Experienced researchers ready to help YOU!
Learn the best way to store your family documents and artifacts to preserve them for future generations. Various types of archival supplies will be covered as well as best practices and what not to do in this special Preservation Week event.
Elizabeth Hague, the conservation officer from Indiana Archives and Records Administration will lead this program. Resources will also be discussed. Elizabeth Hague has worked in the Conservation Lab at the Indiana State Archives for the past fourteen years and has spoken several times about the best ways to preserve family heirlooms.
Woodside Methodist Church Closing;
IPS School #21 Museum Moving
This necessitated
finding a new home for our memorabilia museum collection. Joe
Whitsett has stepped forward and is graciously providing room in the school
building to display it for us, and as always, welcomes us to hold our reunions
there.
Arrangements for
the move and actual display are in the works and we will let you know when that
is to occur.
We are in hopes
that some of the alumni will volunteer to helps us pack, move and set up the
museum in its new location when that time comes and along with the use of
trucks, if any of you have one and are willing to help.
We will hold an
open house at the church so friends and members of the church along with alumni
can visit one more time before the move. The open house will be on a
Sunday with time and date to be announced.
This will change
our reunion plans but will not interfere with our reunion which will be held on
30th, the last Saturday in July. We will announce time and locations when new
plans have been finalized.
We wish the
congregation well....and thank them profusely for their friendship, generosity
and for hosting our reunions over these many years.
It has been 16
years since we established the museum at Woodside, and while there have been
many class reunions over the years, it was 23 years ago when we held our first
"All Class Reunion".
Isn't it
interesting...we are returning home, so to speak. Looking forward to seeing you
soon.
Here is an amazing article about Mildred Juanita Rebennack, a long time and still member of GSMC!! Mildred has many Marion County, Indiana Surnames in our Surname files, and she has contributed material for many of our past GSMC Family Quest Journals.
She turned 94 on March 18, 2022 A Great Success Story!
How One Woman’s Drive To Survive Made Local History | CICOA
“Who
Do You Think You Are”
Returns In July!
Who Do You Think You Are? a genealogy series executive
produced by Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky, will premiere Sunday, July 10 — 10
years and two months after it last aired on NBC. The show, which tracks
celebrities’ ancestry, ran for three seasons on the network before moving to
TLC in 2013. It ran for several more seasons there, most recently in December
2018.
There’s also been a sizable gap between when NBC announced it
had reclaimed Who Do You Think You Are? — which happened in May 2019 —
and the show’s premiere. The show follows stars who are tracing their family
history with the help of historians, genealogists, and other experts.
Subjects for the season are Allison Janney, Zachary Levi,
Nick Offerman, Billy Porter, Zachary Quinto and Bradley Whitford.
Crispus Attucks High School was a pivotal point in IPS development in the 1920's. See the real story at the Indiana Historical Society on April 22nd. Attend in person and register at the IHS website.
Our only quibble is that it is being held on May 20, almost 2 months after the census release.
Upcoming talk on the 1950 census
On Friday, May 20, the Indiana State Library is hosting a free one-day library conference, Government Information Day 2022. One of this year’s conference sessions is a talk by Indiana State Library Genealogy Division supervisor Jamie Dunn and State Data Center librarian Katie Springer titled “Swinging into the 1950s! NARA Releases the 1950 Census.” This 55-minute presentation - including a Q&A - will explain all the unique features detailed in the release of 1950 U.S. census.
In April, the National Archives will release the
1950 census records to the public, 72 years after census day. Information found
within the census traditionally has served as a valuable resource for
genealogists. Dunn and Springer will provide a clear overview of what is and
what is not included in census, and how genealogists can utilize this
information in their own research. Their program will aid librarians who
interact with genealogy patrons or have a personal interest in family history.
The talk will take place Friday, May 20 at 1:30
PM in the History Reference Room at the Indiana State Library. Click here to register to
attend Government Information Day 2022. To learn more on the other sessions at
GID22, please see the library’s page on the conference here.
All GSMC Member Databases are free to all genealogists through April 16. We are honoring the 200th Anniversary of Marion County by encouraging all researchers to explore our many databases without charge.
Go to our home page at www.genealogyindy.org and select the FREE DATABASES tab, then take a look at all Members tabs. Enjoy!!
The Family History Hounds
will be meeting this
Thursday, April 7 at 1:00 pm
for our monthly genealogy gathering.
Our program will be on the just released
1950 Federal Census:
1950 Census:
We’ve anticipated for 72 years and at long last, the wait is over! We welcome Cindy Rutledge (Danville Public Library) to give us the low down on the soon-to-be released 1950 Federal Census. We will learn what the census covered, what information will be available to us, and where it will be available. And most importantly, how it will help our genealogy research.
Join us in McMillan Meeting Room at 1pm in the Plainfield-Guilford
Township Public Library.
Reann Poray
Indiana Room, Plainfield-Guilford
Township Public Library
Isn't it great having lots of genealogy programs
available at no charge to us!
April 5, 2022, 2:30 p.m.
EDT “Exploring Patterns in Your Family History Research” with Melissa Tennant
- https://acpl.libnet.info/event/6421742
April 7, 2022, 6:30 p.m.
EDT “DNA Chat with Sara: Ethnicity Results” with Sara Allen - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/6430342
April 12, 2022, 2:30 p.m.
EDT “1950 Census: How do I search for my family?” with Allison Singleton
- https://acpl.libnet.info/event/6440543
April 14, 2022, 6:30 p.m.
EDT “All That Other “Stuff:” Other Census Records Beyond the Federal Population
Schedules” with Curt Witcher - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/6430651
April 19, 2022, 2:30 p.m.
EDT “Genealogy Begins with Questions” with Cynthia Theusch - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/6421746
April 21, 2022, 6:30 p.m.
EDT “Origin: How Ancient DNA Informs Modern Genealogy” with Dr. Jennifer
Raff - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/6300521
April 26, 2022, 2:30 p.m.
EDT “Naming Practices in Genealogy” with John Beatty - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/6421747
April 28, 2022, 6:30 p.m.
EDT “"A Nation Talking to Itself": Intro to Newspaper Research” with
Elizabeth Hodges - https://acpl.libnet.info/event/6431250
Please register in advance
for these engaging programs.
