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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
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Obituary
Meets: 10:15 AM
Tuesday
August 10, 2010
Lower Level Conference Room
Clear Lake Public Library
Clear Lake, Iowa |
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You are invited!
First Saturday of each
month. 1:30 PM
"Genealogy Room" Family History Center, L.D.S. Church,
1309 S. Kentucky Av., Mason City
December 5 Program
The program was presented by Sharlene Stoddard.
She will talk about the Hessian soldiers who were hired to fight
with the British during the Revolutionary War. One of her
ancestors, Michael Hickman of Hesse-Hanau, fought with Major
General John Burgoyne in his campaign in 1777. She will
talk about Burgoyne’s campaign which started in Canada in the
spring of 1777 and ended in Oct 1777 with the army’s surrender
at Saratoga, NY. The program will included some
information about the Hessians, the battles and battlefields
where they fought, and a little about Michael’s life after the
surrender. He was one of the German soldiers who did not return
to Germany. Please come to the meeting next Saturday!
All of the meetings of the NCIGS are free and open to the
public. Anyone who is interested in history and genealogy
is encouraged to attend.
At the November 7
meeting Randy Opheim spoke about
Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery.
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| Historical Highlights . . . |
| 1853 -
Mason City's first grave-yard was a small one
located northeast of town. |
1867 - The
Mason City Cemetery Association (MCCA) purchased
land for a new burial ground at the present
cemetery location. |
1875 - The
St. Joseph Cemetery was developed must north of
MCCA's new burial grounds. |
1893 - Bodies
from the Northeast graveyard were relocated to
MCCA's new burial ground. |
| 1894 - he
name of Elmwood Cemetery was adopted for the
MCCA burial grounds. |
1896 - A
chapel was built with a receiving vault and
sitting room with stained glass windows. It was
removed in the 1950's. |
1908 -
William Smith installed a mausoleum for his
family. It was the first of seven mausoleums on
the grounds today. |
1938 - An additional
60 acres were purchased, expanding the grounds
east to South Federal Ave. |
| 1949 -
Both cemeteries were deeded to Mason City and
became the Elmwood-St. Joseph Municipal
Cemetery. |
1951 - An
additional 27 acres were purchased expanding the
cemetery grounds to 106 acres. |
1958 -
Forty thousand cubic yards of earth was hauled
in to fill the low areas of the grounds and
create the water pond. A new office was also
built. |
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Saturday,
June 6, 2009
Program
Review
Names (a rose is a
rose is a rose) was presented by Marie
Thompson, encompassing from before names were
necessary and how they developed through the
years. |
May 2nd,
2009 Program
Review
Via digital
photographs,
Mike Gibson
led the
group
through the
parking lot
and into the
LDS Family
History
Library
where he
showed the
layout of
the room and
told what is
available
there.
Moving onto the computer he then demonstrated the accessing
various
databases to
which the
church has
subscriptions.
Current Family History Center hours are:
Tuesday
9:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m.
Wednesday
6:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m.
Thursday
11:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m.
Saturday
10:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m.
(closed
during
NCIGSMeetings)
April 4, 2009
Program Review
Thanks to
Bob Erickson of Major Erickson Funeral Home for
a very informative program.
The casual format of the program allowed for many questions
to be answered.
Among the topics was just what records the funeral homes
would have on people buried under their care.
These records could be accessed to learn information not available
at the courthouse for the period of time between
June 1921 and June 1941 when it was required
that the Iowa counties send all death records to
Des Moines. These death records are very
difficult to acquire from the state.
Funeral Homes currently in Mason City: Hogan Bremer Moor
Colonial Chapel, Fullerton-Patterson-James,
Major Erickson, Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel.
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Saturday,
March 7, 2009
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Putting Skin and Red Corpuscles
on the
Bones of Family History
 John
Skipper, Mason City Globe Gazette
Columnist, shares an interactive 30
minute idea-session to improve our written family
histories.
Clues,
guidance, hints to improve genealogical
biographies and stories.
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18 Month Library Renovation
N.C.I.G.S. moves March 1st.
L.D.S. Family History Center
Please use N.W.
door. -- Estimated Eighteen months.
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During
construction our NCIGS society will meet monthly in
the genealogy room at the LDS
church.
The church
offered access to its equipment
which includes a TV, VCR and DVD,
Wireless Internet, Video projector
and screen system.
Our society graciously thanks the
LDS church. |
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Driving directions to 1309 S Kentucky Ave,
Mason City, IA 50401
1.8 miles – about
6 minutes
Mason City Public
Library
225 2nd St SE
Mason City, IA 50401
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| 1. |
Head west on
2nd St SE
toward S Pennsylvania Ave |
108 ft
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Turn left at
S
Pennsylvania Ave |
0.3 mi
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| 3. |
Turn left at
18/6th
St SE/IA-122
Continue to follow 18/IA-122
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0.3 mi
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| 4. |
Turn right at
18/5th
St SE/IA-122
Continue to follow 18/IA-122
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0.6 mi
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| 5. |
Turn right at
S Kentucky
Ave/Quail Ave
Destination will be on the left
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0.6 mi
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LDS
Genealogy Room
1309 S Kentucky Ave
Mason City, Iowa 50401
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 Saturday,
February 7, 2009
Final meeting at the Mason City Library
Keeping Up With Change
Questions and Answers about our move.
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Guest Mike Gibson,
director of the LDS Family History Center, joins us to:
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Answers our questions and welcomes our
society to use the
facilities at the Mason City LDS
Genealogy Room.
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Introduce us to the
Genealogy Tools available at the LDS Family
History Center.
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Mason City Public Library
Director, Mary Markwalter is available to answer
last minute questions surrounding the library and the
coming 18 months.
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NCIGS officers,
available
to review our move.
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New tools on our NCIGS
website will facilitate the transition
/ Loren Toomsen.
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Refreshments follow our
meeting.
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January 3,
2009:
 Mary Markwalter, Director of
Mason City Public Library, shared an update
on the current stage of planning for the Library
renovation and answered questions by those
attending.
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The move-out date of April 1 will
be later, perhaps mid-to late summer. The anticipated asbestos
removal is not as extensive as previously thought. Current
plans estimate the renovation to be complete by September 2010
and materials moved back in place at that time.|
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Much of the renovation is planned to bring library up
to date. Among the plans are Wireless access throughout building
and on terrace (terrace will be quite large almost to drop off
to creek); public access computers will be available. Other new
technology under consideration includes an electronic smart
board, lock-a-shelf, and more.
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The Genealogy Room will be located on the ground floor and
room furnishings are built into the library plan.
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Our
Past is Prologue
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North Central Iowa Genealogical Society
Box 237
Mason City, Iowa 50402-0237
contact@ncigs.org
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