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Bedford Genealogy Fair - Lecture Schedule 2 - Lectures per hour due to limited seating for each lecture
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9:00
Records now available at the newly renovated Virginia Room. Alicia Sell, Archivist, Virginia Room, Roanoke City Public Library.
9:00
History comes alive for the Jamestown, VA “Starving Time” as author, Connie Lapallo, tells the story of one of the few survivors - her 13th grandmother in her first book, Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky.
10:00
Records available at the Bedford County Circuit Court Court. Karen Glover, Deputy Clerk, Bedford Circuit Court.
10:00
Proving ancestors and requirements for joining lineage societies - Civil War, War of 1812, American Revolution, Colonial Dames XVII Century, and more. Alice Sweeney.
11:00
Proving ancestors and requirements for joining lineage societies - Civil War, War of 1812, American Revolution, Colonial Dames XVII Century, and more. Alice Sweeney.
11:00
The advantages of digitizing your photos and how to convert old photos into digital form. Ginny Guedes, former Ritz Camera store manager.
Ritz Camera Store manager.
12:00
Author, Connie Lapallo, continues to tell the next 10 years of the Jamestown story in her second book, When the Moon Has No More Silver. She follows her 13th grandmother’s hardship as the colony struggles to gain a foothold in the new land.
12:00
The Library of Virginia will be scanning privately held Bedford County Civil War papers, letters, photos, etc., on October 1, 2011 at the Bedford Visitor’s Center. View the LVA’s video to learn how you and your family can be a part of this heritage.
1:00
Using land records and deeds as an aid to conducting your genealogical research. Dr. John Kern, PhD, Retired Historian.