Highlights of Previous Months Meetings
Clinton
County Genealogical Meeting
Highlights of the
January 12, 2010
The Jan 12th Meeting was called to order by President David Glossner, with all saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call of Officers resulted in all being present.
The topic of our program was The Meaning of PA German Names presented by Bruce Teeple.
There were 44 present for the program.
The business meeting followed with the minutes and treasurer’s report approved as presented.
Justin Houser, Chairman of Cemetery Committee reported that
he has sent a disk to the webmaster listing all the cemeteries in
Corresponding Sect., Joyce Diehl reported one new member, Robert McCloskey,
She received a letter from a man in
Bob Schadt, Chairman of Books and Publications, reported that shipping has been slow though we have had some big sales. We need some new publications.
David said the new Family Ties for January was mailed and asked for news to be sent to Joan for inclusion in future newsletters.
Unfinished business: Dave reported “The Right to Know Law” has been in the newspapers.
We have old time School books from Dunnstable
Twp.; that could be worked on for a new publication.
New Business: It was suggested that on the membership application a check box for renewal be placed on it and that if it is renewal, surnames would not be necessary.
New surname booklets are to be mailed out for 2010.
Neighboring news: Centre
2/4/2010 7pm , African American Genealogy, Lycoming 1/23/2010 1 pm, History of
Our next meeting will be Feb 9, with Lou Bernard speaking on the Early Days of Lock Haven.
Clinton
County Genealogical Meeting
Highlights of the
December 8th, 2009
Meeting was opened with the pledge of allegiance and roll call of officers, Vice President and Secretary were absent.
There was no planned program, so the business meeting was opened with Treasurer’s report, that was approved as presented.
Justin Houser was absent, but David reported He will be coming on Friday to meet with David to finish up some G P S work on cemeteries.
It was reported that George Wasson a member of our society has passed away and his obituary will be in the Jan newsletter.
Corresponding Secretary reported 1 new member And several Thank you letters were written..
Paul Bennett did some extensive research for the Barkers and both the library and our society received a donation for his work. Joyce sent thanks from our society.
No report on Books and publications
After much discussion there will be no cd’s of cemetery books.
There was some discussion about the format of the DAR book or books, that we are to be bringing in around February.
A shorter version of our mission statement will be written for a new brochure.
Officers nominated at the last meeting were declared elected by Dave Glossner. Officers elected for 2 years are: President, David Glossner; Secretary, Joan Summerson; and Corresponding Secretary, Joyce Diehl.
It was noted that Heritage Quest was dropped from the library because of state funding, We will check and see if we could donate toward that to get it hooked back up.
No further Business, meeting was adjourned and the next meeting will be January 12 with Bruce Teeple speaking about the Meaning of Pennsylvania German Names.
A Thank you goes to Joyce, Gloria, Paul and Joan for providing the refreshments for tonight’s meeting, everyone had a nice time and the party was over at 9.PM.
Clinton
County Genealogical Meeting
Meeting Highlights
November 10, 2009
Meeting was opened with the pledge of allegiance and roll call of officers, all being present.
Program was presented by Charles Barnum with a slide show of pictures of Renovo and Westport, Very interesting. Following the program and a question and answer period the business meeting was opened.
Minutes of the past two meetings were read and approved and the Treasurer’s report was approved as presented.
Justin e-mailed David about his cemetery
report, with nothing additional at this time. He will be coming in Friday to
meet with David.
Paul Bennett did some extensive research for the
Barkers and both the library and our society received a donation for his
work. Joyce will send thanks.
Bob Schadt reported that he received a large order for books and he has ordered some books from Reese’s Print shop.
We will collect the DAR materials that several people have been working on at the February meeting.
Still looking for a storage building.
There will be a Civil War Roadshow in the future and we have been ask to volunteer some of our time to help. More later.
Officers nominated for next year were Dave Glossner , President; Joan Summerson,
Secretary; Joyce Diehl, Corresponding
Secretary.
There was some discussion about work on some school records, postcards, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Records. All possible publications.
No further Business, meeting was adjourned
and the next meeting will be December
8th, with Genealogy discussion and refreshments.
Clinton
County Genealogical Meeting
Meeting Highlights
October 13, 2009
Meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance
and roll call, all officers present except the Secretary.
Program was presented by Justin Houser, entitled
Using Circumstantial Evidence to Put Together Family Connections. Justin showed
us several ways to get over the brick walls that we often times come across.
After the program the business meeting
followed.
Secretary and Treasurer’s
report was approved as read.
Chapman Township Cemetery Book update continues, as does the GPS work for several cemeteries.
Flaming Foliage was enjoyable for those that staffed the new tent setup, Six books were sold and one member gained. Answered a lot of questions.
Queries are caught up. The
Brochure reprint will be discussed at the next meeting.
No further business meeting was adjourned.
Next meeting
will be November 10th . Charles Barnum will present the program on Renovo and
Westport.
Clinton
County Genealogical Meeting
Meeting Highlights
September 8, 2009
Meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance
and roll call, all officers present except the Secretary.
Program was Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Coalition
with Kim de Bourbon presenting the program. A very informative
presentation with several handouts.
After the program the business meeting followed.
There was no Secretary’s
report.
Treasurer’s report was approved as read.
John Harbach, Dave Glossner, Tom Frank and Justin Houser went to Loganton to find a cemetery.
Joyce had several queries to hand out and they were distributed to volunteers.
Bob Schadt reported there were no new book orders and the Chapman Twp. Cemetery book is still being updated.
Paul Bennett reported there are several additions and corrections for the Fleming Cemetery, and also St. Joseph’s in Hyner -- These will eventually be re-published and include the corrections.
October 10th we will have a presence at the Flaming Foliage and those who volunteered are asked to be there as close to 8 am as possible to help set up.
There will be nominations for officers at the next meeting for President, Corresponding Secretary and Recording Secretary.
At the October 13, meeting Justin
Houser will be presenter of the program.
See you there.
Clinton
County Genealogical Meeting
Picnic Highlights
August 11, 2009
The CCGS met at the Woolrich Park in Pavilion #3 at 6:00pm for a lovely picnic where there was quite a variety of food that all tasted great. After the meal everyone enjoyed a social time discussing genealogy and sharing information. If you weren’t there you missed a good time.
Clinton
County Genealogical Meeting
Meeting Highlights
July 21, 2009
Meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance
and roll call, all officers present except the Secretary.
Secretary and treasurer’s
reports were approved as read. It was reported that the Chapman Twp
Cemetery book is still being worked on . There was a discussion about old
cemeteries on N. Fairview and N. Jones St, in Lock Haven.
Bob Schadt reported on
his experience at the Kettle Creek Dam which many found interesting and
impressive.
Some queries were discussed, one being the McClintick Family Bible that a gentleman from Florida would
like to find someone with an interest in it. And the Burns family is
looking for some help with a Heverly family.
One of the members volunteered to help.
Rich Wycoff is looking
for CCC memorabilia.
Unfinished business was The 1857 map at the Ross library is not available at this time for copying and preserving. There was much discussion about the PA room at the Library and at this time the offer will be withdrawn as it was reported that help is not needed at this time.
Picnic Sign ups were held and we look forward
to the picnic at the Woolrich Park , pavilion # 3
nearest the store on August 11th. Bring your own table service and
a dish to share. Beverages will be provided.
September meeting will be a presentation by Kim de Bourbon on Pa Freedom of Information Coalition.
It was noted that the summer newsletter was
out and several found it interesting.
It is your news letter and articles from you
make it a good newsletter, be sure and send articles to Joan Summerson at sumrson58@verizon.net. They are always
welcome!
See you at the
picnic!
Clinton
County Genealogical Meeting
Meeting Highlights
June 9, 2009
Meeting opened
as usual with the Pledge of Allegiance.
All officers were present except the Vice
President. Secretary and Treasurer’s reports
were both approved as presented.
May was a good month for selling
publications. Several people are still working on updating the Chapman
Cemetery book.
There were no new memberships this month.
Neither Justin nor Bob were present therefore
there were no detailed reports.
Dave reported that Paul Bennett would like to
have a dousing done in the reformed church cemetery.
Blair county brochures were passed out.
Queries were gone over.
There was talk about the possible help to the
Ross Library with their machines and printers. There is to be more discussion.
Next Meeting to be July 21 as the Zimmerman’s will be away on the 14th.
Clinton County Genealogical Meeting
Meeting Highlights
May 12, 2009
Meeting was called to order with all officers present except the Secretary, who was absent. Pledge of Allegiance opened the meeting with 16 present.
The treasurer’s report was presented and accepted. Secretary’s minutes will be approved at the next meeting.
A Power Point presentation was given by Jim Snyder of Blair County Genealogical Society and was very informative and interesting. A question and answer period followed.
Justin Houser reported that there are 3 or 4 more cemeteries that need GPS coordinates and that the Chapman Township Cemetery Book is still being updated.
John Harbach related that an old cemetery in Eastville should be checked out, It could be one that was moved, but he wants to be sure.
The Corresponding Secretary reported that we have 3 new members.
There was some discussion about the publications order form on the web site - It needs revised. Joan & Bob will work on this since the one printed in the Family Ties is at its capacity as well.
Our Web Master, Wayne Smith was present and reported on the additions to the website from Dave Wallace’s materials. Things are coming along, but not yet completed as there are many pages that need to be properly linked to avoid confusion and to make it clear.
The charges for research look ups will appear in the Summer Family Ties , The decision was not made soon enough to be published in the January Issue and it is in the January Highlights.
It was noted that Brochures are being used and more were placed at Restless Oaks, anyone who helped place them in the different locations should check to see if there is a need to place more, let David Glossner know.
Meeting
was adjourned close to 8:45PM. Next Meeting will be June 9th at 7:00 PM.
Clinton
County Genealogical Meeting
Meeting Highlights
April 14, 2009
Meeting was called to order with all officers present except the Secretary, who was absent. Pledge of Allegiance opened the meeting with 18 present.
Secretary’s minutes and treasurer’s reports were approved as presented.
It was reported that the treasurer has applied for bonding and payment will be made.
Cemetery books continue to be brought up to date in preparation for new editions when completed.
There have been two new members since the
last meeting. Welcome to you both!
Members are still working on the DAR extractions, Books and Publications Chairman said sales are down somewhat but orders for refills continue and inventory is good.
An introduction to a cemetery index is being worked on, but the index will not be completed until the cemetery books are all updated, which are being worked on currently.
Several queries have been answered and we thank the members working on these. Donations have been received from some of these. It was noted that the Spring Newsletter is out and the editor would appreciate hearing from any member with some stories to share. for the Summer Issue. Just e-mail it (sumrson58@verizon.net or send a hard copy to P O Box 393 Lock Haven PA 17745.
Mr. Bill Paul was the speaker and he gave a very interesting talk on Ole Bull. Many of us remember going there to the park, but now have a greater appreciation for it with the many facts he presented. Thank you, Mr. Paul!
Next Meeting will be May 12, 2009 and Jim Snyder from the Blair County Genealogical Society will be our speaker.
Hope to see you there, Bring a friend.
7:00 PM LDS Church on Route
64, Noll drive. Just above the State Police Barracks.
Meeting Highlights
March 10, 2009
Meeting opened as usual with the Pledge of Allegiance and Roll Call of officers showed all were present except the Secretary who was sick and excused.
Treasure’s report was given and accepted and it was reported that the books have been audited as well.
Some of the cemetery books are being updated, particularly the Chapman Twp. Book.
Indexing of all the books was discussed as a project for next year. Several members have taken on the extracting of Clinton County records from some DAR books , this will be an ongoing project until complete as there is no deadline on this project.
We’ve had one new member, Deborah Stabler of No Hollywood CA. Welcome!
Several queries were discussed and distributed to those who would be able to be helpful with answers.
Discussion about the death records being made public and available, several members have written to their representatives and senators, and we are asking that others do the same. A sample letter will be placed in the next Family Ties encouraging others to write to their local reps and senators of Pennsylvania.
Jerry McCloskey gave a brief talk on the
Snow Hill Cloister in Franklin Twp. Next month, Bill Paul will be with us
to talk about Ole Bull on April 14, see you there.
February
10, 2009 Meeting Highlights
Clinton County Genealogical Society
All officers present for this meeting with
several members and one guest in attendance.
Secretary’s & Treasurer’s
Reports were approved as presented and David Glossner
reported for Justin Houser who was absent. There have been some updates to
several cemetery books and Chapman Township particularly since it was our first
book 11 years ago. It will get a going over with additions.
David reported for Bob Schadt who was also absent, sales have been good and we are looking into a master index for all cemetery books. A disk of Dunnstown Cemetery records was given to the Dunnstown Church.
We received our invitation to the Flaming Foliage and David will be returning it with our intent to be there again on Saturday the 10th of October.
The Lycoming Genealogical Society’s Fair was a great success, we were there, did not sell many books, but they had a lot of people and they considered it a success.
The 150 or so pages of the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Records will be placed in our LDS library, they cover 1870 to 1961. Thanks to Elaine Miller and David Glossner.
There is to be a meeting at the Ross Library, Saturday, February 21st at 9:30 am to discuss the DAR Books and materials and what we are doing with them.
Meeting adjourned about 8:15pm.
Next Meeting will be March 10th and
Jerry McCloskey will speak on the Snow Hill Cloister of Franklin County.
Clinton
County Genealogical Meeting
Meeting Highlights
January 13, 2009
Meeting was attended by about a dozen persons as weather was bad and our Speaker had to cancel. He will reschedule.
A decision was made that the cost of
copying for looking up queries will be $3.00 for the first page, $1.00 for each
additional page ( for each record looked up). Checks are to be made out to the
Clinton County Genealogical Society and sent to :
P O Box 393 , Lock Haven PA 17745.
It was reported that information was collected from Mazzulla on the Fairview Cemetery in Farwell from U M Records.
Alice Tarr gave us information about the 3600 burials in the North Bend Cemetery.
And we are to get some information from Elaine Miller on the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Bob Schadt reported there have been a lot of sales of books and CD’s.
A donation about the Murray Family given by Peter Haine from Moneta VA, was given to our library. This came through Fred & Anna Snyder. Our Thanks to them.
There are about a dozen DAR books from the Antes Fort Chapter that will be gleaned for publication. We need more volunteers to help do this project, so please contact David Glossner if you are willing to help.
Next Meeting
will be February 10th, hopefully the weather will cooperate and we’ll see you there.
December
Highlights
of Clinton County Genealogy Meeting
December 9th, 2008
A regular meeting was held, with not much business taken care of. It was noted that Wayne Short has published his 2nd History of Renovo, PA 1926 – 1950 part 2 of 4. If you are interested in purchasing the book you will have to contact Wayne at his home 570-923-0766.
Karen Mazzulla of Farwell will be sharing data on the Fairview Cemetery with us on Dec 22 and Alice Tarr will share information on the North Bend Cemetery, the next day. I believe this is to be at the library.
Elaine Miller will share the data on St. Paul’s Lutheran Church near Lamar, later in January. The meeting with her was cancelled due to the weather.
All unanswered questions will be continued to the January meeting when we will have William “Bill “ Paul with us to talk about Ole Bull.
January 13th,
Hope to see you all there. Weather permitting of course!
November
Highlights
of Clinton County Genealogy Meeting
November 11, 2008
A regular meeting was held and nominations
for the office of Vice President and Treasurer were presented and there being
no opposition, Jerry McCloskey will serve as Vice President and Joyce
Diehl will serve as Treasurer beginning in January.
It was noted that our web site
www.clintoncogensociety.org has been continued for another year.
Arrangements are being made to get a copy of
the church data from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
on Rt 64.
Also new projects were discussed, they were
the Cemetery index and a DAR book, something to look forward to in the new year.
Jerry
McCloskey presented a CD to our library with the Wagner, McGhee and other
family info. Thank you. We also received a Muncy
Cemetery Book in exchange for one of our Cemetery books to the Lycoming County
Genealogical Society. Our library has many books that are currently
stored at the LDS church library.
Next month will be regular meeting with
a Christmas Refreshments provided by members. December 9th.
Highlights of the October 2008 Meeting
Corresponding Secretary and Secretary were absent and the Treasurer gave her report which was approved by those present. It was noted that an audit will be done in January for 2007 and 2008.
Chairman of the Cemetery Committee was also absent, however it was announced that all the Cemetery books are now published and several were sold at the Flaming Foliage .
Six members were present in Renovo and had a good time meeting with those interested in genealogy.
It was noted too, that we have not received the second box from Winters collection, will have to see Dave Wallace about this.
Bob Schadt reported that several books have been reproduced and our first book is in it’s third printing.
There area several projects that were discussed, of which none were decided on at this time. They are: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church History, Bitumen Catholic Church Records, DAR Records, several maps that could be made into atlas publications, like the 1853 Twp map at the library, one from 1857 and one from 1869.
There will be no speakers until the new year, so please bring your materials for discussions and helps.
We are still looking for some space to store the publications and archives, Several people are asking around and hopefully at the next meeting it can be discussed again.
Also at the next meeting we will be asking
for nominations for officers.
Next Meeting will be November 11th, 7:00 pm at the LDS Church
.
Highlights of the September 2008 meeting
Meeting was called to order and pledge of
Allegiance said by all in attendance.
Dr. David Minderhout
was our speaker and his program was on Forgotten Indians of Pennsylvania
was very enlightening. His program included information about the Lenape and Susquehannock Indians
and a website that I found very interesting www.panativeamericans.org On
the next issue of the Family Ties you will find an interesting article about
researching your native ancestors, from that meeting and website.
Business meeting followed the program and the secretary and treasurer’s reports were approved. It was announced the last of the cemetery books is now complete and now for sale. CE10 Cemeteries of Allison Twp, Castanea Twp, Flemington Borough, & City of Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA.
We again will be going to the Flaming Foliage Event in Renovo on October 11, Come and see us we will have lots of books & CD’s with us for sale. It was great fun last year and your sure to have a good time.
Avis Centennial Days are Oct 3 & 4 on Central Ave in Avis PA. You might want to stop in there and see what’s going on.
Justin is working on listing all the Cemeteries with their GPS co-ordinates for on the webpage and that should be available soon.
Next meeting
is October 14th 7:00pm. Come join us.
Highlights of August Picnic
There was a picnic held at the Woolrich Park on August 12th, everyone attending had some
good food and good fellowship. There again was some good discussion and
helpfulness when it comes to genealogy. You had to be there. Plan to come
next year.
Highlights of July Meeting of CCGS
Meeting was opened by Dave Glossner, President with all officers present.. Approximately 23 persons present for the regular meeting said pledge of Allegiance.
Secretary and Treasurer’s reports were accepted as reported.
Justin Houser reported that all the translations for the Beth Yehuda Cemetery were now complete. The book will now be indexed and put together soon. Thanks go to the many people who helped with the translations, included some folks from Israel. Most of the Cemeteries have been checked with the GPS to include Coordinates with each cemetery.
Bob Schadt reported that the Highland book has been proofed and is at the printers, we should have it within a week to 10 days.
Several projects were discussed and will be worked on when the cemetery books are completed.
Vivian Welch brought a picture to share with us, it was of the bridge at the gap where the Culby Murders took place.
Several guests were among the group that celebrated the 10th anniversary of the society. Those in attendance enjoyed refreshments of cake and punch.
Next meeting will be our picnic at the Woolrich Park, Pavilion #1, (Closest to the ball field) at 6:00PM. Bring a dish to share and your own table service. Beverages will be provided.
Highlights
from the June 2008
Meeting of the CCGS
Meeting was opened by David Glossner , President, All members were present except the Corresponding Secretary, who was excused. The Pledge of Allegiance was said by all and then Bruce Teeple our Program Presenter was given the floor. He talked about the Underground Railroad and how it affected the people of the time. A very fine program.
A business meeting followed with Secretary
and Treasurer's reports being approved as presented.
Justin Houser, Cemetery Chairman reported
that the Highland book is now at the printers. The last book with all the rest
of the Lock Haven Cemeteries is about ready and 2/3 of the Cemeteries have
been located with the GPS.
New projects that may be in the works are
several maps at the library that can be made into Atlases. Fred has given us
a CD with several things that can be either published or made on a CD.
It was noted that Centre County is done for
the summer and Lycoming County had a program on the 28th. of June.
Next month there will be a general question and answer time along with a 10th Anniversary Celebration. We will look for you. 7:00 PM at the LDS Church Mill Hall.