2022 OLHA Regional Meeting – Region 6

CENTRAL

Saturday, March 19 Columbus

Register by Friday, March 11

For organizations in Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Knox, Licking, Madison, Perry, Pickaway, and Union Counties.

Host: Franklin County Genealogical and Historical Society

Meet at: Auditorium, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Main Library; 96 S Grant Ave, Columbus

Note: Parking is available in the Library’s paid parking garage, which is accessed from Library Park North off of S. Grant Ave. You should purchase a pre-paid parking pass when you register for the meeting. Only one pass needed per car.

9:00 REGISTRATION

9:30 WELCOME

9:45 SESSION Discovering the Untold Story: African American Pioneers, Builders and Settlers in Franklin County, Ohio (1803- 1850) with Nettie Ferguson, Franklin County Genealogical Society African American Interest Group

11:00 SHARING TIME

12:00 LUNCH

12:45 ALLIANCE REGION 6 BUSINESS MEETING & OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION LOCAL HISTORY OFFICE REPORT

1:30 PANEL Partnerships to Promote Heritage Tourism: The Example of the Ohio & Erie Canal Southern Descent Heritage Trail with Cathy Nelson, Friends of Freedom Society; Christie Ward, Mayor of Lockbourne; Judith Cosgray, Village of Baltimore; Tom Davis or Arista Hartzler, Pickaway County Park District; William Tipton, Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail

3:00 TOUR Tour of the Local History/ Genealogy Department, Columbus Metropolitan Library. Meeting ends at the conclusion of the tour, no later than 4:00 p.m.