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From: Robin Pyatt Bellamy <>
Subject: Re: [PIATT] Join Us at the 17th Piatt Researchers Conference 2001
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 07:46:17 -0400
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Laverne--How do we pay for this? Do we pay you or just do it all at the school? Can I
put it on my credit card?

Robin in Toronto

Laverne Piatt wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> Things are beginning to settle down around here but I'm way behind on my
> e-mail so please give me a little longer on that activity.
>
> Because there have been several mentions of the Piatt Conference I thought I'd
> post information here again.
>
> First, a little history: For the past 16 years a small group of persons
> interested in the Piatt history has met for a week in the summer. We have
> used college dormitory facilities to keep costs down and to give us a place to
> congregate in the evenings to share our findings of the day. We have met in
> various states, always where there were primary Piatt records to be found or
> near a premier research facility. A few of our locations have been Washington
> PA, Fort Wayne IN, Fairfax VA, Washington DC, Carlisle PA, Cincinnati OH.
>
> This summer we will meet at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Bucks
> County, PA. The time is fast approaching. I do hope that many of you,
> especially ones who have never attended a conference, will make an effort to
> join us in Doylestown. The proximity of the New Jersey State Archives, as
> well as counties important to Piatts (such as Hunterdon and Warren) will
> provide opportunities to find new information and, we hope, to fit some pieces
> of this daunting puzzle together. There are still many questions to be
> answered about the generations between Rene Piatt, who died in 1705, and the
> Piatts who left New Jersey, probably after the Revolution, for new territory
> in Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Many of these traveling Piatts
> appeared in the 1820 census, seemingly droping from the sky, but most likely
> coming from New Jersey or being children of New Jersey parents.
>
> On a typical day we have breakfast in the college cafeteria, then we break
> into groups to go researching. Make up of the groups and destinations can
> change from day to day. In the evening, after dinner, we gather in a lounge
> area to share and discuss the day's research.
>
> With so much to be reviewed at the New Jersey State Archives and other sites,
> we need many pairs of eyes helping us. Please consider joining us at the:
>
> 17th PIATT RESEARCHERS' CONFERENCE
> 24-30 JUNE 2001
> DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE, Doylestown PA.
>
> Rooms are $20 per person per night. You may book a single room or a double room.
>
> Breakfast only will be $3.00. (I believe this is only a pay if you eat
> situation but I will have to confirm it.)
>
> We will need to furnish our own pillows and bed linens.
>
> I must contact the college again for the name of our dormitory and to learn
> whether the dormitory is air conditioned.
>
> No room deposit is needed prior to the conference, but there is a $20.00 cash
> deposit payable to the college when you receive your room key. When the key
> is returned at the end of the conference, the deposit will be refunded by the college.
>
> Please e-mail your reservation to me me at
>
>
>
> as soon as you know that you will be able to join us this summer. This
> invitation is open to anyone interested in the Piatt/Pyatt, etc surname.
>
> Again, emphasis will be on gathering records from the State Archives at
> Trenton NJ and in Hunterdon and surrounding counties of NJ. Bucks Co PA where
> Doylestown is would offer research opportunities. I understand there is a
> nice library in Flemington NJ, too. Morristown NJ and Jockey Hollow, where
> Major Daniel Piatt died during the Revolution, would be about an hour and a
> half away.
>
> --
> Laverne Ingram Piatt
> Ontario, OH
>
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