Cherokee Genealogy Workshop
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Beginning at 10 AM
John F. Germany Library
900 N. Ashley Drive
Downtown Tampa
The Cherokee Nation of
Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and the local satellite group, the Cherokees of Central
Florida. are sponsoring a FREE workshop for Cherokee genealogical
research. The workshop is “Beyond the
Dawes Rolls” which will present other sources for Cherokee research. Roy Hamilton, Cherokee Nation Genealogist and
Catherine Foreman Gray, Cherokee Tribal Council member and History and
Preservation Officer will be here from Oklahoma to present the workshop. Librarians are setting aside a special area
for our workshop and are assembling all the Cherokee materials in one location. Volunteers from the Cherokees of Central Florida
will be on hand to help with individual questions after the workshop. Street parking is free near the library on
Saturday. The Poe Parking Garage is
adjacent to the library where parking is available for a fee. Walk across the connecting elevated walkway
to the Annex of the library and go to the second floor Historical and
Genealogical Section. A light lunch will
be served at no charge. Please come and
join us for this very special event. The
workshop will begin at 10 a.m., but you are welcome to remain in the library
until closing at 6 p.m. You may want to
bring a thumb drive to copy material from the library’s computers. Registration is encouraged but not
required. For more information, please
contact Scott L. Peeler Jr., Genealogy Committee Chair, Cherokees of Central
Florida, at slpeelerjr@yahoo.com.
Scott L. Peeler, Jr.,
Facilitator
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