sawdust city roots summer edition july and august 2018...sawdust city roots summer edition july and...
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Genealogical Research Society of Eau Claire WisconsinAn affiliate of the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society wwwwsgsorg
Notes From the Chair-I hope everyone is having a good summer and working on your gene-alogy It was so nice to see so many at the picnic Even though it was hot there was a cool breeze under the pines and was comfortable We had a fun game (thank you Anita) with a great prize which Kathy Herfel wonI have been working at the genealogy room at the Rassbach museum in Menomonie What a treasure All the newspapers in bound volumes and obits in books by surname I canrsquot say enough about their collectionAs many of you may remember I was supposed to go to Elk Horn Iowa to do Danish gene-alogy Then I burned my foot canning peaches (I did can more this summer without mis-hap) so the trip got canceled I am planning to go in September (I hope)As a final comment many have asked what I found from the Irish certificate I won at our March meeting Although I sent them all my information I have not heard from them Per-haps the group is not as reputable as we thoughtTake care and keep hunting those ancestors Linda
Sawdust City Roots
Summer Edition
July and August 2018
Fabulous PicnicWe had a great time at our annual picnic The food was wonderful It was great seeing and connecting with good friends Congratulations to our contest winner Kathy Herfel Kathy won a cemetery marker cleaning kit that included the cleaning product that our May speaker discussed We expect to see pictures of nice clean cemetery markers Kathy
wwwgrsecorg grseccvmuseumcom
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Genealogical Research Society of Eau Claire (GRSEC)ChairmanPresidentLinda McClelland
Vice ChairmanPresidentLarry Wold 715-726-0499
SecretaryKen Kiesow 715-877-2319
TreasurerMembershipTom Davey 7158352655
Program ChairKathy Herfel 7159265205
Cemetery IndexingKarin Pettis 7152259901
HistorianLinda McClelland
Obituary ChairKathy Herfel 7159265205
LibrariansRoger Davis 7158351630Patricia Anderson 7155632616
WebsiteMichaela Walters 7158281711
LE Phillips Library LiaisonRenee Ponzio 715-839-1683
PublicityDeb Jarvar 7158746678
NewsletterAnita Reid 7158282255
This newsletter is published in September Novem-ber January March May and mid July Deadline for entries is the last day of the month prior to publi-cation For example entries for Novemberrsquos issue would be due by October 31The GRSEC meets the second Saturday of each month September through May at 1000 am Come early at 930 am with your questions or just to visit We meet at the Chippewa Valley Museum located at Carson Park in beautiful Eau Claire WisconsinThe GRSEC does not meet during the summer months ( June through August) The membership year runs May 1st through April 30th Membership fee is $1000 per year beginning May 1st Check your mailing label on the newsletter for your expira-tion date It is on the right hand corner Do you want your newsletter via email Then check with Tom Davey the TreasurerMembership chair
GRSEC Executive Board Brick Wall When you have exhausted all resources time and effort trying to locate someone anyone what do you do Here are some ideas
bull Take a break from your research such as tidy up your desk or read a bookbull Index a cemetery Karin Pettis has some local ones that need indexing Or choose the ancestor who is buried closest to your geographic location and visit that cemetery bull Join Find A Grave It is free Upload your cemetery photographs and write a short biography about an ancestor This has been my summer break Try linking ancestors with their descendants add-ing maiden names to women etc It has been easy to do and very helpful in focusing on detailsbull Take a virtual genealogy course I attended ldquoResearching German Ancestorsrdquo through AmericanAncestorsorg (the New England Historic Genealogical Society) The course was held on Wednesday evenings for three weeks I chose this course because my brick wall is firmly established in Berlin So choose a subject related to your brick wall ancestor and start chipping away
Boiler Room FindRoger Davis has reported receiving a hidden cache of old GRSEC records Here is an excerpt of his report
The librarian for Chippewa Valley Museum in-formed me that they had found a box of FRSEC stuff in their boiler room Bertrsquos records included board and general meeting reports from the be-ginning of the organization There are also some copies of the by-laws some membership lists a pretty complete list of officers some financial reports and a few other things They were in ran-dom order with multiple copies of many items I have organized them to some degree but they need a lot of organization yet
What wonderful news We will be discussing this at our next board meeting in AugustRoger also noted there were some books that ap-peared to have been from the Zoe Matthewsrsquo estate Thanks Roger for organizing and researching these finds
wwwgrsecorg grseccvmuseumcom
mdash3mdash
German Characters on a Keyboard[This is for those using a PCWindows computer]auml Alt+0228Auml Alt+0196eacute Alt+0223ouml Alt+0246Ouml Alt+0213uuml Alt+0252Uuml Alt+0220szlig Alt+0223
Enter numbers on the numeric key pad [make sure the number lock key is on] by holding down the Alt key and then type in the + sign and then the numbers[The following is for those using a MacApple computer]Use the option key auml option + u then aAuml option + u then Aeacute option + eouml option + u then oOuml option + u then Ouuml option + u then uUuml option + u then Uszlig option + s
Some Key German Words for Genealogybirth Geburten geborenchristening Taufenconfirmations Konfirmationendeath Tote gestorbenburial begraben bestattet [many others]marriage Heiraten [many others]children Kindernfather Vatermother Mutterparents Elterngiven name Vornameyear Jahrmonth MonatProtestant EvangelischCatholic Katholisch
[I wish I had paid closer attention in my two semesters of German at school]
If you want to practice reading German handwriting you can start with the German Lutheran Church records from St Johnrsquos Lutheran Church in Eau Claire These are available through Ancestrycom in the ldquoUS Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ameri-ca Church Records 1826-1969rdquo database through Familysearchorg Film no 008117075 items 5 and 6 on microfilm through Special Collections at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire [just email them for the full title] or by going to church office and asking Just call the secretary first and ask nicely if their available to searchGreat News from Reclaim the RecordsReclaim the Records has won their newest open re-cords request with the New Jersey State Department of Health We now have free access to death index for the years 1901-1903 1920-1929 and 1949-2000 Reclaim the Records obtained the microfilmed copies and FamilySearch donated the digitization equipment and laborTo read the rest of this story and to browse the im-ages go to httpswwwnewjerseydeathindexcomScroll down the page as there is lots of information including a ldquoDatabase Tips and Tricksrdquo and how the group is trying to get the rest of the dates needed for the complete seriesPhoenix Park EventSaturday August 4 from 7 am to 1 pm Jim Alf author and expert on local river ferries Dennis Miller an authority on the former Uniroyal plant and Brian Gabriel DVD documentary videos of the Lower Chippewa River will have a booth and be available to talk about the specialty areas Stop by and see themPolish GenealogyThe WI Historical Society is offering a Polish Ge-nealogy class on September 22 from 9 am to 4 pm in Madison at the Memorial Library Rm 126 The Cost is $40 and includes a box lunch Bring your laptop and any questions I attended their Norwegian course in May and learned so much To register or more informationhttpsshopwisconsinhistoryorgproductcartpcPolish-Genealogy-111p3087htm
One More Thing
GRSEC NewsletterChippewa Valley MuseumPO Box 1204Eau Claire WI 54702
GRSEC Membership Application
Name (Last First MI) Please print or type
Street Address
City State Zip
Phone Email Date
Area of Research and SurnamesAnnual dues of $10 per householdyear are collected in May Please make your check payable to GRSEC and return with completed form to GRSEC co Chippewa Valley Museum PO Box 124 Eau Claire WI 54702-1204
wwwgrsecorg grseccvmuseumcom
mdash2mdash
Genealogical Research Society of Eau Claire (GRSEC)ChairmanPresidentLinda McClelland
Vice ChairmanPresidentLarry Wold 715-726-0499
SecretaryKen Kiesow 715-877-2319
TreasurerMembershipTom Davey 7158352655
Program ChairKathy Herfel 7159265205
Cemetery IndexingKarin Pettis 7152259901
HistorianLinda McClelland
Obituary ChairKathy Herfel 7159265205
LibrariansRoger Davis 7158351630Patricia Anderson 7155632616
WebsiteMichaela Walters 7158281711
LE Phillips Library LiaisonRenee Ponzio 715-839-1683
PublicityDeb Jarvar 7158746678
NewsletterAnita Reid 7158282255
This newsletter is published in September Novem-ber January March May and mid July Deadline for entries is the last day of the month prior to publi-cation For example entries for Novemberrsquos issue would be due by October 31The GRSEC meets the second Saturday of each month September through May at 1000 am Come early at 930 am with your questions or just to visit We meet at the Chippewa Valley Museum located at Carson Park in beautiful Eau Claire WisconsinThe GRSEC does not meet during the summer months ( June through August) The membership year runs May 1st through April 30th Membership fee is $1000 per year beginning May 1st Check your mailing label on the newsletter for your expira-tion date It is on the right hand corner Do you want your newsletter via email Then check with Tom Davey the TreasurerMembership chair
GRSEC Executive Board Brick Wall When you have exhausted all resources time and effort trying to locate someone anyone what do you do Here are some ideas
bull Take a break from your research such as tidy up your desk or read a bookbull Index a cemetery Karin Pettis has some local ones that need indexing Or choose the ancestor who is buried closest to your geographic location and visit that cemetery bull Join Find A Grave It is free Upload your cemetery photographs and write a short biography about an ancestor This has been my summer break Try linking ancestors with their descendants add-ing maiden names to women etc It has been easy to do and very helpful in focusing on detailsbull Take a virtual genealogy course I attended ldquoResearching German Ancestorsrdquo through AmericanAncestorsorg (the New England Historic Genealogical Society) The course was held on Wednesday evenings for three weeks I chose this course because my brick wall is firmly established in Berlin So choose a subject related to your brick wall ancestor and start chipping away
Boiler Room FindRoger Davis has reported receiving a hidden cache of old GRSEC records Here is an excerpt of his report
The librarian for Chippewa Valley Museum in-formed me that they had found a box of FRSEC stuff in their boiler room Bertrsquos records included board and general meeting reports from the be-ginning of the organization There are also some copies of the by-laws some membership lists a pretty complete list of officers some financial reports and a few other things They were in ran-dom order with multiple copies of many items I have organized them to some degree but they need a lot of organization yet
What wonderful news We will be discussing this at our next board meeting in AugustRoger also noted there were some books that ap-peared to have been from the Zoe Matthewsrsquo estate Thanks Roger for organizing and researching these finds
wwwgrsecorg grseccvmuseumcom
mdash3mdash
German Characters on a Keyboard[This is for those using a PCWindows computer]auml Alt+0228Auml Alt+0196eacute Alt+0223ouml Alt+0246Ouml Alt+0213uuml Alt+0252Uuml Alt+0220szlig Alt+0223
Enter numbers on the numeric key pad [make sure the number lock key is on] by holding down the Alt key and then type in the + sign and then the numbers[The following is for those using a MacApple computer]Use the option key auml option + u then aAuml option + u then Aeacute option + eouml option + u then oOuml option + u then Ouuml option + u then uUuml option + u then Uszlig option + s
Some Key German Words for Genealogybirth Geburten geborenchristening Taufenconfirmations Konfirmationendeath Tote gestorbenburial begraben bestattet [many others]marriage Heiraten [many others]children Kindernfather Vatermother Mutterparents Elterngiven name Vornameyear Jahrmonth MonatProtestant EvangelischCatholic Katholisch
[I wish I had paid closer attention in my two semesters of German at school]
If you want to practice reading German handwriting you can start with the German Lutheran Church records from St Johnrsquos Lutheran Church in Eau Claire These are available through Ancestrycom in the ldquoUS Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ameri-ca Church Records 1826-1969rdquo database through Familysearchorg Film no 008117075 items 5 and 6 on microfilm through Special Collections at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire [just email them for the full title] or by going to church office and asking Just call the secretary first and ask nicely if their available to searchGreat News from Reclaim the RecordsReclaim the Records has won their newest open re-cords request with the New Jersey State Department of Health We now have free access to death index for the years 1901-1903 1920-1929 and 1949-2000 Reclaim the Records obtained the microfilmed copies and FamilySearch donated the digitization equipment and laborTo read the rest of this story and to browse the im-ages go to httpswwwnewjerseydeathindexcomScroll down the page as there is lots of information including a ldquoDatabase Tips and Tricksrdquo and how the group is trying to get the rest of the dates needed for the complete seriesPhoenix Park EventSaturday August 4 from 7 am to 1 pm Jim Alf author and expert on local river ferries Dennis Miller an authority on the former Uniroyal plant and Brian Gabriel DVD documentary videos of the Lower Chippewa River will have a booth and be available to talk about the specialty areas Stop by and see themPolish GenealogyThe WI Historical Society is offering a Polish Ge-nealogy class on September 22 from 9 am to 4 pm in Madison at the Memorial Library Rm 126 The Cost is $40 and includes a box lunch Bring your laptop and any questions I attended their Norwegian course in May and learned so much To register or more informationhttpsshopwisconsinhistoryorgproductcartpcPolish-Genealogy-111p3087htm
One More Thing
GRSEC NewsletterChippewa Valley MuseumPO Box 1204Eau Claire WI 54702
GRSEC Membership Application
Name (Last First MI) Please print or type
Street Address
City State Zip
Phone Email Date
Area of Research and SurnamesAnnual dues of $10 per householdyear are collected in May Please make your check payable to GRSEC and return with completed form to GRSEC co Chippewa Valley Museum PO Box 124 Eau Claire WI 54702-1204
wwwgrsecorg grseccvmuseumcom
mdash3mdash
German Characters on a Keyboard[This is for those using a PCWindows computer]auml Alt+0228Auml Alt+0196eacute Alt+0223ouml Alt+0246Ouml Alt+0213uuml Alt+0252Uuml Alt+0220szlig Alt+0223
Enter numbers on the numeric key pad [make sure the number lock key is on] by holding down the Alt key and then type in the + sign and then the numbers[The following is for those using a MacApple computer]Use the option key auml option + u then aAuml option + u then Aeacute option + eouml option + u then oOuml option + u then Ouuml option + u then uUuml option + u then Uszlig option + s
Some Key German Words for Genealogybirth Geburten geborenchristening Taufenconfirmations Konfirmationendeath Tote gestorbenburial begraben bestattet [many others]marriage Heiraten [many others]children Kindernfather Vatermother Mutterparents Elterngiven name Vornameyear Jahrmonth MonatProtestant EvangelischCatholic Katholisch
[I wish I had paid closer attention in my two semesters of German at school]
If you want to practice reading German handwriting you can start with the German Lutheran Church records from St Johnrsquos Lutheran Church in Eau Claire These are available through Ancestrycom in the ldquoUS Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ameri-ca Church Records 1826-1969rdquo database through Familysearchorg Film no 008117075 items 5 and 6 on microfilm through Special Collections at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire [just email them for the full title] or by going to church office and asking Just call the secretary first and ask nicely if their available to searchGreat News from Reclaim the RecordsReclaim the Records has won their newest open re-cords request with the New Jersey State Department of Health We now have free access to death index for the years 1901-1903 1920-1929 and 1949-2000 Reclaim the Records obtained the microfilmed copies and FamilySearch donated the digitization equipment and laborTo read the rest of this story and to browse the im-ages go to httpswwwnewjerseydeathindexcomScroll down the page as there is lots of information including a ldquoDatabase Tips and Tricksrdquo and how the group is trying to get the rest of the dates needed for the complete seriesPhoenix Park EventSaturday August 4 from 7 am to 1 pm Jim Alf author and expert on local river ferries Dennis Miller an authority on the former Uniroyal plant and Brian Gabriel DVD documentary videos of the Lower Chippewa River will have a booth and be available to talk about the specialty areas Stop by and see themPolish GenealogyThe WI Historical Society is offering a Polish Ge-nealogy class on September 22 from 9 am to 4 pm in Madison at the Memorial Library Rm 126 The Cost is $40 and includes a box lunch Bring your laptop and any questions I attended their Norwegian course in May and learned so much To register or more informationhttpsshopwisconsinhistoryorgproductcartpcPolish-Genealogy-111p3087htm
One More Thing
GRSEC NewsletterChippewa Valley MuseumPO Box 1204Eau Claire WI 54702
GRSEC Membership Application
Name (Last First MI) Please print or type
Street Address
City State Zip
Phone Email Date
Area of Research and SurnamesAnnual dues of $10 per householdyear are collected in May Please make your check payable to GRSEC and return with completed form to GRSEC co Chippewa Valley Museum PO Box 124 Eau Claire WI 54702-1204
GRSEC NewsletterChippewa Valley MuseumPO Box 1204Eau Claire WI 54702
GRSEC Membership Application
Name (Last First MI) Please print or type
Street Address
City State Zip
Phone Email Date
Area of Research and SurnamesAnnual dues of $10 per householdyear are collected in May Please make your check payable to GRSEC and return with completed form to GRSEC co Chippewa Valley Museum PO Box 124 Eau Claire WI 54702-1204