Highlights of Previous Months Meetings






 
Highlights for January 2012


On January 10th, President David Glossner opened the meeting at 7:pm with everyone saying the Pledge of Allegiance.  Roll call of officers - all were present.
David introduced our speaker for the evening, Lou Bernard, curator of Heisey Museum, who spoke on “The Hill Section of Lock Haven”.
Following the program the Secretary and Treasurer presented their reports and they both approved as  presented .

Bob Schadt reported that work on the Chapman Twp book is complete and will go to press soon.
He reported that the publications page in the Family Ties had an error on it, This will be corrected.
Dave and Bob will get together on the Flaming Foliage inventory.

Under New Business:
David reported that we received a box from Gus Reinwald containing newsletters from Susquehanna County.
After much discussion it was suggested that we need a publicity committee to help put out news releases and publicize our society for growth. Membership is up, however, they are  not local people that could come to meetings.  Also the committee could plan a summer project.

It was reported that the queries from the website will be placed in the next newsletter. David reported on the neighboring news.
Next meeting will be a special date  The 3rd Tuesday in February, the  21st.
No further business, meeting was adjourned at 8:55.


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Highlights for December, 2011

December 13th meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, led by Bob Cross, filling in for David, & all other officers present.

Secretary and Treasurer’s reports were approved as presented.

There was no cemetery report, but Gloria reported a John Snyder living in CA has roots here and he was pleased to be able to find relatives in the Snyder cemetery, a Christopher Snyder.  It is noted that it was due to the society restoring the cemetery that he was able to find his relative.

Bob reported that the storage area has been redone and he showed pictures of it’s completion.

A discrepancy was found in the Books returned from  for Flaming Foliage .

DAR book is in Limbo.

The Snyder records need to be discussed and priorities set  as to what to do first.

Chapman Twp book is still being worked on.


New Business:
Paul suggested some projects for the future to give us some publicity, maybe a fair.

When we put programs in the paper we need to restate our mission.


Next meeting will be January 10th, with maybe a speaker.

No further business, meeting adjourned.



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Highlights of November 2011 Meeting

The November meeting was held on Tuesday the 8th.  Meeting opened with everyone reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.  Roll call of officers, All present except the secretary.
Minutes were taken by Peggy Wenker.

The treasurer’s report was presented with a net gain of 231.38 for October

One new member , Chris Miller of Lock Haven.

Books and Publications chair, Bob Schadt reported that the Civil War Trilogy is complete and 25 copies are available.

The grave on the Laubscher farm has been located and the name is to be recorded.

After some discussion and explanation it was moved and that we pay Bob Schadt $50.00 per month storage , motion carried and the months of Oct and Nov were paid.
Three persons have requested The Sugar Valley Book in book form as opposed to disk,  This will be checked on to see if more books are available.

Dave reported the sale of items at Flaming Foliage was good and all had a good time.

The meeting at the library was discussed, relative to the Snyders donation. Since a picture was taken, it was hoped that it could be publicized in the Express and other publications.

Unfinished business:
Dave reported that three positions were open, There were no nominations from the floor, but the  present officers agreed to serve again for another year.  Dave declared the 3 openings filled
No New Business.

Next Meeting will be December 13th,  no further business meeting was adjourned
Acting Secretary
Peggy Wenker


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Highlights of the October 2011 Meeting


Meeting of the Clinton County Genealogical Society was held October 11 and called to order at 7:00pm by David Glossner, President. Everyone recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The roll call of officers found everyone present except the Treasurer  and Corresponding Secretary, who was absent.

Secretary read the previous minutes and they were approved as read and it was approved as presented
There was no cemetery report.
Corresponding secretary reported to the president… one new member Christopher Miller, of Lock Haven .

Books and publications:  It was reported that Paul’s book is at the printer.
Fred and Anna Snyder presented us with their CD’s of publications to the CCGS.
The Lutheran Church Records are being looked at.
The Sugar Valley Church Records sold both  in CD & book  form, a book was presented  to the Ross library.
No old business.
New Business:
The Noyes Cemetery has been cleaned up by scouts and the twp. There were 4 graves found up by the Twp. road and the supervisors are supposed to have documentation.

Flaming Foliage:  We are to meet at 8:00am to put up the tent. Peggy and Harry Wenker, Ed & Joan Summerson, Bob Cross,  David and Kathy Glossner have volunteered.
The article about Fred and Anna was suggested we use it in Family Ties.
A grave site at the Laubscher farm needs to be investigated.
Several speakers were suggested to Bob Cross, who will try to get them lined up for our meetings.
According to the By-Laws next meeting there will be a nomination of officers for President, Secretary and Corresponding Secretary. With vote in December.

David reported on the neighboring news  and our next meeting will be November 8th
 No further business meeting was adjourned at approx. 8:30pm.




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Highlights for August and September, 2011


August 9th, 2011 Picnic was held at Woolrich  Park. There were  15 members and guests present.  A good time was had by all.  Justin and his wife were with us and we enjoyed seeing them.

The Sept 13th Meeting of the CCGS was called to order at 7:00 pm with all officers present and everyone saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

The Minutes of the previous meeting were approved and the treasurer’s report was also approved.

Corresponding Secretary reported having a request from David Nelson in England to help find a relative in this area. That relative was Christine Bierly.  A letter was received from Christine thanking Joyce for the  short time the two had to correspond as Mr. Nelson  recently died , but not before they had a chance to share information.
Joyce also reported that the tax exemption had been granted.

David announced that the Sugar Valley Church Records  Book is available and  also on disk..
Paul Bennett showed us his Trilogy Book and it  is to be to published and sold by the society in book form as well as CD.

Bob Cross reported that we will continue to look for local speakers.

Bob shared with us his information of the beginnings of Pennsylvania, some very interesting info that few people know about.

We are planning to be at Flaming Foliage on October 15th, we would like to have at least 6 people volunteer for the day, we plan to be there at 8 am to about 4pm. Contact David if you want to be of help.
Pictures of the picnic were shared with everyone. Thanks to Paul for taking them.
The article McNerney Journey was written and submitted by Gus Reinwald.  Joan will use it for a newsletterand it will be given to both the LDS and Ross libraries.

David shared the neighboring news . 

No further business, meeting was adjourned 8:20 PM

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Highlights of the July 12, 2011 Meeting

The July 12th Meeting of the CCGS was called to order at 7:00 pm with everyone saying the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by roll call of officers.  All were present.

President David Glossner introduced Bruce Teeple our speaker for the evening on the History of the Amish.  After the presentation he answered several questions. It was a very interesting program. Thank you Bruce.
Business meeting opened with the reading of the minutes  and the treasurer’s reports, both accepted as presented.

No Cemetery Report
Corresponding Secretary reported a new member Ellen Pollock.

David reported for Bob Schadt, books and publications chair that the DAR book is done and at the CD place.  It is 488 pages, If the CD does not sell, he will make it into a hardcopy.

David announced two books that have been released… 1) Sugar Valley Villages and  2) “Monument”.
Mr. Miller gave us some information on the New Sugar Valley Museum that is being built near the Bull Run School.

Under Old Business: There should  be some progress on the Lutheran Church Records by  August.
No news on the Chapman Township Cemetery Book.
After some discussion, It was decided by motion  and passed to put the DAR records in Book form as well as CD.  The book is 400 plus pages and will prove a valuable resource
To those with or without a computer.

New Business  Joan had a query about a Robert Huie Williamson, no one had any answers at this time. Joan & Ed will check the library.

David announced the neighboring news: He will be at the Lycoming County Fair with the Lycoming Genealogy Society.
Centre Co Genealogy  Society will be setting up a booth at the Grange Fair.

Next Meeting will be our Annual Picnic in the Woolrich Park, August 9th at 6 pm, Pavilion #1
Everyone bring their own table service, beverage and a dish to share.

No further business, meeting was adjourned 8:20 PM

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Highlights of the June 14th Meeting

The June 14th Meeting of the CCGS was called to order at 7:00 pm with everyone saying the Pledge of Allegiance.  Roll call of officers showed every one present with the exception of Bob Cross the Vice President.
The Secretary’s reading of the May minutes was approved as read.
 The treasurer reported there was no activity in or out this past month and the balance remained the same .

There was no Cemetery Report, it was mentioned that Justin former chair of the Cemetery Committee will be moving to Delaware in the near future.

No report from the Corresponding Secretary.

Bob Schadt Books and Publications  reported $380.00 in recent orders.  Also that he had a reorder for 4 publications : The Atlas, Sugar Valley Book, Vital Records and the Methodist Church Records.

Under unfinished business the DAR records  and the  Chapman Twp book have been turned over to Bob. 
Paul Bennett shared his 1890 Special Schedule for Clinton County which is mostly complete
And talked briefly about the 1890 Schedule One Census records, which still has work to be done.

After much discussion on books versus CD’s a motion was made that we put the Special Schedule on CD, and in fact all publications will be produced on CD’s in the future.

The Lutheran Church Records are being looked at and will be a consideration for publication

New Business:
Anyone having anything they would like to see in the Newsletter, Joan will accept any news.
And the new members surnames  will be included in the July issue of Family Ties since we try to put it out twice a year.

David reported on Neighboring news and our Next meeting is July 12 with speaker Bruce Teeple speaking about the Amish.

No further business, meeting adjourned at 8:35PM



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May 2011 Highlights

Minutes of the May 10th meeting of the CCGS was called to order at 7:00pm with the Pledge of Allegiance and  roll call of  officers, Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary were absent.

Lou Bernard curator of the Heisey Museum was the guest speaker and he gave a presentation on the Opera House of Lock Haven . It was a very interesting  and humorous program , Thank you Lou.

Business meeting followed…
Secretary’s report was read and approved on a motion by Paul Bennett, 2nd by Bob Cross.

There was no treasurer’s report.

Books and Publication Chair, Bob Schadt reported thru David Glossner there have been no sales since last month and the Atlas that was lost  did not turn up, He sent another one.
David still has to get with Bob about the publication of the Chapman  book and the DAR records.

Queries that were on the web were addressed and were added to the newsletter.
Under unfinished business, David looked at the Lutheran Records on film and there appears to be a lot more info than was thought.

Paul Bennett shared information about  the 1890 Special Schedule, which is indexed and done by  township.  He and David will discuss the publication of this book.
Paul continues to work on the others.

New Member Lee Price and his wife were present with us, It was nice to meet them. They are from Tennessee.  Lee thanked Joyce Adgate for her help while he was at the library.

The New reader at the Library is up and running.

David reported on the neighboring news.

No further business meeting was adjourned 8:03pm.



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April 12, 2011

The April 12, 2011 meeting of the CCGS was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance at 7:00pm.
Followed by roll call of officers, with all present.
Secretary’s minutes  and Treasurer’s reports were approved as presented..


David reported that the Chapman Twp Cemetery Book is done as are the DAR records. He and Bob will get together relative to the publishing schedule of both.

Queries from the website have been answered.
The Ross library will be holding a genealogy workshop on Saturday April 16, from 10 to 3.  David would like some volunteers to help.

The  micro film from the 1st Lutheran Church is here for perusal. Check with Steve Zimmerman for scheduling a time.

Dave Wallace has given the Society 10 more envelopes from the of Richard Winters estate.
Paul Bennett reported on the progress of the publications he is working on. The Special Schedule, the 1890 Census for Clinton County, 1st Draft of Union Soldiers of Clinton County and Biographical Sketches of Civil War Soldiers. There was some discussion and he will let us know when they become available for publication.

David had some CD’s for sale containing 25 publications on it. After Steve checked them out David sold all 6 that he had.  The sale was affirmed to be a good one.  No Identification except a title of  “Clinton County History”

Centre County has created a CD index of all their cemeteries.  After some discussion we may be able to do the same, later in the year.

David reported on neighboring societies.
Our next meeting will be May 10 at 7:00pm with Lou Bernard our speaker.
No further business meeting was adjourned at 8:20pm.

Joan Summerson Secretary.

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The March 8, 2011 meeting of the Clinton County Genealogical Society was opened at 7:05 pm with the Pledge of Allegiance.  David Glossner introduced the members from Lycoming County Genealogical Society who presented a power point program about their society and what is available at their location. It was a fine program that showed the many resources they have available.
Members present from Williamsport were Bill Gibson, Kim Minier, Joan Knight and Lou Latsha.

Regular business meeting was opened at 7:50pm with roll call of officers. All were present.
Secretary’s minutes and Treasurer’s report were approved as read.

No Cemetery Report
Corresponding Secretary reported on two new members with more in the mail. All to be
printed in the next newsletter.

Books and Publications. Bob Schadt was absent and David said he talked with Bob and not much has been happening

Unfinished business:
It was suggested that we put it in the newsletter  about the pedigree charts that we have, can we publish them in book form?  Steve will write an ad for the newsletter relative to this.

Ross library has a new film reader that will be up and running soon.
Chapman Twp Cemetery book will soon be completed.
DAR project is tabled presently….
Flaming Foliage RSVP was sent in.

New Business:
The Ross Library will have a genealogy learning session on April 16th  10 to 3,
Paul  Bennett has been working on a few  projects – an 1890 census of Lock Haven and a Schedule 5 Veteran’s schedule.  These will be discussed at the next meeting.  Paul has put considerable time into this project and it is about 800 pages. Thank you Paul!

David shared a Jacob Miller querie, however, there was not a whole lot of information  there.

Ed reported that the audit was complete and the books were in good order. Thank you Ed!

Next meeting, there will be no speaker,  we will be having a business discussion on April 12th .
No further business meeting adjourned.



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Clinton County Genealogy Meeting

February Highlights


Meeting of the Clinton County Genealogical Society was cancelled for January due to the weather.
The Meeting in February 8, 2011 was opened with David Glossner,  President leading everyone in the pledge of Allegiance.

Diane Whitaker , director of the Ross Library was the speaker  for the evening and she had a very informative program about what is available at the library for genealogists. There were several nice handouts for everyone as well.

Business meeting followed with the reading of the December minutes  and the treasurer’s reports both being approved as presented.

Treasurer turned records over for Audit.

Cemetery Report – North Bend Cemetery is almost finished .
Corresponding Secretary reported 2 new members Franklin Courter of Blanchard and Judith Ann Carpenter of Flemington. There will be several more from the mail box.

Member Vivian Welsh was remembered  as her brother passed away.

Books & Publications chair,  Bob Schadt reported that he has had two nice sized book orders that have been sent out.

Our publications that are currently in the LDS library and NOT in the Ross Library will be bound and donated to the Ross Library. The Pedigree charts  will also  be  considered for publication  in book form to be placed  in the  Ross library.

David will get together with Bob relative to the DAR records.
The invitation to next years Flaming Foliage will be sent in as we plan to attend again on Saturday the 15th of October.

David will be meeting with Natalie Newcomer about the Lutheran Church Records.

The queries on the web pages have been taken care of by Ed & Joan and some of them will be placed in the next newsletter as well.
We will be exchanging web links with the Genealogy Society of PA.

Under new business, Ed reported that he heard from Justin Houser relative to a query about the Harsch Family, that will be included in the newsletter as well.

Bob Cross Vice President  is working on programs for the next few meetings.

Next Meeting will be March 8 2011.

Joan Summerson Secretary




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Clinton
County
Genealogy Meeting

Highlights  December 2010


The Clinton County Genealogical Society met on Dec 14, 2010, Dave Glossner, President  called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm with everyone reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call of officers was taken all present except  Bob Cross who was absent.

 

Minutes of the last  meeting were approved as read  and the treasurer reported no income and no expense for the month  of  November so balance was same as last month .

 

No Cemetery Report, Nothing from either the Corresponding Secretary  or  Book & Publications Chairman..

 

David reported that he had newsletters from other societies for our library.

Our web mail is back up and has a new look. He reported on the few queries.  Joan has been able to answer them and she will be placing them in the next newsletter as well.

 

Also the information that Russ Karr is looking for some one to take over the Clinton County PA Gen Web Site will be added to the newsletter as well.

 

Unfinished business:

The DAR records have been completed and Bob Schadt will look them over. It looks like we will have 2 new publications.

Bob shared a story  about a trip he  made to Elk County.

 

Natalie Newcomer will be contacted after the first of the year relative to the Lutheran Church Records.

 

New Business:

Centre County has now completed their cemetery  readings.

Dave asked the society to send news articles to Joan for the newsletter.

2011 memberships are due. No later than Feb 1st, 2011

 

Our next meeting will be January 11, 7:00pm. If weather is bad, watch for an e-mail.

Anyone locally without e-mail will get a phone call.

 

No further business, meeting was adjourned and refreshments were enjoyed by all in attendance.  Thank you for all who provided the delicious cookies.

It was noted it was Barbara Zimmerman’s birthday.  Hope your day was a great one!


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Clinton County Genealogical Society

Highlights of the November 9, 2010

Meeting

 

 

 

The Clinton County Genealogical Society met November  9th, and meeting was opened with Pledge of Allegiance.  David Glossner then called the meeting to order and had a roll call , showing all officers present.

 

Lou Bernard was the speaker for the evening and presented a program on Ghosts, Legends and Mysteries of Clinton County. It was a very interesting program. He had several stories to relate about sightings, noises,  and  monsters.  It was enjoyed by all who were there. We had 24 in attendance. 

 

Following his presentation , David opened the business  meeting  and  the secretary’s reading of the minutes and the treasurer’s report were both approved as presented..

 

No Cemetery Committee report.

 

Corresponding Secretary reminded everyone that dues are payable December 31 for 2011.

 

Bob Schadt, Publications and books chair reported to David that sales have been weak.

 

Old Business:

David will get back to Russ Karr, that at this time we have no one in the society to take over his PA GEN Web site.

 

Chapman  Twp book and Dar records are 75% complete .

The Lutheran Church records will be tabled until January.

 

David reported on the neighboring news.

 

Comments  from members:

Storres Myers mentioned a Hinkal Family Bible.

One of our members Bill Tyson has passed away.

Guy Graybill has a book on Prince Farrington and will have a signing soon.

The Web Mail is temporarily off line and should be up soon.

Next meeting will be half meeting and half Christmas celebration with refreshments on  December 14th. 7 PM

No further business meeting was adjourned.


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Highlights for October 2010


The Genealogical Society met on October 12th and David Glossner, President opened the meeting leading all in the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call found all officers present.

Minutes and Treasurers report were approved as presented.

 

No report from Cemetery Committee, the corresponding secretary announced one new member from Flaming Foliage, David Smart, from Philadelphia.

Books and publications, chair, Bob Schadt  was absent.

 

David reported on the Flaming Foliage.  We had a good day, sold 9 books including both atlas’, 2 cd’s  had one new member and one renewal. The only down side to the day was that there were only 3 society members there to man the booth,  the other volunteers did not make it. We will do it again next year, but we  will need more help.

We were given an old warrant map of the Leidy Gas Fields from a lady who found them in an old trunk, her name was Marge Moriarity. A thank you will be sent.

 

Unfinished Business: 

The copy of the  Schambacher  Genealogy was given to the Ross Library and to our LDS library.

The new brochures were distributed to several members who will place them in different places around the county.

The Dar Records and The Chapman Township book update are still being worked on.

 

New Business

Russ Karr who took over the PA Gen Web Page has asked us if anyone in our society could take over our Clinton County Page as he has too much on his plate at this time.

Joan will forward the information to Wayne and see what it entails.

 

It was reported that both Pat and Bill Tyson are in Extended Care in Lock Haven.

 

David reported that the Lutheran Church at 1st and Church St has some records that we may copy and publish. After some discussion Joyce Diehl made a motion that we should do this and it was 2nd by Vivian, motion passed and David will see about getting records copied.

Nominations for Vice President and Treasurer were unnecessary as both have decided they would serve again and it was acceptable by all present.

 

Several members have expressed they liked receiving the newsletter by e-mail.

All those who do not have e-mail will still receive their hard copy but, we may continue

sending it via e-mail as it is quicker and saves money and trees.

 

Neighboring news was shared and it was noted that The Pa. Archives at Harrisburg are to be closed from October 18 th through February 2, 2011 for renovations.

 

No other business, meeting was adjourned, Next Meeting will be November 9th  with Lou Bernard presenting a program on Ghost Mysteries & Legends. Come and Join us.


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Highlights for September 2010

The Genealogical Society met on September 14th and meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by David Glossner, President.  All officers were present.

Minutes  and Treasurers report were approved as presented.

 

No specific report from Cemetery Committee, just that there was a list of cemeteries from the 1954 Express that will get put in the newsletter , probably in December.

 No report from the corresponding secretary.

Books and publications, Bob Schadt reported we have run out of the Schrack Cemetery CD’s and  it will be listed on the web page as “Out of Stock.”  It was suggested that as we run out of some other items,   we should  list them as “taken out of circulation”.

It was again discussed that cemetery books will become CD’s in pdf format and Bob will let us know when,   as books become sold out.

 

The new book, Combined Mortality Schedules was advertised in the paper and Bob received 7 phone calls netting 4 sales. 

Queries were distributed, Paul Bennett took one  from Ted Bainbridge wanting to know about the parents of two Revolutionary soldiers,  John & James English.

There was a request to exchange addresses on our webpage but it decided that it was not appropriate for our page and David will take care of this.

 

Unfinished Business:  The DAR records should be finished next month and turned in at the October meeting.

Civil War Books were briefly discussed and we will share then as a society , possibly have a special meeting where we use them and other materials we have acquired to have a program  of perusal.

 

We received a copy of a  Schwanbacher  Genealogy,  Thank you.

 

New Business: Flaming Foliage this year is  Saturday, October 9th and we will again meet there at our spot at 8:00 am to set up. David,  Joan & Ed Summerson,  Paul Bennett  and Bob Cross and Tom Frank have volunteered.

 

Next Month we will have nominations for Vice President and Treasurer.

 

David then introduced our program which Bob Cross presented. What’s in Your Attic?

It was a  program  with many displays of things that got Bob started on his Family Tree.

A fine program and very interesting!

David then reported on the neighboring societies. Vivian shared a picture of the Old Flat Iron Building that once stood in Lock Haven.

 

Barb Zimmerman shared the announcement of Justin Houser’s application for marriage  to  Lilia Teliatny Chenko from the Centre Daily Times.   Congratulations.

 

No further Business, meeting was adjourned with next months meeting on October 12th 7:00pm

 

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Highlights August 10, 2010

The CCGS held it’s annual picnic at the Woolrich Park.

Approximately 15 persons came and shared some fine food and good discussion.

The next meeting will be September 14th and if there is to be a program it hasn’t been announced as yet.  It will be a surprise.

Plan to join us . 7:00 pm. At the LDS church.


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Highlights July 13, 2010


From July 13 – Following the pledge of allegiance, meeting was called to order by president Dave Glossner who found all officers present at roll call.

Minutes of last month’s meeting and treasurer’s report were approved as  presented.

 

Books and Publication Chairman, Bob Schadt brought to the meeting the 500 new brochures that were printed.

Under Old Business:

David reported that George Wasson’s estate was settled and his genealogical papers were divided between Jersey Shore Historical Society, Lycoming College and Lycoming County Historical Society.

The set of  Civil War Books will be brought to the September meeting so a decision can be made as to what we will do with them.

 

After some discussion, Bob made a motion that we convert our old publications into CD’s when the present supplies run out.  Information about this can be covered in the newsletter when appropriate.

 

Since postage rates have gone up, it was discussed that the first item to be mailed should be raised also when sending out publications.

 

We were reminded about the Flaming Foliage that we would have a booth there on Oct 9th and looking for volunteers to help.

 

DAR Records are still being processed and we should have a publication in the fall sometime.

 

Bob Cross was given some names and ideas for future programs.

Storres Myers had some questions about a list of Revolutionary  War Veterans.  His list will be sent to Wayne Smith for on the Webpage.

 

David has been to the Methodist Archive in Williamsport and copied some records of the Salona Methodist church. After some discussion, marriage records may be extracted from them..

Neighboring news was shared.

Next meeting will be our picnic August 10 at the Woolrich Park, for which a sheet was passed around.

No further business, meeting was  adjourned .

Joan Summerson Secretary.





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Highlights  June 8th 2010


Meeting was called to order by President David Glossner, Roll call saw all officers present except Robert Cross who was excused.

 

David introduced Lou Bernard , curator of the Heisy Museum who presented a program on the Women of Clinton County. It was a very informative and interesting program.

 

The Secretary’s and Treasurer’s report were approved as presented.

 

David, Justin and Tom did some cemetery GPS work and found anew burial on the Coudersport Road on Womeldorf property

 

Joyce reported on the new members that we have received since last month.

 

Bob Schadt reported on the new publication done by Paul Bennett VR04 1850 -1880 Mortality Schedules $8.00 for members and $10.00 for non-members.  New brochures will be ordered.

 

Under old business , David has received some more of the DAR records

The 5 Civil War Books will be decided on at the next meeting.

The Ross Library will get Heritage Quest per the Friends of the Library.

We are still looking into getting copies of the maps at the library.

 

New Business

Friday June 18th from 1 to 3 at the Ross Library there will be a presentation about Genealogy, David will be participating and Paul Bennett volunteered to help.

 

E-mail addresses will be taken off the web site as per requests,

Surname lists will be going out the end of June as a .pdf file to those who have e-mail and a hard copy will be sent to those who do not have e-mail.

 

David reported on the neighboring news and there being no further business our next meeting will be a general discussion on July 13th.

See you there bring your questions.

 


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Highlights for May  2010


Meeting of May 11th was called to order by David Glossner, president.  The pledge of Allegiance was said and roll call was taken , all were present except Bob Cross who was excused.

Secretary and Treasurer’s reports were approved as presented.

 

Committee reports:  David reported that he and Justin will be getting together this week to tie up some loose ends on Cemetery work.

 

Nothing new from the Corresponding Secretary.

 

Books and Publications, Bob Schadt said there is to be a press release soon about our new church history book. 

David opened some discussion with queries from the website and Paul Bennett will check into two of them.

 

Old Business:

The DAR records are still being worked on.

Chapman Twp is still being updated.

By general consensus we will not add Heritage Quest at library at this time.

 Kate McFate reported that she is able to get in this sight through the Bloomsburg Library site.

Maps at the library have been discussed and Bob will check on one and see about getting it copied.

Ed Summerson reported that the treasurer’s books have been audited and look fine.

 

New Business:

Web Master, Wayne Smith gave David a set of 5 volumes that is a Photographic  History of Civil War, to do with whatever we wish. There was no decision after some discussion.

There was some discussion about publications vs CD’s And we are still looking into storage space.

He reported on the other societies and our next meeting will be June 8th with Lou Bernard  talking about Women of Clinton County.  No further business, meeting adjourned .


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April 13, 2010

Meeting was opened by President Dave Glossner, leading all in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Justin Houser presented a fine program about Tracing Across the Pond, with 27 persons in attendance. It was a very interesting and informative program.

Business meeting followed the presentation with the approval of last meeting’s minutes, and the treasurer’s report being approved on motions passed.

 

Justin Houser, Cemetery committee Chairman reported that there are a few sites that need  GPS  readings; and the Cemeteries are all listed on the Web Site;

 

Corresponding Secretary, Joyce Diehl reported on 4 new members since last meeting.

 

Bob Schadt, Books & Publications Chairman reported that we now have a new publication entitled  CH03  St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Records, Porter Twp., Clinton County, PA.  Price $13.00 members and $15.00 non-members.

 

Bob Cross came forward and volunteered to serve as Vice President., Thank you Bob!

 

A shortened mission statement has been approved and will be included in the brochure when they are reprinted.

 

David discussed briefly upcoming projects, namely the DAR records, the Chapman Township Cemetery book, which he is still working on and Pam Pedokus is working on the  Hyner records..

 

David reported on the neighboring societies and  our next meeting will be May 11, at which there will be discussion on some tabled subjects.   Plan to join us!


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March 9, 2010


Meeting held March 9, 2010 was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Speaker for the evening was Lou Bernard, Curator of the Heisey Museum for the Clinton County Historical Society, speaking on the Early Days of Lock Haven and its founder Jerry Church.

Following the program, Roll call of officers showed all were present, along with  members and guests present for the program.

David announced that Jerry McCloskey will have to resign his Vice President position.

 

Secretary’s Minutes & Treasurer’s report from  January  were approved as presented .

 

February’s meeting was cancelled due to weather.

 

Wayne Smith has been able to get our web page updated and it is ready to go.

 

New members will be announced at next meeting and listed in the next news letter.

 

The St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Book is ready to take to the publisher and we should soon have a new book for sale. 

 

The DAR records are yet to be finished. Hopefully we will be able to formulate a plan  for printing in April .

 

Vivian Welsh showed us a map that she was trying to date.

There was some discussion about Rosalie Long  retiring from the Library;  She will be missed!

Heritage Quest is no longer available through the library;

And David, & Justin along with Diane Whittaker went to provide a program to the Lycoming County Gen Society.

 

Storres Myers asked about Undertaker records for Shintown and Kepler Cemeteries. It was suggested that he check with Maxwell in Renovo, who should have those records.

 

Our next Meeting April 13, Justin will speak. Watch the newspapers.

No further business, meeting adjourned 9pm


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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 Clinton County and referencing them to our publications.

 

Corresponding Sect., Joyce Diehl reported one new member, Robert McCloskey,

She received a letter from a man in England and she will be forwarding it to a relative for help with his request

 

 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.  Chapman Twp Cemetery book continues to be updated.

St. Joseph’s Cemetery was discussed; there is a need for some restoration. 

 

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 Wildwood Cemetery,  Blair 1/21/2010 7pm, History Between Rivers.

 

Our next meeting will be Feb 9, with Lou Bernard speaking on the Early Days of Lock Haven.

 

 

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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.



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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.
 
 

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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.
 
 

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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.

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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.

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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!
 
 


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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.
 
 

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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.
 
 

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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.
 
 

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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.
 
 

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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.
 
 

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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.
 
 

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