Ancestral Endeavors A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF LAFAYETTE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY www.nettally.com/lgsla Volume 2004 Issue 10 October 2004 The Minutes of the October 21, 2004 Meeting Our regular scheduled meeting was held at the Lafayette Public Library and was called to order at 6:35 p.m. By President Earl Gates. The meeting consisted of a general Welcome, Moment of Silence for our military, followed by the Pledge. Our Society members Belva Gurr and Cindy Hofmeister each spoke to our society. Belva, prepared a great lesson on Louisiana and the parish line changes. In addition, she made each of us a handouts of the important changes of Louisiana. Cindy, Helped the society see different avenues to research, With a class participation project. Showing, how we as society members can help individuals with volunteering at the Lafayette Public Library on the first Saturday of the month. New Business: Elections: Elections were held in October for the following positions. President: Earl Gates President Elect: Belva Gurr Vice President: Jean Kielsel Secretary: Brenda Fuselier We would like to thank all the past individuals for all their hard work and countless hours of service to our society during 2004. Warren LeBlanc; Regena English, Charles Patterson; Cindy Hofmeister; Earl Gates; Brenda Fuselier; We are in need of society members to update their email addresses. Old Business: Preserving the Past for the Future was a great success. We hope that if we do this type of project again, that more members will be involved or at least participate. Memberships are Due! Banquet: December 2, 2004 at the Petroleum Club 6:30 open, 7:00 dine We will be having our Lafayette Genealogical Society Christmas Dinner this coming December 2nd , 2004. Our speaker for the evening will be a wonderful comedian from the area "Dave Petitjean." There have been lots of wonderful comments about Dave. So please mark your calendar . Note: We have been asked to eat have awards, etc. before our meeting in order for Dave Petitjean to give us the best presentation possible. The charge is $15.00 a person and