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| 2010 Gathering
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New
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The 2010 Gathering is now history!
Hope
to see you all at the next Gathering of Friends
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On the porch
of the old Friend Store at Friend's Delight - seated left to right -
John Havens, Cecil Campbell, Jane Fox, Helen Ricketts, Janet Campbell,
Judy Robeson,. Back row standing left to right,- Louise Havens, Judy
Lewis, Pat Smith. Richard Ricketts, Tom Lewis |
Every other year the Friend Family Association of America holds a Gathering
of our organization and members to research our genealogy, hold seminars,
and to elect our Board of Director positions that are due to expire.
Below are photographs of the 2010 Gathering of Friends that took place in
Friendsville, Maryland
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The Friend Family Association
of America is proud to announce Seventeen (17) new books that are only
available through our organization !
"Andrew Coleman Friend"
"Jonathan "Sugar Joe" Friend"
"Joab Jonah Friend
of
Grimes Point, MD"
"Josiah Green Friend of Swanton, Maryland" book one and two
"Friendsville, Maryland: A Brief History"
"A
Brief History of Friend's Delight, Sang Run, Maryland"
"Joseph Friend, Sarah Green and Their
Descendants of Friendsville, Maryland"
"William Edmundson Friend of Friendsville, MD (The Gun Maker)"
"Collection of Obituaries"
"Elijah Friend (1814 to 1869) of Sang Run, MD"
"Cornelius Ward Friend"
“John Friend Sr. of Friendsville, MD”
"John
Friend Jr. of "Friend's Delight" Sang Run, Maryland"
"Andrew Friend and His Family: The Earliest
Pioneers of the Potomac River"
"Selected Cemeteries and
Gravestones of Garrett County, Maryland:
"The Maps and Papers of William H. H. Friend, 2nd Edition"
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| Where
has The Gathering of Friends Been... |
Since
1976 one was held each year until 1980 then it proceed to every
two years. Where has been the past "Gathering of Friends"
Seminars? Let's take a look:
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1976 - California |
1992 - None Held |
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1977 - Lancaster, Ohio |
1994 - McHenry, Maryland |
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1978 - Galesburg, Illinois |
1996 - Reynoldsburg, Ohio |
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1979 - Louisville, Kentucky |
1998 - Sewickley, Pennsylvania |
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1980 - Fort Wayne, Indiana |
2000 - Friendsville, Maryland |
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1982 - Huntington Beach, California |
2002 - Friendsville, Maryland |
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1984 - Friendsville, Maryland |
2004 - Richmond, Indiana |
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1986 - Romulus, Michigan |
2006
- Cumberland Maryland |
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1988 - McHenry, Maryland |
2008 - Lancaster, Ohio |
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1990 - Reynoldsburg, Ohio |
2010 - Friendsville, Maryland |
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Our
National Headquarters in Friendsville, Maryland |
Our
National Headquarters Museum |
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Our
National Headquarters Museum |
Many
of our guest sharpened their research skills by attending a
genealogy class conducted by Patty Friend Thompson on Saturday |
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Dennis
Lashley demonstrates pyrographic art, better known as wood
burning |
Bill
Slagle had a wonderful ginseng display |
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The
Unique Milling Company |
Hugh
and Louise Friend conducting a tour of the Unique Milling
Company |
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Bob
Bantz, in his representation of Christopher Gist, presents
replica Items of the Allegany County Native Americans and
Artifacts found on Braddock's Trail in Maryland and Pennsylvania |
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