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Lecture on the Women of Joel Lane's Family
December 11, 2009
Gwen Mays, descendant of Joel Lane's brother, Jesse, will speak about women of Joel Lane's family at 7 pm on Thursday, January 12, 2010 in the Visitors Center at 160 south Saint Mary's Street in Raleigh, NC 27603.
Admission will be $15 for the public and $10 for members of the Joel Lane Historical Society. Refreshments will be served. Seating is limited, and reservations are required. Please call 919-833-3431 with your MasterCard or Visa, or mail a check to P O Box 10884, Raleigh NC 27605.
Gwen is the Organizational Records Archivist at the State Archives and has a personal interest in the colonial period, women's history, and of course the Lane family. She has a Master’s Degree in Archival Management from NCSU and has worked at the North Carolina State Archives since 1994. Her minor was in Southeastern Colonial History, with an emphasis on women’s history. She has been doing family history research for almost 30 years, and as a Lane descendant has a special interest in the people and the history of North Carolina in general and Wake County in particular. She lives in Raleigh and is married with two grown daughters.
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