Meetings are usually held on the third Saturday at 2:00 pm in the Athens-Clarke County Public Library auditorium, but variations in this schedule are not uncommon. Meetings are announced in the COGS Quarterly, via email, and at this web site on the Meetings page. Although most meetings are free and open to the public, membership is encouraged to enable C.O.G.S. to bring in quality speakers that will help further our understanding as family history researchers. Dues are also used to purchase resources for local libraries and offset costs to preserve historical data.

November 2009

Program: "Bringing Your Ancestors To Life-- The Historical Novelist's Perspective"

Presenters: Judi and Takis Iakovou
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009 (note change in day)
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Athens-Clarke County Public Library Auditorium
Cost: free and open to the public

Local authors Judi and Takis Iakovou will share how an author uses family history research. Takis and Judy Iakovou are authors of the Nick and Julia Lambros Mysteries-- three novels and a novella written under their own names. Their newest novel, Bitter Tide, written under the pen name of Ann Stamos, debuts the Ellis Island mystery series and is set in New York at the turn of the twentieth century. Bitter Tide required five years of in-depth research of immigration practices, ethnic groups, the Gilded Age and New York, giving the authors special insight into the interests and challenges of genealogists. The Iakovous have resided in Athens for twenty years. (Read the article at Online Athens to learn more about Bitter Tide.)

Please join us in the small conference room after the meeting for refreshments.

This event is co-sponsored by the Clarke-Oconee Genealogical Society
and the Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room.

December 2009

Program: COGS Holiday Party

Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Jan Dunlap's Home

January 2010

Program: Beginning Genealogy

Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Location: Oconee County Library

A Look Ahead:

• February 20, 2010 Library Resources [including those available from home]
• March 20, 2010
• April 17, 2010
• May 15, 2010
• June 19, 2010

Do you have an idea for a genealogy related program or activity? Contact us at the email address below to share your ideas.

This event is co-sponsored by the Clarke-Oconee Genealogical Society
and the Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room.

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