GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!
Hope your summer is going well -- there is much news to report.
CATHY’S HUSBAND
First, and most important, Cathy Clark needs our prayers as her husband has been ill. He was hospitalized, and is now home, though from the report given in RS on Sunday, the doctor’s hadn’t determined the cause of his illness. Our hearts and prayers are with you both, Cathy. (She serves as the Family History Consultant in the Crescent Park 5th Ward.)
NEW MEMBERS
Welcome to three new members of our group:
- Judy Park, Nadine’s friend
- Rachel Hower, a DearMYRTLE reader
- Arlene Hinman, a DearMYRTLE reader
WE’VE GOT A BLOG
Want to find out more? I’ve decided to create a series of blog entries based on our study group meetings and research challenges. This is also a great place to find links to handouts from the sessions you’ve missed. Find this at: http://blog.TeachGenealogy.com. You can also subscribe for free using your favorite RSS feed reader. I use iGoogle & Outlook 2007 to pull in the genealogy blogs I love to read.
WHO ARE THOSE LADIES, ANYWAY?
Several asked about the two beautiful women in the picture used in the TGB banner shown above. They are my maternal grandmother Frances Irene Goering and her mother Estelle Mae (Phillips) Goering circa 1907. Frances was born 22 Aug 1905 in Chariton, Lucas, Iowa and died 12 Jan 1974 in Renton, King, Washington. Frances married (1) Lowell Simpson Froman, son of William Gist Froman and Louisa Mae Higgins, on 25 Feb 1925 (at an undisclosed location) and they were enumerated in the 1930 US Federal Census in Precinct K, Wenatchee City, Chelan, Washington where their daughter, my mother Barbara Froman, is listed as a single female, age 1 and 6/12 years. This screen shot is from Ancestry.com’s 1930 census image collection:
Their marriage ended in divorce. Frances later married (2) Dana “Mike” A. McDonnell and the lived in Tukwilla, King, Washington.
Frances’ mother Estelle Mae (Phillips) Goering was born on 30 Nov 1876 in Knoxville, Marion, Iowa and died on 11 Sep 1921 in Olathe, Johnson, Kansas according to entries in the Goering Family Bible in my possession. While researching 28 Nov 1999 at the Orlando Public Library, I discovered the Marion County Genealogical Society's bicentennial project was a book published in 1976 titled
Cemeteries of Marion County, Iowa . There is an entry for ‘Goering, Estella Mae 1876-1921’ at the Graceland Cemetery in Knoxville, Marion, Iowa (Old Section) Block 14 lot 6. In May, after attending and presenting at the 2008 NGS Conference in Kansas City, I was able to travel north to Iowa and visit the cemetery. What a joy to find Estelle’s tombstone, show below, next to those of her parents and one set of grandparents. I only used my fingers to wipe away grass clippings and a little bottled water to brighten the inscription for this photograph, as I wished to be careful not speed up the deterioration process. (Wire brushes are out unless the goal is to obscure the lettering for future generations.) It was so hot, the water evaporated almost immediately.
NO MEETING IN JULY 2008
July is a traveling sort of month for many of our members, so let’s skip and meet in August on the third Tuesday – 19 August 2008 from 6:30-9:00pm, again at Carrie Keele’s home. If you need the address, let me know and I’ll email it to you personally. We’re taking our next field trip in September to the Church History Department. I will coordinate with them as to the date, which I assume will be a weekday during normal business hours. I know some of you work during the day, and that this may preclude your participation, but it is the best we can do.
If you try to contact me in July for assistance, do it before the middle of the month as I’ll be gone from the 14th through the 30th on the 2008 Legacy Family Tree genealogy cruise. I’ll be making several presentations and am thrilled to be meeting other genealogists from around the US & the world. Our trip around the Baltic Sea will be a great introduction to travel in those countries. We fly to London, take a motor coach to Dover and then go as far east as St. Petersburg. I can hardly wait.
We now have so many members that if we all showed up at the same time, we would not fit in Carrie’s family room. However, I think August will still find some of our members traveling, so I don’t expect to make the move to a larger meeting place until September.
UPCOMING GENEALOGY EVENTS IN OUR REGION
24 June 2008, Tuesday – Family History Library
Scotland Nonconformist Church Records B-2, 12:00 PM
26 June 2008, Thursday – Family History Library
Finding the Place of Origin of Your Immigrant Ancestor, Room B1, 11:00 AM
27 June 2008 June – Family History Library
- Advanced Personal Ancestral File 5.2: Lesson 8 - Multimedia (1 1/4 hrs), Main room, 9:00 AM
- FamilySearch Indexing (1 1/4 hrs), Lab 10:00 AM
- Advanced Personal Ancestral File 5.2: Lesson 9 - Web Pages and Templates (1 1/4 hrs), Main room, 10:30 AM
28 June 2008 Saturday – Family History Library
- * U.S. Census Research Series: Overview of the Records, 2nd, 9:00 AM
- Summer of Sleuthing--kick-off event for the whole family (repeated hourly, thru 7 pm), Main room, 10:00 AM
- * U.S. Census Research Series: Using Indexes Effectively, 2nd, 10:15 AM
- * U.S. Census Research Series: Which Census Do I Use Now? -- Strategy, 2nd, 11:30 AM
- * U.S. Census Research Series: Territorial and State Censuses, 2nd, 1:30 PM
- * Seating is limited. To register, send e-mail to FHLClassReg@ldschurch.org or call 801-240-4950.
Family History Consultant Training, limited to 200 participants. Register by going to
http://familysearch.eventbrite.com/ 12 July 2008 – Utah Valley PAF Users Group (Provo, Utah)
See: http://uvpafug.org/meeting.htm around the 1st they will post the meeting schedule.
29 July through 1 August 2008 - Brigham Young University Conference Center. Theme: Strengthening Ties That Bind Families Together Forever. The 40th annual Brigham Young University Conference on Family History and Genealogy will be held over four days. See: http://ce.byu.edu/cw/cwgen/
19 August 2008 – DearMYRTLE’s Salt Lake Study Group, 6:30-9pm at the home of Carrie Keele.
Write to Myrt for directions.
12-13th September 2008 - UGA Fall Conference This seminar with many class offerings is sponsored by the Utah Genealogical Association, and is held at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information, click here.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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