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From: "Walter Wronka" <>
Subject: Re: [TENNESSEE] Press Release: First Families of Tennessee Book and ETHS Genealogy Conference
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 13:56:46 -0600


Will we get a report on the conference from someone. Where can we find a
list of First Family?
Betty
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From: "East Tennessee Historical Society" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 2:03 PM
Subject: [TENNESSEE] Press Release: First Families of Tennessee Book and
ETHS Genealogy Conference


> East Tennessee Historical Society Hosts Genealogy Conference and Family
> Reunion Celebration
>
> The sons and daughters of Tennessee's pioneer founders are heading home
this
> Memorial Day weekend. The East Tennessee Historical Society (ETHS) is
> hosting a weekend-long genealogy conference and family history fair, May
> 26-28, in Knoxville, Tennessee. A highlight of the conference will be a
> "family reunion" of members of the society's family heritage project,
First
> Families of Tennessee (FFT)the debut of a new First Families of Tennessee
> book.
>
> Guests attending the conference will face a wide variety of options and
> activities, including a two-day genealogy conference featuring national
and
> regional experts, a family history fair and street party in downtown
> Knoxville, motorcoach tours of historic East Tennessee sites, and a
"family
> reunion" dinner at the home of Tennessee's first governor, John Sevier.
>
> The genealogy conference, held at Knoxville's Hilton Hotel, May 26-27,
will
> examine Southeastern "roots and routes" - focusing on our ancestors and
> their migrations into and out of East Tennessee. Guest speakers will
discuss
> a variety of topics including Scots-Irish research, Cherokee genealogy,
> Tennessee land records, Tennesseans in the California gold rush, frontier
> religion, and more. Experts will also discuss research topics in states
> associated with Tennessee's earliest residents, including Alabama,
Georgia,
> Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia.
>
> Descendants of Tennessee's first families will celebrate the publication
of
> the East Tennessee Historical Society's newest book, First Families of
> Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Descendants. The book, a
> tribute to the ancestors enrolled in the FFT project, will include names
and
> vital stats of the more than 2,000 ancestors enrolled in the project,
along
> with a registry of FFT members. The book will be unveiled in a special
> ceremony and will be available for purchase at the history conference.
>
> Guest speakers will include Dr. George K. Schweitzer, Charles Sherrill of
> the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Russell Baker, Robert Davis,
> historian Walter Durham, and other experts on a variety of genealogical
and
> historical topics.
>
> In addition to the multi-track genealogy conference, ETHS will host a
> genealogy and family history fair featuring mini-workshops for beginners,
> vendor displays, tours of local historic sites, carriage and trolley rides
> in downtown Knoxville, and living history demonstrations. The fair will
also
> include a downtown street party outside the historical society's
> headquarters with live music, dramatic performances, historic
reenactments,
> children's activities and more.
>
> While the theme of the weekend will be built around a family reunion of
> First Families of Tennessee members, attendance at all the events is open
to
> anyone with an interest in history and genealogy.
>
> The First Families of Tennessee was founded by the East Tennessee
Historical
> Society in 1993 to honor the state's early residents and to recognize
their
> descendants. The program is open to those who can prove descent from a
> person living in any part of Tennessee by 1796. Housed in Knoxville's
Calvin
> M. McClung Historical Collection, the First Families of Tennessee files
> provide a one-of-a-kind resource for historical and genealogical research.
>
> For additional information about ETHS, the First Families of Tennessee
> project, or the upcoming genealogy conference and First Families of
> Tennessee reunion, visit the historical society's website at
> www.east-tennessee-history.org
>
> # # #
>
>
>

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