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From: Virginia Crilley <>
Subject: Local Societies
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:55:30 -0600

This is a wonderful piece on what we can do --- support by contributing
dues to local Societies who may be on hard times. (Even if we can't attend
meetings, we can help them finance their projects)

Within Bertie County, I'm not aware of a County Genealogical Society for
the county.


The Woodville Society has done some wonderful work.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/woodville/woodvill.htm

The Hope Plantation Foundation is another one.
http://www.hopeplantation.org/

Please, if you know of Societies in neighboring counties, give them some
publicity here on our Bertie List.

Supporting Genealogical Societies.
By Sara-Jane Gilb
I shelf periodicals received from genealogical societies by my genealogical
society library. I recently noticed that a central U.S. genealogical
society was disbanding. This society had been in existence since 1955 and
this was the 45th volume of its quarterly. I was amazed that a society with
that number of years of existence could fold.
Then I attended my local genealogical society meeting. I noticed the number
of attendees had declined to less than half of the attendees from when I
first joined the society 15 years ago. At that time I was one of the
youngest members. Today I am still one of the youngest members. Societies
need the influx of new members to keep them active.
Local societies need to be supported. They index obscure local documents,
record cemeteries, and answer questions on local genealogy and history. The
Internet will not answer all your genealogical questions. Support the local
genealogical society and the societies in the areas in which your families
lived. These societies will usually do local research for a nominal fee and
provide free queries in their quarterlies to members. Don't let another
society fold.

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