Time & Location
May 19, 2022, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Highlands, 348 S 5th St, Highlands, NC 28741, USA
About the Event
Have you ever wanted to trace your ancestry, but never knew where to start? Begin your genealogy journey with an introduction to how to navigate two of the most commonly used ancestry tracking websites, Ancestry and Find a Grave. Theron Rogers will tell us about his adventures on his motorcycle, the 1200 cemeteries he photographed and the fascinating graves he has discovered.
Location: CLE Lecture Hall
Presenter: Theron Rogers: After a 40 year career with IBM, where he went from computer builder to Field Engineer to Branch and Regional Manager, Theron Rogers retired to Lake Lanier in Gainesville, GA in 1991. since his retirement, he has kept himself busy with real estate sales, computer instruction and repairing old IBM clocks. Most of all, though, he likes to get on his Harley Davidson, or his Honda Goldwing trike when his wife comes along. They have biked all the lower 48 states, plus five countries in Europe. For the last 14 years, he has photographed headstones in cemeteries as a volunteer for Find a Grave.