157 E William St., P.O. Box 1126
Delaware, OH 43015-81126
740-369-3831
Celebrating our 24 th
year 1984/85 - 2009
The following information was reported
in the November 1984 Delaware Genealogist: In September 1984, Maxine Marshall,
the OGS representative, gathered together a group of people interested in
genealogy at a meeting at the Delaware County District Library. It was decided
to form a new genealogy club.
The following officers were named:
Maxson
Greene President
Alice
Baker Vice President
Ann Houser Treasurer
Betty
Wells Recording
Secretary
Eleanor
Worley Corresponding
Secretary
George and Marilyn Cryder and
Betty Wells were on a committee to draw up a constitution that was then
approved at the October meeting. Members of the Delaware County Historical
Society offered their facility at 157 E. William St. in Delaware, and it was
agreed that future meetings would be held there.
The purpose of the society is to
encourage individual research, support the objectives of the Ohio Genealogical
Society, collect and preserve genealogical & historical records, and to
publish such records if advisable. Membership is open to anyone who has an
interest in genealogy, and annual dues were set at $5 single or $7 joint
membership.
May 18, 1985, the Ohio Genealogical Society granted a
charter to Delaware County as a chapter of the OGS. The plaque is currently
displayed at the DCHS/DCGS Research Library. In addition to the officers
previously named, our first trustees, Laury Helton, Judith Freed, and W. Harold
Nutt signed the charter.
There were 83 charter members:
Alice
Baker Denise
Blain
Vivian E
Boerger Roy
& May Bossert
Margaret
Bouic Annamae Boyd
Jane
Brundige Helen Burns
Mary Carr Norma
Coleman
Wm/Catherine.Cross Geo/Marilyn Cryder
Mary Ann
Cummins Cynthia
Diehl
Mary Eagon Clara
Edelblute
James
Fathbruckner Rex
B Finley
Nancy
Foster Helen
Foster
James/Judi
Freed Leo H Garman
Joyce
Geissler Nancy
Gilliam
James H
Gordon Maxson
Greene
Levi J
Hall Diana
Hamm
Laury
Helton Minnie
Helton
Thelma
Hiers Glorean
Nutt Higgins
Shirley
Hooker Ann
Houser
Louise
Howison Marjorie
Humes
Jeannie
Kessler Charlotte
Kuhns
Harold/Helen
Lowry Roger A
Lowry
Maxine
Marshall Mildred
McNeal
Helen
McMillan Virginia
Mitchell
Mary M
Montgomery David
C Morris
Larry
Newhouse Harold/Annabel
Nutt
Din Paxton Thelma
B Powell
Melanie
Pratt Betty
Reams
Dorothy
Robinson Stacy
Rogers
Gloria
Schultz Eloise
Shively
Dorman
Stein Paul/Margaret
Stimmel
Ellen
Sulser Cuba
Vance
Barbara
Veley Doris
Glade Vogel
B Weldon Betty
Wells
Agnes B
Welsh Lawrence/Dee
Wenger
Margaret
Wickham Ruth
Wilson
Eleanor
Worley Judith
Wrinkle
Julia
Yoder Bonita
Young
The original newsletter staff was:
Alice
Baker Editor
Eleanor
Worley Queries
Betty
Wells Courthouse
Jim
Fathbruckner Programs
George
Cryder Labels
Jim Freed Surname Index
The Board
assembled the newsletters.
As an offshoot of the Delaware County Genealogical Society,
the Delaware County Pioneers (DCP) began in 1988 to recognize the early
residents of Delaware County. Descendants must prove their lineage back to an
ancestor residing here before December 31, 1850 to become a Silver Member, or
to an ancestor who resided here before December 31, 1830 to become a Gold
Member. The first annual DCP recognition banquet was held in October 1988 at
the Methodist Theological School in Ohio. There are now over 300 Pioneers.
Jana Freed, daughter of James
& Judi Freed, designed a pin to be presented to each incoming Pioneer along
with their certificate.
Through the years, our volunteers
have abstracted various courthouse records to make them available to
researchers at the DCHS/DCGS Research Library.
In the 1990’s, they walked the
cemeteries of Delaware County to record inscriptions on markers, and published
township books of those cemetery readings.
We have created note cards & postcards
and published a cookbook, Recipes & Remembrances of Family and Friends. In 2008, we published an outhouse calendar, the Old Delaware book of
photos, and a deck of Delaware County souvenir playing cards. All have been very
well received and are available for purchase.
We have routinely purchased census
films and other research materials for the use of visitors to the library. Our
volunteers staff the library & have helped researchers from throughout the
United States. We support the Delaware County Historical Society in various
ways.
We hold program meetings monthly, September through June of
each year. These informative meetings are open to the public and are usually
held on the first Tuesday evening of the month.
Our volunteers are presently working on indexing &
making available the Delaware County Common Pleas records. We have an ongoing
project of the same nature with the Delaware County Probate records.
Volunteering and memberships are always encouraged.
Vice President: Gwen Hiles
Financial Secretary - June Feuillerat
Recording Secretary: Karen Gay
Corresponding Secretary: Millie Barnhart
Trustees: June Feuillerat (10)
Susan Ratcliffe & Judi Hill (11)
Don Crothers & Judy Dolfinger (09)
)
Librarian: Larry Dulin
Newsletter Editor: Connie Minor
Indexer:
June Feuillerat
Photography: Larry Minor
Delaware County Pioneers Chair: Crystal Kohler