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Seventh Annual Cherokee Ancestry Conference in Tahlequah, OK
PARK HILL, Okla. – Attendees learned how-to and about tracing their family’s ancestors by
attending the Seventh Annual Cherokee Ancestry Conference on Friday, June 13, and
Saturday, June 14. in the OSiYo Room, located behind the Restaurant of the
Cherokees/Cherokee Nation Gift Shop Building, Tahlequah, OK, capital of the Cherokee
Nation. The location is a part of the Cherokee Nation Tribal Complex on Hwy 62.
Keynote Speaker on Saturday was Dr. Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr. Director, Sequoyah Research
Center, University of Arkansas. He discussed various removal detachments of the Trail of
Tears. Other leading experts included Gene Norris, CGSM, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Senior Genealogist; Barbara Becker Meehan, CGSM, FTGS Proprietor, Professional
Genealogist; Roy Hamilton, Cherokee Genealogist, president Cherokee Arts & Humanities
Council; Thomas G. Mooney, Archivist, Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc.; Ryan B.
Mackey, Planning Analyst II, Cherokee Nation.
Conference attendees were invited to a reception at the CHC on Friday evening where they
had an opportunity to meet the speakers. The conference concluded Saturday with a
question and answer session. Door prizes were also given between sessions.
This conference happens only once a year. The 2009 conference is being planned now.
Make your plans now to come see why the Cherokee Ancestry Conference is the one
conference you don’t want to miss.
For conference registration or additional information please call Gene Norris at 888-999-
6007 or 918-456-6007 x 239, or Ben Chasenah at extension 242. Reservations may be
mailed to the Genealogy Department at P.O. Box 515, Tahlequah, OK 74465.
PARK HILL, Okla. – Attendees learned how-to and about tracing their family’s ancestors by
attending the Seventh Annual Cherokee Ancestry Conference on Friday, June 13, and
Saturday, June 14. in the OSiYo Room, located behind the Restaurant of the
Cherokees/Cherokee Nation Gift Shop Building, Tahlequah, OK, capital of the Cherokee
Nation. The location is a part of the Cherokee Nation Tribal Complex on Hwy 62.
Keynote Speaker on Saturday was Dr. Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr. Director, Sequoyah Research
Center, University of Arkansas. He discussed various removal detachments of the Trail of
Tears. Other leading experts included Gene Norris, CGSM, Cherokee Heritage Center,
Senior Genealogist; Barbara Becker Meehan, CGSM, FTGS Proprietor, Professional
Genealogist; Roy Hamilton, Cherokee Genealogist, president Cherokee Arts & Humanities
Council; Thomas G. Mooney, Archivist, Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc.; Ryan B.
Mackey, Planning Analyst II, Cherokee Nation.
Conference attendees were invited to a reception at the CHC on Friday evening where they
had an opportunity to meet the speakers. The conference concluded Saturday with a
question and answer session. Door prizes were also given between sessions.
This conference happens only once a year. The 2009 conference is being planned now.
Make your plans now to come see why the Cherokee Ancestry Conference is the one
conference you don’t want to miss.
For conference registration or additional information please call Gene Norris at 888-999-
6007 or 918-456-6007 x 239, or Ben Chasenah at extension 242. Reservations may be
mailed to the Genealogy Department at P.O. Box 515, Tahlequah, OK 74465.
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CAHC GENEALOGY DATABASE: The Total Number of Individual's in the database as of 6/23/2008 is: 58,681 would you like to share your family history ? Send to: CAHC P. O. Box 594 Park Hill, OK 74451 Or, Email to: |
| National Trail of Tears Association Conference September 22-25, 2008, Little Rock, AR Contact: TOTAjerra@aol.com |
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| Russelville, Arkansas, Family Research Seminar Is in the planning stages. The dates we hope to be in there are either on Saturday, July 19 or July 26. More Information to come |