Archiving Efforts Pay off

Mary Ann Neeley speaks Sunday to the Montgomery Area Genealogical Society during a meeting at the Figh-Pickett House on Court Street in Montgomery. The speech drew on newspaper accounts and slave narratives, among other sources.

Demonstrating the value of research and the reason why archiving is an unsung task, area historian Mary Ann Neeley spoke about "Christmases in Montgomery" Sunday at the monthly meeting of the Montgomery Genealogical Society.

Neeley drew on newspaper accounts and slave narratives, among other sources, to tell an attentive audience at the Figh-Pickett House on Court Street about Christmas in the old South.