Oktoberfest 2019 – October 11 & 12, 2019

Oktoberfest 2019 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 2019 Presidents Dinner

Session 1a, Presidents Dinner Welcome, Pamela Hansen

Session 1b, The Scandalous Lives of Carolina Belles Marie Boozer and Amelia Feaster-Flirting with the Enemy, Tom Elmore

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Oktoberfest 2019 Friday Photos

Oktoberfest 2019 Saturday Program

Session 2, Annual Business Meeting, Pamela Hansen

Session 3, Barbeque, Farming and Friendship- German Prisoners of War and South Carolinians, 1943-1946, Dr Fritz Hamer

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Session 4, A Kings Match in America-King Richard II, David Brinkman

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Session 5,  Survey of Genetic Genealogy-From Ethnicity to Visual Triangulation, Dr Jason Lee

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Session 6, A Keller Family of Calhoun County , Lynn Teague

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Session 7, The Riley Family of Orangeburgh, Gene Henriksen

Session 8, What’s New at the Orangeburg County Historical Society, Eric Powell

Session 9, Orangeburg District DNA Project Question and Answer Session, Lynn Teague and Margaret Waters