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Committees:
Executive
Meets: 12:30 PM
Saturday
October 4, 2008
Mason City Room
Mason City Public Library
Mason City, Iowa |
Program
Meets: Immediately Following NCIGS Meeting
Saturday
October 4, 2008
Mason City Room
Mason City Public Library
Mason City, Iowa
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Obituary
Meets: 10:00 AM
Tuesday
October 14, 2008
Video Conference Room
Clear Lake Telephone Company
Clear Lake, Iowa |
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Oct. 4, 2008 |
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Program to be
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Year 2001 Programs
You are invited!
First Saturday of each
month. 1:30 PM
"Mason City Room" Mason City Public Library
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January
6th:
Meeting 1:30
p.m.
"Putting it on Paper"
Merry Maitre,
Loren Toomsen
Interactive program on 1.
Journal Writing and 2. Interviewing Relatives
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February 3rd:
Meeting 1:30 p.m.
"Making A Family History Book"
Interactive group experience! Compiling and publishing
a family history book. Gathering information from
relatives and genealogy sources, the mechanics of
bringing it all together. Issues surrounding printing a
family history book.
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March 3rd:
Meeting 1:30 p.m.
"Early
Black History in North Central Iowa".
Sharlene Stoddard
Sharlene
Stoddard and Lois Hogen. Three men, all said to
have been veterans of the Civil War, were among the very
first black settlers in north central Iowa. Their story
is interesting. William Wright came in 1871. His grave
is at Carpenter. His son-in-law, Solomon Stratton, may
have been the first black man in our area. He purchased
property in Worth County, Danville Township in 1869.
Pictures and photocopies of genealogy interest will be
on display. Lois Hogen will report on Wallace McKinney
the third man who came to St. Ansgar.
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ANNUAL
NO BAKE SALE -- MARCH:
In lieu of baking for a bake sale, members are asked to
bring a cash donation and save the hassle of baking
A bit of news we have today,
A BAKELESS BAKE SALE is on the way
On these busy days, now who could bake
Pie, cookies, or even a cake?
You'd be surprised if you counted the cost
Of materials, heat, or the time you've lost
Cooking for a sale is extra work,
Yet nobody really wishes to shirk.
So we thought of a plan that is really grand,
And we feel that you will understand.
In an envelope please put the price,
Of a pie, a cake, or something nice.
Without fuss or bother you've done your part,
We feel sure you will give with a willing heart.
This is the end of our tale.
Wish us success in our
BAKELESS BAKE SALE!
-- contributed by Wayne E. Rasmus
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April 7th:
Meeting 1:30 p.m.
"21st Century Genealogy Tools"
Jim Latham,
Clear Lake. Jim uses new technology in the pursuit of
genealogy. How to book a round trip to Europe for
around $200, make long distance phone calls for free or
virtually free. How to make a photographic family
tree. Adding video to an electronic genealogy
scrapbook. Using internet Query Engines. Making a
narrative slide/video show our of family portraits,
photographs and video media.
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Genealogy and
Travel Links
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Travel
Services
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Flight Tracking
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Genealogy
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Assets
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Maps & Driving
Directions
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Other Links
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ANNUAL NO BAKE SALE -- APRIL:
In lieu of baking for a bake sale,
members are asked to bring a cash donation and save the
hassle of baking -- for those members who missed in
March.
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April 21st:
Field Trip - 10:00 a.m. / 4:00 p.m.
North Central Iowa Genealogy Fair
at the Family History Center.
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April 27 - 28:
Iowa Genealogical
Society Spring Conference
"Precious Land: A Migration to
the Prairie"
http://www.iowagenealogy.org/speak.htm
Sioux City Conference Center
Sioux City, Iowa
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4 - 5th:
N.C.I.G.S. Garage Sale
| Held at the home
of Audrey Huff,
1208 Sixth Street S.E.
Mason City, Iowa 50401 |
| Bring your
marked items beginning April 30 and May 1st,
2nd, 3rd between 4 and 8 p.m. to Audrey Huff's
garage
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5th:
Meeting 1:30 p.m.
“Bread Cast Upon The Waters
– the efforts of George Henry Evans To Reform His
America.”
Jeff Pilz, Instructor – American History
Professor at NIACC! “George Henry Evans was an
independent newspaper man from 1829 to 1849. This was a
period when most newspapers were funded by political
parties. As an independent Evans set forth unpopular
ideas that did not bear fruition in his lifetime but
ultimately did come to pass. Jeff Pilz has completed a
dissertation on George Henry Evans. His program will be
highlights from his dissertation with an allowance for
interaction from our members.
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June 2nd:
No June Meeting
Please attend the North Iowa Band Festival Celebration
and dedication ceremony of the "The Music Man Center"
adjacent to the library.
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July 7th:
Meeting 1:30 p.m.
"An Apple For the Teacher"
Ruth Haan,
Butler County, a program on the genealogy in one room
school houses. Where are the records archived? What
can be learned?
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August 4th:
Meeting 1:30 p.m.
"The Tombstones of Toowoomba"
Tony
Vanderpool, from the land down under, Toowoomba,
Queensland, Australia. Tony shares a photographic tour
of a grand project digitally preserving a photographic
memory of cemeteries in Queensland. The concept is the
program, a new adventure in using the digital camera to
preserve a visual and virtual record of a cemetery.
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September 1st:
Meeting 1:30 p.m.
"A Genealogy Trip to Norway!"
Member Gerald Anderson shares his experiences,
stories and a slide presentation of his trip to Norway
in May of this year.
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October 4 - 6:
Iowa
Genealogical Society Annual Conference,
Marshalltown, Iowa.
Theme: "In Their Footsteps"
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October 6th:
Meeting 1:30 p.m.
"N.C.I.G.S.
Library Tour!"
Ruth
Umbarger takes
us on a video tour of our NCIGS Genealogy Library. For
the new and the experienced we see our library from the
perspective of Ruth who over the years has contributed
much to the success of our library. Our genealogy
library stands out as one of the finer genealogy
resource facilities in the Midwest.
Loren Toomsen will share a five minute review of his
trip to New York City last weekend following the
September 11th attack on the World Trade Center and the
Twin Towers. It includes a personal visit to "ground
zero" and the processing activity at
Ellis Island which is currently closed to the
public. Pictures and souvenirs will be displayed.
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October 27, 2001/
Saturday Fall Conference
"Computers, Technology and Family Research"
http://www.iowagenealogy.org/fallmtg.htm
Four Points Sheraton Inn
Merle Hay Road and I-35/80
Des Moines, Iowa
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November 3rd:
Meeting 1:30 p.m.
"Bringing
the Paper to the Pen!"
-- "How
to get started in writing."
Jim Kuhlman, our immediate past president and author
of three books, shares how he put together his ideas and
writing tools. Jim feels everybody can write if they
want too. An interactive program to stir the creative
spark within all of us.
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North Central Iowa
Genealogy Society Meeting
Saturday December 1st
Cancelled!
Due to a furnace
failure in the Mason City Room at the library and the
promise the room would be cold, the NCIGS meeting
scheduled for Saturday December 1st has been cancelled.
The next regularly scheduled N.C.I.G.S. meeting will be
Saturday January 5, 2002. |
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