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Meetings are held at the
Cherry Hill Baptist Church
1045 N. Gully, Dearborn Heights, 313-565-1460
on the 4th Thursday of the month, except as noted below.
7:00 p.m. Program (doors open 6:30 p.m.)
8:15 p.m. Break
8:30 p.m. Discussion
Thursday, September 25, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
(doors open 6:30 p.m.)
"Treasures and Their Stories"
This evening, it is all about YOU! Please bring an heirloom or something of interest that is connected with your family. You may have been cleaning out Grandma's attic and found a treasure that leads you to start searching your family history. Or you may have inherited something that carries an interesting story and has been passed down for several generations. Whatever it is, bring it with you this evening and we will display your items. You will be given time to share the stories behind your keepsakes.
Thursday, October 23, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
(doors open 6:30 p.m.)
"The WPA in Detroit: Treasures of the New Deal"Join us as author and Walter P. Reuther Library audiovisual archivist, Elizabeth Murray Clemens, shares with us how the Workers Progress Administration affected the lives of so many living in Detroit and surrounding neighborhoods. Many were given a new start in life through this agency that helped transform cities in becoming what they are today.
November, 2008
NO MEETING
Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
(doors open 6.30 p.m.)
"Now, Where Was I?"Our own president, Linus Drogs, will help you create a system to retrieve information after your research has been put aside for awhile. Giving you a plethora of examples, tips, and suggestions, Linus will help you get and stayed organized to make your family search easier and more enjoyable.
Thursday, January 22, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
(doors open 6.30 p.m.)
"Polish Easter Traditions"Come hear popular lecturer, Don Samull, as he shares with us Polish Easter traditions just in time for you to plan your family's Easter celebration this year. Through slides and discussion, Don will give you the history behind many of these customs.
Thursday, February 26, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
(doors open 6.30 p.m.)
"Peace Corps Service in Micronesia"DGS treasurer, Gerry Milkie, comes to us having served in the Peace Corps from 1966 to 1968. Sharing his knowledge of the historical, geographical, and political climate of the area, you will walk away with a deeper understanding of this group of people, their lives and their customs.
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
(doors open 6.30 p.m.)
"To Be Announced"
Information to come.
Thursday, April 23, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
(doors open 6.30 p.m.)
"Detroit's Infamous Purple Gang"Four-time author, Paul R. Kavieff, will regale us with tales of this notorious group that left death and destruction in their wake. Spending years delving into the history and prominence of this notorious group, Paul will take you on a historical trip back into a time when Detroit was introduced to this part of the underworld.
Thursday, May 21, 2009, Dinner 6:00 p.m.
(doors open 5:30 p.m.)
Annual Dinner & Program
Cherry Hill Baptist Church
1045 N. Gulley, Dearborn Heights
"Daylight in the Swamp! The Michigan Shanty Boy/Lumberjack-1870"If you attended our banquet in 2007, you met Michael Deren. He is coming back as we journey into Michigan's lumbering and immigrant past at this year's banquet. Join Shanty Boy Jim Murphy (Michael Deren) as he recreates the great lumber boom of the 19th century. Cut down trees! Sing songs! Learn the lumbering language! Become a white pine forest!...or a stump! Join in at the Saturday night dance! Using concertina, button accordion, bones and fiddle, Jim will involve you in a memorable lumber camp experience. (And you will learn a lot, too!)
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