The Genealogy Committee of the Armstrong County Historical Museum and Genealogy Society will hold their monthly meeting on Sunday, November 4, 2012 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM in the Mildred Lankerd Thomas Genealogy Library – 300 North McKean Street, Kittanning, PA 16201.
This will be the final meeting for the year. Persons attending are asked to bring along a “snack food” to share during this meeting. We will also be selecting committee officers for 2013 during this meeting.
The featured speaker will be Ron Montgomery who will talk on Family Naming Patterns and it’s Use in Genealogical Research. This will be a very interesting and informative program presented by Ron.
During the 18th and 19th centuries many parents used traditional naming patterns to assign names to their children. Combining an understanding of these traditions with your knowledge of an ancestor’s children, often allows you to discover the names of more ancient ancestors. For example, the children’s names may clearly reflect the identity of their grandparents and other relatives. Mr. Montgomery will discuss these traditions and, using a case study, demonstrate how they can be used in genealogical research. He will also provide worksheets to help you apply the technique to your family tree.
The Armstrong Historical Museum and Genealogical Society offer this and other such programs to help you pass along your family story to its newest members.
Write down your family history and pass it on.