Highlights
of Previous Months Meetings
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,
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
Neighboring news was shared.
Next meeting will be our picnic August 10 at the
No further business, meeting was adjourned .
Joan Summerson Secretary.
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
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
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.
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 .
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.,
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
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
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
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
Our next Meeting April 13, Justin will speak. Watch the newspapers.
No further business, meeting adjourned 9pm
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.