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North Central Iowa
Genealogical Society
Box 237
Mason City, Iowa 50402-0237

  

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Committees:

Executive
Meets: 12:30 PM
Saturday
August 7, 2010
12:30 p.m. at
the LDS Church
1309 Kentucky Ave. S.  
Mason City, Iowa

Program
Meets: TO BE
ANNOUNCED

Obituary
Meets: 10:15 AM
 Tuesday
August 10, 2010
Lower Level Conference Room
Clear Lake Public Library
Clear Lake, Iowa

 

         2001 Calendar . . .

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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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http://www.expedia.com/

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http://www.priceline.com/

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http://www.travelocity.com/
 

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Flight Tracking
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http://www.rlmsoftware.com/fvtrack.htm

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http://www.trip.com  - select “Flight Tracker”
 

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Genealogy
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http://www.usgenweb.org/

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http://www.pafways.org/
 

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Assets
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http://tellme.com/ 
or just dial 1-800-555-TELL
 

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Maps & Driving Directions
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http://www.mapquest.com/

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http://mapblast.com/
 

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Other Links
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http://pafways.org/jimsjewels/
 

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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
 

bulletMay 4 - 5th: 
N.C.I.G.S. Garage Sale
bulletHeld at the home of Audrey Huff, 
1208 Sixth Street S.E.
Mason City, Iowa 50401
bulletBring your marked items beginning April 30 and May 1st, 2nd, 3rd between 4 and 8 p.m. to Audrey Huff's garage
 
bulletMay 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.
  
bullet 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.
 
bullet 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?
 
bullet 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.
 
bullet 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. 
 
bullet October 4 - 6:
Iowa Genealogical Society Annual Conference,
Marshalltown, Iowa. 
Theme: "In Their Footsteps"
 
bullet 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.     
 
bullet 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
 
bullet 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.
 
bullet 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.

Address Research Requests to: research@ncigs.org
 

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Box 237
Mason City, Iowa 50402-0237

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