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The next meeting will be
Tuesday Sept 1 2009
This will be a business meeting.
 
Other meetings this year
Tuesday Oct 6 2009 - Tony Mozingo, author of "The Longleaf Trace Companion",  will tell us about the history of the Longleaf Trace  and the railroads of that area.
 
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 to be announced, possibly a discussion of The records in the Chancery Clerks office.
 
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, our annual dinner meeting at a restaurant to be announced. 
 
 
The South Mississippi Genealogical and Historical Society meets at 7:00pm the first Tuesday of each month at 107 South Park Avenue, Hattiesburg, MS. The meeting room and library are located in the rear part of the Hattiesburg Water Dept. Bldg in the edge of Kamper Park. On rare occasion the date for a meeting is moved or canceled in which case a notice will be posted.

                                      LIBRARY
The Library of the South Mississippi Genealogical and Historical  is open each Saturday morning from 9am to 12 noon except on major holidays. It is also open at 6pm before each meeting. Appointments at other times can be arranged by calling the librarian at 601 271-8803.
It contains a modest collection of books and journals with emphasis on data from counties of South Mississippi.  It now houses the Genealogy collection from the Library of Hattiesburg-Petal-Forrest County.
Visitors are welcome.

 
 Officers 2009 (Oct .1, 2008 to Sept 30, 2009):
Pres. Myrna Lazenby 
V.Pres, Clif Evans
Secretary, Kathy Goss
Newsletter Editor,  Laurie Crowson
Treasurer June Collier
Historian Martha Parker
Librarian,  Jeanne Tutor
Web Master June Collier 
Board Members at Large:
        Clif Evans
       Jane Marsh 
       Clarise Soper
       Myrna Lazenby
 
 
 
If you have a subject you would like to present in a program  or if you know of an interesting guest speaker, you can send it to smghs@megagate.com  
 
                                   Notice
Our working year is from Oct 1 until Sept. 30.  Dues for 2009 are due by Oct. 1, 2008.  See the  membership page for rates and address.  
 

 
                                     SEMINAR
The committee is working on plans for the 2010 semminar. Plans will be posted on the seminar page as they develop.