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Saturday, February 16
“The Custer Family in Monroe”  (Special Event)
5:00 pm
Monroe Boat Club, 7932 Bolles Harbor Drive, Monroe, MI

 

THE FRIENDS OF

 

THE RIVER RAISIN BATTLEFIELD

 

Invite You to a Traditional

 

Muskrat, Venison, & Turkey Dinner

 

With all the Trimmings

 
Saturday, February 16, 2019
 
At the
 
Monroe Boat Club
 
7932 Bolles Harbor Drive
 

off LaPlaisance Road, east of I-75, exit 11, in Monroe, Mich.

 

 

 
Matt Switlik
 
Former Director of the Monroe County Historical Museum
 
will present a program on the more recent history of
 
“The Custer Family in Monroe”
 

 

 

Doors open at 5:00, Dinner at 6:00, Speaker at 7:00

 

Cost $15 in advance, $20 at the door

 

 

 

Tickets are available at the following locations:

 

Floral City Images

 

The Book Nook

 

Supermatch Gun Shop

 

The Monroe County Historical Museum

 

 

 

Information: call Ralph at (734)289-2253

 

Proceeds will help fund programs at the River Raisin Battlefield National Park

Download: 1549569849_2019algonquinflyer.pdf


Saturday, March 2
March GSMC Meeting  (Meeting)
1:00 pm
Monroe County Community College, Administration Building -Rooms 173 A & B
Ed Throm, one of the volunteers at the Bedford Library, will share his expertise on searching two newspaper databases.  Newspapers.com and newspaperarchive.com are two paid sites that contain thousands of digitized newspapers from all over the US and the world.  They are both excellent resources for tracing your elusive ancestors and have very different user interfaces.  Ed will show us some tricks and tips for getting better results from our searches in these two newspaper databases.
 
 


Saturday, March 16
GSMC Annual Spring Seminar  (Seminar)
8:00 am
Monroe County Community College
Featuring Jessica Trotter with four exciting and interesting lectures. 
  • The ABCs of DNA & Genealogy
  • British Isles to Canada to Michigan
  • Scandalous Ancestors
  • Road Trip! No, really, it’s not all online!
 
See attached flyer for details.  Cost is $30 for those registering prior to 8 Mar 2019.  
 
Download: Seminar Flyer


Saturday, March 30
Potter Cemetery Spaghetti Dinner  (fundraiser)
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Carleton United Methodist Church, 11435 Grafton Road, Carleton
15th Annual Spaghetti Dinner
Hosted by Friends of Potter Cemetery Association
Saturday, March 30, 2019  12-5 pm
$10 for adults, children ages 5-12 $5, under age 5 free
 
Tickets available in advance or at door.  For information call 734-693-0902 or email
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Details on flyer
 
 
 
Download: 1549559310_SpaghettiDinnerFlyer2019.pdf


May GSMC Meeting
Saturday, May 4
May GSMC Meeting  (Meeting)
1:00 pm
Monroe County Community College, Administration Building -Rooms 173 A & B
Phil Weitlauf is the president of Michigan War Dogs Memorial which was established in 2010 at the site of an abandoned pet cemetery. Their mission is to continue the restoration and maintenance of this cemetery for the purpose of interment of retired Military working dogs and retired Service Dogs. They provide full honors to the handler/owner. They also provide research for Military and or Service records. The cemetery is located in Lyon Township.
 
As always our meetings are open to the public.


Saturday, June 1
June GSMC Pot Luck  (Meeting)
12:00 pm
Monroe County Historical Museum, 126 S. Monroe Street, Monroe, MI
Join us for our annual pot luck at the Monroe County Historical Museum.   Our archives will be open for anyone wishing to do some research before or after lunch.
 
Bring a dish to pass.  The club will provide plates and utensils.