Register for the next Virtual Meeting from WCGS!
*Please register by 4pm day of meeting.
Fun, free, and virtual!
https://wakecogen.org/eventListings.php?nm=20
Contact: info@wakecogen.org
Registration opens shortly after the December meeting.
Register for the next Virtual Meeting from WCGS!
Fun, free, and virtual!
Contact: info@wakecogen.org
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Malicious mischief is afoot. Change your genealogy passwords. Do Not reuse passwords. There has been a hack at 23 & Me. This is a good time for a review of all your genealogy passwords.
"...But here’s the bottom line: no company can protect us from our own folly. Using a password across multiple websites in this day and age of data hacking is just that: folly. (And yeah, I’ve done it too. My pointing finger here is pointing right back at me too.)" - JR
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Masonic Lodge records are an excellent source to fill in the details and context of your ancestors' lives. Join WCGS for our next in person meetup. The tour will be led by Matthew Robbins, Assistant Grand Secretary.
Chartered in 1771 by the Duke of Beaufort and reorganized in 1787, the Grand Lodge of North Carolina was formed before North Carolina joined the Union and before George Washington was elected president of the United States.
The Freemasons of North Carolina can claim a rich and successful heritage. Its members, including governors, legislators, teachers, professors, merchants, and farmers, have been at the forefront of the State's successes since before the Revolutionary War. Its members presided over the formation of the State and the adoption of the Bill of Rights, the extension of educational opportunities to State citizens via the establishment of the nation's first state sponsored university, and have generally worked to raise the moral and social conscience of the people for more than 200 years.
The Grand Lodge
We had a great virtual tour of the Grand Lodge and its resources at one of our early virtual meetings in 2020. Now is the chance to see all those treasures up close and personal.
We hope you will join us. We will see you on October 21!
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Update - read the additional article linked at the end of the post.
A very small town in Wake County, barely even a crossroads, went by the name of Log Pond early in its history. Even if you can find stories of this community or find it on a map today, its name hints at the history of this part of Wake County before the Civil War.
The location of this pond was pivotal for the community. It may have supported some logging trade and a mill in the area. it provided rest and respite for the horses of travelers passing through the area. When railroads began criss crossing Wake County, this small but useful pond was an attractive location for the builders as a reloading point for the steam engines that chuffed through the town.
All this changed this tiny dot of a crossroads forever and the resulting town, sleepy though it still was, has now surpassed all bounds to become one of the larger suburban communities in our county. But where is the pond now?
Please follow this link to read the entire story in the words of Heather Leah of WRAL and discover the town's eventual moniker. It is fascinating and filled with wonderful historical context and detail that most of us have never heard before. Many thanks to Heather for bringing this story to light.
I have devoted several afternoons to an attempt to find an early map with Log Pond marked on it. (I am at a disadvantage, as I am without a car at the moment and could not run downtown to check the NC Archives.) If you find one, could you please share. I would love to see a map for the southwestern corner of Wake at that time period.
"Trains would come up the hill from Haywood. That climb is 15 miles, and for a little steam engine pulling a long train of cars, it needed water by the time it reached the top of the hill. That's where the log pond was," he said. "It would refill at the 'apex' of the grade then proceed on to Cary, and downhill to Raleigh." - Toby Holleman
Update - Still more about Log Pond from Cary Magazine in 2011. Read the article here including accounts from those who remember it!
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I was eight years old when General LaFAYETTE visited Raleigh and everyone went to see him. Uncle carried (m)y brother and me. It was a proud day for me when he shook hands with me, and laying his hand on my head, said, “God bless you.”
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