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Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society July/August/September 2016 Page 1
P.O. Box 382 St. Joseph, MO 64502
www.nwmogenealogy.com
Volume 37 Number 3
July/August/September 2016
Announcements
Board Elections
At our April meeting those in
attendance re-elected Sandi Baker as
recording secretary, Carol Almanza
as corresponding secretary, Jean
Martin as vice president, and Ivana
Calhoun as member at large to
another two year term in their
respective positions. Thank you
ladies for agreeing to serve once
again.
Next April will be the time for the
president, treasurer, and the other
member at large positions to be
elected. After serving three terms,
Kelly Alvarado reports that it will be
her honor to turn the reigns over to a
new president at that time, as she
will not accept the nomination for a
4th term. Therefore, we need to
begin looking for a new president, as
none of the current Board members
has expressed a desire to fill the
position. If any member of the
society is willing to step forward,
please contact Kelly at your earliest
convenience.
Genealogy KC
Genealogy KC is a FREE event
held at the LDS Church at 6751 NE
70th St, Kansas City, MO 64119. on
September 16 and 17. The NWMGS
has been invited to present an
overview of the materials that can be
found in our library. We hope that
our members will take advantage of
this two day event to sharpen their
genealogy skills.
He Resides in Italy In early May of this year, the NWMGS was
contacted by a journalist in Italy who is looking for
family members of Edward F. Golden, Jr., a First
Lieutenant who died in Italy in 1945. He is buried at the
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial in Italy.
We’ve been able to trace his sister, Laura (Golden)
Spalsbury, who recently passed away. His son Edward
“Sonny” Golden III graduated from Central High School
in St. Joseph in 1962 and was last known to be in
Ohio. There is a small plaque in Edward’s memory in
northern Italy, in the town of Cadelbosco. The town
will be dedicating a park in Edward’s memory in
September and the mayor would like to invite family
members.
If you know the family or have any clues on how we
might connect them to the people hoping to honor
Edward, please email Andrea Vaccari, the journalist making this request, at
Edward Golden’s
monument. The “G”
first initial is an
error well known to
locals.
Being a non-profit is a challenge, and I think
everybody understands that. When times are tough, gift
-giving suffers and we all feel the effects. For the past
few years the monetary donations to the NWMGS have
been significantly lower and our bottom line was
difficult to keep balanced. In the past newsletter we put
out a call for help to our members and boy oh boy, did
you respond!! Beyond our wildest hopes! We were
overwhelmed with the generosity shown and raised over $6,000 to help keep
our library running, and keep us in the black for this year. Honestly, I can say
that it brought tears to my eyes to read the letters that accompanied many of
the generous checks.
While we know and understand the importance of the work we do, we often
wonder if it is appreciated by the rest of the community. But the passion and
outpouring from those who responded to
our request for help certainly laid to rest
any doubts I had that others do indeed
feel equally grateful. So, on behalf of the
entire Board of the NWMGS, I thank
each and every one of you who
acknowledged our need and took steps to
help. Thank you!!
Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society July/August/September 2016 Page 2
Board Members
President .................. Kelly Alvarado
Vice President .......... Betty Williams Anslinger
Recording Secretary .. Sandi Baker
Corresponding
Secretary ................... Carol Almanza
Treasurer ................. Doni Mollus Member At Large ..... Ivana Calhoun
Member At Large ..... Jean Martin
Past President .......... John Hutchcraft
Committee Chairpersons
Internet ...................... Kelly Alvarado
The Journal .............. Pamela Montgomery
Librarian .................. Connie McCoy Maintenance ............. John Hutchcraft
Membership ............. Kelly Alvarado
Newsletter Editor ..... Pamela Montgomery Public Relations ........ Open to a volunteer
Activities ................... Amy Bryson
General Meetings:
4th Thursday of April, June, September; 3rd
Thursday of November. Time and place vary; please see the website for details of each meet-
ing.
Executive Meetings:
Second Thursday each month, 5:30 p.m., at the Genealogy Library, 412 Felix, St. Joseph, MO.
The Journal is published two times a year
(March and October) by the Northwest Missouri
Genealogical Society to provide its members with useful information on genealogical re-
search and member experiences. Readers are
encouraged to submit articles, photos and other materials. All contributions will be considered.
The editors reserve the right to make editorial
changes in manuscripts, which they believe will improve the material without altering the in-
tended meaning. The opinions expressed in this
periodical do not necessarily represent the views of the Northwest Missouri Genealogical
Society or its officers. Articles represent the
authors’ opinions and ideas and do not necessar-ily have official sanction, nor does inclusion
here imply approval or recommendation.
Annual dues:
$20 in the USA $30 in Canada and Mexico
$40 in all other countries
Library Hours:
Tuesday .................... 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Wed./Thurs./Fri. ........ 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 1st & 3rd Saturday & 4th Sunday
of the Month ............. Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Closed January and February.
Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society P.O. Box 382
412 Felix, St. Joseph, MO
St. Joseph MO 64502 816-233-0524
Website: http://nwmogenealogy.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/NWMGS
Board Members
President .................. Kelly Alvarado
Vice President .......... Jean Martin
Recording Secretary .. Sandi Baker
Corresponding
Secretary ................... Carol Almanza
Treasurer ................. Doni Mollus Member At Large ..... Deann Woodbury
Member At Large ..... Ivana Calhoun
Past President .......... John Hutchcraft
Committee Chairpersons
Internet ...................... Kelly Alvarado
The Journal .............. Pamela Montgomery
Librarian .................. Connie McCoy Maintenance ............. John Hutchcraft
Membership ............. Kelly Alvarado
Newsletter Editor ..... Pamela Montgomery Public Relations ........ Open to a volunteer
Activities ................... Amy Bryson
General Meetings:
4th Thursday of April, June, September; 3rd
Thursday of November. Time and place vary; please see the website for details of each meet-
ing.
Executive Meetings:
Second Thursday each month, 5:30 p.m., at the Genealogy Library, 412 Felix, St. Joseph, MO.
The Journal is published two times a year
(March and October) by the Northwest Missouri
Genealogical Society to provide its members with useful information on genealogical re-
search and member experiences. Readers are
encouraged to submit articles, photos and other materials. All contributions will be considered.
The editors reserve the right to make editorial
changes in manuscripts, which they believe will improve the material without altering the in-
tended meaning. The opinions expressed in this
periodical do not necessarily represent the views of the Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society
or its officers. Articles represent the authors’
opinions and ideas and do not necessarily have official sanction, nor does inclusion here imply
approval or recommendation.
Annual dues:
$20 in the USA $30 in Canada and Mexico
$40 in all other countries
Library Hours:
Tuesday .................... 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Wed./Thurs./Fri. ........ 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 1st & 3rd Saturday & 4th Sunday
of the Month ............. Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Closed January and February.
Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society P.O. Box 382
412 Felix, St. Joseph, MO
St. Joseph MO 64502 816-233-0524
Website: http://nwmogenealogy.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/NWMGS
Donations
Monetary Donations
Leona McFarlane
Barbara Halter
Jerre Robertson
Sandra Funk
Jan Dombrowski
Voncille Zimmerman
DAR
Charlotte Dawson
Terry Peterson
John Gariety
Early Jeffries in West/Central MO
Glenn Pataky
Doniphan CO, KS maps
Heavy binders
Lyle Hinz
Books:
Peterson Family Genealogy Com-
piled by Joanne Franz
Iroquois County History, 1985
History of Iroquois County Illinois,
1880
Ghost Towns of the Southwest by
Lambert Florin
History of Lancaster County Penn-
sylvania by I. Daniel Rupp
Our Part in the Great War-What
the Horton (Ks) Community Did
Pomerania-Atlantic Bridge to Ger-
many
Lancaster Kansas Historical
Homes and Buildings
1882 Atlas of Doniphan County
KS, an index of landowners/
merchants/farmers/township maps
Three books: A Place Called Iowa
Point; The Vanishing Lady -Story
of Mary Weis Green; and The
Journey – Philipp Daniel Weis 29
July 1840, all edited by Edgar Jend
Weis
Who Owns What – 1948 Brown
County Kansas
Atlas of the state of Illinois in 1876
An Atlas of German Migration and
America by Carrie Eldridge
Nemaha County KS Cemeteries
Saline County and Ellsworth (Ks)
Cemeteries
Richardson County Nebraska
Cemeteries
Jackson County Kansas Cemeter-
ies
Iroquois County Illinois Cemeter-
ies
Spatzies and Brass BB’s Life in a
One Room Country School by Dr
Ken Ohm
A Quick History of Leadville
(Colo) by Christian J Buys
Arcadia Publishing: Images of
America-Cherokee Strip Land
Rush
Arcadia Publishing: Images of
America-Arkansas City (KS)
History of Iroquois County
(Illinois) 1818-1968
From the Indian Kickapoo Reser-
vation to the Bright City Lights by
Norman Kneisel
The Lymans of Hilo (19th century
Hawaii) compiled from journal/
letters of Sarah Joiner Lyman
History of Scioto County Ohio
1803-1889
History of Pike County Ohio 1815-
1889
Eulogy Dwight David Eisenhower
by President Richard M Nixon
March 30, 1969
Fly Little Bird, Fly! True Story of
Oliver Nordmark & America's Or-
phan Trains by Donna Nordmark
Aviles
Beyond the Orphan Train (Sequel
to Fly Little Bird, Fly!) by Donna
Nordmark Aviles
1001 Kansas Place Names
Ghost Towns of Kansas A Trav-
eler’s Guide
Unique Ghost Towns and Moun-
tain Spots
Evidential Details/Amelia Earhart
Take Off to Oblivion
My Dear Beau by Virginia Sneath
Boyer (true story of Laura Brad-
ford and Fowler Smith, Kansas
CD’s: Family History Library Catalog
Family Tree Maker, Vers. 7.0 In-
stallation Program and Family-
Finder Index Vol. 1: A – E/Vol 2:
F-M/Vol 3: N-Z (3 CD’s)
Birth Records: United States/(Continued on page 3)
Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society July/August/September 2016 Page 3
Barbara Halter
St. Joseph, MO
Shelly Brooks
Kansas City, MO
Kathleen Jennings
Shawnee Mission, KS
Carolyn Christenson
Worland, WY
Wendy Sontheimer
St. Joseph, MO
Kate Davison
St. Joseph, MO
David Bezona
St. Joseph, MO
Michael Dougherty
St. Joseph, MO
Jane Thompson
St. Joseph, MO
Glenda Burton
St. Joseph, MO
Welcome New Members
Cathleen Brown
St. Joseph, MO
Twyla O’Keefe
Grapevine, TX
Dena Smith
Edgerton, MO
Avis Messner
Cameron, MO
Donna Dickson
Shawnee, KS
Linda Stephens
Shawnee, KS
Linda Hanson
Hopkins, MO
Jeff Letchworth
St. Joseph, MO
Larry Jackson
Cameron, MO
Marc & Natalie Byergo
St. Joseph, MO
Europe 900-1880 CD# 17
Family History: Southern Biogra-
phies and Genealogies, 1500’s to
1940’s CD# 500
Family History: Mid-Atlantic Ge-
nealogies, 1340-1940 CD# 156
Local and Family Histories: New
England, 1600s-1900s CD# 449
Military Records: U.S. Soldiers
1784-1811 CD# 146
Selected U.S./International Mar-
riage Records, 1340-1980 CD# 403
Vital Records Social Security
Death Index: 1937-1998 A-K CD#
110 Disk 1; 1937-1998 L-Z CD
#110 Disk 2
Family Tree Maker’s
Family Archives
Church Records: Selected Areas of
Pennsylvania 1600s-1800s
Early Ohio Settlers, 1700s-1900s
CD# 528
Genealogical Records: Egle’s
Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania
1700s-1800s CD# 19
(Donations Continued from page 2) Genealogical Records: Midwest
Pioneers 1600s-1800s CD# 508
Genealogical Records: Pennsyl-
vania Colonial Records, 1600s-
1800s CD# 512
Genealogical Records: Pennsyl-
vania Wills, 1682-1834 CD# 209
Immigration Records: Dutch in
America, 1800s CD# 269
Pennsylvania German Church Re-
cords, 1729-1870 CD# 130
Jay Cook
Sheridan Advance - 1928; two
newspapers
Datha Dillon
Atlas of Andrew County
Royal Gorge Regional Museum &
History Center
25 old St. Joseph pictures
Sandi Baker
The Scotch Irish: A Social History
Tales of Bygone New England
Tape dispenser and 6 rolls of tape
Stapler
Faded Dreams: More Ghost Towns
of KS
Arlette Duty
Tower yearbooks, NWMSU, 1959-
61
Betty Anslinger
First Baptist Church Directory,
1964
Glenda Burton
Gentry CO Cemetery map
Census forms
Plat map of Andrew CO, 1958
Tom Welsch
Microfilm reader and extra lenses
Toner cartridges
Anita (Chambers) McLauchley
Packet of information on the Boyer
family
Scrapbook from Bernice Chambers
(Continued on page 4)
Jene Erb
St. Joseph, MO
Jim & Susy Jones
Cedar Rapids, IA
Steve Oglesby
St. Joseph, MO
Kathy & Ed Hart
Prairie Village, KS
Bryce Ellner
St. Joseph, MO
Dawn Fleishans
St. Joseph, MO
Harold Lister
St. Joseph, MO
Raymond Weinberg
Omaha, NE
Marcia Philbrick
Seneca, KS
Barb Miller
St. Joseph, MO
Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society July/August/September 2016 Page 4
Valorie Stokes
LeBlond High School yearbook,
1992
Roberta Cunningham-Bouder
Lafayette High School yearbook,
1943
Carol Almanza
First Baptist Church directory, Sa-
vannah, MO
First Christian Church directory,
Savannah, MO
United Methodist Church directory,
Savannah, MO
Christian Church directory, Rosen-
dale, MO
Kelly Lock
Benton High School yearbook,
2016
Nancy Bradford, San Diego CA
History of Washington County, TN
Newspaper Gleanings of Andrew
County, MO
1880 Census - City of St. Joseph
1880 Census - Buchanan County,
MO
Virginia/West Virginia Husbands
and Wives
Historical Records of Old Freder-
ick & Hampshire County, VA
Missouri Genealogical Gleanings
1840 & Beyond, Vol. 2
Divorces, Separations & Annul-
ments in Missouri, 1769 to 1850
Frederick County, VA Marriage
Bonds
Washington County, TN Death Re-
cord Abstracts 1908-1916
Nancy Crane
Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Cer-
tain Americans
Crossroads - Utah Genealogical
Association, 10 issues
Genealogical Helper, 2007 edition
New York Researcher, 6 issues
Western New York Genealogical
Society Journal, 8 issues
New York Genealogical and Bio-
graphical Record, 5 issues
The Searcher, Southern California
Genealogical Society, 2 issues
A Lot of Bunkum, Buncombe
County Genealogical Society, 3
(Donations Continued from page 3) issues
Houston Genealogical Forum, 3
issues
Clayton Library newsletter, 4 is-
sues
Clairborne County History Soci-
ety, 6 issues
Strong newsletter, Strong Family
Association, 5 issues
NEGHS Register, 1 issue
Bill Childs III
Rhode Island Freemen 1747-1755
Missouri Marriages Before 1840
State Census of NC 1784-1787
2400 TN Pensioners - War of 1812
West Virginia Revolutionary An-
cestors
Marriage Records of Washington
County, TN 1787-1840
A Guide to Episcopal Church Re-
cords of Virginia
Will and Estate Records in the Vir-
ginia state library
Quit Rents of Virginia 1704
West Virginia Estate Settlements
Index to 1840 Census of Virginia
Tennessee Soldiers in the Revolu-
tion
East Tennessee History, Vol. B
1787 Census of Monongalia
County Virginia
1888 History of Andrew & DeKalb
Counties, MO
Guide to Historic Bloody Hill -
Wilson Creek Battlefield
Virginia's Colonial Soldiers
1810 Census of Virginia
Surname Index to 1850 Census of
Kentucky
Missouri Pioneers, Vol. IX, X, XI,
XII
The Connecticut Nutmegger, 3 is-
sues
Patsy Griggs Elmo Black: Scrapbook of his life
and a book of family history
Barb and Terry Miller
Book of Knowledge yearbooks
Susan Sleezer-Jones
Central High School yearbook,
1923
Benton High School yearbook,
1923, 24, 25
Western Missouri yearbook, 1927
and 1928
Juanita Haskins
Multiple old NWMGS newsletters
and Journals
Rodney Combs
Presidents on Wheels
Pictorial St. Joseph
St. Joseph MO - Think Proud
Hannibal- St. Joseph Railroad
The Century War Book, Part 1
Rolling Hills Library 19 boxes of materials, still being
inventoried
Danny Kamman
3 large boxes of books/research,
still being inventoried, estate of
Carol Ingrim
Amanda Paden
Geiger Mausoleum; Art Theory &
Criticism
Kelly Alvarado LeBlond High School yearbooks,
2013, 2014
Central High School
Central High School yearbooks,
2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Staff of the Tower (NWMSU)
Northwest Missouri State Univer-
sity yearbook, 2016
Rose VanCleave Service Men and Women of New-
ton County, MO
Tom Lawler
Index to 1810 Census of KY
KY Pioneer Genealogy and Re-
cords
The Southerner, 2 issues
Orange County VA Wills 1744-
1778
NMWGS Journals
1820 and 1840 Census of Indiana
Nelson County Pioneer, 5 issues
Diana King
4 boxes of negatives from Second
Impression
Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society July/August/September 2016 Page 5
New Resource Available While most of us enjoy a good
browse through the old newspapers,
Monica Eshelman takes the habit to a
whole new height, helping other
researchers along the way.
For the past few months, Monica
has been steadily perusing all the
available newspapers online and
creating indexes of the deaths
mentioned. Because Missouri
started issuing death certificates in
1910, Monica began in 1909, and is
working backwards. She has
completed the first six years, which
can be found on our website.
This is a labor of love for Monica
and we cannot thank her enough for
sharing these indexes with us and
asking that we make them available
to all researchers. And so we have.
From the home page of the website,
go to RECORDS, and then to
DOCUMENTS. Each index is
sorted alphabetically, so finding your
surname(s) should be easy.
However, as any newspaper
browser knows, some articles are
illegible or only partially legible. In
those cases, Monica has indexed the
fragments that can be read, hoping to
give the researcher enough clues to
pursue.
Books for Sale
Map Guide to the U. S. Federal
Censuses 1790-1920 by William
Thorndale and William Dollarhide
Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987, $25
Ralls County, Missouri by
Goldena Roland Howard, 1980,
$50
Early Germans of New Jersey
their History, Churches and Gene-
alogies by Theodore
Frelinghuysen Chambers, 1969 by
Gen Pub Co., $27
Johnson County Kansas Cemetery
Index by Johnson County Genea-
(Continued on page 6)
Submissions for
The Journal by Pamela Dandurant Montgomery, Editor
Once again, we are putting
together The Journal for our
members. The theme for this issue
will be Sports and Games.
Most families grew up playing
games of all kinds, especially in the
era before television. My
grandparents got together with
friends and played cards, drinking
grandpa’s homemade beer, and my
mom always talked about loving her
archery class at Central High School
in the 1930’s. Some of our members
have family who played baseball,
football, tennis, and lots of other
sports, maybe something
transplanted to America, like rugby
or cricket. One article lined up for
Missouri Freedom Seekers LaDawndra Robbs gave a
presentation at the NWMGS
library on the Missouri
Freedom Seekers.
LaDawndra shared an 1862
New Times article detailing a
slave escape from Buchanan
County, and important details
about the Missouri volunteer
colored soldiers database from
the National Archives.
She also discussed the
significance of the Freedmen’s
Bureau records after the Civil
War, describing work currently
being done to index the
National Archive digitized
records.
Thank you to LaDawndra
for this unique presentation!
this issue is a discussion of a hand
carved chess set from Germany’s
1930’s, brought to America by a
Dutch immigrant whose family home
was taken over by Nazi soldiers for
the duration. All games and all
sports will fit into this issue, so
please mine those old photos for
evidence that your family members
were gamers.
Send submissions either in a Word
document or simply in the body of
an email to
September 1, 2016. It helps us a lot
if you submit articles early instead of
waiting for the deadline, so begin
right now to search your attics and
basements!
Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society July/August/September 2016 Page 6
N W M G S C a l e n d a r Upcoming Events 2nd Saturday of each month (no meeting in August 2016): Family Tree Maker Class from 10:30 a.m. to noon,
at the NWMGS library. A different topic is covered each month and users are welcome to join any time.
Thursday, September 22, 7:00 p.m.: History of the Panama Canal and the People Who Built It: Presenter: Joe
Cornelison, at the NWMGS library.
Mr. Cornelison, a native of Maryville, MO, is a West Point graduate and commissioned officer who served in
Viet Nam. While later serving at Ft. Campbell, KY, he earned a master’s degree in public service from Western
Kentucky University. Mr. Cornelison then attended law school under the Army’s Funded Legal Education Pro-
gram and graduated from Georgetown University with a juris doctor degree in 1977. Following a clerkship with a
judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Mr. Cornelison served as an Army Judge Advocate.
He retired in 1995 in the rank of colonel, but was then appointed by President Bill Clinton to be the Deputy Ad-
ministrator of the Panama Canal Commission, the senior U.S. position at the Canal. In that capacity, his responsi-
bilities included not only assisting in the management of this international waterway and its 10,000 bi-national em-
ployees, but also leading the effort to ensure a smooth transition of the Canal to Panamanian ownership at the end
of 1999 in accordance with the terms of the Carter-Torrijos Treaty.
In 2005, he returned to his hometown of Maryville and became the general counsel for Northwest Missouri State
University. Thereafter, he served as general counsel for the Missouri Department of Higher Education, and now he
is a senior counsel in the higher education practice group of the law firm of Husch Blackwell, LLP, of Kansas City,
MO.
Don’t miss this informative presentation!
Family Tree Maker Group Our Family Tree Maker (FTM) group meets on the second Saturday of most
months. This is a group of users who are dedicated to learning and getting the
most out of their FTM software. Each month a different subject or area of the
software is explored. The group has been active for almost two years, and
new users are always welcome to join. The class meets from 10:30 to noon.
The FTM group is followed by the DNA interest group from 12:30 - 2:00
p.m. DNA is a complicated and diverse subject, with much to cover. This
group explores ways to track and analyze the data that comes from DNA
results, how to use them within the context of a family tree, and what all the
results of DNA testing can mean for expanding a family tree.
logical Society and Library, 1983,
$27
Kentucky Pioneers and Their De-
scendants by Ila Earle Fowler,
1978 Gen. Pub. Co., $15
State Census of North Carolina
1784-1787 Second Edition Re-
vised Transcribed and Indexed by
Mrs. Alvarettta Kenan Register,
1983; Genealogical Publ. Co.,
copyright 1973, $12
Tennessee Genealogical Records:
Records of Early Settlers From
State and County Archives by
Edythe Rucker Whitley, 1980 Gen
Pub Co., $10
North Carolina Taxpayers 1701-
1786 compiled by Clarence
Ratcliff; Gen Pub. Co., 1989, $10
Petitions of the Early Inhabitants
of Kentucky to the General Assem-
bly of Virginia 1769 to 1792; by
James Rood Robertson; J. P. Mor-
ton Co; 1914; Southern Historical
Press; 1981, $15
(Books for Sale continued from page 5)
Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society July/August/September 2016 Page 7
Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society Presents
Lisa Louise Cooke
When:
July 30, 2016
Check-in at 8:30 a.m.
Start at 9:00 a.m.
Where:
Remington Nature Center
1502 MacArthur Drive, St. Joseph, MO
How:
Register for the conference by sending a completed regis-
tration form (back of this flyer and on our website) to
NWMGS Library, P.O. Box 382, St. Joseph, MO, 64502.
Lisa’s sessions as described on her informative website (http://lisalouisecooke.com):
How to Reopen and Work a Genealogical Cold Case Become a genealogical detective in this vital session. You’ll learn to track ancestors like a criminal cold
case detective, sniffing out holes in your research and getting missing information on the record with
cutting edge technology.
How to Use Evernote for Genealogy Evernote puts all your notes right at your fingertips no matter where you are. In addition to super fast
and easy note taking and retrieval, you’ll learn how to clip items from the Internet (rather than saving
entire bulky web pages!) use OCR technology to search your digitized documents like newspaper arti-
cles, and tap into a myriad of apps that help Evernote help you do just about anything you need. Ever-
note harnesses the power of the Cloud to allow you to work across all your computing devices
(including your iPad and smart phone.) Best of all, it’s free.”
Get the Scoop on Your Ancestors with Newspapers Yearning to “read all about it?” Newspapers are a fantastic source of research leads, information and
historical context for your family history. Learn the specialized approach that is required to achieve suc-
cess in locating the news on your ancestors. Includes 3 Cool Tech Tools that will get you started.
Inspiring Ways to Capture the Interest of the Non-Genealogists in Your Family If you are researching your family tree but haven’t shared it with your family in a way that sparks their
interest, then you are only experiencing half of the joy of genealogy! And if your descendants don’t
grasp the importance of their heritage, your hard work may tragically find its way to the city dump when
you are gone. Don’t just collect your family history and store it away in binders and files! Learn how
creative displays and crafts can capture the imagination of your non-historian friends and relatives, while
honoring your ancestors. These projects are guaranteed to inspire your family to ask you to tell them
more about the family tree!
Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society July/August/September 2016 Page 8
NWMGS Genealogy Conference Saturday, July 30, 2016 Remington Nature Center
St. Joseph, MO
Schedule:
8:45 – 9:00 ......... Registration
9:00 – 9:15 ......... Welcome
9:15 – 10:15 ....... How to Reopen and Work a Genealogical Cold Case
10:15 – 10:35 ..... Break
10:35 – 11:35 ..... How to Use Evernote for Genealogy
11:35 – 1:00 ....... Lunch & Tour Remington Nature Center
1:00 – 2:00 ......... Get the Scoop on Your Ancestors with Newspapers
2:00 – 2:20 ........ Break
2:20 – 3:20 ......... Inspiring Ways to Capture the Interest of the
Non-Genealogists in Your Family
3:20 – 3:30 ......... Q&A/Closing
Speaker:
Lisa Louise Cooke
Cost:
Early Bird Registration on or before June 30: $40 for NWMGS members, $45 for non-members
Registration on or after July 1: $50 for members and non-members
Name: ________________________________________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________________________________
City: ______________________________________ State: _________ Zip: _____________
Phone: __________________________________ Email: _____________________________
NWMGS Membership Number: __________________________________
Lunch Choice, $8.00 (includes chips, fruit, and drink):
____Ham sandwich ___Turkey sandwich ___Roast beef sandwich (Lunch purchase is optional; you may choose to bring your lunch or eat at another location.)
Total Amount Due (conference and lunch, if desired): $_____________
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