--part1_53.ec6de0.279116c4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_53.ec6de0.279116c4_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <BETWIL@aol.com> From: BETWIL@aol.com Full-name: BETWIL Message-ID: <da.e50b4a.27911126@aol.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 21:02:14 EST Subject: Walker Co Genealogical Soc. Jan 2001 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en To: undisclosed-recipients:; X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 130 THE WALKER COUNTY TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDED IN JUNE 1965 THE WALKER COUNTY TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P O BOX 1295 HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS 77342 VOLUME FIVE #1 January 2001 HAPPY NEW YEAR! NEW SITE FOR THE WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY WEBPAGE: www.DickensonResearch.com/wcgen.htm REGULAR MEETINGS: Third Saturday of each month except December, June, July,=20 and August at 9:30 A. M. We meet at the Forrest Masonic Lodge #19 at 1030=20 Twelfth Street in Huntsville unless otherwise announced. EVENT THIS MONTH: THIRD SATURDAY MEETING AT THE FORREST MASONIC LODGE #19 AT= =20 1030 TWELFTH STREET IN HUNTSVILLE AT 9:30 AM JANUARY 20, 2001 REFRESHMENTS: Clara Malak and Sue Smith PROGRAM: January 20, 2001 Eleanor McIntyre "Census 2000" GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BOARD MEETING AT THE HUNTSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ON=20 WEDNESDAY, JAN 17 AT 5:00 P.M. Sam Houston State University Continuing Education sponsors "Intermediate Genealogy Course" February 1st=20 through March 8th. For more information call (936) 2294-3701. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:=20 DUE TO TREMENDOUS INTEREST, THE DEADLINE FOR WALKER COUNTY PIONEER=20 CERTIFICATES AND WALKER COUNTY FIRST FAMILY CERTIFICATES HAS BEEN EXTENDED. APPLICATIONS MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE HUNTSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, OR YOU MAY=20 REQUEST A FORM BY WRITING TO PIONEER REGISTRY AT P O BOX 1295, HUNTSVILLE,=20 TX, 77342. =20 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, DUES ARE $10=20 PER INDIVIDUAL AND $15 PER COUPLE. ANNUAL DUES ARE PAYABLE IN MAY. Please send your dues to: Linda Parish, Treasurer 31 F.S. Road 214 New Waverley, TX 77358 936 295-9570 YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! Due to illness involving several of our library volunteers, we are running=20 short of workers for for January and later for the Genealogy/Texana/Local=20 History Room at the Huntsville Public Library. All you need to do is welcom= e=20 people as they come in to do research. Please let it be one of your New=20 Year's Resolutions to help staff this room. If you can give three or four=20 hours a month as a volunteer at the library, please call Ellie Wood at=20 295-7097 or email her at e21emath@yahoo.com MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE WALKERCOUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY =E2=80=93 MONEY= OR=20 BOOKS, SOUNDEX, MICROFILM, YOU NAME IT. Making a donation for research is one of the requirements of membership in=20 the genealogical society. Please be generous! EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY We express our sympathy to Jim Delbert who lost his mother, Bill and Emma Hill who lost a=20 daughter-in-law, Stuart and Beth Williamson who lost two sisters-in law, and= =20 to the family of member Lois Shotwell Kimbrough who passed away late last=20 year.=20 NEW MEMBER: La Tanya Cole 4148 Church Point Road Virginia Beach, VA 23455-7022 757-460-3157 elcee29637@aol.com OUR OFFICERS FOR 1999-2001 PRESIDENT=E2=80=93 JOHNNIE JO DICKENSON 936 295-5551 info@DickensonResearch.com FIRST VICE PRESIDENT=E2=80=93 JANET GARDENER SECOND VICE PRESIDENT=E2=80=93 JOYCE HILLIARD SECRETARY=E2=80=93 CLARA MALAK CORRESPONDING SECRETARY=E2=80=93 VERNA BANES TREASURER=E2=80=93 LINDA PARRISH REGISTRAR=E2=80=93 MARY EDWENA VICK LIBRARIANS=E2=80=93 GORDIE REAVES, ELLIE WOOD HISTORIAN=E2=80=93 BARBARA BANCROFT REQUEST FOR FEBRUARY PROGRAM Those of us who do genealogy serioiusly often find ourselves against a blank= =20 wall and suffer from accute depression. Doing genealogy is like solving a=20 giant international puzzle but it can also have its humorous side! If you=20 have a funny or intriguing story, please let Janet or Joyce put you on the=20 agenda for our February meeting on "Humor in Genealogy." We'd love to hear your stories. Janet Gardner and Joyce Hilliard PROGRAMS FOR 2000-2001 February 17, 2001 Janet Gardner and Joyce Hilliard present "Humor in=20 Genealogy." March 17, 2001 Dr. Caroline Crimm, history professor at Sam Houston State=20 University will discuss "Texas After 1836." April 21, 2001 Mrs. Vernon Schuder will do a program for us on "Riverside=20 and Cincinnati." May 19, 2001 Annual picnic at Dickenson's ENVELOPE STUFFING PARTY Later this month, we will be inviting you to help us stuff envelopes for a=20 mass mailing informing folks about our June Genealogy and Family History=20 Fair. The mailing will go to more than 600 persons and organizations here i= n=20 Texas and in other states. Please be ready to participate as many hands mak= e=20 light work. LIBRARY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Public library director Judy Hunter will be talking to our board members=20 about the latest plans for the public library at our January 17 meeting. I= f=20 you have visited the library recently, you will have noticed that the=20 computer stations are multiplying and drawing patrons. --part1_53.ec6de0.279116c4_boundary--