Broad River Genealogical Society, Inc

BROAD RIVER GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Our 29th Year!

Come celebrate your heritage with us!

Mailing Address:
PO Box 2261
Shelby, NC 28151-2261

Broad River Genealogical Society, Inc. was chartered in October 1980 by the State of NC.

Location:
1145 County Home Road
Shelby, Cleveland County, NC

Betsy & Linda enjoy the materials...

It is a member of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the National Genealogical Society, the North Carolina Genealogical Society and the Cleveland County Arts Council.
Its purposes are to preserve area records, and to disseminate genealogical and historical information through books and a
bulletin published quarterly.

The quarterly magazine,
"Eswau Huppeday",
which translates as "land between the rivers" and refers to the territory between the Cherokee & Catawba Indian Nations, contains over 250 pages of historical and genealogical information each year.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Our speaker this week will be Kathy McKay from the

Cowpens Battle Ground in Cowpens, S.C.
She will be speaking on the battle at Cowpens and about the

Cowpens Battle Ground Park.

1200 square feet of Genealogical treasures...

Our monthly meetings are open to everyone interested in local and family history in the surrounding area. The meetings are held in the Performing Arts Area of the Neal Senior Center on H.T. Harris Drive, Shelby, which is just off of Hwy 18 North (Fallston Road) at the intersection at Ross Grove Baptist Church and Time Warner. Be sure to park at the back side of the building and use the entrance in the back near the gazebo.

Meeting Date	Speaker	Meeting Date	Speaker
2 May 2009	Special Heritage Day Cookout	12 September 2009	To be announced
13 June 2009	To be announced	11 October 2009	To be announced
11 July 2009	Kathy McKay	8 November 2009	To be announced
8 August 2009	To be announced	Merry Christmas	No meeting.

Membership Application Information	We open our library to the public during these hours:
Publish a query in "Eswau Huppeday"	2nd & 3rd Saturday every month 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Publish a query in "Eswau Huppeday"	2nd & 3rd Monday every month 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Books for Sale Order Form	Every Tuesday Evening 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Can we do some research for you?	Other times open by appointment. Please contact our archives coordinator.
Obituary Look-up Service	Browse our vertical files...or see what's available for your research.

Last updated
7 July 2009

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Are you having a family reunion, your high school class,
a club, or perhaps a military reunion?
Announce it to the world by posting with us.

Charles Lattimore Elliott
takes you on a journey through

10 generations of his

Elliott and Lattimore families.

Thank you Charles for this lovely

tribute to your ancestors.

We have family photographs,

picture postcards, buildings

and landmarks
from the counties in

our area of North Carolina.

We also have a few we need

help to identify.

Can you help, or do you have

photos to share?

Please let met know...

Cleveland County, North Carolina
Heritage, Volume II

This beautiful 604 page book is

now for sale!

Hurry, quantities are limited.

You don't want to miss this opportunity!

Current-Day Townships for

North Carolina Counties
U.S. Census Bureau

What routes did our ancestors take into

North Carolina?
Check out this great map.

Indian settlements, colonial towns & forts,

colonial roads, rivers & Indian trails.
Another great map.

...genealogists have visited our site since 8 May 2001.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

Membership runs from January 1 through December 31.

DUES

Cost	Membership Description
$20.00	Per year for an individual
$22.50	Per year for a family

Print a Membership Application

Print an Address Change Form

.MEETINGS	.3:00 PM on the second Sunday of each month except November & .December, unless otherwise announced. The April meeting is periodically .replaced by a special seminar & the November and December meetings are .combined into one meeting on the second Sunday of December. The regular .meeting place is the Senior Center, Fallston Road, Shelby, NC . Meetings .are open to anyone with an interest in genealogy or local history.
.PUBLICATIONS	.Members receive a copy of Eswau Huppeday, the official publication of the .Broad River Genealogical Society, Inc., each February, May, August and .November. Members are encouraged to submit articles for publication.
.QUERIES FOR .PUBLICATION	.Members may submit unlimited queries each year to be used as space .allows, at the discretion of the publication committee, for publication in the .society bulletin, Eswau Huppeday.Queries may be edited. Non-members .may submit queries at a cost of $2.00 each. This policy is in effect until .further notice.

Can we do some research for you?

Our gem of a corresponding secretary can do limited research for you.
Mike Allen is a gifted genealogical detective and can usually dig up a
little information on anyone who was in our area for even a short period of time.
Don't want to make a donation until you hear from Mike?
No problem, make your request as specific as possible, and decide if
you'd like to make a donation when you receive Mike's work.
(Mike doesn't use e-mail, so please use our form.)
Print Our Research Form

Want to publish a query in Eswau Huppeday?

As space allows, our editor-in-chief will publish your query. This service is free to our members. For $2.00 per query, non-members can get their brick walls before the full membership, and maybe, just maybe find a piece to the puzzle.
Please use our form, and make your request as specific as possible. When completing the form, be sure to list your phone number, if we have questions about your request, we'll give you a call.

Print Our Query Form

CHARTER MEMBERS

(Please click our candles to view the findagrave memorial for our Charter Members who now have all the answers to their genealogical questions. May their rest be peaceful...)

Steve Bettis

Pat Cruz

Everette Earl "Red" Dellinger

Evelyn M. Blanton Dorsey

Richard Edward Harms

Barbara Lovelace

Robert Lovelace

John R. Phifer

Bobby Ridgeway

Rebecca Howard Smith

A. R. Ward

John Alston Anthony, Jr

16 Sep 1903 - 15 Mar 1987

Bobby Stowe Carpenter

5 Jul 1942 - 19 Dec 2007

Patricia Lineberger Dellinger

9 Aug 1931 - 2 Apr 2009

("Red" Dellinger's Wife)

Virginia Greene DePriest

13 Oct 1921 - 7 Apr 1992

Annie Jones Dodd

4 Feb 1917 - 29 Mar 2009

Frank Carroll W. Falls

9 Feb 1913 - 6 Jan 1999

John Thomas Falls, Sr.

23 Mar 1926 - 20 Jul 2005

Nannie Sue Shytle Gold

12 Dec 1910 - 9 Mar 1994

Vera Nancy Hardin

10 May 1909 - 17 Apr 1999

Roy Donald Jackson

28 Jun 1939 - 10 Jan 2002

Bunah Vista Holland Jones

25 Jun 1892 - 1 Aug 1982

(Annie Dodd's Mom)

Robert Wayne "Bob" Kiger

16 Jan 1926 - 3 Jul 2006

William Hoyle "Coot" Lutz

10 Sep 1912 - 24 Jun 1999

George Marion Murray

31 Jan 1900 - 7 Dec 1995

Joe Ewert Packard

1 Nov 1937 - 30 Aug 1997

Marian Davis Packard

16 Apr 1917 - Apr 10 2009

(Joe's Mom)

Ferne Pruette Padgett

15 Sep 1910 - 11 Mar 2004

Ola Falls Pruette

19 May 1908 - 31 Jan 2001

Beatrix Blanton Ramey

14 Aug 1913 - 24 Sep 2007

Mary Thompson Wilson

14 Mar 1916 - 31 May 2005

2009 OFFICERS

President

Debby McIntyre

Vice president

Susan Guffey

Secretary

Betsey Beason

Treasurer

Hilda Moss

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

D. Gene Hamrick, Term Expires 2011

Betty Masters, Term Expires 2011

Glenda O'Shields, Term Expires 2009

Ann Noblitt Wright, Term Expires 2009

Heather Robbins, Term Expires 2010

Purvis Wesson, Term Expires 2010

ESWAU HUPPEDAY

Editor-in-Chief

JoAnn Surratt

Chief of Publications

Ned Cash

Publications Committee

Mike Allen

Beverly Barnes

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2000
"Our 20th Year"

2001

2002

2003

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