Oktoberfest 2017 – October 20 & 21, 2017

Oktoberfest 2017 was held at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center in Orangeburg. Good fellowship, good food and an interesting program was enjoyed by attendees and guests. Following are highlights of the meeting.

Oktoberfest 2017 Presidents Dinner

Session 1a, Presidents Dinner Welcome, Margaret Waters

Session 1b, South Carolina in the Revolutionary War, Robert C. Jones

Oktober 2017 Photos

Oktoberfest 2017 Saturday Program

Session 2, Business Meeting, Margaret Waters

Session 3, Gone to Texas, Jim Rickenbacker

Session 4, Platz, Plats, Platts, Platt of the Salkehatchie, Rose Marie Williams

Session 5, What’s New at the Salley Archives, Eric Powell

Session 6, Findings from a Recent Study of the Battle of Eutaw Springs, Charles Baxley

Session 7, Presention of Plaque & Books, Rev. Harold Syfrett

Session 8, Ethnicity Results from Autosomal DNA tests, Lynn Teague

Session 9, Simple Tools to use with your FTDNA Family Finder Test, Pamela Hansen

Session 10, DNA Question and Answer Session, Lynn Teague and Margaret Waters