Mount Vernon Genealogical Society - Founded 1991
Founded 1991

1500 Shenandoah Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22308
 
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Monday, December 2
Using FamilySearch.org  (Training and Education)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
HHSC, Room 214
INSTRUCTOR:  LINDA MACLACHLAN
 
The purpose of the workshop is to learn how to use the Familysearch.org
website more effectively.  Workshop is limited to 6 folks.
 
Please remember to create a free account, if you don't already have one,
ahead of the workshop date.  Please remember to bring your user id and
password with you.
 
To register for the workshop, please send an email with the workshop
name and date, and your name and phone number to Amy Breedlove
at albreedlove@comcast.net .  Thank you
 
There is another handout titled "Calling Famsearch for Help" available
in the Training Forum portion of the MVGS website.
Download: 1714881419_UsingFamilysearchHandout2024.pdf


Shopping Stories: Discovering a Community through Store Ledgers
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Shopping Stories: Discovering a Community through Store Ledgers  (General Meeting)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Hollin Hall Senior Center, Rm 218
Account books detail a wealth of information from a community – describing people,
places, objects, economies, politics, religion, events, etc. They are quite different
from the typical prose of a letter or diary as they often reveal insights into the
lives of less recognized members of a community, like the enslaved and women,
through their accounts and purchases by, and on behalf of them by others.
Learn what can be revealed about a community in and around eighteenth-century
Alexandria, Virginia, from store ledgers.
 
Genealogists will learn the value of using store ledgers to discover intimate details
about individuals from the past.
 
Molly Kerr is a Founding Director at History Revealed, Inc.  With educational interests
in cultural anthropology (University of Mary Washington, BA) and archaeology (University
of Arkansas, Fayetteville, MA), her professional experience ranges from contract
archaeology to teaching teachers how to make history more engaging in the classroom to
the creation of a database cataloging the enslaved of George Washington.  Most recently,
she has focused on store accounts from the 18th century for what they tell us about the
people, places, events, and material culture of the communities of Colchester and
Alexandria, Virginia.
 


Monday, January 27, 2025
VA SIG Meeting  (Special Interest Group)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
TBD
The VA SIG will meet on this day but location is TBD.
Topic will either be All border disputes [VA/NC, VA/MD, PA/MD, DE/PA, etc.]
OR the topic will be The Counties around Richmond, VA.
Stay tuned for more information.


Monday, February 24, 2025
VA SIG Meeting  (Special Interest Group)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
TBD
The VA SIG will be on this day but location is TBD.  Topic will either be All Border
Disputes [VA/NC, VA/MD, PA/MD, DE/PA, etc.] OR the topic will be The Counties
around Richmond, VA.  Stay tuned for more information.