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Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland
P.O. Box 275
Easton, MD 21601

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USGSMD Calendar

Our 49th Year !


USGSMD Research Center

USGSMD Research Center
12156 Greensboro Road
Greensboro, Maryland 21639

Directions

The USGSMD Research Center will be open on most Saturdays (except holiday weekends/member meeting dates), from 9 AM - 2 PM. We will open in compliance under guidelines from the Caroline County Health Department. The specific planned dates are as follows:


2023

JANUARY
Jan 07, Jan 14 Closed (Member Meeting), Jan 21, Jan 28

FEBRUARY
Feb 04Closed (Weather Related Issue), Feb 11, Feb 18 Closed (President's Day), Feb 25

MARCH
Mar 04, Mar 11 Closed (Member Meeting), Mar 18, Mar 25

APRIL
Apr 01, Apr 08 Closed (Easter), Apr 15, Apr 22, Apr 29

MAY
May 06, May 13 Closed (Member Meeting-Elections), May 20, May 27 Closed (Memorial Day)

JUNE
Jun 03, Jun 10, Jun 17, Jun 24

JULY
Jul 01 Closed (Independence Day), Jul 08, Jul 15, Jul 22, Jul 29

AUGUST
Aug 05, Aug 12, Aug 19, Aug 26

SEPTEMBER
Sep 02 Closed (Labor Day), Sep 09 Closed (Member Meeting), Sep 16, Sep 23, Sep 30

OCTOBER
Oct 07 Closed (Columbus Day), Oct 14, Oct 21, Oct 28

NOVEMBER
Nov 04, Nov 11 Closed (Member Meeting), Nov 18, Nov 25 Closed (Thanksgiving)

DECEMBER
Dec 02, Dec 09, Dec 16 Closed (Holiday Season), Dec 23 Closed (Christmas), Dec 30 Closed (New Year's Eve)

Membership meetings are open to the public and are held on the second Saturday of the months of January, March, May, September and November at 1:00 p.m.


Upcoming Events:



The next membership meeting is at 1 PM, January 14th, 2023. We plan to discuss our upcoming 50th anniversary year, and what activities we may wish to undertake. A Microsoft Teams invitation was emailed to members and interested individuals to allow them to attend remotely, if they are unable to attend in person.


Sample of Past Events:


Physicians of Caroline County


The meeting was at 1 PM, November 12th, 2022, at 111 South Main Street, Greensboro, MD 21639. The speaker was Dr. Christian E. Jensen, who gave a talk about many notable physicians in past history who served Caroline County.
Dr. Jensen's Bio follows:
DR. CHRISTIAN E. JENSEN, M.D.
Dr. Jensen was born and raised on Sandy Hook Bay, N.J. I graduated from Rutgers University (BS, MA), Duke University (MD) & Medical College of Wisconsin (MPH). He spent 3 years at The University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is a retired Navy Captain, graduated from Officers Candidate School, Navy Supply Corps School, and the Naval War College. He began medical practice in Denton in 1973, and with interruptions by wars, is still working. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, with 13 direct ancestors on the winning side in the Revolution. He is the author of a book “Lives of Caroline County Maryland Physicians 1774-1984”. His genealogical interests are his Delmarva family: Andrew, Beauchamp, Chance, Baker (Caroline) & Adams, Frampton, Harrison, Carroll, Price (Talbot).

A Wedding in 1806


The meeting was at 1 PM, January 8th, 2022, at Caroline County Library, 100 Market Street, Denton, MD 21629. We featured Robert Jarrell as our speaker, the author of A Wedding in 1806.
- A Wedding In 1806 covers a period from 1665 to 1894, starting with the earliest American generations of Jarrells, Powells, and Slaughters as they and their families weaved their way through life. By 1806 two of their descendants, Margaret Slaughter and Richard Jarrell, were standing in a Methodist meetinghouse exchanging wedding vows.
- The research for the book was done, as much as possible, through viewing primary sources, ancestral records found in the Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania Archives. Much time was also spent visiting the collections found at Swarthmore College’s Friends Historical Library, Barrett’s Chapel, the Maryland Historical Society, the Delaware Historical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Talbot County Free Library, and the Caroline County Public Library. Add to this the academic studies published about life and economic conditions in early Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, A Wedding in 1806 is a mixture of family history and local history.
- Bob briefly discussed his book but concentrated on a couple of subjects covered in the book – early Talbot County immigrants, some paying their passage to Maryland and some not, and, secondly, the ninety-year fight between the Penn and Calvert families over ownership of the Delmarva Peninsula.

Growing Up In Greensboro


The meeting was at 1 PM March 13, 2021, held at American Legion Post 29. Our guest speaker was Larry Porter, who gave a talk titled "Growing up in Greensboro". This event was open to the public with some capacity and social distancing restrictions in place due to the current COVID issue.


Genealogy, DNA and Family Diseases

Genealogy, DNA and Family Diseases

March 14, 2020
1:00 p.m.

Location: Caroline County Public Library
Denton, Maryland
2nd Floor Large Meeting Room
Open to the public.

Membership Meeting to begin at 1:00 p.m. followed by lecture Genealogy, DNA and Family Diseases presented by Sue Clabaugh, LPN and Liz Stitely.

Genealogy, DNA and Family Diseases PDF Flyer


Men of Color From the Lower Eastern Shore
Who Served in the Civil War

Men of Color from the Lower Eastern Shore Who Served in the Civil War, Dr. Clara Small, Flyer

January 11, 2020
1:00 p.m.

Location: Caroline County Public Library
Denton, Maryland
2nd Floor Large Meeting Room
Open to the public.

Membership Meeting to begin at 1:00 p.m. followed by lecture by Dr. Clara Small.

Men of Color from the Lower Eastern Shore Who Served in the Civil War, PDF Flyer

Dr. Clara Small's bio and information on her books.





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