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Elected Officers:
President: Ron Hardy
1st VP: Betty Trinka
2nd VP: Beverly Weldon
Sec: Virginia Piper
Treasurer: Paul Smith
Chair Persons &
Special Assignments:
Gen. Classes: Janet Cottrell
Com: Dorothy Becknell
Editorial:
Executive: Ron Hardy
Facilities: Bill Graham
FGS Del: Jeaneen Darnell
Finance: Jeaneen Darnell
Grants:
Historical: Gloria Fortney
Honors: Janice Meredith
Librarian: Janice Meredith
Membership: Linda Brown
Nom: Jim Hemphill
Office Manager:
Publications: Mary Craig
Research:
Janice Brantley
Special Programs:
Terri Walker
Asst. Special Programs:
Mary Craig
Ways & Means:
Jenise Brantley
Tulsa Genealogical Society News, Twig-bits
TGS E-Newsletter
We’re on the Web!
Check us out at
www.tulsagenealogy.org
Jan 2012
January 19th, 2012, Genealogy Class & General Meeting
6P.M. - Good and Bad Internet/Census Research
Instructor, Janet Cottrell, Education Chair
7 P.M. - “It’s On the Web Site! But Where? How? Why?”
Speaker, Dorothy Becknell, TGS Webmaster
HISTORICAL TRIVIA
In George Washington’s days, there were no cameras. One’s image
was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George
Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm
behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms.
Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people
were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted.
Arms and legs are limbs,’ therefore painting them would cost the
buyer more. Hence the expression, “Okay, but it’ll cost you an arm
and a leg.”
Navigating the TGS Website!
TGS has a wonderful and instructional website.
We are going to spend some time getting
acquainted with all the information available and
how to make it work for you!
Our webmaster will take you on a
tour of the website pages and
attempt to answer any website questions you may have. So now is
your time to find out what, where and how?
Nostalgia is a
file that removes
the rough edges
from the good old
days
-Doug Larson
February 20, 2012
TGS Meeting
Come early to enjoy the fellowship and our hospitality
Door prize will be awarded at meetings!
If you have moved, changed your contact phone number or your
email address, please inform Linda Brown,
Membership Chair, ([email protected]) You will
receive email reminders (or phone calls) of our
meetings and other events in your mailbox...that is if
we have your correct address.
“Jacob Brown” Wautauga Settler 7:00 P.M.
Speaker: Jim Hartsell Up until the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the colonies were separate entities governed by appointees of the British crown. Boundaries between the colonies were ever-changing, especially on the frontier as new land was surveyed and parceled out. Settlers on the frontier lived with much uncertainty, enduring Indian raids, lack of supplies, and colonial tax collectors taking money for services and protection that were never received. With the Proclamation of 1763, these frontier settlers were further hemmed in as white settlement was outlawed west of the Appalachians. One group of settlers, however, was not deterred. Don’t miss the rest of this story…
Editor’s Corner
We’ve had several members send me news items to be shared
with the society.
Terri walker is sharing this link http://ldnews.com/columns/
ci_19572322
This is an article regarding a change in the law allowing access to Pennsylvania ancestor Vital Records. Let’s hope some of your brick walls will start crumbling.
Janet Cottrell has discovered that the Vital Records Office in Tulsa, OK, has become a bit more accessible for us. It is now located at:
5051 S 129th E. Ave (918)594-4840
8:30 am-4:00 pm, Monday through Friday
She suggests the best way to enter their offices is from 51st St. entrance across from Met Life and go to the back of the building. Vital Records will have its own separate office now.
A major conference will be
held in about a month in Salt
Lake City: RootsTech. Last
year's event attracted more
than 3,000 attendees from 42
U.S. states, four Canadian
provinces, and 12 other coun-
tries. This is believed to be the
biggest genealogy conference
of the year in North America.
This year's event, to be held
February 2 through 4, should
attract at least as many again, if
not more.
And a wonderful time was had by all!
Thanks to all who are a part of
2011-2012 TGS Membership.
(Individual: $25; Family: $35
New Year begins July 1, 2012)
Meetings:
September - May
3rd Monday
Genealogy Class 6 pm
General Meeting: 7 pm
Open to public at no charge
P O Box 585
Tulsa, OK 74101-0585 918 - 627 - 4224
Library Location
9136 Briar Village Shopping Center (31st & Mingo, behind the stores)
Tulsa Genea log i ca l Soc ie ty
“Promoting Family History Research...Worth Looking for - Worth Finding!”
It was a dark, cool and rainy
night, but we had a delightfully
warm and happy time at our
pot luck dinner Dec. 19th.
Bill and Johanna Graham
decorated the L ibrary
Christmas tree and Linda and
Dale Brown and I worked
together decorating the tables
and making the rooms look
very festive. The Christmas
music kept us in a merry mood
as we enjoyed visiting with
friends and sampling the
various dishes.
Thanks to everyone who
attended and provided such
wonderful cuisine. The Hot
D e c e m b e r C h r i s t m a s C e l e b rat i o n
Apple Cider (Jeaneen Darnell)
and Christmas punches (Linda
Brown) added the perfect touch
to the evening for us.
Following the dinner we
shared many memories and
family Christmas traditions.
From going out to choose, cut
down and bringing home the
Christmas tree; being in the
kitchen as special treats and
dishes were prepared by
grandmother; attending special
services at the church; playing
with all those cousins; having our
stockings filled with fruit and
nuts by Santa and all the special
family activities and/or games.
Mar 19 - “Oklahoma Outlaws” - Larry Yadon
Newsletter Editor: Dorothy Becknell
A Warm Welcome to our newest members
Tulsa Genealogical Society wishes everyone a
joyous, healthy and VERY
genealogically successful NEW YEAR
The TGS evening concluded with
the reading of the classic poem,
“The Night Before Christmas” by
Ron Hardy, TGS President.
Overall, the most special thing
about all our Christmases,
regardless of big or small, old or
new, was not the activity of
receiving, giving or opening gifts
(although that was always
important for the kids) but was the
experience in having family
generations come together for a
time of sharing and showing love.
Those memories and traditions are
priceless!
Happy New Year!Happy New Year!Happy New Year!