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2015 Nunda Area Homecoming
8:30-9:00 AM - Registration – Nunda Historical Society Museum, 24 Portage Street 9:00-9:10 AM - Welcome and Overview of the day’s events – Tom Cook , NHS President 9:15 – 10:00 AM – Presentation: “Chasing Your Dead Relatives” by Dick Alderman. Learn the different tricks and techniques that will help you uncover your family history using both traditional and online resources. 10:00- 10:15 AM - Break & Refreshments 10:15-11:45 AM – Choose your own history adventure. Participants select one or more of the following activities or just visit and catch up with friends.
12:00-1:00 PM - Enjoy a catered lunch in our pavilion. Menu: Pulled pork sandwiches, potato and macaroni salads, baked beans, fruit, cookies and brownies, water and soda 1:15 – 2:30 PM - Showing of April 5, 2015 TV program, “So who do you think you are?,” featuring Scandal actor Tony Goldwyn who discovers his east coast ancestors in Nunda. NHS members will share their experiences working with the producers of this program, from the first phone call in summer 2014, through the research findings and secrecy required, to the visit of Tony and the TV crew on Nov.1. 2:30 – 2:45 PM - Break & Coffee/Tea 2:45- 3 PM - Power Point Program on Nunda’s Historic Oakwood Cemetery Celebrating its 150th Anniversary 3:15 – 4:30 PM - Visit Oakwood Cemetery and discover how gravestones tell stories and can help you with genealogy. |