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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
6 JAN 2001
The Computer
Genies of NW Iowa met at 1:30 p.m. on January 6, 2001, in the Le Mars Public
Library with Darrell Easton presiding.
The minutes of the December meeting and the treasurer's report were read
and approved. There is a balance of $630.50 in the treasury.
Stan Bastman presented a bill. Emma Ballinger made the motion to pay it.
Seconded and carried.
Stan explained how photos are put on the home page and explained now we
can view them on our web site.
A sympathy card had been sent to Janice Albert.
A sympathy card had been sent to Janice Albert.
The April 27-28 Spring Conference to be held in Sioux City was discussed.
Suggestions were given for future local meetings and last year's programs
were reviewed.
Darrell gave a quiz about eastern city ports of entry.
Stan Bastman moved to adjourn.
Sally Oswald furnished snacks.
Secretary,
Edith Staab
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The meeting was called to order at 1:45. 1 guest Connie Swearingen,
joined at the end of the meeting. Treasurers report balance
was $694.20. A motion was made and accepted to add $14.50 to the motion of last
month for a vendor table at the upcoming IGS conference in Sioux City, to also
put a 1/4 page add in the conference syllabus.
President Darrell Easton past around and reported on the grant that we
are sponsoring with The NW Iowa Genealogical Society to have The Hinton
newspaper mirco fiesched.
We had no secretaries report, newsletter report, or library report as
those officers were absent because of bad weather driving conditions.
No other new or old business was discussed.
After a lunch break. A open genealogy software discussion followed. It
covered gedcom files, backup files, and numbering systems.
There were 10 attendees at the meeting.
The meeting ended at 3:30.
Acting secretary
Hugh Bohlan and Darrell Easton
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The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met at
Introductions were made.
The secretary&rsquos and treasurer&rsquos reports were read and
approved. There is a balance of 729.70 in the treasury.
Larry Brangwin reminded us to check the home page at acsnet.com/genies
for many genealogical helps and updates. The April meeting will be in the
library in Sioux City with Phyllis Mc Millan giving the presentation. The May
meeting will be in Le Mars with a program on cemeteries and more about ged-coms.
The June meeting will be in Spencer. July (?). August will bring a computer lab
in Storm Lake.
Stan Bastman is re-doing the sur-name list. Please send all new and
up-dated ged-com files within the month as this may be the last up-date for
possibly 2 years. The club has sold about 16 ged-coms so far this year.
Lorna Brandt has a new newsletter out. Look for it on the home page.
A program called "The German Americans&rsquo&rsquo will be shown on
IPTV Festival 2001 on Saturday, March 3 , at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 11, at
4:45.
We were reminded of the IGS Spring Conference in Sioux City on April 27
and 28.
Kathy Fisher moved to adjourn, seconded by Larry Brangwin. Motion
carried.
Lunch was served by Sally Oswald, Pat Behrens, Doris Dunn, Lorna
Brandt, and Lorene Letsche.
Secretary,
Edith Staab
Program: Ged-com files.
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
7 APR 2001
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met at 1:30 p.m. on April 7, 2001,
in the Aalfs Library in Sioux City with Vice President Larry Brangwin presiding.
The secretary&rsquos and treasurer&rsquos reports were read and
approved. There is a balance of $804.70 in the treasury.
Larry said that Darrell Easton would appreciate help at the vendor
table at the IGS Conference on April 27 and 28.
On June 9 there will be a "Museum Ag Fair" at the Plymouth County
Museum in Le Mars from 1-5 p.m. with a pioneer meal at 5:30. The program
includes speakers, pioneer artisans, pioneer cooking demonstrations, a portrayal
of Merriwether Lewis and a quilt raffle.
The May meeting will be in the Le Mars public library. 2 funeral
directors and someone with a map of the Le Mars cemetery have been invited to
speak.
Larry suggested that the club canvas a cemetery some month this
summer. We could have a short meeting and then get started on the cemetery
records. More discussion on this at a later meeting.
IGS Conference:
The Germans to
On Friday Joan Kitchen Murray of Ancestry.com will be demonstrating the
Ancestry.com website in the computer lab.
On Saturday Mary Bakeman from Genealogical Books of Roseville, Minnesota, will
present "Minnesota Research."
There will be a photographer present both days to copy pictures for those who
want them.
There will be musical entertainment both evenings.
Parking tickets for the ramp may be validated at the conference on Friday.
Saturday there is no charge for parking.
Larry&rsquos correspondent in Australia sent a newsletter that
has his autobiography in it.
Plymouth County native son Bruce Carlson will be signing books at an
open house April 8 in the Le Mars Museum at 1 p.m. Mr. Carlson is a writer and
publisher.
There will be a workshop April 18 from 2-5 p.m. in Le Mars explaining
how to interpret, preserve, and display photographs. Contact Iris Hemmingson,
Le Mars, for more details.
Pat Behrens moved to adjourn.
Kathy Fisher furnished lunch.
Secretary,
Edith Staab
Program:
Phyllis McMillan showed a video and gave handouts and information about the
importance of medical records in genealogy.
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The regular meeting of the Computer Genies of NW Iowa was called to
order by President Darrell Easton at 1:30 P.M. on Saturday, May 5, 2001 at the
LeMars Public Library. There were 16 people present.
In the absence of the secretary, there was no secretary’s report given.
The treasurers report was read and placed on file. There is a current
balance of $834.70.
Our June meeting will be held in Spencer.
Kathy Fischer made the motion for our group to go to a small
cemetery, Resthaven Memorial, in July and do a complete inventory of that
cemetery for our computer program. Motion carried. We will meet at this small
country cemetery near LeMars, Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, for our July meeting
starting at 9 A.M. At noon we will take a break and go to LeMars Cleveland Park
for a short meeting and to eat our sack lunches. We will then return to the
cemetery and complete our survey.
Darrell told us about the Iowa Genealogical Society. He is the 2nd
Vice President of the Executive Board of the IGS. A new IGS headquarters is
being planned in a 1918 former warehouse near the Capital in Des Moines.
Jaretta Mohms made the motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.
Ruth Beall and Sally Oswald brought refreshments.
Our program was given by Joel Johnson, a funeral director from LeMars, about
funeral home records of interest to genealogists. A question and answer period
followed.
Substitute Secretary
Janice Albert
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The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met in the public library in Spencer,
Iowa, on June 2, 2001, with 17 people present.
President Darrell Easton introduced Frank Postma who is the new
representative at IGS for Clay and Sioux counties. Darrell is also a member of
the board, replacing Larry DuVal who resigned.
Darrell showed the check for $6300.00 sent to the club by the State
Historical Society of Iowa to be used to help defray the cost of microfilming
the old Hinton newspapers.
The differences between 2 digital cameras were discussed.
Plans are being made to purchase a warehouse in
The minutes were read and approved. No treasurer&rsquos report was
given.
Stan Bastman presented a bill of $40.38. Larry Brangwin moved that
the bill be paid. Seconded and carried.
Lorna Brandt said that the newsletter will soon be ready.
Next month we will walk the
Stan Bastman moved that the meeting adjourn; seconded by Frank Postma.
Motion carried.
Marilyn Bastman and Jaretta Mohns brought the treats.
Program: Demonstration of the cemetery records computer program.
Secretary,
Edith Staab
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President Darrell Easton opened the business meeting before lunch at West
Floyd Park. He brought the contract for the microfilming of the Hinton
newspapers. This needs to be signed and returned. Darrell showed a picture of
how the new IGS Library in
The minutes from June and the treasurer&rsquos reports from May and June
were given.
Stan Bastman received a new book called "Diaries of Girls and Women - A
Midwestern American Sampler" edited by Suzanne L. Bunkers and published
Larry Brangwin presented a bill of $43.63 for the hamburgers and the
printing of the cemetery record sheets. Stan moved that the bill be paid.
Seconded and carried.
Frank Postma moved to adjourn. Seconded and carried.
A potluck lunch was served with Larry Brangwin grilling the hamburgers.
The meeting was reopened by Darrell at
The club will meet at
Ruth Postma moved that the meeting adjourn. Motion carried.
Secretary,
Edith Staab
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The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met at
President Darrell Easton opened the meeting at
Stan Oswald displayed the books that he had made with the information
taken from the
Stan Bastman brought maps that he had made to help with the cemetery
records.
Frank Postma was thanked for the extra work and research that he did.
Stan Bastman made the motion to pay $5 to Clayton Nemmers for the disc
for his camera that was used at the cemetery. Motion carried.
The secretary&rsquos and treasurer&rsquos reports were read and approved.
There is a balance of $656.28 in the treasury.
We will again meet at the
Kathy Fisher said that
Darrell and Frank will be going to
The 2002 IGS Conference will be held the first Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday of October in
Frank Postma moved to adjourn. Motion carried.
Secretary,
Edith Staab
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The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met at
Most of the members present went to lunch at Hardee&rsquos. After
lunch the meeting was held in the library meeting room. Darrell opened the
meeting at
Stan Bastman moved to pay Clayton Nemmers $5 for a disc that he
purchased to be used at the cemetery. John Winterringer seconded it. Motion
carried.
Clayton made the motion to pay Frank Postma $16.05 for data sheets
that he had copied. Seconded and carried.
Kathy Fisher brought a copy of "Teacher&rsquos Rules for 1872" for
the members to read.
Frank Postma suggested that an index be placed at the cemetery to
help people find graves that they are looking for. Cemetery programs were
discussed. Kathy Fisher informed us that the
Darrell appointed a nomination committee of Frank Postma, John
Winterringer, and Larry Brangwin and an auditing committee of Stan Oswald and
Larry Brangwin.
Stan Bastman is setting up a query page using ID numbers instead of
names or e-mail addresses of the person submitting the query.
October 27 is the date for the Fall Conference and Annual Meeting of
the IGS. The fee is $45 which includes lunch. The theme is "Computers,
Technology, and Family Research." It will be held at the Four Points Sheraton
Inn,
Meetings:
October -
November - Election of officers
December -
Kathy Fisher moved to adjourn. Motion carried.
Lunch was served by John and Betty Winterringer, Sally Oswald, and Kathy Fisher.
Secretary,
Edith Staab
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The
October 6th meeting of the Computer Genies of NW Iowa met in the
The
secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were read and approved. There is a balance
of $630.23 in the treasury.
There
were 9 members and 1 guest present.
There
was an exchange of ideas and suggestions about locating information.
Betty
Winterringer explained the items for research that are kept in the museum.
Meetings:
November 3 -
Cherokee Public Library (?)
December 1 - Lunch
at Uncle Albert’s in Le Mars followed by the meeting in the public library.
January 5 - Le
Mars Public Library
John and Betty Winterringer provided the lunch..
Secretary,
Edith Staab
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met at the Cherokee Public
Library on
Members were reminded to check our website and note that Stan Bastman has entered the entire list of queries that have been submitted to the club for this year. Although Stan has responded to all queries, this gives us an idea of what names are being queried, as well as gives us the opportunity to respond further to those who are requesting information. The queries are coded at the left side of the page and you may request from Stan the name and address of the person requesting information if you wish to further respond. Names of the persons making inquiries are not included as part of the information on the website.
Darrell reported that the IGS building project has been voted down for now, due to the inability of the developer to come up with a bond or letter of credit. He also noted the results of the election of officers at the IGS meeting.
Darrell reported that the microfilming portion of the
Hinton newspaper project has been completed. The papers are still in
It was noted by Darrell that a correction should be made to the September meeting minutes. In paragraph 7, regarding the appointment of members of the nominating committee, the name of Larry Brangwin should be deleted. Since Larry is a current officer, he cannot serve on the nominating committee. Motion was made by Kathy Fischer and seconded by Stan Bastman to remove Larry’s name from the nominating committee. Motion carried.
Followup discussion was held regarding the
Marilyn Bastman has completed data entry for the
There was discussion regarding the possibility of looking into a grant to acquire an area, sharing with other groups/societies, in the building owned by the Plymouth County Historical Society in LeMars to hold meetings, store club publications and CDs, etc. Objections included the cost of such a project, concerns regarding staffing the area, and the club’s objectives of providing meeting sites at various places around the NW Iowa area to encourage involvement of people from a wide area.
Election of officers was the final item on the agenda. No members of the nominating committee were present and there were no new names submitted to the President for candidates. There were no nominations from the floor. The present officers were voted by unanimous ballot to serve another year in office, Darrell Easton as President; Larry Brangwin, Vice President; Edith Staab, Secretary; Kathy Fischer, Treasurer; Stan Bastman, Librarian; Lorna Brandt, Newsletter Editor.
The next meeting will be December 1 with our annual
Christmas dinner at Uncle Albert’s in LeMars at
Motion to adjourn the meeting was made, seconded, and carried.
Refreshments were provided by Pat Behrens, Lorna Brandt, Sally Oswald, and Linda Wheeler.
Program: Pat Ellerbroek gave a tour of the Cherokee Area
Archives located in the lower level at the library and pointed out a large
number of records that are available for use by the public. This area is staffed
by volunteers Monday through Friday from
Submitted by Lorna Brandt
Acting Secretary
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
1 DEC 2001
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met on
Stan Bastman presented further information on the MS Front Page software program that he briefly referred to at the last meeting. He was able to purchase the program at a lower cost, has taken classes on this, and determined this program would be very beneficial to the club in the ability to do a number of other things on our web page and make it look more professional. Stan submitted a bill for $160.37 which would include this software program plus some additional items (paper, etc.). Emma Ballinger moved that the club purchase the software program. This was seconded by Clayton Nemmers. Motion carried. Darrell also brought up the need to look at a software program called Adobe Acrobat which would be very helpful for use in conjunction with the cemetery program. It isn’t something we need immediately, but can be looking for a good buy. After some discussion it was moved by Larry Brangwin and seconded by Mary Storley that Stan Bastman be given the okay to purchase the program when one can be obtained at a good price. They are in the neighborhood of $300 now. Motion carried.
Darrell read to the members a letter from IGS that was sent to all Commemorative Wall contributors. The contribution sent to the IGS from the Computer Genies can be refunded or can be held in an account for use on another site. The IGS is continuing to work on locating a larger space for their library facilities. It was moved by Emma Ballinger and seconded by Marilyn Bastman that we leave our contribution with the IGS at this time. Motion carried.
As part of his duties as 1st Vice President at
IGS effective Jan. 1, Darrell is working on plans for the IGS Conference for
Larry Brangwin announced that the January meeting will be
held at the Le Mars Public Library, and asked for members help in getting
meeting places scheduled for next year’s calendar. April,
May, and June will be reserved for the cemetery project at
Motion to adjourn was made by Larry and seconded by Emma.
Meeting adjourned at
Refreshments were provided by John Winteringer, Sally Oswald, and Lorna Brandt.
Submitted by Lorna Brandt
Acting Secretary