NL #41, October 2002

The lead story in this issue is the 2002 Reunion and Annual Meeting held on August 9-11, 2002, near Fall River, Massachusetts, celebrating the Delanos in the Whaling Industry. Included as well is a complete report on the Delano Kindred Annual Business Meeting. Also in this issue:

• A story by Cousin Jon Delano of Pittsburgh, suggesting that all descendants of Philippe de Lanoy offer a Thanksgiving Toast to Priscilla Mullens for luring Philippe to America;
• A story about Billie Jo DELANO of Millers Tavern, VA (near Richmond), who was selected to participate in the Nationals? 2002 Miss Teen Richmond pageant competition that took place July 7th;
• A follow-up story about Bertrand DELANOE, the Mayor of Paris, who was recently stabbed in the abdomen at 2:30 a.m. Sunday of 6 October in an ornate salon of Paris City Hall;
• Restoration plans for Delano Park in Decatur, Alabama;
• Notice from Dr. Jeremy Bangs of the intention to unveil a historic plaque at the Vrouwekerk ruin in Leiden, The Netherlands, with information about the importance of the Vrouwekerk in medieval Leiden and in its post-Reformation function as a Huguenot church;
• News regarding the progress of the DFIP series of genealogy books by Cousin Muriel Cushing, including updating the First Edition of Generations 1-4 and preparation of the next books in the series, covering generations 5 and 6.

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