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Senior genealogist at American Ancestors/NEHGS,
How To Use American McClure is a nationally recognized professional venue for our February
and March meetings;
Ancestors’ Website With The genealogist and lecturer. Before joining American we’ll return to the Blake
Library in April.)
Ancestors in 2006, she ran her own genealogical business.
Martin County Genealogical She has been a contributing editor and writer for several Genealogical Society
The Martin County
genealogy and history magazines, and has written 12
Society books, including the award-winning The Complete Idiot’s of fers a variety
Guide to Online Genealogy, Finding Your Famous and of services at the
One of the websites available in the Martin County Infamous Ancestors, and Digitizing Your Family History. Genealogy Room in the
Genealogical Society’s (MCGS) Genealogy Room is She also edited the sixth edition of the Genealogist’s Blake Library in Stuart
American Ancestors New England Historic Genealogical Handbook for New England Research. including an extensive
Society. At MCGS’s February 2025 meeting, professional Free and open to the public, the meeting is at the Peter research library, access Rhonda McClure
genealogist Rhonda R. McClure will present “How to Use and Julie Cummings Library, 2551 S.W. Matheson Ave., to several genealogy
American Ancestors,” exploring its databases, finding subject Palm City, from 1 to 3 p.m., Friday, Feb. 21. The meeting websites and assistance from MCGS volunteers. For more
guides, research templates and more. American Ancestors’ begins with a social time followed by a brief business information about membership, activities and services go
online collections cover a wide range of genealogical records meeting. The presentation, broadcast via Zoom, is at 2 p.m. to mcgsfl.org.
from the 17th to the 21st centuries and span geographic To attend on Zoom, register at mcgsfl.org/events. (Please
locations from New England to the rest of the United States. Note: The Cummings Library is a temporary change of

Roses And Rose’ Luncheon from page 1

A special, one-of-a-kind
“golden rose” was purchased
for $2,500 and then donated
back to CTWH to sell yet
again – this time for $2,600.
Both purchaser/donors chose
to remain anonymous.
In total, more than $60,000
was raised to support Catch
the Wave of Hope.
A guest speaker shared the
powerful story of her young Melanie Petschke Maria and Shayna Lanzetta
daughter receiving therapy
services and therapy funding
from CTWH, allowing her
to begin healing from her
horrendous experience.
Committee members Kiera DiCicco and Fida
included Fida Georges, Chair, Georges
and Kelly Laurine, Bonnie
Gorman, Paul Wolfgang Ganieany, Amanda Cischke, Catherine
Bailey, Nicole Vosters, Delia Templin, Diane Marcum. Kamila
Wolser, Lady Lunn, Michelle Campolong, Mallory Mitchell,
and Gia Skoch.
Catch the Wave of Hope collaborates with other service
providers to prevent the duplication of services and to fill
gaps in services that are not currently available to survivors.
They take a trauma-informed, survivor-centered approach to
everything that they do and build the organization based on
feedback from the community and those they serve.
To learn more, visit www.catchthewaveofhope.org.
Photos by MaryAnn Ketcham Zineb Rodriguez-Torres and Lisa Gay Michelle Campolong Nicole Perotti

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