The DSGR Invites You to Join Us
 
Saturday, November 4, 2017
11:00 am
St. Stephen's Epsicopal Church, Adams Road, Troy, Michigan
 
"Researching Your WWI Ancestor"
with Melissa Tennant
 
This is a joint program with the Oakland County Genealogical Society (OCGS) and will take place at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church on Adams Road in Troy, between Long Lake (18 mile) and Square Lake (19 mile). Meet at 11 AM for refreshments and conversation. The program will follow. Melissa Tennant, from the Genealogy Center, Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana will present "Researching Your WWI Ancestor."


Halloween at the Bishop School, 1922

 

Children sitting in large classroom at tables in a "U" configuration, all wearing conical hats, two female teachers in the rear of classroom, Halloween decorations on back wall and on upright piano in back, jack-o-lanterns on the windowsills, wooden pillar in center of room. Window shades on eleven windows all pulled down. Handwritten on front: "Kindergarden, Bishop School, Oct. 31, 1922. Jackson Photo." Stamped on back: "Harvey C. Jackson, Photographer, Clifford 6054-M, 2614 Beaubien St., Detroit, Mich., Suitable frames for this photograph in stock or made to order."