It's now official in Marin County! On Tuesday, October 30th, the Marin County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution commemorating the month of October as Family History Month. The Board alos recognized MCGS for its fine efforts. Here is the text of the Resolution ; WHEREAS, the Marin County Genealogical Society has been a Marin County non-profit organization since 1978; and WHEREAS. MCGS has promoted the interest in, and celebrating of family history, genealogy and biography ingeneral, and of Marin County residents in particular; and WHEREAS, MCGS sponsors the U.S. GenWeb Project in Marin County in support of volunteers working together to provide internet websites for genealogy in every county and every state in the United States; and WHEREAS, MCGS in cooperation with the Marin County Office of Education co-sponsored the "Lovelines and Bloodlines" writing contest in celebration and honor of family; and WHEREAS, MCGS has rallied for recognizing the month of October as Family History Month; and WHEREAS, on September 26. 2001 the United States Senate by unanimous consent approved Senate Resolution No. 160 calling for commemoration of October as Family History Month. NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Marin County Board of Supervisors commends the Marin County Genealogical Society for its contribution to the community, and hereby commemorates the month of October as FAMILY HISTORY MONTH. PASSED AND ADOPTED at the regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin held this 30th day of October 2001, by the following vote : AYES: All Supervisors NOES: None Special thanks to Director Esther Kooiman for providing the President with the 'Whereas' format to prepare this resolution for submission. And thanks also to Vice President Cathy Gowdy for fighting the traffic on Tuesday to make it to the Board of Supervisors Meeting and accepting the Resolution on the part of the Society. With all the work we have done over the years, and continue to carry on at this time, it is both appropriate and significant that we receive the recognition we deserve. It is also a pleasure to see that through our efforts we can make a contribution to the effort to assure the recognition of October as Family History Month. I look forward to sharing the signed document with you all at the next General Meeting. Take care. Carl Black President MCGS