Saturday, September 12, 2015

VGS Reminders: 14-18 September 2015

Ruth Wible with one of her family history books

Monday, September 14, 2015
Family Tree Maker Uses SIG Meeting
2:30 PM at the Chatham Recreation CenterNote: Due to renovations at Mulberry Grove this month's meeting time and location have been changed.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015
New to Genealogy SIG Meeting
2:30 PM in the Chateaugay Room at the Chatham Recreation Center

Thursday, September 17, 2015
New England Genealogy SIG Meeting
Noon in the New Smyrna Room at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center

Friday, September 18, 2015
Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room Sea Breeze Recreation Center

This Day in History: September 12
1609: Henry Hudson sails into what is now New York Harbor aboard his sloop Half Moon.
1786: Despite his failed efforts to suppress the American Revolution, Lord Cornwallis is appointed governor general of India.
1992: Space Shuttle Endeavor takes off on NASA’s 50th shuttle mission; its crew includes the first African-American woman in space, the first married couple, and the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spacecraft.
1913 Birthday: Jesse Owens, track and field athlete who won four medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.


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