As President of the Walworth County Historical Society (WI) and a Life Member of Hardin County, $20.00 per year for membership is not excessive. The Webster House Museum is the home of The Historical Society and our membership for a single is $15.00 and $20.00 for a family. We also have Contributing membership @ $25.00; Supporting/$35.00 and a Patron is $50.00. There are even members in our Society who contribute $100.00 or more. We only publish a NEWSLETTER monthly. Even though our Museum is the home of Joseph Philbrick Webster who wrote "Lorena" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" we do not have a Quarterly. The quality of Hardin County's publication is first class. I look forward to receiving each issue - even when my family surnames are not so listed. If only I lived within the Hardin County area and could give the endless hours I devote here back to the roots of my ancestors. In this day of many, many obligations its up to each of us to determine what is important. Membership in Hardin County only perserves the legacy our ancestors left for us to share. Without out their being in this place and time we most certainly won't be here today no matter where we reside. It is up to each individual to determine the importance of membership and realize the tremendous endeavors that are being done on a "volunteer" basis to further tell the story of Hardin County. It is truly awesome that we can connect through the internet/e-mail with no additional cost i.e. long distance telephone calls. Keep up the good work. Respectfully, Charlotte L. Gates My ancestors were: LAUDERDALE, BLANKENSHIP, NORWOOD, SWEENEY, FERGUSON to name a few!8 ---------- > From: Jerry W. Murphy <jwmurphy@netease.net> > To: TNHARDIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TNHARDIN-L] Fw: County Membership > Date: Saturday, May 02, 1998 6:31 AM > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carline Doyle <cdoyle@mail.snider.net> > To: tnhardin-l-request@rootsweb.com <tnhardin-l-request@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, May 02, 1998 1:00 AM > Subject: County Membership > > > >I want to share my thoughts at this time with the Hardin Co. Historical > >Society. I know cost of everything is sky rocketing, but I believe $20.00 > >per year for dues in a county historical society are quite steep......I > >believe these are supposed to be non profit organizations where people can > >also give donations and take it off of their income tax. I also believe > that > >if other historical societies in Tenn. only charge $10.00 per year then you > >need to (1) find a new printer (2) find a new paper supplier or (3) get a > >new President for someone is not doing their job....The biggest portion of > >people doing research today are retired and living on a fixed income. > People > >working with children do not have the time to spend several hours a week > and > >several days a month on a project that is considered a hobbby but also can > >be a very expensive hobby. I for one have several historical societies and > >name assocations that I belong to and none of them are more than $10.00 per > >year and I really believe that you need to evaluate the situation. > >I have two distinct families that were in Hardin Co, Tenn. One was the > >Ebenezor Thompson family that were there ca 1834 and the other one was > >Andrew J. Doyle that was one of my husband's grand fathers who were there > on > >the 1850 census, so I feel I should get two votes in this situation and I > >vote for a more organized society. I have had someone in Hardin Co., Tenn. > >do allot of research for me in the past, name need not be mentioned at this > >time, and I understand most of your records are intact and this is a very > >high accomplishment for genealogist today....Please re-consider your > price.... > >I hope we are not paying for someone's salary...........carline harp doyle > >