Three Lakes Genealogical Society Meeting Minutes April 22, 2019 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Brewster, Irene Farkas, Nancy Bailey, Robert Bailey, Marie Byatt, Arken Faeth, Charlene Roberts, Noreen Rosso, Donna Mather 1:02 p.m. President Nancy Brewster called the meeting to order. She asked if everyone had seen and read the February and March minutes. There were no corrections. Irene Farkas moved to accept. MarieByatt second. All in favor. TREASURES REPORT: Old business: Les Anderson reported that he cannot update our database on Roots Web. They are not updating. He suggested looking for a new host for our website. Marie Byatt suggested we look for a new site. Robert Bailey second the motion. All agreed. Les Anderson will look into it and maybe move all of our material over. Bob Bailey showed the book he has written, and another book he is willing to lend out temporarily called Family Historian. Nancy Brewster reminded the group that the LDS conference is Saturday May 4th. Anyone can attend. She passed around application forms. NEW BUSINESS: - Nancy Brewster said our membership with WSGS is due. It is $30. - She passed around a copy of the WSGS Quarterly publication. Discussed the benefits of membership. She mentioned that they are offering a certificate program for “Pioneer Families “.Anyone interested should consider checking it out. Everyone agreed to continue the membership. - Nancy Brewster passed around copies of magazines that are available in the Demmer Library. These are excellent tools for genealogists. She said that TLGS pays for the “Internet Genealogy Magazine“. It costs $27.95 a year. Bob Bailey moved we continue to renew the subscription. Marie Byatt second. All are in favor. A two year subscription is $47.95. - Bob Bailey reminded us to Always Back Up Your Data!! - Marie Byatt told us she will be attending the NGS Conference in St. Charles the first week in May. She will have a booth there. She will report back after the conference. Our next meeting will be May 20, 2019. (Date change due to Memorial Day). Our program will be presented by the Historical Society, or, we will continue with Bob Bailey's Ancestry presentation. We went around the table and each member talked about brick walls and success. 2:13 PM meeting was adjourned. Presentations by Bob and Nancy Bailey on Family Search and Ancestry. Minutes submitted by: Irene Farkas