Minutes
La Crosse Area Genealogical Society
April 24, 2012
La Crosse Public Library
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 7:20 pm by President Terry Micks.
Officer Reports
The minutes of the March 27, 2012 meeting were read by Joyce Krueger and approved by those in attendance.
The Treasurer�s Report was read by Al Nelson. The beginning balance on hand as of March 27, 2012 was $1,602.51 with receipts of $130.25 and disbursements of $00.00, leaving a balance on hand as of April 24, 2012 of $1,732.76. Report was approved.
Correspondence
Sat., May 19, 2012 is the Family History Conference in Wausau.
April 27 & 28 is the WSGS Gene-A-Rama in Green Bay.
Information was received from the Minnesota Genealogical Society for their upcoming events.
Information was received for the Gene-A-Rama in Indiana.
Committee Reports
Archives
There will be Historical Neighborhood Tours on May 16th, 23rd, and 30th. These will be free. Contact the Archives for further details.
Anita will be looking at some dates for cemetery cleaning - probably at Oak Grove Cemetery. Also the Archives has cemetery cleaning kits available for free check-out.
LAGS will be starting a Facebook page.
Quarterly - No report.
Programs
May 22 - Genetic Genealogy
June 23 - Beginner�s Workshop
June 26 - We will be doing an evaluation of the Beginners Workshop.
Website - No report.
Unfinished Business
Dues are due - $20.
Beginners Workshop is on Saturday, June 23. Terry needs detailed information for the Beginners Booklet by the May meeting (preferably electronically), and the flyers for the workshop will be available shortly.
LAGS will be paying for these three series of microfilms to be kept at the library archives on long-term loan:
1) La Crosse Registry of Marriages
2) Oak Grove Cemetery
3) Wills
New Business
Mary Ellen volunteered to bring treats for the May 22 meeting.
Program
There was a Roundtable Discussion with lots of participation. Suggestions were made for those brick wall situations that were brought up, and some also shared their break-throughs which encouraged everyone to think positive and keep trying to get around that brick wall. Don�t forget to look at probate records, church records, and check out those letters and postcards for dates and other information. Family Search is regularly adding information, so keep checking there.
Terry updated us on the progress of indexing the 1940 census, and encouraged us all to help with that volunteer effort. Some of the less populated states are getting close to complete already. There is also an indexing competition for societies.
Adjournment
The business portion of the meeting was adjourned at 7:47 pm. Thank you to Cindy for providing treats.
Respectfully submitted,
Joyce Krueger
Secretary
24 April 2012