| Meetings and Workshops Please read carefully. Our meetings and workshops are held at different venues and, of course, different times. Some of the workshops require registration; some can accommodate only a limited number of participants. |
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George Zepp March 20, 2010 1:00 pm Knowles Senior Center 174 Rains Avenue Nashville, TN |
George Zepp, locally renowned journalist and history researcher in the Nashville area and author of the local history column “Learn Nashville” in the TENNESSEAN will present a program on his new book HIDDEN HISTORY OF NASHVILLE which is a selection of some of his best columns over the past seven years. |
| "Learning How to Write Your Life Story and that of Your Ancestors” James (Jim) E. Taulman Mondays, March 1st, 8th, and 15th 10:00 am to 12:00 noon |
“Learning How to Write Your Life Story and that of Your Ancestors” taught by James (Jim) E. Taulman, author, genealogist, owner of Familystories-4-U publishing firm and a member of the Middle TN Genealogical Society Board. The class will be held at the Fifty-Forward Knowles Center, 174 Rains Ave, Nashville across from the TN State Fairgrounds on Mondays, March 1st, 8th, and 15th from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon with registration $9.00 for members of the senior centers or $15.00 for non-members. To register, call the Knowles Center at 615-743-3400 or email dstillwell@fiftyforward.org. |
4th Annual Awards Program May 15, 2010 1:00 Fifty Forward Knowles Center 174 Rains Avenue Nashville, TN |
Our 4th Annual Awards Program featuring Bill Puryear who will judge the 4th Annual Writer’s Award.
Mr. Puryear will be joined by Jack Masters and Doug Drake with program on their SECOND VOLUME of the “Pioneer Land Grants, Traces, Roads and Pioneer Stations in the Central Valley of the Cumberland River.” |
“The Harp Brothers” Gail Jackson Miller Stories of heroism, murder, and mayhem seem to appeal to the human need for adventure. People in all times and places want to read about these “true” events; the more gruesome or fantastic the better. July 17, 2010 1:00 pm Fifty Forward Knowles Center 174 Rains Avenue Nashville, TN |
“The Harp Brothers”
-- Different versions of the same story are often told by different writers and may contain truths, half-truths,
and fabrications all adding to the story’s appeal. Such is the story of the Harpe Brothers who terrorized
the frontier of Kentucky and Tennessee murdering dozens of people in the period of 1797 to 1799. The story of the Harpes will be used to show how to use published histories, oral tradition, and family stories to guide research in original records. Analysis of their stories will demonstrate how to prove false or to verify histories and family stories related to your own family. The story of the Harpes can also show how to use the information from an account which does not mention your ancestor, but relates to them by location and time period, in adding interest to your family story. The Harpes may not have killed your ancestor but they may provide a way for you to analyze your own family stories and get a glimpse into the life and times of your family. |
“Farm House, Meeting House, Court House: Breathing Life into Your Family’s Story” Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA September 18, 2010 1pm Fifty Forward Knowles Center 174 Rains Avenue Nashville, TN
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Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA, nationally known lecturer and researcher, instructor for IGHR (Samford University), Director of the Regional In-0depth Genealogical Studies Alliance, past president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and former vice-president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and author of many genealogical articles and books. He finds time to be the Director of the Robertson County Dept of Tourism and lives in Springfield, TN.
His topic will be “Farm House, Meeting House, Court House: Breathing Life into Your Family’s Story” |
| November 20, 2010 Elizabeth Shown Mills CG, CGL, FNGS, FASG and FUGA |
All Day Seminar Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FNGS, FASG and FUGA, has cited by her peers as “the genealogist who has had the most influence on genealogy in the post-Roots era.” She has represented genealogy on CNN, BBC, PBS, and other networks internationally; heads the Advanced Research Methodology track at the Samford University Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research; and is a past president of both the Board for Certification of Genealogists and the American Society of Genealogists. Her 13 books include Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace and the historical novel Isle of Canes, based on her study of a Creole family using the archives of six nations. |
