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Please see details below for Sevier County Public Library System’s annual genealogy conference, Thursday, November 5 – Saturday, November 7. Matthew Jordan, Director Clinch River Regional Library Tennessee State Library & Archives Office of Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett 130 N. Main St, Ste. 2, Clinton, TN 37716 Direct: 865-220-4053 Toll-Free: 855-692-8186, option 2 Main: 865-457-0931 Fax: 865-457-8546 Email: [log in to unmask] This electronic mail may be subject to the Tennessee Public Records Act, Tenn. Code Ann. §10-7-503 et seq. Any reply to this email may also be subject to this act. The mission of the Office of the Secretary of State is to exceed the expectations of our customers, the taxpayers, by operating at the highest levels of accuracy, cost-effectiveness and accountability in a customer-centered environment. Secretary of State Social Media Links: www.facebook.com/TennesseeSecretaryofState www.facebook.com/TNStateLibraryArchives/timeline -------------------------------------------------------- Press Release Contact: Robin Cogdill, Public Relations Phone: (865) 365.1417 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2015 SCPLS GENEALOGY & HISTORY CENTER 2015 GENEALOGY CONFERENCE: HEROES FROM THE PAST: FAMILY & FRIENDS SEVIER COUNTY, TN – The Sevier County Public Library System (SCPLS) hosts the 2015 Genealogy Conference: Heroes from the Past: Family & Friends from Thursday, November 5 – Saturday, November 7. The annual genealogy conference will be held in the SCPLS King Family Library Rel & & Wilma Maples History Center, 408 High Street, in Sevierville. Conference Schedule: November 5 - Day 1, Pre-Conference & Story Telling Dinner • 12:00 – 4:00PM – Bus Tour of Historic Boyd’s Creek Community in Sevier County presented by Carroll McMahan, Sevier County Historian. Includes a stop at Wheatlands Plantation House for light refreshment. o $20.00 fee historic bus tour only. o Cost included with full conference registration fee. o Maximum of twenty (20) tour attendees. o Full Conference registrants will have 1st option for bus tour seating until tour is full. • 6:00PM – Story Telling Dinner with John Sevier Lynn Fox will portray John Sevier while Jane Muldoon appears as Bonnie Kate o RSVP by October 15 to [log in to unmask] $20.00 – Dinner Only Cost included with full conference registration fee November 6 - Day 2, Conference Sessions • 10:30AM – 12:00PM – “Ready-Set-Plan” presented by J. Mark Lowe, Professional Genealogist • 1:00 – 2:15PM – “Before Tennessee: The Records Before Statehood” presented by J. Mark Lowe, Professional Genealogist • 2:30 – 3:00PM – “Out on a Limb: Trapped by Bad Research” presented by J. Mark Lowe, Professional Genealogist • 3:30 – 5:00PM - “But He Wasn’t a Minister: Finding a Baptist Ancestor Using Court Records” presented by J. Mark Lowe, Professional Genealogist November 7 - Day 3, Conference Sessions • 10:30AM – 12:00PM – “PK: Preacher’s Kids: Stories of Growing Up as the Child of a Preacher” presented by Theresa Williams, SCPLS Genealogist, Ruth Matthews, & Ruth Carr Miller • 1:00 – 2:15PM – “Whiskey, Brandy, and Southern Migration” presented by J. Mark Lowe, Professional Genealogist • 2:30 – 5:00PM – “Diamonds, Rubies, and Lumps of Coal” presented by J. Mark Lowe, Professional Genealogist The registration fee for the three-day conference, including the pre-conference, will be $50.00 if registration is received before October 15. After October 15, the cost of the conference will be $60.00. Completed registration form and payment should be sent to SCPLS Foundation, 408 High Street, Sevierville, TN 37862. For more information regarding the Sevier County Public Library System Genealogy Conference, please call(865) 365.1432 or contact Tim Fisher at [log in to unmask] or Theresa Williams at [log in to unmask] -- Robin D. Cogdill SCPLS Assistant Director & Public Relations Coordinator 408 High Street Sevierville, TN 37862 (865) 365-1417 [log in to unmask]