The Durham-Orange
Genealogical Society
of North Carolina
A nonprofit organization established in 1989 and dedicated to the research and preservation of family history of Durham and Orange counties, North Carolina
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PO Box 4703
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-4703Email: D-OGS Administration
Regular Meetings
1st Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Click here for each month's meeting place and program !!
Usually held at the
Duke Homestead Visitor Center/Tobacco Museum
2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham 27705
Phone: (919) 477-5498
one-half mile from I-85 and Guess Rd (Exit 175)
Follow the brown historic site road signs.
A Map! Another Map!Computer Special Interest Group Meeting
2nd Saturday, 9:00 am-noon
Usually held at the Chapel Hill Public Library,
100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC Map!
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The Genealogical Society in central North Carolina
**SPECIAL NOTICES**
Last Updated: 5 December 2008
This is a public list of the Durham-Orange Genealogical Society Member Surnames provided as a tool to our members to find members that are researching like Surnames.Durham County Library NC Room Family History Books Index
A Listing of the Family History Books in the NC Room, Indexed by Surname and Book Title
Upcoming Meetings
August 2009 Meetings
Wednesday, 5 August 2009 -- D-OGS Meeting
TOPIC: Annual "Show and Tell"SPEAKER: D-OGS members
One of the most popular meetings is our August "Show and Tell" when members and guests can tell about some of the genealogical or family history projects that they have been working on recently. This program is always lively and interesting. This is your chance to shine!
Come to hear what others have discovered or experienced and select something your would like to contribute. Plan on talking for less than 5 minutes so we can hear from many folks.
LOCATION: Duke Homestead Visitor Center in Durham at 7 pm
This D-OGS Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, 5 Augustl 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Duke
Homestead Visitor's Center, 2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham 27705. Phone: (919) 477-5498
One-half mile from I-85 and Guess Rd (Exit 175), Follow the brown historic site road signs.
A Map! Another Map!
D-OGS Meetings are open to the general public!
The D-OGS Computer Interest Group Meeting will meet on Saturday morning,
8 August 2009 at 9 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Library downstairs in the small conference room.
Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC Map!
Brief description of this month's topic.
As usual we will discuss new developments in genealogy research that address a variety of ways that electronics, online, and digital tools can help us do our work. If you've seen something of interest online recently, send the URL ahead of time so it can go on the agenda.
Please send in interesting new web sites, and other items you'd like to share with the group well ahead of time so it can be included on the agenda.
Carol Hubbell Boggs HubbellGen@aol.com
D-OGS Computer Interest Group Meetings are open to all!
July 2009 Meetings
TOPIC: The North Carolina Maps ProjectSPEAKER: Nicholas Graham, Librarian with North Carolina Digital Library and Archives
North Carolina Maps is a comprehensive, online collection of historic maps of North Carolina, providing users an unprecedented level of access to these important research materials. He'll be speaking about finding old North Carolina maps, using them in your research. He will demonstrate some of the ways that we can apply new technology to old maps.
Nicholas Graham has worked in special collections libraries and archives for over then years, most recently at the North Carolina Collecion at UNC, and at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston.
This D-OGS Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, 1 July 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Duke
Homestead Visitor's Center, 2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham 27705. Phone: (919) 477-5498
One-half mile from I-85 and Guess Rd (Exit 175), Follow the brown historic site road signs.
A Map! Another Map!
D-OGS Meetings are open to the general public!
11 July 2009 at 9 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Library downstairs in the small conference room.
Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC Map!
Brief description of this month's topic for discussion.
As usual we will discuss new developments in genealogy research that address a variety of ways that electronics, online, and digital tools can help us do our work. If you've seen something of interest online recently, send the URL ahead of time so it can go on the agenda.
Please send in interesting new web sites, and other items you'd like to share with the group well ahead of time so it can be included on the agenda.
Carol Hubbell Boggs HubbellGen@aol.com
D-OGS Computer Interest Group Meetings are open to all!
June 2009 Meetings
TOPIC: Mapping the Land Grants of Wake CountySPEAKER: Jim Jones
This presentation will ......
Kevin Smith is the Scholarly Communications Officer at Duke University, where he works out of the main University library and is available as a resource to the University faculty, staff, administration and students for advice on a wide variety of copyright, publishing and licensing issues. Kevin began his academic career with graduate studies in theology at Yale University and the University of Chicago, and then decided to move into library work. His strong interest in copyright law began in library school and persisted throughout his work in both theological and liberal arts college libraries. He received a law degree while serving as the director of the library at Defiance College in Ohio and moved to Duke shortly thereafter.
Further description and background information about Jim Jones including any link to relevant web sites..... (http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/) that discusses copyright and publication in academia and he is a frequent speaker on those topics.
This D-OGS Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, 3 June 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Duke
Homestead Visitor's Center, 2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham 27705. Phone: (919) 477-5498
One-half mile from I-85 and Guess Rd (Exit 175), Follow the brown historic site road signs.
A Map! Another Map!
D-OGS Meetings are open to the general public!
13 June 2009 at 9 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Library downstairs in the small conference room.
Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC Map!
We will continue the topic as we discussed at the last meeting, preparing for the National Genealogical Society conference in Raleigh next month. No matter whether you go for one day or the entire conference, there are many things you can do to prepare yourself to get more out of the time you do spend there.
As usual we will discuss new developments in genealogy research that address a variety of ways that electronics, online, and digital tools can help us do our work. If you've seen something of interest online recently, send the URL ahead of time so it can go on the agenda.
Please send in interesting new web sites, and other items you'd like to share with the group well ahead of time so it can be included on the agenda.
Carol Hubbell Boggs HubbellGen@aol.com
D-OGS Computer Interest Group Meetings are open to all!
TOPIC: The NGS Conference in Raleigh, 13 – 16 May 2009
A Panel Discussion led by Rob & Cathy Elias.
This D-OGS Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, 6 May 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Duke
Homestead Visitor's Center, 2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham 27705. Phone: (919) 477-5498
One-half mile from I-85 and Guess Rd (Exit 175), Follow the brown historic site road signs.
A Map! Another Map!
D-OGS Meetings are open to the general public!
9 May 2009 at 9 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Library downstairs in the small conference room.
Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC Map!
Topic: "To Be Announced"
Please send in interesting new web sites, and other items you'd like to share with the group well ahead of time so it can be included on the agenda.
Carol Hubbell Boggs HubbellGen@aol.com
D-OGS Computer Interest Group Meetings are open to all!
April 2009 Meetings
TOPIC: Copyright and rightful copying: a balanced approach to research and the law.SPEAKER: Kevin L. Smith, J.D, Scholarly Communications Officer, Perkins Library, Duke University
This presentation will look at those elements of U.S. copyright law that are especially relevant for genealogical researchers. Guidance will be offered about appropriate research methods, sharing amongst peers and publication issues, including preparing websites.
Kevin Smith is the Scholarly Communications Officer at Duke University, where he works out of the main University library and is available as a resource to the University faculty, staff, administration and students for advice on a wide variety of copyright, publishing and licensing issues. Kevin began his academic career with graduate studies in theology at Yale University and the University of Chicago, and then decided to move into library work. His strong interest in copyright law began in library school and persisted throughout his work in both theological and liberal arts college libraries. He received a law degree while serving as the director of the library at Defiance College in Ohio and moved to Duke shortly thereafter.
Kevin serves on the faculty of the Association of Research Libraries’ Institute on Scholarly Communications and on the American Library Association’s Committee on Legislation Subcommittee on Intellectual Property. He maintains a highly-regarded web log on scholarly communications (http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/) that discusses copyright and publication in academia and he is a frequent speaker on those topics.
This D-OGS Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, 1 April 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Duke
Homestead Visitor's Center, 2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham 27705. Phone: (919) 477-5498
One-half mile from I-85 and Guess Rd (Exit 175), Follow the brown historic site road signs.
A Map! Another Map!
D-OGS Meetings are open to the general public!
11 April 2009 at 9 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Library downstairs in the small conference room.
Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC Map!
We will continue the topic as we discussed at the last meeting, preparing for the National Genealogical Society conference in Raleigh next month. No matter whether you go for one day or the entire conference, there are many things you can do to prepare yourself to get more out of the time you do spend there.
As usual we will discuss new developments in genealogy research that address a variety of ways that electronics, online, and digital tools can help us do our work. If you've seen something of interest online recently, send the URL ahead of time so it can go on the agenda.
Please send in interesting new web sites, and other items you'd like to share with the group well ahead of time so it can be included on the agenda.
Carol Hubbell Boggs HubbellGen@aol.com
D-OGS Computer Interest Group Meetings are open to all!
March 2009 Meetings
TOPIC: Long, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781SPEAKER: Joshua Howard, Research Historian, Office of Archives and History.
A discussion of the work the speaker and his colleague have recently published on the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. The role of the Orange County militia will also be included.
Joshua Howard, Research Historian, Office of Archives and History. Joshua has a bachelor’s degree in history from Appalachian State, and a Masters from East Carolina University in Maritime History.
North Carolina Office of Archives and History: http://www.history.ncdcr.gov/
This D-OGS Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, 4 March 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Duke
Homestead Visitor's Center, 2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham 27705. Phone: (919) 477-5498
One-half mile from I-85 and Guess Rd (Exit 175), Follow the brown historic site road signs.
A Map! Another Map!
D-OGS Meetings are open to the general public!
14 March 2009 at 9 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Library downstairs in the small conference room.
Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC Map!
We will be discussing how you can take advantage of your best buddy, your digital camera, when you travel to your hometown this summer, or to the archives or local library where all the information about your folks is located. These little jewels are not just for snapshots any more, although that's a good enough reason when you bump into some new family members you didn't know about until your trip. The same applies to the NGS conference that we're going to be attending soon. You never know who you're going to meet there, but you'll surely meet someone you want to remember. Take a picture!
Can't find a place at the printer in the library? Want to go to lunch and don't want to lose your place in that big log book? You only have ten minutes left in the cemetery, what do you need to know to get that important headstone photo that will make the difference in your research? You've got the index up on the library computer and it goes on for ten pages, but the printers are all busy and your time is limited, what to do so you can get on with your research? Perhaps someone named a street after your ancestor but spelled it wrong on the sign, wouldn't that be a nice item of interest in your next family booklet or web page?
We can do so much more now than ever before, thanks to our pocket sized digital cameras, they are real unsung heroes. What are your favorite web sites for the basics, or even the advanced techniques for using and enjoying them? Please send them along so we can get a broad look at all the possibilities for digital genealogy.
Please send in interesting new web sites, and other items you'd like to share with the group well ahead of time so it can be included on the agenda.
Carol Hubbell Boggs HubbellGen@aol.com
D-OGS Computer Interest Group Meetings are open to all!
February 2009 Meetings
TOPIC: For No God, but for Country:
Understanding the Civil War Enlistment of the North Carolina Grays.SPEAKER: Ernest Dollar, Director of the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill
In May 1861, a month after the start of the Civil War, ninety-two young men enlisted to fight for the new Southern Confederacy. Historians of the conflict are eager to understand when men fought, but examining the first motivated volunteers highlights the causes that drew men to war. Comparing the backgrounds and the lives of these men creates a portrait that reveals they were rebelling against more than North and became afraid they would loose all they had fought hard to achieve. Recounting their stories, recreates the world of Orange, Wake, and Chatham Counties as they stood on the brink of war.
Ernest Dollar is a Durham native who received his a B.A. in History and B.F.A. in Design from University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1993. Since then he has worked at several historic sites in North and South Carolina including Middleton Place National Historic Landmark, North Carolina Museum of History, and the Orange County Historical Museum. Currently, he serves as the Director of the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill. In 2008, Ernest published his first book as part of the Images of America series on the town of Morrisville and will be teaching a class as part of Duke's OLLI program on the Civil War in the Triangle.
Preservation Society of Chapel Hill: http://www.chapelhillpreservation.com/
This D-OGS Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, 4 February 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Duke
Homestead Visitor's Center, 2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham 27705. Phone: (919) 477-5498
One-half mile from I-85 and Guess Rd (Exit 175), Follow the brown historic site road signs.
A Map! Another Map!
D-OGS Meetings are open to the general public!
14 February 2009 at 9 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Library downstairs in the small conference room.
Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC Map!
Topic: "Blogs, Clogs and Slogs"Always something new, and usually pretty silly sounding. How to keep up with all the new terms without carrying a glossary or going to Google and wasting valuable research time? Just when we were beginning to learn about Wikis, here comes another challenge to our patience. We certainly know what a slog is - it's what's happening as we grind through a couple of microfilms that were shot in poor conditions without finding the fellow we were looking for. Clogs are what you shouldn't wear in cemeteries, they're too wobbly and the folks that built those places didn't seem to pay much attention to a level surface. Especially in front of the stones. Blogs now are quite another thing. They're sort of amorphous, everyone's got one it seems, and some of them are pretty outspoken, even blue. What can they do for the genealogist? How do we find one that "fits", and how do we find it again? Come join us while we look at a bunch of them to see how they can help us get our work done, learn something new, and not waste too much time at it.
Please send in interesting new web sites, and other items you'd like to share with the group well ahead of time so it can be included on the agenda.
Carol Hubbell Boggs HubbellGen@aol.com
D-OGS Computer Interest Group Meetings are open to all!
January 2009 Meetings
TOPIC: How safe is the genealogical data you have spent years collecting?
SPEAKER: Richard Ellington, D-OGS Newsletter EditorHow safe is the genealogical data you have spent years collecting? Have you backed up your computer files lately? Do you have copies stored in safe places? If not, you need to do something about it NOW!
We will be talking about some fairly inexpensive methods for saving all that digital family trivia that you are hoarding but not protecting. After all, how much time and money would it cost to recreate that material?
D-OGS Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, 7 January 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Duke
Homestead Visitor's Center, 2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham 27705. Phone: (919) 477-5498
One-half mile from I-85 and Guess Rd (Exit 175), Follow the brown historic site road signs.
A Map! Another Map!
D-OGS Meetings are open to the general public!
17 January 2009 at 9 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Library downstairs in the small conference room.
Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC Map!
Please note change of date from 10 January to 17 January 2009
Topic: "Another Year Gone By, and my Computer Has Molasses in it!"This January the D-OGS CIG is going to address getting ourselves and our computers in tip-top condition to take on the challenges of the new year. When was the last time you did a tune up, got rid of useless programs, defragmented the drive, and reviewed the bookmarks that no longer apply? Have you checked to see if your drivers are the latest ones? Have you updated your browser lately? Is your computer running as fast as when you popped open the box and started loading your favorite genealogy software? You may want to join us and see what can be done to keep the key to the universe in your home in fine shape and tracking your ancestors on schedule through 2009. We'll also explore a couple of the latest tools that were not designed specifically with genealogists in mind, but lend themselves beautifully to all the tasks we require to do our jobs efficiently. - Carol
Please send in interesting new web sites, and other items you'd like to share with the group well ahead of time so it can be included on the agenda.
Carol Hubbell Boggs HubbellGen@aol.com
D-OGS Computer Interest Group Meetings are open to all!
Web Pages of Local Relevance
- The Trading Path Association describes its purpose: to preserve, promote and study remnants of the historic Trading Path of the Southeastern Piedmont. To quote from their website at http://www.tradingpath.org/: "The Trading Path was a transportation corridor defined by river crossings connected to one another by trails. In colonial times it linked the James River colonial settlements to the Catawba and Cherokee towns in the Carolinas and Georgia. It served Indian commerce prior to European colonization, and it served as one of the principle avenues for European penetration of the Piedmont of the Southeastern United States.
- Duke's Digital Scriptorium is developing digitized versions of historical materials from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University and makes them accessible via the Internet. Note from the Webmaster: I quickly peeked at their website and found items as diverse as the 1864 diary of a 16 year old girl during the American Civil War; the papers of Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a renowned Confederate spy; digitized Historic American Sheet Music published between 1850 and 1920; the Duke Papyrus Archive with images of 1,373 papyri from ancient Egypt.
- Old West Durham National Historic District is located near Duke University and Ninth Street in Durham, North Carolina. Their web site includes a detailed history of the area, old B&W photos of Erwin Mills, the historic mill village, and the newspaper article about the rediscovery and restoration of Erwin Cotton Mills Cemetery.
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