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Hello Cousins,
It will be so wonderful to all be together at our annual reunion on July 24, 25, and 26th, 2008 in Roanoke,
Virginia. We will be at the Holiday Inn, Tanglewood, Roanoke, Virginia. Our special rate for the Livesay Historical
Society meeting is $ 97.90 which includes tax. Please mention the LHS when you make your reservations in
order to receive this rate. There are twenty rooms being held for us until June 23rd.
Holiday Inn Tanglewood, 4468 Starkey Rd. S.W, Roanoke, VA 24018
Phone 1-540-774-4400
Laura Wickstead, a noted historian and genealogist, of the Virginia Genealogy Room at the Roanoke Library
will be speaking to us on Friday morning, July 25th.
The officers and board members of the LHS voted to make a
$ 5000.00 donation to the James J. Livesay Scholarship Fund at Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi to honor
all past presidents of the Society . A list of the past presidents was sent, along with the donation, to Mrs. Mary
Lee Livesay who made the presentation to the collage.
The officers and board members of the LHS also voted to make a $ 2000.00 donation to the Grayson County
Virginia Heritage Foundation, Independence, Virginia in honor of our Livesay ancestors who settled in that area
and to establish a Livesay Collection at their research center.
When the LHS was formed in 1954, genealogy and family research was just beginning to be a popular hobby.
The first meeting at Cloverdale, Virginia had only twenty six people in attendance. Since that time, the
Society has grown into a world wide organization with attendance often between 100-150 people at the annual
meeting and 500 names on the mailing list.
New research is being done by using computer technology and internet resources. The attendance at our
annual meetings has been declining for several years. Less people are involved with the actual internal work of
the Society. The Livesay Bulletin which contained articles of new research is no longer published. The passing
of so many of our most devoted members and volunteers may mean we need to change our methods and
organization.
We hope you will plan to attend the annual meeting in July to honor our family history and all those who have
worked so hard to preserve that history and to discuss the continuation of the Society.
Love and peace,
Johanna Livesay
It will be so wonderful to all be together at our annual reunion on July 24, 25, and 26th, 2008 in Roanoke,
Virginia. We will be at the Holiday Inn, Tanglewood, Roanoke, Virginia. Our special rate for the Livesay Historical
Society meeting is $ 97.90 which includes tax. Please mention the LHS when you make your reservations in
order to receive this rate. There are twenty rooms being held for us until June 23rd.
Holiday Inn Tanglewood, 4468 Starkey Rd. S.W, Roanoke, VA 24018
Phone 1-540-774-4400
Laura Wickstead, a noted historian and genealogist, of the Virginia Genealogy Room at the Roanoke Library
will be speaking to us on Friday morning, July 25th.
The officers and board members of the LHS voted to make a
$ 5000.00 donation to the James J. Livesay Scholarship Fund at Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi to honor
all past presidents of the Society . A list of the past presidents was sent, along with the donation, to Mrs. Mary
Lee Livesay who made the presentation to the collage.
The officers and board members of the LHS also voted to make a $ 2000.00 donation to the Grayson County
Virginia Heritage Foundation, Independence, Virginia in honor of our Livesay ancestors who settled in that area
and to establish a Livesay Collection at their research center.
When the LHS was formed in 1954, genealogy and family research was just beginning to be a popular hobby.
The first meeting at Cloverdale, Virginia had only twenty six people in attendance. Since that time, the
Society has grown into a world wide organization with attendance often between 100-150 people at the annual
meeting and 500 names on the mailing list.
New research is being done by using computer technology and internet resources. The attendance at our
annual meetings has been declining for several years. Less people are involved with the actual internal work of
the Society. The Livesay Bulletin which contained articles of new research is no longer published. The passing
of so many of our most devoted members and volunteers may mean we need to change our methods and
organization.
We hope you will plan to attend the annual meeting in July to honor our family history and all those who have
worked so hard to preserve that history and to discuss the continuation of the Society.
Love and peace,
Johanna Livesay