Our September meeting will be on Saturday the 8th in the downstairs meeting room at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center . The meeting and program will begin at 1:00 PM. this months program will be "RESEARCHING WITH CITY DIRECTORIES".
Lorna Elliott and Sandy Bisset will open new research territory with an in depth look at what City Directories have to offer for the researcher. They have long been described as census substitutes but have much more to offer, and just like census records have a "buyer beware" aspect which Lorna, as a long term research librarian, will share with us. You will be surprised to learn how early city directories appear in this country, and that they exist even earlier in other countries. Traditional as well as non-traditional locations to search for directories will be shared with a bibliography hand out. If you have an old location directory (city, county, region) please bring it to share.
Don't forget to join us for a no host lunch in the Basalt Cafe at Noon. Public is welcome as always and bring a guest.