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Computer Genies of
NW Iowa
2 JAN 1999
The Computer Genies of
NW Iowa met January 2, 1999 at the LeMars Public Library
at 1:30 p.m.,
WAS CALLED OFF BECAUSE OF A BLIZZARD
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
6 FEB 1999
President Darrell Easton called the February 6th meeting to order
at 1:30 p.m. in the Le Mars Public Library.
Introductions were made.
The
secretary’s report was read. Larry Brangwin moved to
accept the report. Janice Albert seconded the
motion. Motion carried.
Treasurer
Kathy Fisher reported a treasury balance of $106.86.
Clayton Nemmers made the motion to accept the report.
Seconded by Verna Shockey. Motion carried.
A reminder
was made to check the Internet homepage for meeting notices and
other information. The minutes for all the past meetings
can also be found on it.
Volunteers
are still needed to index the 1925 Iowa census.
Larry
Brangwin, Jim Bilsland, and Stan Oswald audited the
treasurer’s books.
The latest
Gedcom Journals were distributed and new brochures were
available. From now on the journals will be found on the
Internet and will not be printed out for those who can get them
from the Internet.
Pat Behrens
made the motion to pay Stan Bastman’s bill of $12.76.
Verna Shockey seconded the motion. Carried.
The March
meeting will be in the Methodist Church in Sioux City. The
April meeting will be in the public library in Remsen. The
April meeting program will be about tombstone restoration.
It was brought up that damaged veterans’ tombstones can be
replaced free of charge by the Veterans’ Association.
This does not include the work involved.
There will
be an IGS mini-conference in Sioux City on April 27 and 28, 2001.
Sympathy
cards were sent to Hugh Boylan, Ethel Heidesch, and Edith Staab.
There are
32 paid-up members so far this year.
A motion
was made by Beverly Woolsey to adjourn. Seconded by Kathy
Fisher. Motion carried.
Birthday
cake make by Lorna Brandt was served along with bars and coffee
supplied by some other members.
This was
followed by visiting.
Secretary, Edith Staab
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
6 MAR 1999
The March 6 meeting was called to order by
Vice-president Larry DuVal at 1:30 p.m. in the First United
Methodist Church in Sioux City.
Introductions were made.
A program about the Sioux City cemeteries was
presented by Dick Davis who is a sexton at the Sioux City
cemeteries.
The secretary's report was read and approved.
The treasurer's report shows a balance of
$240.40. Stan Bastman moved to accept the report. Seconded by
Verna Shockey. Motion carried.
There are 13 new memberships since the last
meeting.
A sympathy card was sent to Frank and Ruth
Postma.
Larry informed the members of the following
meetings:
IGS - Marshalltown - October 8 and 9, 1999. There might be a
program the evening of October 7.
FGS - St. Louis - August I I - 14, 1999, Registration is S 1 20
before July I st. A bus win leave from Des
Moines with an approximate charge of $85 per
person.
FGS - Salt Lake City - October 5-7, 2000
FGS - Davenport - 2001
IGS - Sioux City Convention Center - April 27-28, 2001.
Volunteers will be needed to help with this.
NW Iowa genealogy
meetings are arranged for the following months:
April - Remsen Public Library
May - Sioux Center
June - Le Mars
July - Possibly no meeting
August - Storm Lake
September - Spencer
October - Meridan
November - (?)
December - Le Mars
January - Le Mars
Suggestions regarding future programs were:
Refinishing photos
Getting records from foreign countries
Making Gedcom Mes
Show and tell
Church histories
Foreign exchange student to Spain (Bastman)
Translation services
Stan Bastman gave the library report. There
are over 17,000 surnames on file.
Larry adjourned the meeting.
Lunch was served by Theresa Skow, Tom
Beauvais, and Sally Oswald.
Secretary, Edith Staab
Program notes:
Dick Davis is a sexton for 3 Sioux City
cemeteries: Floyd, Logan, and Graceland.
Floyd is the oldest of the 3. It was
established in 1867 and contains 31.94 acres. It has 7700 markers
and 12,500 burials. The cemetery is subject to much vandalism.
Probably the most notable landmark is the bandstand. Notables
buried here are Brigadier General Elliot W. Perl from the Civil
War and Sgt. Edward B.
Spalding. Bodies are buried with the heads at
the west.
Logan was established in 1892 by a private
business and became a city cemetery in 1924. It contains 12,300
burials. There are 3 mausoleums, a city and county potters field,
a Baby Heart area only for babies, and a place originally
resricted to blacks. This is a hilly cemetery and bodies are
buried with the heads nearest the top of the slope. Ding Darling
and his family members and Tom Peterson are buried here.
Graceland is the largest of the 3 cemeteries.
It was established in 1908. It contains 88.9 acres, has 19100
markers and 25,700 burials. It has a nondenominational chapel.
The nuwble used in it is of the same kind as used for the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier. The chapel cost $32,800 to bad but it would
probably cost in excess of $Imiuion to build one like it now.
There is a public mausoleum and one owned by members of the Toy
Bank family. There is a potters field for indigent veterans.
Wilson Lewis, the first president of Morningside College is
buried in Graceland Cemetery.
There are 6 full-time workers at these
cemeteries. City hall would have the most records for
genealogists. Betty Fisher is the clerk for the city cemeteries.
There are other cemeteries in Sioux City,
also.
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
3 APR 1999
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met at 1:30 p.m.
April 3, 1999 at the Remsen Public Library with President Darrell
Easton presiding.
The secretary's report was read. Stan Bamnan
moved to accept it. Beverly Woolsey seconded it.
Motion carried.
The treasurer's report shows a balance of
$313.71. Beverly Woolsey made the motion to accept the report.
Seconded by Larry Brangwin. Motion carried.
The First United Methodist Church in Sioux
City has an elevator for those who want to use it when we have
meetings there.
The location for the May meeting will probably
be changed because of a conflict of scheduling for the Hbrary
meeting room. Watch for otification about this. There will be a
meeting in July but the location has not been selected yet.
A questionnaire was given to each member
present and they voted on what they thought that the focus of the
IGS library should be. It was also brought up that some members
thought that our society should be recognized as a chapter in the
IGS to get equal recognition with other counties.
The newsletter can now be copied from the
Internet.
Please send new family genealogies to Stan.
The September meeting will be about Gedcom
files.
Beverly Woolsey moved to adjourn the meeting.
Lunch was served by Sally Oswald and Edith
Staab.
A question and answer period concluded the
afternoon gathering.
Secretary, Edith Staab
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
1 MAY 1999
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met at 1:30 p.m.
May 1, 1999 in the Cleghom library. President Darrell Easton
presided. The secretary's and treasurer's reports were read.
Treasurer Kathy Fisher reported a balance of $390.51.
Darrell Easton and Stan Bastman explained how
the newsletter is put on the Internet.
Stan also gave more information about the home
page.
A volunteer to send information about Plymouth
County to the Iowa Gen Web would be appreciated.
Stan and Darrell reported on a meeting that
they attended in Mason City.
A lady whose last name is Le Fleur has copies
of Woodbury County obituaries in her Sioux City home.
Materials that are in our traveling library
are available to the members. A list of the titles will be put on
the Home Page. Requests for these can be sent to Stan who will
bring them along to the next meeting.
If you plan to attend the FGS meeting in St.
Louis it is wise to make room reservations early because there
will be a baseball game going on at the same time. Next year the
FGS will meet in Salt Lake City. In the year 2001 it will be in
Davenport. A member of the IGS is automatically a member of the
FGS but not of the NGS.
The October 7th to 9th Iowa Conference will be
in Marshalltown. It was moved by Kathy Fisher to place a full
page ad for our society in the syllabus. Ethel Heidesch seconded
the motion. Motion carried. Stan will design the ad.
Information about the Orphan Train Rider
Reunion that is scheduled for August 20th to 22nd in Fort Dodge
is available from Darrell.
Meeting places:
June - Sioux Center library basement
July - Le Mars library (Use the back door.)
August - Storm Lake
September - Spencer
October - Cherokee new library (starts with a tour of the
library)
November - Sioux City
December - Le Mars
January - Le Mars
A suggestion was made to give away a door prize to encourage
attendance at the meetings.
Kathy moved to adjourn. Stan seconded it. Motion carried.
Lunch was served by Sally Oswald and Pat Behrens.
Program:
Larry Duval showed a video about tombstone restoration.
Secretary, Edith Staab
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
5 JUN 1999
The Computer Genies of NW
Iowa met in the Sioux Center library meeting room at 1:30 p.m. on
June 5, 1999.
Stan Bastman explained the features in the
genealogical library especially for the guests that were present.
About 3500 names can be put on a single disk, depending on the
number of additional notes. Wilma Vande Berg explained some of
the features of the Sioux Center library and distributed copies
of the "News of the Greater Sioux County Genealogical
Society." She also has Sioux Center Centennial Books for
sale.
President Darrell Easton called the meeting to
order at 1:55 p.m. The secretary's report was read and approved.
Darrell reported a balance of $385.51 in the treasury.
Stan sent a copy of a full page ad to
Marshalltown to be included in the syllabus for the convention.
Please use the back door when coming to the
July meeting in Le Mars. Stan will bring a video to this meeting.
Larry DuVal had conference programs and registration forms and IGS brochures. He brought research material to look at that he has collected. He informed us that the Iowa legislature has passed a bill enabling family members to visit a private cemetery on a farm even if they do not own the farm. Counties are allowed to budget money for the preservation of cemeteries.
Stan moved to adjourn; seconded by Larry.
Wilma served coffee and treats.
Secretary,
Edith Staab
Program: Larry showed a video about the Version 5 Family
Tree Maker. Version 6 is now available.
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
3 JUL 1999
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa 4 JUL 1998
meeting for Independance Day was called off in the April meeting
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
7 AUG 1999
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met in the
Storm Lake Community College on August 7 at 1:30 p.m.
Members used the computers and received help
in locating information.
The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m. by
president Darrell Easton. The secretary's report was read.
Theresa Skow moved to accept the report. Seconded by Stan
Bastman. Motion carried.
Darrell Easton reported for treasurer Kathy
Fisher that there had been no financial activity since the last
meeting. The balance remains at $385.5 1.
Darrell brought some newsletters from
neighboring societies. These are also available on the Internet.
He has a catalog of genealogical supplies that may be used and he
also donated a CD. Lists of Internet sites, sites locating
churches, and lists of maps where churches are located are
available from Darrell.
The Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)
would appreciate donations.
Within the past few months sympathy cards were
sent to Clayton and Jeanine Nemmers, John Mertes, and Stan and
Sally Oswald.
Stan Bastrnan brought magazines that anyone is
welcome to take. He also brought brochures to take and
distribute.
Theresa Skow told how a T-shirt, such as the
one that she was wearing, could be used to display a family tree.
Darrell explained that his name had been
submitted to be on the ballot at IGS as a candidate for regional
representative and that it had been omitted. He also suggested
removing the request to have our society be admitted as a chapter
to the IGS. Stan Bastman moved, seconded by Edith Staab, that we
send petitions to the IGS to have new ballots sent to members
with all of the eligible candidates on them. Since it was not
clear to everyone what the vote had been about Stan withdrew his
motion. It was also decided to do nothing about the chapter
membership at this time.
The September meeting will be at the Spencer
library at 21 E 3rd Street. Stan plans to copy photos at this
meeting.
Frank Postma moved, seconded by Stan Bastman
that the meeting adjourn. Motion carried.
Coffee and doughnuts were brought by Darrell.
After the break the members could again use
the computers if they so desired.
Secretary,
Edith Staab
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
4 SEP 1999
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met in the
Spencer Public Library Round Room at 1:30 p.m. on September 4,
1999.
President Darrell Easton called the meeting to
order. The secretary's report was read and approved. Darrell
reported a balance of $424.51 in the treasury.
Darrell reported on the upcoming IGS election.
The 1999 Fall Conference will be held October 7-9 in
Marshalltown.
There was no new business reported.
Stan Bastman showed a TVator exec converter
and explained to the group what this device does. This device
enables you to view the output from a computer to a TV. Motion
made by Clay Nemmers and seconded by Beverly Woolsey to purchase
this for $104.94.
The meeting was adjourned and Stan Bastman
presented the program on photo scanning.
The October meeting will be held on October 1
at the Cherokee Public Library.
Coffee and bars were served by Marilyn
Bastman.
Acting Secretary
Marilyn Bastman
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
2 OCT 1999
The Computer Genies of NW
Iowa met in the Cherokee Public Library meeting room at 1:30 p.m.
on October 2.
A tour of the library was directed by one of the
library staff.
President Darrell Easton called
the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m.
Comments were made about the
remodeled library and it was decided to use it oftener in the
future.
The secretary’s and
treasurer’s reports were read and approved. There is now a
balance of $436.51 in the treasury.
Larry Brangwin made the motion
to pay Stan Bastman $116.21 for the TVator and supplies. Seconded
by Pat Behrens. Motion carried.
Stan explained how the TVator
works.
The November meeting will be
held in the First United Methodist Church in Sioux City. The
December 4th meeting will be held at Biff’s Hometown Cafe in
Le Mars. (The truck stop on Highway 75.) If possible, please
contact Larry Brangwin if you plan to attend so that he can give
to the owners an approximate number planning to attend.
There will be no meeting in
January.
The auditing committed (Larry
Brangwin and John Winterringer) will audit the books next month.
Larry Duval, Frank Postma, and
Stan Oswald are on the nominating committee for next year’s
officers. Volunteers to serve as officers would be appreciated.
Lorna Brandt offered to edit the newsletter next year.
Members may take the CDRom
library home for one month if they bring it back to the following
meeting.
Lunch was served by Pat
Behrens, Sally Oswald, and Lorene Letsche.
Stan Bastman and Darrell Easton
gave a demonstration on how the TVator will be used.
Secretary,
Edith Staab
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Computer Genies of NW Iowa
6 NOV 1999
9 members of the Computer Genies of N W
Iowa met at 1:30 p.m. on November 7, 1998 at the Spencer Public
Library.
Secretary, Edith Staab
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Computer Genies of
NW Iowa
4 DEC 1999
The Computer Genies of NW Iowa met in the
LeMars Public Library after the annual Christmas noon Luncheon at
Biff's Hometown Café. The meeting started at 1:30 p.m. on
December 4. President Darrell Easton called the meeting to order.
The secretary’s report was read by
Darrell and approved by the membership.
Treasurer Kathy Fisher reported a balance of
$356.09 in the treasury.
| Descused: | CD_ROM gedcom library sales, no action
was taken. Changing new membership dues, no action was taken. |
A drawing was held and the following
people will get to take the CD library home for one month: Ruth
Beall the Gedcom Library and Ruth Beall the CD Library. The
libraries must be returned to the club at the February meeting.
Last months CD-ROM library winner Pat
Bartholomew reported she found the records of someone she had
been looking for from the 1860's in Ohio.
A bill in of $16.92 for new brochures and
membership cards, was presented by Stan Bastman. It was moved to
reinburse Stan. The motion was seconded.
Lunch was served by Sally Oswald, Ethel
Heidish, Lorna Brandt, _ _ , _ _
Acting Secretary
CRS