Archive for the ‘Library News’ Category
| June 23, 2012 4:00 pm | to | June 24, 2012 6:00 am |
| September 22, 2012 4:00 pm | to | September 23, 2012 6:00 am |
| November 24, 2012 4:00 pm | to | November 25, 2012 6:00 am |
You can do lots of genealogy in your pjs and bunny slippers at 2 a.m. at home, but IGS offers a Slumber Party several times yearly to facilitate a block of research using the resources at the IGS Library.
Enjoy 14 hours of research and some good camaraderie and food. Starts at 4 p.m. on Saturday and continues until 6 a.m. Sunday morning. Brings some snacks to share. Late night pizza and pop provided.
Cost is $25, reservations required.
Contact IGS for information and to register. Phone: 515-276-0287; email: igs@iowagenealogy.org
–By Shirley Woodruff, IGS Secretary and Hawkeye Heritage Editor
The latest issue of the Hawkeye Heritage, published in February, includes a variety of interesting stories:
- An article about the second oldest person in the world and in the U.S.: Dina Manfredini.
- A section on “Where were you when President Kennedy was Shot?”
- Carl Nollen discusses all of the cemeteries in Mahaska County that he has personally visited.
- Sue Claman has an article about using directories in research.
- We also have a section for pictures with no homes, entitled “Who do you Think They Are?”
| November 24, 2011 | to | November 25, 2011 |
| December 24, 2011 | to | January 1, 2012 |
The IGS Library will be CLOSED November 24 – 25; December 24 through January 1. Regular hours resume on 2 January 2012.
The Hawkeye Heritage, published quarterly, is IGS’s premier source for Iowa-specific genealogy, history, methodology, and resources of enduring value. The Hawkeye Heritage promotes the purposes of IGS to its members by increasing interest and enthusiasm for our Iowa heritage.
Download and read past issues at the IGS website: http://www.iowagenealogy.org/library/collections/publications-2/#hawkeye. Back issues are also available in a print format.
Please submit articles to Shirley Woodruff: shirley@yostonline.com, or to the IGS office: 628 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.
The deadline for submissions to be included in the Fall Hawkeye Heritage is 16 November 2011. The deadline for submissions to be included in the Winter Hawkeye Heritage is 31 January 2011.
By Diane Densmore, IGS Library Volunteer
We added fifty-three books to our shelves in July and August which brings our total to 276 for the year. Have you seen them all? Remember, this is only a partial list since there isn’t enough room in this newsletter to list them all.
By Diane Densmore, IGS Library Volunteer
The Mayflower landed in 1620 with 102 passengers, but are you familiar with the Mary & John which brought 140 passengers ten years later? You might want to look at the twenty-seven volumes named Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630 by Burton W. Spear, located at Dewey number 325/SPE. These books were written to recreate the lost passenger list and the descendants of the Mary & John.
If you have Connecticut ancestors, look at The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records by Lucius Barnes Barbour, located at Dewey number 974.6/BAR.
As early as 1640, magistrates in Connecticut were ordered to keep marriage records. In 1644, town clerks became responsible for keeping birth and marriage records, with death records added in 1650. These books are arranged alphabetically by town and within each town, surnames are listed alphabetically. Dates of coverage vary, but can be found as late as 1858.
By Diane Densmore, IGS Library Volunteer
Our current wanted list includes:
1. A Topical History of Cedar County, Iowa.
2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Family Map books by Gregory Boyd for Decatur, Madison, Page, Ringgold and Union Counties, Iowa (These would complete the twenty-six books available for Iowa).
7. Strangers and Pilgrims, Travelers and Sojourners (about the Pilgrims and their beginnings in England and Holland) published by The General Society of Mayflower Descendants.
8. History of the Town of Palmer Massachusetts, 1716-1889.
9. A book about Iowa Township in Dubuque County, which contains old plat maps, pioneer obituaries, small town histories, etc.
If you know of a book that you would like to have on our shelves, consider adding it to the list for just $10. After that, any amount may be donated towards the purchase of any book on the list.
Shirley Woodruff, IGS Secretary, has assumed the duties of Hawkeye Heritage Editor.
The Hawkeye Heritage promotes the purposes of IGS to its members by increasing interest and enthusiasm for our Iowa heritage. The magazine keeps members informed about annual meetings and Conferences and furnishes genealogical information and resources for Iowa and IGS.
Articles may be about finding a long lost ancestor, research techniques, the history and people of an area in Iowa, cemetery records, how to transcribe cemetery gravestones, and many other topics. Included will be a Business Genealogy section, queries, library acquisitions, updates on long-term IGS projects, and much more!
Download and read past issues at the IGS website: http://www.iowagenealogy.org/library/collections/publications-2/#hawkeye , or subscribe for home delivery.
Please submit articles to Shirley Woodruff: shirley@yostonline.com, or to the IGS office: 628 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.
| January 19, 2012 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Genetic Genealogy: A Case Study presented by Robert Haskins
Thursday, Janurary 19, 2012, 7 p.m. at IGS.
Library News by Diane Densmore
Sixty-seven books were added to our shelves in May and June which makes a total of 223 books for this year. Thank you, donors!
Iowa new books, by county, include:
Cedar: Twenty-seven past yearly issues of Cedar County Historical Review (which completes our collection for 1958-2010); A City Called Tipton,1840-1990; and Cedar Chronicles, 1836-1991.