OKTOBERFEST 2017 - October 20 & 21, 2017
Oktoberfest 2017 was held at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center in Orangeburg. Good fellowship, good food and an interesting program was enjoyed by attendees and guests. Following are highlights of the meeting.
Session 1a, Presidents Dinner Welcome, Margaret Waters
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Session 1b, South Carolina in the Revolutionary War, Robert C. Jones
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Robert Jones, Betty Jane Miller, Billy Delk. |
Mingle during Friday Registration. |
Catering Crew, Jackie Moyer and LaWanda. |
President's Dinner. |
President Margaret Waters Welcomes Oktoberfesters. |
After dinner speaker, Robert Jones. |
Coming soon.
Session 2, Business Meeting, Margaret Waters
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Session 3, Gone to Texas, Jim Rickenbacker
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Session 4, Platz, Plats, Platts, Platt of the Salkehatchie, Rose Marie Williams
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Session 5, What's New at the Salley Archives, Eric Powell
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Session 6, Findings from a Recent Study of the Battle of Eutaw Springs, Charles Baxley
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Session 7, Presention of Plaque & Books, Rev. Harold Syfrett
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Session 8, Ethnicity Results from Autosomal DNA tests, Lynn Teague
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Session 9, Simple Tools to use with your FTDNA Family Finder Test, Pamela Hansen
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Video One: Transferring DNA from Ancestry to Family Tree
Video Two: Transferring DNA from Ancestry to Family Tree
Session 10, DNA Question and Answer Session, Lynn Teague and Margaret Waters
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Annual Membership Meeting. |
Attendance at the Platt talk. |
Bob Connelly plotting out the Platts. |
Charles Baxley discusses the Battle of Eutaw Springs. |
Rev. Harold W Syfrett makes a presentation. |
Lunch - Bratwurst, Sauerkraut, German Potato Salad. |
Lunch - now where shall we sit?. |
Lonely venders during lunch. |
Mary Jacoby Simpson and Charles Felder. |