PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL OHIO HISTORY
CONFERENCE,
Including the Fifty-Fourth Annual
Meeting of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society,
the Ninth Annual Meeting
of the Ohio Academy of History and the
Ninth Annual Meeting
of the Columbus Genealogical Society,
Held at Columbus, April
4-6, 1940, in Cooperation with Ohio State
University, the Com-
mittee on Archives and Medical History
of the Ohio State Arch-
aeological and Historical Society, and
Local Historical Societies
throughout the State.
Columbus Genealogical Society Annual
Dinner Session,
6:30 P. M., April 4, Athletic Club,
Frank A. Livingston, Presiding
The opening session of the 1940 Ohio History
Conference
was held Thursday evening, April 4, at
the Athletic Club in
Columbus, Ohio, the occasion being the
ninth annual dinner of
the Columbus Genealogical Society. Mr.
Frank A. Livingston,
president of the society, presided at
the dinner.
After welcoming the guests, Mr.
Livingston spoke briefly of
the genealogical society, its program,
history, and activities.
He was followed by Miss Helen E.
Swisher, one of the editors
of the Ohio Genealogical Quarterly, who
identified the persons
attending the banquet and introduced
those at the speakers' table:
Harlow Lindley, Secretary, Editor and
Librarian of the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society; Mrs. Harlow Lindley;
Frank A. Livingston; Mrs. Frank A.
Livingston; Mrs. Harry B.
Longsworth, Secretary of the Allen
County Historical and Arch-
aeological Society, Lima, Ohio; Dr.
George W. Rightmire, Presi-
dent-Emeritus of the Ohio State
University. Miss Swisher led
the group in the singing of several
folk-songs.
Mr. Livingston introduced Dr. Rightmire
who spoke on
"Does Blood Tell? What's in a
Name?" He began his address
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