| Advanced Meeting Bulletin - Cloud Family Association - 6/1/2000 edition | |
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Cloud Family Gathering |
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| Annual Cloud Gathering 14-16 July in Huntsville is first time for Alabama Plans are made for the 2000 edition of the annual gathering of Clouds from all over the country. This will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Huntsville, Alabama, over the weekend of July 14-16, 2000. This annual meeting of the Cloud Family Assoc. has been held in eight states (TX, AR, LA, KS, TN, PA, NC, and GA) over the past 22 years, but never before in Alabama. The first event of the gathering will be held on Friday evening, July 14. The meeting will follow custom in allowing attendees to introduce themselves, tell where they live, identify their earliest confirmed Cloud ancestor and/or tell what Cloud mystery they are seeking to unravel. We will also start a series of informative programs. Everyone with interest is invited. Four workshop/seminar sessions, a business meeting, and a luncheon will constitute the serious part of the Gathering. The Gathering will conclude with a tour of old Huntsville, Cloud Town, Cloud's Cove, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
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 Compact disk of Do you dream of an indexed searchable computer file of 2296 pages of information on various Cloud families? Well, this is it! Clouds of various families have gathered data from public records, various publications, and private family collections. This material has been included in Cloud Family Association files by the Historian, who has published the best of it in the Cloud Family Journal over the past 22 years. This gold mine of data has been put into CD form by CFA member Kenny Cloud of Warner Robins, GA. Kenny will give an overview of the CD and its use at a general session and demonstrate its detailed use in private sessions. Projected CD pricing is $25 for CFA members and $50 for others. |
| Robert S. Davis, Jr., is Luncheon
Speaker
Saturday's luncheon speaker will be Robert S. Davis, Jr., Director of the Family & Regional History Program at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, AL. He had much experience in the Georgia State Archives before being recruited by Wallace State. He is the author of 14 books on history and genealogy. Much of his attention has been focused on the Revolutionary War period in the southeastern states. "I'm a big fan of his. I have several of his books in my library and he has been very helpful to me," says Jan Cloud, who has pretty good credentials as a genealogist herself (page 3). In addition to the luncheon talk, Mr. Davis will participate in a seminar/workshop during the day Saturday.
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