Donna Auiles who will speak on "Orphan Trains."
Past Meeting Dates & Speakers
December 3, 2011 - Our speaker was Cheryl Markiewicz who spoke on Riverside Cemetery.
October 1, 2011 - Our speaker was Bobbi Steele who spoke on Delaware Women in the Civil War.
June 4, 2011 - The program was devoted to helping resolve brick walls encountered in family research. This meeting was also DDGS's annual meeting with election of officers.
April 2, 2011 - Dr. Ray Thompson, Director of the Nabb Research Center in Salisbury, MD, spoke on the resources available at the Center.
February 5, 2011 - Charles "Chuck" Fithian, Curator of Archeology for the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, spoke on the Delaware Regiment During the Revolution.
December 4, 2010 - Constance J. Cooper, chief Curator for the Delaware Historical Society spoke on Caesar Rodney.
October 20, 2010 - Shirley Herndon spoke on "Loyalists in Delaware during the Revolutionary War".
June 5, 2010 - Sally Williams, DDGS president, spoke on her 2009 trip to Sweden to meet newly found relatives, visit ancestral landmarks, and discovery of ancestral royalty.
April 3, 2010 - This program was devoted to helping resolve "brick walls" encountered in family research.
March 6, 2010 - Helen Underwood spoke on primary and secondary sources; she has taught writing at both the secondary school and college levels, having recently authored her first novel, Under Cedar Shades, a historical fiction family saga.
October 3, 2009 - Pricilla Lowell, retired reporter spoke on her experiences with interviewing and providing ways with which to conduct interviews to enhance genealogy research and family history.
May 16, 2009 - Elections & General Meeting.
March 21, 2009 - Shirley Arnell, The Digitalization of the LDS Records.
January 17, 2009 - Chuck Swift & Doug Breen, Fields of Stone - a project to identify tombstones located in private cemeteries in the Laurel, Delaware.
November 15, 2008 - Noel Kurht, Mayflower Society (history of the Mayflower and the Compact).
September 21, 2008 - Moira Conlan, Delaware Public Archives (project between DPA & Ancestry).