Archive for the ‘Chapter News’ Category
| October 12, 2012 | ||
| October 13, 2012 |
IGS Fall Conference
Scheduled for Friday and Saturday, October 12-13, 2012
Johnston Lions Club
6401 Merle Hay Road Johnston, IA
Speaker: Michael L. Strauss, AG
Soldiers, Sailors, and Federal Employees: Discover your ancestors in the records of multiple military conflicts and in Federal Courts, by branching out to new and untapped resources.
Michael L. Strauss, AG is an Accredited Genealogist since 1995. A native of Pennsylvania and a resident of Virginia Beach, Virginia,he has been an avid genealogist for more than 35 years. Michael holds a BA in History and is a U.S. Coast Guard veteran. He is a qualified Expert Witness in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Additionally, he is an approved genealogist for the U.S. Army to locate DNA-qualified family members of MIA’s from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Michael is also the President of the Virginia Beach Genealogical Society.
The Greene County Genealogical Society will meet at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 14, at the Jefferson Public Library. Valerie Ogren will present a program on the 1940 Federal Census. Whether you are a long time family historian or new to genealogy research, this information can prove invaluable.
If you need help with your research, the reference library will open at 9 a.m. with a volunteer to assist you. A short, but very important, business meeting will follow the program.
Genealogical Society Program Scheduled for April 14
–Submitted by Pam Angstman
The North Central Iowa Genealogical Society is sponsoring a program for people interested in turning their family’s photos collection into Heritage Photo albums on Saturday, April 14. The free program, open to the public, will be held at 1:30pm in the Mason City Room at the Public Library, 225 2nd Street SE, in Mason City.
Participants will learn how to organize their photos, memorabilia, text (journaling) and more inan easy and effective way.
Call 641-494-7614 for reservations; walk-ins also welcome. For more information about the NCIGS, visit their website: http://ncigs.org/
The Warren County RootsWeb group meeting WILL NOT be held April 14 as that is Easter weekend. We will meet again May 12 in Indianola at the Warren County Museum at 10:00 a.m.
–Contributed by HHH Vice-President Jackie Frederick
The Hamilton County Heritage Hunters Genealogical Society is planning for a busy year of activities including town parades, workshops and on-going projects. Some on-going projects include: collecting vital information (birth, death, wedding, etc) from local county newspapers; walking and photographing headstones at all county cemeteries; answering queries; identifying and donating research material in memory of deceased members; and indexing old county tax records. We have established a Hamilton County Pioneer Certificate to honor our pioneers living in Hamilton County before 1900.
A committee has designed a float to participate in five town celebrations as well as the Hamilton County Fair parade. A spring and fall workshop is scheduled. We will be presenting a class in March at the Stanhope Public Library on “Beginning Genealogy.” The Hamilton Heritage Hunters will have a display booth at the Hamilton County fair and the Webster City Heritage Day celebration.
Hamilton Heritage Hunters meet on the fourth Saturday (January through March) at 1:30 p.m. and on the fourth Tuesday (April through November) at 6:00 p.m. Meetings are held at the Kendall Young Library, 1201 Wilson Ave, Webster City, Iowa 50595.
Learn more about us at: http://iagenweb.org/hamilton/
The next meeting of the Clayton County Genealogical Society will be held Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Elkader Public Library. This meeting and special speaker were postponed from February 28th.
The special speaker will be Larry Lerch, of Elkader, who is a railroad historian. He is a very active member of the Milwaukee Railroad Historical Society. Besides a great many pictures in regard to railroads, he will also discuss a desire to have a railroad museum, possibly in Elkader, as a compliment to the Rural History Museum. This would be in the park area by the Elkader swimming pool and campgrounds, if this comes to fruition.
The meeting will begin at 1:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend this free presentation. AND, if you have any pictures or history regarding railroad, please feel free to bring them to share!
–Contributed by Jim Lawton
The Greene County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, March 3, 2012, 10 a.m. at the Jefferson Public Library, 200 West Lincolnway Street, Jefferson. The program will be a discussion on digital photography led by Elaine Deluhery. This had been scheduled last month but postponed because of bad weather. Come and share your experiences. A short business meeting will follow. There will be a volunteer on duty at 9 a.m. if you need assistance with research.
–Contributed by Myra Voss
The Clayton County Genealogical Society met January 24, 2012 at the Elkader Public Library, with Frank Phippen of Elkader, who gave a presentation on “Remembering our Veterans on Memorial Day – but sometimes you have to find them first!”
Mr. Phippen has been an Elkader East Side Cemetery Board member for over seventeen years. His one goal is to have all Clayton Civil War soldiers’ graves marked with a Veteran metal flag holder. He has accomplished this in six cemeteries in Clayton County, so far. He is also researching on all other war soldiers who fought in any of our USA wars/conflicts. His comment, several times, is that “one thing leads to another!” The metal flag holders are free through Veterans Affairs. Clayton County does have a Veterans Affairs Department, and Clayton County donates $5.00/year for each Veteran’s grave care.
– Contributed by Ruth Tucker, Region 4 Representative
Members of the Northeast Iowa Genealogical Society participated in the Cedar Falls Library’s January genealogy and computer classes, “Commemoration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial.”
Garel and Jeanine Johnson and their daughter, assisted by Ruth Tucker, constructed a Civil War and genealogy display for the library.
Allaire George, Duane Akeright, Steve Schell, Marilyn Gerholdt and Ruth Tucker presented various classes. Attendance exceeded our expectations with a high of sixty-one members at the first class to seventeen participants at the Independent Work Session.
Contributed by Jim Lawton
The Greene County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, 4 February 2012, 10 a.m. at the Jefferson Public Library, 200 West Lincolnway Street, Jefferson. Elaine Deluhery will lead a discussion about digital photos.