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The annual meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Eugenics Survey of Vermont was held at 5:00 P. M. on October 15, 1928 at the Hotel Windham in Bellows Falls, Vermont. The members present were as follows: ‐‐ Dr. C. F. Dalton, Dr. E. A. Stanley, Commissioner W. H. Dyer, Dr. A. R. Gifford, Dr. H. F. Perkins and Mrs. W. M. Wadman, newly appointed investigator of the Survey.

Dr. Perkins read a report of the past year in the Survey, telling of work on the better branches of families already studied; the Survey's part in flood relief, and in the launching of the Comprehensive Rural Survey. Copies of the financial statement for the past year and the budget proposed for the ensuing year were given to each member.

The following samples of work done by the Survey were presented for inspection:

1. A spot map showing the geographical location of the various members of six of the families studied by the Survey. 2. Index of French names with their English variants and derivatives, and conversely, of some English names with their French antecedents. 3. A sample section from the geographical index of towns, arranged according to counties, which shows the location and breeding places of the families studied. 4. A sample general history of one of the pedigrees.

Dr. Perkins then proposed that the Survey defer further study of the better branches in order to take an active part in the Comprehensive Survey of Rural Vermont. The Committee agreed to this proposal. The plan he proposed for this activity is, briefly, as follows: ‐‐

A Study of Hereditary Tendencies in Vermont Families Contributory to Progress or Decline in Certain Rural Vermont Towns.

Starting with the premise that any family which has lived is one locality for several generations can not fail to make an impression upon that locality‐‐‐‐

1. To study the history of several old families which have been conspicuous to one way or another in a given town for a considerable period of time. 2. To find what, if any, is the relation between the history of those families and the history of the town in which they have lived.

Graphs of the population figures for three towns in which some preliminary “scouting" had been done recently, with a view to getting an idea of the workability of the proposed plan, were shown, and a discussion of some specific towns and their population figures followed.

The Committee approved the proposed method.

The meeting was adjourned about 6:00 P. M.

[Martha McGraw Wadman, Secretary]

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