PCGS PAST PROGRAMS 1999-2006
*PCGS has become known for its Native American and Civilian
Conservation Corps (CCC) Programming
1999
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2001
2002
2003
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2006
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2008
1999
Native Americans Steve Sims
How to Do Your Family Tree Workshop Jimmie Steele
Civil War Encampment at Laurel Hill John Broughton
Native American Ancestry Doug Belcher
2000
Musical Instruments and Songs of our Ancestry Artist in Resident, Tina Liza Jones
Fayerdale Railroad Kenney Kirkman
Civilian Conservation Corps Foy Hawks, Luther Justice, and Tom Slate
Patrick County Honor Guard Arthur Ayers, Lester Craig, Marvin Keene
Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints on the familysearch.org website Joe Sloop & Elder Noel
The Moravian Churches of Patrick County & Patrick County Records at the Moravian Archives in Olde Salem Richard Starbuck, Archivist
Saura Indians of Patrick County Chief Keith Smith
Daniel Boone Markers Gary Marshall
Native American Archealogy James Gregson of the Virginia State Archealogy Team & Carroll County Archealogy Society
Cherokee Indians of Patrick County Myrtle Driver of the Cherokee Indian Nation in Cherokee, NC, along with Doug Belcher, Renae Wagoner, and Lee Pinkerson
Old Fashioned Christmas Party PCGS Members at Dobyns Community Club in Stuart
2001
Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints updates to the familysearch.org website Larry Greene & Mary Lou Allen
Researching Your African American Roots in Patrick County Cynthia Wilson
Tour of Patrick County Courthouse & Genealogical Records Clerk of Patrick County Circuit Court Susan Gasperini
Eastern Regional Coal Archives Dr. Stuart McGehee, West Virginia Natives Club
50th Wedding Anniversary Surprise Meeting “This Is Your Life” Cecil & Onie Vaughn, Elder Donnie Conner of the Dobyns Primitive Baptist Church & members of the Vaughn and Williams Families
First Ever Civilian Conservation Corps. Reunion at Fairystone State Park Renae Wagoner, Kenney Kirkman, Alpha Hiatt
Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints (Freedman Bank Records) Elder and Sister Wilding
Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestry Shelby Cochran & Betty Banks, DAR
Monacan Indian Nation of Lynchburg, VA Chief Kenneth Branham, Lee Pinkerson, Doug Belcher, and Renae Wagoner
2002
PBS Ancestors Videos
History of Liberty Primitive Baptist Church Elder John W. Wingfield
Ascent to Glory, The Genealogy of Jeb Stuart Tom Perry
Virginia’s Civil War Parks Kenney Kirkman
Battlefield Doctors of the War Between the States Richard “Lester” Snyder
1930 Census Kenney Kirkman
Events at Laurel Hill Tom Perry
Cherokee History and Culture & Native American Genealogy Doug Belcher
Covered Dish Supper & Swap Meet PCGS Members & Public
2003
Patrick Springs Female College David Sheley
The Genealogy of Colonel Archelaus Hughes & The Restoration of the Hughes Cemetery Mike & Becky Christiansen & David Sloop
African American Presence at The Reynolds Homestead Esther Johnson
Tour of The Reynolds Homestead & Picnic PCGS Members
Doing Research at the North Carolina State Archives Janelle Johnson
Native American Herbal Medicine Doug Belcher
Civil War Drill and Fashion Show “The Role Women Had During the Civil War Era” Ball Gowns The Wharton-Stuart Camp #1831 and the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary
Tour of the Patrick County Historical Museum Tom Perry
Swap Meet & Covered Dish Meal PCGS Members & Public
2004
How to Do Pictures on Your Computer Doug Turman
Scrapbooking Amy Burnette of "Memories and More "
The Bull Mountain Plane Crash Clarence Hall
Field Trip to The Bull Mountain Plane Crash
The Reynolds Homestead Spring Frolic - our organization had a table there on 5/1/2004
The Danville and Western Railway (Dick & Willie) Kenney Kirkman
PCGS Participated in the First Ever Town of Stuart Strawberry Festival on 5/22/2004 - Presentation was on Native Americans of Patrick County
Picnic at Laurel Hill, Introduction on Jeb Stuart and Laurel Hill, Mount Airy and Eastern Railroad (Dinky Train) Tom Perry & Kenney Kirkman
What DNA Tells Us Joy Gann Brown
Native American Herbal Medicine Oscar Hylton
Reading Olde Handwriting David Sheley
How to Use Microfilm Randy Glover of the Patrick County Library
PCGS Participated in the Third Annual Town of Stuart Apple Dumpling Festival with our display on “Sources of Genealogy”
PCGS Participated in the Holiday Bazaar at Stuart Rotary Field with our display on “Sources of Genealogy” and David Sheley’s “Flowers like Grandma Had”
Sharing Meeting & Covered Dish Supper PCGS Members & Public
2005
Jeb Stuart’s Last Ride: The Battle of Yellow Tavern Tom Perry
David Sheley had a display at the Patrick County Library of “What Grandma and Grandpa Carried In Their Pockets”
Wagon Roads (The Carolina Road, The Great Wagon Road, old Hickey’s Road) Sally Burns
Quilting (Fabrics, Patterns, Quilting Designs) Crystal Woods *We made a special effort this night to photograph Patrick County Quilts that were brought in and who made them
Lawson Family Tragedy Esther Johnson & Patrick Boyles
Patrick County Boy & Cub Scouts Jonathan Corns - Eagle Scout Project
Patrick County Postcards Marvin Keene
Patrick County Honor Guard VFW Posts 8467 & 7800 and American Legion Post 105
Scrapbooking Alicia Tiller of "Creative Memories"
Beginning Genealogy Miniworkshop Esther Johnson
How to do Oral Histories Harry & Judy Roy of the Family History Center in Winston Salem, NC
Sharing Meeting & Covered Dish Supper PCGS Members & Public
2006
Research Night at Bassett Historical Center PCGS Members & Public
Wagon Roads (Videos on The Great Wagon Road & Olde Salem)
Quaker Churches of Patrick County in particular Friends Mission & Burk’s Fork Meeting House Anthony Lowe
Researching your Native American Ancestry Lorraine Griffith of the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe
Civil War Family Stories and Oral History Gary Walker
Scots-Irish R.P. Lanier, Professor of English at Radford University
Folklore of the Appalachian Region Ricky L. Cox, Professor at Radford University
2007
A Christmas Family Tragedy – Legends of the 1929 Lawson Family Murders showing at the Star Theatre – this was the first film to be shown in the newly reopened Star Theatre
Researching Your African American
Ancestry in
Researching Your African American
Ancestry in
Showing of
Women’s History Month
Learn How to Use the LDS familysearch.org website
Educational Booth at the Town of
The Meanings, Myths, and Majesty of Heraldry: A Consumer’s Guide R. P. Lanier
400th Anniversary
The Melungeons Jack Goins
Catered Meal furnished by
Walsworth Publishing Co. for our Celebration Party
for completion of the
Our Male Ancestors
Lost Apple Varieties Tom Brown
Educational Booth at the Town of
Annual Sharing Meeting & Covered Dish Meal PCGS Members & Public
2008
“Finding Your Family History in the Attic” & PCGS Valentine Military Care Packages
The Hall of Afro-American Heroes in History
Looms and Weaving especially the Rock-a-Beater loom. Margaret Smith.
Wagon Road Outing to walk the actual Great Wagon Road in Patrick, Henry and Stokes Counties
What Was Going On In
Outing to the Shelor Iron Furnace
The building of the Townes and Talbot Dams, and the Kibler Valley Power Plant. Philip Slate
“Cryptic Clues in the Boneyard.” This presentation discusses overlooked clues in cemetery research, such as identifying the type of cemetery, looking at grave decorations, analyzing the composition of the stone to date it, and interpreting the art and symbols on tombstones.
A program on “Reverend Bob Childress.” Randle Brim