Ozarks Genealogical Society

June 1 ~ Computer-Interest Workshop

We will complete our discussions of genealogy software programs. We will cover several short topics such as merging files, generating research logs and "to do" lists, and the like. This will also be an opportunity to ask those questions we didn't get to in the previous sessions.  (Due to the Independence Day holiday, there will be no computer-interest workshop in July.) ~ 7 p.m. at The Library Center

June 10 ~ Seven Essentials I have Learned from Thirty Years of Research by Marsha Hoffman Rising, CG,  FASG

Don't miss this meeting!  What an opportunity to learn from this expert in the field of genealogy. Marsha is most well-known for her magnum opus Opening the Ozarks: First Families of Southwest Missouri, a four-volume work tracing the origins of the first 1000 pioneers who purchased land from the Springfield Land Office between 1835 and 1839. Marsha has been recognized by the American Society of Genealogy as a "fellow," a designation which puts her in a category of the top 50 genealogists in the country recognized for the scholarship of their published works. ~ 9:30 a.m. at The Library Center

June 24 ~ Field trip to Wilson's Creek National Battlefield's Hulston Library

The Hulton Research Library owns microfilm copies of the National Archives Compiled Service Records for all Union and Confederate soldiers from Missouri and those from other states who fought at Wilson's Creek.  Visit their Web site for additional information.  We will meet you at 9:30 a.m. at the battlefield located at 6424 W. Farm Road 182, Republic. You may stay as long as you desire.

Directions to the Hulston Research Library: Go west on James River Expressway PAST the Missouri Highway FF/Battlefield exit. Take the U.S. Highway 60 (Republic) exit. Turn left (south) on U.S. Highway 60. Continue 2 miles to Missouri Highway M and turn left. Continue east on Highway M for 1/2 mile. Turn right on Missouri Highway ZZ and travel 1 and 1/2 mile to Farm Road 182 (Elm Street). Turn left; the entrance to the battlefield is on the right.

May 4-Computer-Interest Workshop

Genealogy Software 5: Publish a Book. We have spent the previous periods discussing information being added to our genealogy software. Now it's time to share that information with our family and friends. Let's publish a book!  7 pm  at the Library Center

May 13-Program

Not being a native of the Ozarks or Missouri, Bob Kipfer has delved into the history of this area. He will talk about the settling of this area up to 1833 during the program this month.  9:30 am at The Library Center

May 27-Workshop

Come learn why you should include Midwest Genealogy Center in your research sites.  9:30 am at The Library Center

This great resource won't be available to genealogists for awhile, but a historian who was commissioned to discover the identities of WWI casualties in an mass grave in France was led, in the course of his search, to the Museum of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland.  Read here about the wonderful records he found which will prove to be a boon to family members in particular, but genealogists in general, for those soldiers whose fate in the Great War was previously unknown.

I could tell you about this myself, but why do that when DearMYRTLE already has.  Check out her article on the index now available through the Missouri History Museum.