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From: "Joan M Lowry" <>
Subject: Upcoming Morris County Event
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 01:10:48 -0400

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From: Kathy Fisher
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PRESS RELEASE
For Release: Immediate
From: The Morris County Heritage Commission
(An advisory commission of the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders)
P.O. Box 900
Morristown, NJ 07963-0900
Date: March 12, 2004
Contact: Peg Shultz, History Program Coordinator (973) 829-8117

Techniques for researching local history, historic sites and genealogy materials will be
offered Saturday, April 17, in a program organized by the Morris County Heritage
Commission. "Lost and Found: Sources for Local History and Genealogy" will be presented
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Morris County Cultural Center, 300 Mendham Road,
Morris Township.

Speakers include Chad Leinaweaver, Library Director of the New Jersey Historical Society
will discuss the manuscript collection and its Morris county materials. Archivist Lawrence
Greene will present an overview of the materials available to researches at the Morristown
Morris Township Library's local history and genealogy room. Dale Patterson, Ph.D. is the
archivist at Drew University and will give attendees an introduction to the archives of
the Methodist Church. Learning how to search and plot a deed, a hands on workshop will be
presented by the Morris county heritage commission.

The $5.00 registration fee includes continental breakfast and information packet. Contact
Peg Shultz, Heritage Commission History Program Coordinator, (973) 829-8117 or
.

Program follows:

Morris County Heritage Commission Annual Symposium

Lost and Found: Sources for Local History and Genealogy

Saturday, April 17, 2004
Morris County Cultural Center
300 Mendham Road, Morris Township

PROGRAM

8:30 ~ 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome

9:15~ 9:45
Treasures of the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Morristown and Morris
Township Library
Lawrence Greene ~ Archivist

9:45~10:15
An Introduction to the Methodist Church Archives
Dale Patterson, Ph.D. ~ Archivist, General Commission on Archives and History

10:15~10:30
Break

10:30~11:00
What is Morris County Doing in Newark? Manuscript Resources at the NJ Historical Society
Chad Leinaweaver ~ Library Director, New Jersey Historical Society

11:00~Noon
How to Search and Plot Deeds
Mary Prendergast and Kathy Fisher ~ Morris County Heritage Commission

Concluding Remarks

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