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Coffee and Convo Summary and Photos - April 29

On Wednesday, April 29, Members of WCGS met in Cary at the Panera Bread at Parkside for casual conversation about genealogy and other favorite topics. Thanks to Barbara and Sherry for planning this great outing. - CD


In photo: seated: Ed Webb and Sherry Gajewski.
Standing: Barbara McGeachy, Carol Kimball Stahl,
Jennie Gunther, and Gayle Williams.
Photo graciously taken by an anonymous man.

Barbara’s Summary:

“We stayed about ninety minutes and discussed many genealogical topics. Some highlights: 

Sherry recently scanned some photos and added them online. A distant cousin saw her photos of their family and shared their photos of Sherry's family that she had never seen. Another cousin was able to identify people in a family reunion photo. 

Jennie attended the recent NC State Archives presentation about artifact preservation. They only discussed paper preservation. We all agreed that we’d love to have a session on preserving non-paper artifacts. The NC Museum of History handles this topic on "Conservation Days" but the museum is closed for another couple of years. They haven't held "Conservation Days" for several years but reportedly, they plan to restart them at other historic sites. 

Carol Zoomed into a fun genealogical scavenger hunt held in Maine. The organizer sent a list of questions for participants to answer about their direct ancestors, such as the most number of marriages, most number of kids, unusual occupations, etc. People shared their answers at the meeting. 

Jennie attended (via Zoom) a recent Pikes Peak Genealogical Society meeting whose topic was “share & tell.” Each person was asked to share a website that they were interested in but had never used. Jennie shared “Dead Fred.” ”

There are plans in the works for other dates in various spots around Wake County. If you are interested and know of a spot for a future gathering let us know. 

Next Coffee and Conversation!
Thursday,  July 16, 9:30 am at the Panera Bread on Glenwood. - Watch for official post soon.

https://www.panerabread.com/en-us/cafe/locations/nc/raleigh/6201-glenwood-avenue



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