The
Central Texas Genealogical Society
Board of Directors
Meeting
Date: Monday, April 26, 2010
Present: Paula Moerbe, President
Carl Cox, Vice President
Betty Ross Crook, Secretary
APala Wilson, Treasurer
Terry Downes, Librarian
Marylaine Driese, Editor
Norma Cannata, Director
Jane Williamson, Director
Van Massirer, Director
Marge Kultgen, Director
Lu Treadwell, Director
Excused: Peggy Duty, Director and Membership Chairman
The president called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Schumacher Room of the Waco-McLennan County Library.
Minutes
Marylaine Driese moved and APala Wilson seconded that the minutes of the March 22 meeting be approved. The motion carried.
Membership
report
Peggy Duty sent her report, which shows we have 291 members.
At this time in 2009, we had 284. Total for 2009 was 312.
Financial
report
APala Wilson presented her report for March 23 through April 26. Income was far more than expense, which was only $45. Balance in the interest-bearing checking account is $10,352.42.
Memorials
None during the past month.
TSGS
(
Program. Norma Cannata said speakers are ready, except for an entertaining speaker at the
banquet. Marge Kultgen offered the use of her CDs to play background music
during the dinner. Van thanked her and said we must check to see if TSGS has
arranged music.
Vendors. Carl Cox said half of the vendors from last year replied and he is now contacting
possible new ones. A vendor table costs $25. CTGS’s table will not cost us.
Publicity. Marge Kultgen said
109 pieces of mail were sent to organizations in
We are to receive door prizes from organizations, such as Ancestry. She has
taken in
$300. She
suggested publishing the rate card in our quarterly.
Our editor agreed. Mrs.
Pendergast of
the
took an ad and also offered extra space for us in the Convention Center, if we
need it. Peter Kultgen and others in the Waco
Chamber of Commerce are
talking about a trolley system for
Hospitality. Kim Salome and Peggy Duty are this committee. There was no report.
CTGS
Board of Directors insurance
Paula Moerbe said liability insurance can be bought through TSGS with
$1,000,000 coverage
$1,000 deductible
Cost: $804 per year premium.
$265 extended coverage which includes volunteers
Carl Cox moved and Van Massirer seconded that we pay $1,069 for one year of coverage.
During discussion, there were questions about what is included in the extended coverage.
Paula urged decision now, instead of waiting another month for answers, and said she would obtain more information about extended coverage and let us refuse that, if we wish. The motion carried, with one member dissenting. Paul said Waco Foundation will send a speaker to talk to us for three or four hours about insurance for board members of nonprofit organizations. That could be split into two sessions.
Substitutes
needed for volunteer’s desk
Nana Cornwell, who is in charge, sent this request.
Tour
of West Waco Library and
James Karney, Director of the Library, volunteered to take the board on a tour. Norma Cannata volunteered to find a time and let us know. It should be at noon or shortly after 5:00 p.m. when the workmen are not there.
Terry Downes said that society wants to send its publication by e- mail instead of on paper to save on postage cost. If we wish to continue receiving it on paper, we must pay $30 per year. Carl Cox moved and Marylaine Driese seconded that we pay the $30 per year. The motion carried.
Meetings
in future months
The president said we shall meet every month for the rest of the year at the Central Library until we are told the West Waco Library is finished.
With business concluded, the meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
General
Membership Meeting
The president called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the meeting room. She welcomed visitors and asked that those who had not attended before introduce themselves and tell the surnames they were researching
Minutes of our last meeting were on the table at the entrance to this meeting room.
APala Wilson, Treasurer, reported we have $10,352.42 in the checking account.
Tonight’s door prize
was a $15 gift
card to
Small groups. The president called for reports on activities of these informal research groups:
Jane
Williamson—
On the first Monday of April, 5 people met at this library. Their next meeting will be on
the first Monday of May, at which she expects a larger attendance, since additional
people said they are interested, but could not attend the April meeting.
Lu Treadwell—Southeastern States
They met at Barnes & Noble book store
Norma Cannata—New England States
One person showed an interest.
Nana
Cornwell—
Evelyn Skopik—Czech, was not present tonight.
Bill Buckner, librarian, had Scouts present and said they are interested in seeing how a
genealogical society operates.
The
president described her tour of the West Waco Library and
She called attention to the table at the back of this room, where Marge Kultgen placed books and CDs, published by this society, for sale.
Carl Cox
introduced tonight’s speakers, who were Sherry Knight and
James Pylant from
Stephenville, who entitled their
presentation, “Court Records and Genealogists”.
Her latest book is Vigilantes to
Verdicts and his is Sins of the
Pioneers. She
started speaking about
a woman seeking justice in the 18th Century
Carl Cox announced speakers for:
May – someone from the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution)
June –
someone from the Oral History Institute at
Respectfully submitted,
Betty Ross Crook, Secretary
22 Mar 2010
CTGS
met on
Monday, March 22, for the regular monthly meeting. President
Paula Moerbe presided,
welcomed the group and encouraged
new-comers to introduce themselves,
and several did, mentioning
family surnames they were researching. Peggy Duty, Membership
Chair,
announced current membership of
281. If
you haven't yet paid your membership dues for 2010, you may send your
$15 to
Peggy at 1717 Austin Ave., Waco, 76701, c/o CTGS. Treasurer Apala Wilson gave our financial
report. Paula
announced five small groups that are forming to share information about
genealogical research in specific areas: LuTreadwell
is leading a group about researching the Southeastern states, Nana
Cornwell - Missouri
research, Jane Williamson - German research, Evelyn Skopik
- Czech research, and Norma Cannata
- research in the
New England states. If you are interested in joining one of
these groups,
contact Paula at kpmoerbe@grandecom.net.
Following
the
business meeting the program, entitled “Who's Your Mother's Mother?”
was
presented by Norma Cannata,
dealing with tips on
finding Maiden names. Some of the areas that give us clues
are many
records, including Marriage, Census, Land, Probate, Church, Cemetery,
etc. Next month's meeting will be on April 26 and the program
will be
given by Sherry Knight and James Pylant
from
Stephenville, entitled “Court Records and Genealogists.”
Our editor, Marylaine Driese,
is always looking for material for our quarterly - whatever has helped
you with
your research would help someone else, so send items of interest to Marylaine at mdriese@gmail.com.
Joyce
and Hayden
Moody are co-chairs of our Acquisitions Committee. If you
have looked and
can't find something in our library of interest to your genealogical
research,
send your suggestions to the Moodys
at hhmdy@juno.com.
CTGS
contributes each year
to the library to help with enlarging the genealogy
collection. Our
contribution for 2009 was a little over $4,000 - all of that spent on
this fine
collection. Our Acquisitions Committee and Librarian Bill
Buckner meet
regularly to decide how to spend that money, so your input will be
considered.
CTGS is hosting the annual meeting of the Texas State Genealogical
Society here
in Waco at the Hilton on November 4, 5, and 6. Van Massirer
is heading up this effort and plans are well under way to have a great
meeting. The two main presenters will be Barbara Vines
Little, focusing
on methodology and Virginia research, and Teri Flack, speaking about
researching the Republic of Texas and the Texas homefront
during the Civil War. We will have informal round-table
discussions on
Friday afternoon about a variety of subjects, including oral history,
researching at various libraries (Clayton in Houston, Texas Collection
at
Baylor, Texas Ranger Library in Waco, Texas Heritage Library in
Hillsboro),
court records, German research, digital photography, cemetery
information, Findagrave,
writing family history on computer, resources
of the Texas General Land Office. Plan now to attend all or
part of this
meeting - you will be receiving more information as the time
nears. CTGS
is planning a “party” at our new facility in the West Waco Library and
Genealogy Center on Thursday evening, Nov. 4, and volunteers will be
needed to
help host this party, as well as the entire event.
Happy hunting! Norma Cannata
22 Feb 2010
The
Central Texas Genealogical Society met Monday night, February 22,
for the regular monthly meeting. The program, entitled "Who
am I and
why am I here?" was presented by CTGS member Gene Tidmore,
and was entertaining and mind-stretching. Gene showed that,
if we went
back to about the year 1000 with ancestors only belonging to us, we
would have
more ancestors than there were people alive on earth at that time -
proving
that we all have many common ancestors!! You never know what
you might
learn at CTGS meetings........
Have you paid your dues for 2010? At $15 a year, it's a great
bargain, as
you receive the quarterlies and support the many efforts of the
society.
Our current membership is 266, which is 20 members more than we had at
this
time last year. You can mail your dues to Peggy Duty, c/o
CTGS, 1717
Austin Avenue, Waco, 76701.
Here are some opportunities for CTGS members:
(1)
Marylaine
Driese, our editor, is
always looking for articles
for our award-winning quarterlies. Send her your stories -
short or long,
your pedigree charts, your Bible records, mhdriese@gmail.com.
(2) CTGS is forming small groups that will meet wherever
and whenever they decide to discuss topics of interest to them, such as
research in particular parts of the US, foreign research, court house
research,
etc. Currently we have leaders for 3 groups - Lu Treadwell is
willing to
meet wht those
interested in the Southeastern US - you
may reach her at lusalado@hot.rr.com.
Jane Williamson (jwilliamson18@hot.rr.com)
will meet to discuss
German research. Norma Cannata
(ncannata@aol.com)
will meet with those
interested in research in the New England states. If you have
other
interests and would like to have a small, informal, time to gain or
share some
help, contact our president, Paula Moerbe,
at kpmoerbe@grandecom.net.
Our computer
interest group meets monthly on the second Tuesday at 6:30 at the
central
library to talk about any genealogical computer issues - join them if
you have
unanswered questions about this field.
(3) CTGS will host
the annual meeting of the
Texas State Genealogical Society in November this year. The
general chair
for CTGS for this event is Van Massirer.
We
will need many volunteers to help
before and
during this meeting. If you would like to be part of this
important
project, please contact Van at vmassirer@yahoo.com.
This will be a great time
to "show off" our new genealogical library, as well as the other
research opportunities in Waco.
Speaking of the new library - the renovation of the old Dunlap Dept.
Store is
well under way and the target date for the move is some time
in July this summer. Our genealogical collection is growing
every month,
thanks to the work of librarian Bill Buckner and his staff.
CTGS and the
Friends of the Library organization contribute, along with the City of
Waco, to
the genealogical collection, and CTGS has an Aquisitions
Committee, chaired by Joyce and Hayden Moody, which meets regularly
with Bill
Buckner, to choose materials to order to add to the
collection. If you
have interest in a particular area you would like to have them
consider, let
the Moodys know at hhmdy@juno.com.
CTGS gave approximately $4000 at the end of 2009 to the
library, according to our established policy. By the way -
the new
library branch will be named WEST WACO LIBRARY AND GENEALOGY CENTER.
We hope to see you at our next CTGS meeting on Monday, March
22. The
program, presented by Norma Cannata,
will be
"Who's your mother's mother? (tips
for finding
maiden names).
Happy Hunting!
25 Jan 2010
The Central Texas Genealogical Society
had the first meeting
of 2010 on Monday, January 25, with 73 interested folks
attending. Bill
Buckner, Genealogy Librarian for the Waco/McLennan County Library,
presented
the program on "30 web sites to add to your Genealogy
favorites." He showed many websites from various sources that
are
new or not yet listed on familiar sites. They included
digital books,
research guides, cemetery and obituary records, death records, and many
others.
The first year of a new decade will be an exciting one for
CTGS. Our
officers for the new year are President Paula Moerbe;
Vice-President Carl Cox; Secretary Betty Crook; Editor Marylaine Driese; Librarian Terry
Downes; Treasurer Apala
Wilson. The board members are Peggy Duty, Lu Treadwell, Marge
Kultgen, Jane
Williamson, Van Massirer,
and Norma Cannata.
Several big events will
happen this year, including the move in the summer to the new location
for the
Genealogy Library. The former Dunlap building at Bosque and
Valley Mills
is being transformed into a new location for the R.B. Hoover branch and
the
Genealogy collection and the name for the new library branch will be
West Waco
Library and Genealogy Center. The Genealogy collection will
have twice as
much space as is currently in the Central Library. Then, in
November,
2010, CTGS will host the Texas State Genealogy Society's annual
convention at
the Hilton Hotel here in Waco. It will be an exciting time to
showcase
our research resources, such as our new library, the Texas Collection,
etc. If you would like to help with the event, please contact
Van Massirer, who is
coordinating the event, at vmassirer@yahoo.com.
Is there a particular area of genealogy you would like to discuss with
others
interested in that area? We are starting some small groups to
bring
together folks with those special interests. It will be up to
the groups
where and when and how often and how long they will meet.
Leadership is
in place for a group interested in the Southeastern states, led by Lu
Treadwell
(lusalado@hot.rr.com),
German research, led by Jane Williamson (jwilliamson18@hot.rr.com),
New England research, led by Norma Cannata
(ncannata@aol.com).
Contact one of these if they interest you or, if you'd like to convene
a group
with another focus area, let Paula Moerbe
know (kpmoerbe@grandecom.net).
Have you renewed your membership for 2010? Some of you
reading this are
thinking, "Oh, I meant to do that!!" Well, you can send your
check for $15 for a one-year membership, plus $2.50 for an additional
person in
the same household. This entitles you to 4 copies of our
award-winning
quarterly, plus you will be supporting the work of CTGS. Your
check can
be mailed to CTGS at the Waco/McLennan County Library, 1717 Austin
Ave., Waco, 76701.
Speaking of work CTGS does, we donated
over $3,000 to the Genealogy Collection of the library, according to
our
policy, based on our membership at the end of the year. The
support we
receive from the library staff and collection is invaluable and, in
return,
CTGS's mission includes our support of the library.
We will co-host with the library the first Beginners' Class for
Genealogy on
Saturday, February 20, at 10:30AM in the downstairs meeting room at the
Central
Library. The class will include a tour of the Genealogy
collection.
It is a free class and is good help for beginners or for those who need
a
little boost.
Our next CTGS meeting will be on Monday, February 22 at 7PM at the
library. The program will be presented by CTGS member Dr.
Eugene Tidmore and is
entitled "Who Am I and How Did I Get Here?"
Gene says the answer is Mathematics, not
Biology! Sounds interesting - plan now to join us for that.
Happy Hunting in 2010.