The Catholic Church Going West

Fernandina Beach Library 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, United States
Join us on 16 May at 7pm at the Fernandina Branch Library Community Room to listen to Bob Frey, who will tell us how he traced his ancestry back to the Catholics who established colonial Maryland, then later migrated to Kentucky and beyond. His ancestors settled the historic, western Kentucky Catholic settlement of Fancy Farm and helped build the St Jerome Church. Frey will discuss his ancestors’ arrival in Maryland from England in the 17th century and subsequent migration to Kentucky in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

The “Rosin” Fall of Turpentine in Nassau County

Turpentine was a ubiquitous ingredient in American household products including paints, medicines, soaps, lamp oil, ink, lubricants, hair spray, and cosmetics, just to name a few. Pine trees would be […]

May General Meeting

Fernandina Beach Library 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, United States
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7pm on the 3rd Tuesday, 21 May 2024, in the community room at the Fernandina Branch Library. Speaker details to follow.
Free
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