The next  meeting of the  Pee  Dee Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society  will be held on Sunday, January 13,  2013, at 3:00 p.m. in the conference center of Pee Dee Federal Savings & Loan, 106 East Court Street in Marion, across from the Marion County Courthouse.   The public is invited to the meeting.
Stephen Motte, Curator, and Andrew Stout,  Director, of the Florence Museum  will discuss how  the shared history of Marion and the Pee Dee region will  be depicted in the new museum.  It is expected  that their program will illustrate artifacts and  ephemera that are part of the current collection,  including  distribution  of printed materials and display of some objects. 
A feature of the  program will be questions and answers on the storage  and conservation of personal, family, and other  historical objects.