Todd: I am not on the board, so don't get the monthly reports of income and outgo. Our membership as of June meeting was about 207, if I recall correctly. We have several life members, too. Part of the problem is that many are so wrapped up in their internet gleanings that they believe that is the answer to everything! I am with you on the hard copies for information. I have not heard of anyone willing to chair a special projects committee for several years. Dianne was the last, and she has vamoosed, and she had taken program chair too. There just isn't anyone who volunteers to do much of anything. We have a hard time finding officers every year. We must be eternally grateful for the hard labor that produced our censuses and cemetery and tombstone records as well as the innumerable indexed publications. The present officers are doing great but could use more support from the local members. Many use our collection at the Library, but are not joining the Society. There have been no new publications for about three years. We published the 1890 Personal Property Tax list since the census was not available. There is the 1888 Knox County Gazetteer and Farmers' and Land Owner' Directory which can fill in the real estate information. Anyone wishing to join the Knox County Illinois Genealogical Society is welcome. The dues are $14.00/year (Jan-Dec.) We publish a quarterly with Delayed birth records just beginning, past issues are available. Direct your membership application to the Society at P. O. Box 13, Galesburg, Il 61402-0013 See the list of publications and prices on the web. Ruth PS: Would you be willing to chair the special Projects Committee? ---------- >From: Todd Walter <sumwal@winco.net> >To: ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ILKNOX-L] 1890 Knox Co. Atlas >Date: Wed, Jun 20, 2001, 6:10 PM > >Ruth, > > Could you or Floyd check into something for us. About 3 years ago a friend >of mine gave the Society his copy of the 1890 Knox Co. Atlas to be copied >and printed. They returned it about a year and a half ago but so far I've >heard no mention of the status of the publication. This could be one of >the more important resources for the Society to reprint since the 1890 >census does not exist. If I remember correctly, Diane B., who has moved on, >told me they also had the 1904 copied. > I missed this months meeting, but the one before that I believe it was >mentioned that membership had dropped by almost half from last year. >Perhaps you could post info here about how to join etc... > > > Todd >