The Edmond Genealogical Society will meet at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 18th at the LDS Church 15700 N. Penn. We hope you can join us!

Please join us for a wonderful program at our May 18th meeting!
Route 66 – The First 100 Years

The Edmond Genealogical Society’s May 18 program will be presented by Jim Ross and Shellee Graham as they get on board the time machine and help us experience the building of the Route 66 legend through its birth, life, demise, renaissance, and beyond in this captivating exploration of its first century.

Route 66 historian Jim Ross has spent 35 years researching, photographing and writing about the Mother Road. He has authored multiple books, including Route 66 Crossings and Route 66 Sightings, and is coauthor (with wife Shellee Graham) of Route 66: The First 100 Years. He serves regularly as a consultant, and his efforts as a preservationist have earned him multiple awards.

Photographer, artist, and Route 66 ambassador Shellee Graham discovered the route in 1990 while living in St. Louis. Since then, she has authored or coauthored 5 books, including Tales from the Coral Court and Secret Route 66. Her photographs of the Mother Road have appeared in national and international shows, and she is the recipient of multiple awards for her photography and he work to preserve the route.

Jim and Shellee’s new book, Route 66—The First 100 Years, released in May 2025, was named to the National Trust’s “Summer Reading List” and later listed as one of the year’s 10 best travel books by Smithsonian magazine. Jim and Shellee live on the route in Arcadia, Oklahoma, with their dog, Scout. Their book will be available for sale at the meeting.

Edmond Genealogical Society meetings are free and open to the public. Meetings are held the third Monday of each month, except December, from 2:00–3:00 pm. The meetings are held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints located at 15700 N. Penn, Oklahoma City. Enter through the doors on the south side of the building. The church offers plenty of parking and is fully handicap accessible. For more information, send an email to info@edmondgensoc.org, or visit us on Facebook at facebook.com/Edmondgensoc. If any changes are made to this event, we will post the information on our Facebook page and website.