The Society will meet on Tuesday April 2, 2013 at The Troy Community Center, 3179 Livernois Road, Troy, MI 48083 (just north of Big Beaver). The community center has a flat entrance and ample lighted parking. Meetings are open to the public and free of charge; all are welcome.
The program: “When a Rose is Not a Rose: Women Soldiers in the Civil War”, will be presented by Judith Coebly. Most of us are unaware that almost 900 women served surreptitiously as soldiers in the Civil War even though the Union and Confederate armies would not accept women into their ranks. When their true identities were discovered, these patriots in disguise were sometimes punished, always removed, and told to return home. Most reenlisted in other units – sometimes seven or eight times. They fought like demons and would not quit. Judith Coebly’s presentation includes vignettes of their experiences, accompanied by photographs and etchings.
The Society has two transcription projects in full swing. We are indexing the 1884, 1889 and 1893 censuses of Independence Township, which we will add to our Oakland County 1890 census subtitute project at: www.ocgsmi.org/free-genealogical-data/1890-census-substitute-project-for-oakland-county/. Addiionally we are indexing the surname charts which have been submited by our members over the years and posting them on our website at: www.ocgsmi.org/free-genealogical-data/surname-books/. Please stop by at the publication stable and volunteer to help finish thes important projects. You may also volunteer today by replying to this e-mail.