Date: July 24, 2002 Time: 12:00 AM Location: Williamsburg, Virginia

Strother Conference - 2002

The Strother Conference 2002 was held in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the host hotel was the Radisson Fort Magruder Hotel and Conference Center.  With 96 members, families and guests attending, this conference focused on workshops and presentations, giving folks the opportunity to explore Colonial Williamsburg, nearby Busch Gardens, the Jamestown Settlement, and Sherwood Forest Plantation on their own.  In addition to the Board and Business Meetings, attendees enjoyed:

• a Genealogy Workshop with Robin Hite, Strother Society Genealogist.
• a presentatiopn on Preserving Your Family History with Ed and Sandy Strother. 
• on Thursday evening, a Strother Family Meeting was held to discuss a declining membership, locations and frequency of conferences, and various Society projects.
• dinner on Friday evening accompanied by an address by "President George Washington" discussing his childhood at Ferry Farm, his Revolutionary War experience, and his presidency.
• the Saturday night banquet at the hotel featured a presentation by Michael Cantwell, author, on how researching his latest book lead to discovering interesting facts about the Strother family during the Civil War.

For more details on the activities at the 2002 Conference and accompanying photos, please check the October 2002 issue of the Houses of Strother Newsletter.