Society Saturday - FRECOGS 2013 Genealogy Fair

One of the genealogy societies I belong to is FRECOGS aka Frederick County Genealogical Society.  Our last meeting of the "year" is our Genealogy Fair.  We have tables for other genealogy and historical societies and tables for topics like "Getting Started" and "Brick Walls".  It is open to all.  We had another year with a good turnout for a Saturday afternoon!

The societies that participated were:

• Carroll County Genealogical Society
• Washington County Historical Society
• Washington County Genealogical Society
• Genealogy Club of the Montgomery County Historical Society
• Historical Society of Frederick County
• Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society
• Thurmont Historical Society

Here are some pictures of our soiree!!

So if anyone is in the Frederick, Maryland area the second Saturday of September through June, stop by and see us!! We have refreshments!!!

Double Birthday Day - Dad and Aunt Betty

Today I celebrate the birthdays of my father, Thomas Raymond Coughlin (1944-1998) and his sister, my Aunt Betty, Mary Elizabeth Coughlin Braunstein (1940-2004).

I found this photo of Aunt Betty "feeding" me.  Yeah, family gotta love 'em :)

And here's one of my father during a visit to Stone Mountain Park, Stone Mountain, Georgia in May 1995.
On the back I wrote (courtesy of my (step) paternal grandmother's, Helen Torrance Coughlin, training!!) ... "Dad - thinks he's important!"  Maybe because he fought the lawn!!

Happy Birthday Daddy and Aunt Betty!!