2019 Meetings

Originally, all monthly meetings were scheduled for the first Saturday of the month. However, since we are dependent upon the Library for meeting space, we must accommodate their schedule first and foremost. Our Holiday Rule provides that monthly meetings are on the first Saturday except in months wherein a holiday falls on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday of that weekend, in which case, the meeting is held on the second Saturday. In October, we meet on the second Saturday in order to accommodate those members who like to participate in OctoberFest, which is on the first Saturday of October. If the Library closes for inclement weather, any AlaBenton meeting scheduled for that day is cancelled, rather than being posponed. For important traveling library exhibits, the Ayers Room where AlaBenton normally meets, may be unavailable for meetings, in which case, any AlaBenton meeting scheduled for that day is sometimes changed to the Anniston Room.






January 5, 2019:                             Speaker, Mary Ann Burnett - "History of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church"

February 3, 2019:                           Speaker: Rebecca McKay, "History of Talladega College and its Impact on Alabama"

March 3, 2019:                                Speaker: Ann Welch of Nunnally Art and Frame, "Protecting, Preserving and Restoring Family Photographs, Documents, Maps, etc. "

April 7, 2019:                                  Speaker: Kimberly O'Dell - "Alabama BiCentennial"

May 5, 2019:                                   Speaker: Wayne Gregg - "The Alabama Land Rush"
 
June, 2019:                                            (No monthly meeting.

July 27, 2019:                                  We have a great Summer Workshop lined up for Saturday, July 27, conducted by well-known author and historian, Larry Caver. This will be

                                                 presented in two sessions, beginning at 1:15 PM, with Registration from 1:00 PM to 1:15 PM. All details and registration form are available

                                                 through the 2019 Workshop link at the bottom of this page. This workshop will be chock-full of information about early Alabama records.


August,2019:                                (No monthly meeting)

September 8, 2019:                 Speaker: Tom Mullins - "The Industrialization of Benton/Calhoun County"

October 6, 2019:                     Speaker: Joseph Leatherwood, Jr. - "Community of Kinship: The Leatherwood Community"


November 3, 2019:                 Speaker: Dr. Heather Puckett - "Research on WWI"


December 1, 2019:
                   Annual Election of New Officers - Christmas Gifts for Alabama Room - FOOD, FUN AND FELLOWSHIP!


2019 Workshop

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