Monday, September 16, 2024

Upchurch and Allied Families Association Newsletter - August 2024

For those of you following UAFA, here is the latest news. 

Click on the link below to open the latest Footprints, the Upchurch and Allied Families newsletter. 

September 2024


View past UAFA newsletters here

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Wake Wednesday - Tips for Sucessful Searching in the Wake County Cemetery Survey Image Collection

The Wake County Cemetery Survey Image Collection* hosted at the Wake County Genealogical Society represents a decades long endeavor when considering the years of field research by the original participants and adding on the efforts of the latest imaging volunteers who digitized, collated, researched, reviewed and processed all the images to make them available to view online in an orderly and logical fashion. That was no small task or feat of accomplishment due to the size, condition and handwritten nature of the bulk of the large collection. 

The full collection has been live at our website for a couple of years now. It is helping Wake researchers regularly reconnect with cemeteries and family history to enrich their stories. I am hearing some wonderful stories as folks report  their successes. 

We want you all to be successful in your search. A reprint of "Wake Cemetery Survey Image Collection: Tips for Successful Searches," from the Summer 2024 issue of the Wake Genealogy Watch has been reprinted and attached to the image collection landing page. The article contains many tips and illustrations to help you access all the information buried within the massive number of files included. It include directions to access the recently updated information in each township spreadsheet as well as the image files created by the original field volunteers. 

Please take a moment to check out this search tip article if you have cemeteries in Wake County to track down. Let us know if you have success!


*The Wake Cemetery Survey Image Collection was digitized by Wake County Genealogical Society in partnership with Upchurch and Allied Families Association


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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Historical Context Roadtrippin' - Fall 2024

As the weather is cooling, it is a great time to get out and explore our beautiful and history state. If you like exploring the past as well as admiring the scenery, be sure to check out the fall schedule of event at the North Carolina Historic Sites webpage.

Check out their calendar now so you can start planning your trips. 

Whether it is cooking receipts from an 18th century German cookbook or the foodways of the Catawba that has you curious,The President James K. Polk State Historic Site in Pineville has you covered. 

18 Century German Cooking, Sep 28 in Pineville

It is not too late to catch an Alamance Battleground tour later this week, or wait a couple weeks and visit Fort Dobbs for a living history illustration of barracks life. 

Find out why blue jeans are blue and all the skilled work that was required to make them blue in the early days at the Brunswick Town site in Winnabow NC. 

Explore 19th Century mourning customs at a monthlong exhibit at House in the Horseshoe. 

Find out how NC women were participating in that  "Tea Party" protest in Historic Edenton.

It's election time (in case you haven't noticed)! Experience an 18th century election. Would you have been able to vote then?

Time travel at Fort Dobbs as you visit with soldiers from many wars and conflicts in our history. 

 You could travel from town to town to revel in the Christmas lights across our state. Celebrate a 1770 German Christmas or find out how citizens made do during a Civil War Christmas at Bentonville.

There is more. I just scratched the surface. 
Bon Voyage. I might see you sometime, somewhere.


 
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Friday, September 6, 2024

Volunteer Opportunities Fall 2024

Want to get involved with Wakecogen on a more interactive level? We have the following positions open.  If you are interested in these positions, please email our Volunteer Coordinator, Saundra R. Cropps - info@wakecogen.org

Let’s Make Some HERstory: Women Vets in Raleigh Nat’l Cemetery

Volunteers needed to gather military and civilian records for the 30 women veterans buried in the Raleigh National Cemetery. Their stories will be added to the Military Women's Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. See the article (p. 3) in the current Wake Genealogy Watch newsletter for more details. 

Meet-Up Planner for 2025
If you are a social creature who loves to talk genealogy, this is your niche in WCGS! Volunteer to arrange quarterly meet-ups: the casual events can be an in-person event, tour of a museum or archive, or just a meal!  This would also be a great assignment for two people who would like to work together. It is always fun to tag team inspiration and efforts. 


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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Wakecogen September Meet & Greet

When:  Saturday, Sept 14, 3:00 - 5:00pm

Where:  Overture at Crabtree, 4408 Marriott Drive, Raleigh, NC. 
Visitor and street parking available.

Why:  Enjoy the company of other local genealogists!

Please RSVP acceptances only to CarlaStancil@gmail.com            

Please join us in person! We would love to see you at our next meet and greet "potluck."  Let's each bring a light snack (optional). Carla will provide beverages. You can look forward to some great genealogy chat. No formal program is planned, just an opportunity to meet like minded folks! We will gather in The Cork conference room behind the kitchen in the common area of Overture.

Can't wait to meet you and greet you !


March 2024 Meetup



 

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Wake Genealogy Watch - Fall Edition 2024, v8.1 - Live Now at our website

The Fall 2024 Issue (Vol. 8 Issue 1) of our award-winning newsletter, Wake Genealogy Watch, is now available online for reading or download. You can visit the WCGS website  or access through this link - Wake Genealogy Watch, Fall 2024 

Features in this issue include:

  • A welcome message from our new President – Barbara McGeachy
  • Details for the Sept. 14 WCGS Meet and Greet.
  • A summary and video preview of the new Ancestry ProTools Enhanced Matches Feature.
  • Details on a project to add deceased local women veterans in the Raleigh National Cemetery to the national Military Women’s Memorial project, and a call for volunteers to get our lady vets represented.
  • An update on NC cemetery oversight protection and a new pilot project to help build the database of lost, abandoned, or historically or culturally cemeteries­ thus aiding their protection.
  • A WCGS member inductee into a lineage society based on the service of her free black ancestor’s service in the Revolutionary War.
  • Fall 2024 OLLI Classes of interest to genealogists.
  • A look at some very early North Carolina Tax records imaged and hosted at NC Digital.
  • A recap of the Wake County Enslaved Persons Project (presented at our July virtual meeting) with links to the collection and associated projects.
  • A guide to the FamilySearch Full Text Tool with a review of a searched image and the AI transcript results produced by the feature.
  • Another packed events calendar!

Photo Note: If you choose to read a printed version of this newsletter, some of the photos will be difficult to view due to size constraints. Please refer to the online edition where you can enlarge the photos to accommodate better viewing. 

Click this newsletter page link to view this and all past newsletter content. 

We welcome your feedback, input, and submissions for inclusion in future editions. Please address all concerns to newsletter@wakecogen.org.

Visit the WCGS Blog for more events, late breaking news, tutorials, updates, and other special posts.  


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Wake Wednesday - When Piggly Wiggly came to Raleigh: a new kind of grocery store!

Seems he was right. Just a quick dash through any modern grocery store will tell you that. 

Now in a post-covid world, it seems like the list and collect model is returning too with the ease of internet ordering and delivery. What goes around, comes around...

Link through to this post about the Piggly Wiggly stores in Raleigh. The first opened in Raleigh in 1921. The store featured in the image below was located in the Cameron Park Apartment building on Hillsborough Street. Image is circa 1940. 

View this Olde Raleigh on Facebook post here to read the whole story.


Clarence Saunders, Founder: 
“If you see something you want to buy of your own free will that you can exercise without argument with anyone, without persuasion from anyone, without intimation from anyone, without suggestion from anyone, without mental contact with anyone whatsoever,”  

 Enjoy other images of nostalgic shopping trips including Piggly Wiggly, other Raleigh grocery stores, and department stores at the Flicker page of NCArchives Albert Barden Collection. Have fun browsing!

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024

WCGS Membership Renewal Time is Upon Us

Members and interested followers - 

The new membership year runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. Members have received an email reminder to renew your subscription. You can also log in and renew through the website. The grace period ends mid-October. Renew soon so you don't miss any updates or content.

Those of you who are new to us or who have been following along for a while, consider joining our community! If you have caught any of our virtual monthly meetings, you know we offer only the best and you will always leave the evening with some new tip or hint you can use. Your support fuels our efforts, allowing us to continue offering great content, including our monthly virtual meetings, newsletter, blog and special projects with your help. For information on joining the society, click here.


Wakecogen Holiday Gathering 2023


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