2009 Owsley Family Historical Society Annual Meeting
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2009 Owsley Family Historical Society Annual Meeting
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Posted: 18 Dec 2008 4:59AM GMT |
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Surnames: Owsley Housley Ousley
Mark your calendars for the 2009 Owsley Family Historical Society Annual
Meeting, June 11-13, Louisville, Kentucky
Details at our revised website- www.ofhs.org
Save the date, make plans, and tell your relatives we'll gather in
Louisville in June for three days of Owsley/Ousley/Housley family sharing,
history, and fun. We'll begin with the traditional Thursday evening dessert
social--bring photos, new genealogical finds, and tall tales. Our outings
include a very special visit to the Frazier International History Museum
founded by Owsley Brown Frazier, Louisville philanthropist and former
Vice-Chairman of the Brown-Forman Corporation. The Museum brings together
two collections--the founder's priceless collection of historical
objects--from the family Bible of Daniel Boone to the "big stick" of
President Theodore Roosevelt AND displays and artifacts from Britain's Royal
Armouries (including the Tower of London). The scope of the museum is from
the Battle of Hastings in 1066 (in which our ancestors took part) through
Teddy Roosevelt's Presidency and his subsequent African safari--set in over
100,000 square feet of a restored historical building.
We'll also visit a gem for genealogical research, the Filson Historical
Society's Library. The extensive collection focuses on Kentucky, the Upper
South, and the Ohio Valley (gateway to westward expansion). Holdings
reflect origin and destination states for the migrants: Virginia, North Carolinaina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri. The Library has over
3,500 family histories, nearly 4,000 Kentucky genealogy files, 840
newspapers, much original sheet music, and a Civil War collection. Open
days Monday through Friday and first Saturday.
An optional riverboat dinner cruise on the Ohio River is planned for Friday
evening. Service is buffet style and there's an open bar. And we should be
on the river for sunset.
As always, we end the annual meeting with our Saturday evening banquet.Come
early, stay late--there's so much to do and see in Louisville. Sights
include the Speed Art Museum, Kentucky Derby Museum, Kentucky Museum of Art
and Craft, Farmington Historic House Museum, and Locust Grove (last home of
General George Rogers Clark circa 1790--and stopping
point for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their return from the
Pacific).
Meeting, June 11-13, Louisville, Kentucky
Details at our revised website- www.ofhs.org
Save the date, make plans, and tell your relatives we'll gather in
Louisville in June for three days of Owsley/Ousley/Housley family sharing,
history, and fun. We'll begin with the traditional Thursday evening dessert
social--bring photos, new genealogical finds, and tall tales. Our outings
include a very special visit to the Frazier International History Museum
founded by Owsley Brown Frazier, Louisville philanthropist and former
Vice-Chairman of the Brown-Forman Corporation. The Museum brings together
two collections--the founder's priceless collection of historical
objects--from the family Bible of Daniel Boone to the "big stick" of
President Theodore Roosevelt AND displays and artifacts from Britain's Royal
Armouries (including the Tower of London). The scope of the museum is from
the Battle of Hastings in 1066 (in which our ancestors took part) through
Teddy Roosevelt's Presidency and his subsequent African safari--set in over
100,000 square feet of a restored historical building.
We'll also visit a gem for genealogical research, the Filson Historical
Society's Library. The extensive collection focuses on Kentucky, the Upper
South, and the Ohio Valley (gateway to westward expansion). Holdings
reflect origin and destination states for the migrants: Virginia, North Carolinaina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri. The Library has over
3,500 family histories, nearly 4,000 Kentucky genealogy files, 840
newspapers, much original sheet music, and a Civil War collection. Open
days Monday through Friday and first Saturday.
An optional riverboat dinner cruise on the Ohio River is planned for Friday
evening. Service is buffet style and there's an open bar. And we should be
on the river for sunset.
As always, we end the annual meeting with our Saturday evening banquet.Come
early, stay late--there's so much to do and see in Louisville. Sights
include the Speed Art Museum, Kentucky Derby Museum, Kentucky Museum of Art
and Craft, Farmington Historic House Museum, and Locust Grove (last home of
General George Rogers Clark circa 1790--and stopping
point for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their return from the
Pacific).