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The O'Neal Genealogical Association (TOGA) began organizing in September, 2001. TOGA is a genealogical society dedicated to furthering research on the ancestry of the O'Neal families in America. Our purpose is preserving the O'Neal heritage, sharing information, and promoting fellowship among families who share a common ancestry. Membership is open, not only to O'Neal cousins, but to anyone interested in researching their connections to this family line. Our first annual TOGA convention is being coordinated for sometime in the fall of 2002. The event will feature some good food, socializing, auctions and well planned, fun events. The major attraction of the convention will the availability of the TOGA computer database of the descendants of Joseph O'Neal as well as hard copy source materials. The TOGA Staff will bring these materials to the convention, along with computers to access the data, make backup copies for personal use, and enter new contributions from active researchers. Photocopy machines will be available for copying family group sheets and other source materials. The O'Neal Genealogy Association will publish The O'Neal Genealogy Association newsletter to keeps members up to date by posting coming events while publishing interesting articles related to our O'Neal ancestry. Genealogy research articles are contributed by TOGA members and other O'Neal historians. Material may vary but in addition to submitted articles, a particular issue may contain queries, Bible records, old letters, obituaries, births, in short - anything related to discovering and sharing O'Neal heritage. We always extend a warm welcome to new members. The more embers we have, the more information can be made available to improve our newsletter, to undertake new research projects, and to make research findings more readily available to members. Why not encourage your O'Neal cousins to join in the fun? Membership applications can be submitted on-line or by snail mail by completing our application form and following the instructions posted there. Membership to TOGA is free. To join, fill out the membership form on Page 4. |
This is the first issue of the O'Neal Genealogy Association Newsletter. The idea for the newsletter came out of conversations with a couple of O'Neal cousins. We were discussing ways to better communicate new finds and realized this would be a good format. Members are welcome to submit articles. We're looking for obituaries, wills, biographies, scanned documents, photos of ancestors, cemeteries, headstones, etc. If you can't find it on The O'Neal Web Site, now the official home of TOGA, we'd like to share it with other O'Neal cousins. Send info to johnoneal@onealwebsite.com Place TOGANEWS Submission in the Subject box.
Membership to TOGA is free. To join, fill out the membership
form on Page 4.
Benefits of TOGA Membership
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