Year 2001 Programs
You are invited!
First Saturday of each month.  1:30 PM 
"Mason City Room" Mason City Public Library

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
 

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.  
 

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.
 

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
 

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.
 

Genealogy and Travel Links

 

 

 

 

 

Travel Services

 

 

http://www.expedia.com/

http://www.priceline.com/

http://www.travelocity.com/
 

Flight Tracking

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

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

Genealogy

http://www.usgenweb.org/

http://www.pafways.org/
 

Assets

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

Maps & Driving Directions

http://www.mapquest.com/

http://mapblast.com/
 

Other Links

http://pafways.org/jimsjewels/
 

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.
 

April 21st: 
Field Trip - 10:00 a.m. / 4:00 p.m. 
North Central Iowa Genealogy Fair at the Family History Center.
 

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
 

May 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
 

May 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.
  

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.
 

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?
 

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.
 

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. 
 

October 4 - 6:
Iowa Genealogical Society Annual Conference,
Marshalltown, Iowa. 
Theme: "In Their Footsteps"
 

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.     
 

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
 

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.
 

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.