DGS Newsletter, Volume 29, Number 7, August 2005 Page: 127
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GENERAL DGS NEWS
10 million records, and support is needed to
complete the digitization of the remaining 2 million
records, beginning in 1820, from the original ship
manifests.
The Battery remains one of the oldest public open
spaces in continuous use in New York City.
American Indians fished from its banks, and the
first Dutch settlers built a low, stonewall with
cannons, a battery to protect the harbor and New
Amsterdam. The transformations of The Battery
and that of the Castle tell the history of New York
and, by association, the growth and development of
our nation.
From D. A. Sharpe:
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resource.ago, had already produced many publications and
were actively setting up facilities to store historical
documents from Franklin County and its
predecessor, Titus County.
Their library was small but growing and, when we
asked what DGS publications they had, we were
told that they had a broken set of our Newsletters,
but that their librarian, while cataloging them, had
read them and liked them so much that she had
joined our Society!
Upon returning to Dallas, we put out a call through
our DGS Newsletter for items that could be sent to
the Franklin County Society as a "care package."
Several current and ex-Society members
responded with boxes and bags of publications,
both from DGS and other societies. I sorted through
all of the items and distributed some items to our
DPL library, and some to the Lancaster library,
ending up with four-plus large boxes of items for
the Franklin County group, which we delivered to
them in June.
The President, Chris Skelly, and Librarian, Kirleen
Hiett, were waiting eagerly for our arrival and were
very, very pleased with all the "goodies." In a thank-
you note, they said it was like Christmas as they
were opening and going through all the books and
periodicals.To subscribe, go to MyTrees.com
Next DGS Newsletter
is September, 2005!
Submissions must be made by August 15, 2005
to advertise September - November events!
Email Happi at: newsletterrdallasgenealogy.
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Visit with the Franklin County, Texas
Genealogical Society in Mt. Vernon
In May of 2004, while traveling to Memphis, Ed
Millis and I stopped briefly in the small East Texas
town of Mt. Vernon, the seat of Franklin County. As
we toured the town square, we "happened upon" a
wonderful group of genealogists manning their very
active storefront headquarters. We were impressed
that their organization, the Fannin County
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' FKirleen Hiett (left), librarian, Shirley Sloat (center), Chris Skelly
(right), President of the Franklin County Genealogical Society.Dallas Genealogical Society / Au ust 2005 / Volume 29/ Number 7 127
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