Historical Society to Host Map Presentation
The St. Mary’s County Historical Society will hold a hybrid meet and greet and map presentation from 10am to noon Saturday, October 5, at the Leonardtown Library.
This will be the group’s first hybrid meeting–both in person for the first portion, and combined zoom and in person for the second part.
First part will be in the librariy’s Maryland Room where the St. Mary’s County Genealogical Society’s resource collection in housed. Second part is a presentation Searching Historical Maps with Eric Benson, geographic information systems manager for St. Mary’s County, and Tim Benson, webmaster for the St. Mary’s County Historical and Genealogical societies. They will give a talk about historic map resources available for St. Mary’s County and will demonstrate the new interactive history map available on the St. Mary’s County website.
The online, interactive map gives the ability to overlay dozens of historical maps and images of the county over top of current maps and imagery and then seamlessly pan between new and old to see how places have changed over time. It also allows viewing of historic trust sites, historic districts, historic hundreds and election district boundaries, and facilitates searching for indexed historic place names.
Other Historical Society Events
Monday, October 28, 7 to 9pm Zoom meeting. Finding Swedish Ancestors. Member Tim Benson will present his research of his great-grandparents who came to the US from Sweden in 1890. As part of the presentation, he will give a primer on Swedish church records, a free, online resource that documents the entire Swedish population from birth to death for 300 years. He will chronicle his great-grandparent’s movements from small town Sweden to the capital of Stockholm, and finally their emigration to Kansas City where they ran a bakery for years.
Monday, November 25, 7 to 9pm Zoom meeting. AI and Genealogy: Trouble Ahead? Thomas MacEntee will present AI and Genealogy: Trouble Ahead? Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic but the technology has been around for years. Learn how AI is currently being used to improve the genealogy experience.
Founded in 1951, the St. Mary’s County Historical Society brings to life the people, places, and events of St. Mary’s County, MD. Its large collection of genealogical and archival materials is available to members and to the public for family and historical research. Its mission is to bring into focus the people, places, and events that make the county extraordinary.
Headquartered in historic Tudor Hall in Leonardtown, the Historical Society is open Wednesdays through Friday from 11am to 4pm and on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month.
The St. Mary’s County Historical Society is the repository of a unique collection of Maryland memorabilia and museum pieces displayed on the first floor of Tudor Hall and in the Old Jail Museum at 41625 Courthouse Drive. The 18th-century Tudor Hall also serves as headquarters of the society and houses the Historical Society’s Research Center.
To learn more about the St. Mary’s Historical Society, visit its Leader member page.
