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History and genealogy conference offered in Durant (The Daily Ardmoreite)
The Three Valley Museum of Durant, and the Friends of the Oklahoma Historical Society Archives will offer a Southeastern Oklahoma History and Genealogy Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday in the First Presbyterian Church, 501 N. 15th St.
Library provides WiFi access (Durant Daily Democrat)
In today’s technological age, surfing the Internet is a popular activity. Now, Durant and Bryan County residents are able to enjoy this pleasure wirelessly at Durant’s Robert L. Williams Public Library.
Gifts can fuel genealogy interest (The Oklahoman)
Here are some creative ways to celebrate your family history during the holiday season:→Collect small flags that symbolize a state or country representing a family origin and put them on a large Christmas tree. Flags from ancestor’s origins would be meaningful with a list of the people associated with each flag as a gift to relatives. This could spark an interest in their family history and ...
The key to unlocking the answers (The Norman Transcript)
Ever wonder what Grandpa did for a living? Where are his parents buried? How many brothers did Grandma have? Did Aunt Tilly really divorce Uncle Horace?Answers to these genealogy questions and many more can be found at the Cleveland County Genealogical Society Library, 1119 E.
Community Notes (Greene County Daily World)
The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Glen M. Gardner, Jr., will visit VFW Post 7117 in Worthington on Thursday at approximately 3:45 p.m. The local post is planning a special welcome for the commander before he speaks to area VFW members about efforts to increase VA funding, provide long-term VA health care and ways to support current members of the military, National Guard, ...
Community Notes (Greene County Daily World)
Randall Brown from Edward Jones, Inc. in Bloomfield will present a free informational workshop on how to weather the current bear market. Brown offers useful tips and tools for safeguarding your assets in a turbulent time.
Community Notes (Greene County Daily World)
The Bloomfield School District will conduct its annual Veteran's Day program at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at Glover Gymnasium. Veterans are encouraged to cotnact the Junior/Senior High School office at 384-4550 to RSVP for the program. Veterans will be recognized during the program.
Obama, McCain seem to have Ky. ancestry (Lexington Herald-Leader)
As everybody in Kentucky knows by now, Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama will battle each other for the state's eight electoral votes in the presidential election Nov. 4. What many might not know is that the candidates have something else in common: Both apparently have ancestral ties to Kentucky. Reports suggesting that both Obama and McCain have Kentucky ancestries first ...
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