Three Lakes Genealogical Society October 26, 2020 Meeting Minutes

Members present: Nancy Brewster, Marie Byatt, Nancy Bailey, Beth Jacobson, Mari Lynn Garbowicz, Irene Farkas, Roger & Barbie Blocks

Call to order at 1:05

The Minutes for September 28, 2020 are not available. Nancy Brewster will gather thoughts from that meeting, type up a summary of what is remembered and file them where appropriate.

The TreasurerÕs report was accepted.

CORRESPONDENCE Ð Nancy Bailey received an email from the WI State Genealogical Society and one from Carol Smith who is president of the DDL group. This group is responsible for the Northwoods National Cemetery in Harshaw.
Both emails have information that may be of interest or beneficial to our members.
Beth will forward both emails to our members when she sends them the minutes for this meeting.

ELECTION OF 2020/2021 OFFICERS - As the member of the nominations committee, Nancy Bailey, brought forth the following nominations: President - Nancy Bailey, 2 yr. Term and Secretary - Beth Jacobson, 2 year term. In addition, Noreen Rossa has agreed to remain treasurer for another 1 year term. Marie has agreed to be the vice-president for 1 year, and Nancy Brewster will remain a member of the TLGS Board as past president.
No new nominations were presented. Nancy Brewster received 3 votes via email which were unanimous for
the officers presented as above. The vote to accept the officers as presented was also unanimous amongst the members present at todayÕs meeting.

BUSINESS:
a. Obituary Report - Bob and Nancy Bailey have been working on this and will continue to do so. They are researching, scanning & saving Three Lakes area obituaries. The information gathered will be given to Les so he can post them on the TLGS website.

b. Find A Grave - Noreen reported that there is no new information. This project has remained status quo.

c. Website - This project continues to be a work in progress.

d. Oral History project - Noreen, Irene - Irene reported that 20 people expressed interest in participating. Two oral histories are completed and 5 are pending, meaning the packets have been sent to them. Of the 5 pending, 2 follow up notes have been mailed. Three others will receive
follow-up notes this week. There have been 2 new leads and packets will be sent to them soon. Irene agreed to email Beth this information to make sure the above information is accurate because there were connectivity issues. :)
Nancy Brewster reported that TLGS still has $25.98 left on a gift card. She proposed that this money be available to the Oral History group to cover the cost of office supplies, postage, etc. In addition,
Nancy proposed setting aside an additional $25 in 2021, for the same reason. The group agreed with this proposal by a unanimous vote.


e. Other business Ð
? Nancy Brewster explained that the new TLGS email account that was set up through the Demmer Library had been phished. The account is receiving SPAM emails. She has deleted the SPAM emails received thus far. She will ask Erica to change the password to help eliminate the issue. Nancy Brewster also suggested that the email account be managed by one person to safeguard against someone opening something that shouldnÕt be opened. Nancy Brewster agreed to be that person.

? Marie found the lost video tapes and CD of the oral histories done by BethÕs students. THANKS MARIE! Erica has been thinking about taking the CD and transferring it to a private YouTube format. The oral histories could then stay there until our group decides what to do with them.

? Marie asked if we had received her email with the video link about linking one place studies to genealogy work. Nancy Bailey and Beth have received it. Marie cautioned that the video needs to be viewed soon because it will go away after about 5 days. She, however, has access to it longer than that. Marie sent the link for the video to Nancy Brewster and Mari Lynn so they could view the video.

? Christmas Party - THE NEW DATE FOR THE TLGS VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL BE DECEMBER 7, 2020 AT NOON. Ideas presented include: we will individually prepare/eat our ethnic lunch during the virtual party, share Christmas memories, share traditions from our genealogical ethnicities, and complete an online game/activity (this will be sent to members prior to the party, participants will complete the game/activity, answers will be revealed at the party) Mari Lynn will create a poster to advertise the virtual Christmas party.

? Programs 2021 - Marie sent a form to the TLGS Board. Members may use this form to sign up for a time to present information to the group. Beth will email this form to members.

Program ideas that came up in discussion include: 
Now is the Time to Organize Your Genealogy Trip, 
Female Ancestors, 
How to Take Care of Headstones, bring a photo of the headstone of a relative and tell their story, 
How to get information/records/tips from historical societies or other genealogy societies when doing research.

BRICK WALLS : Marie shared she has conflicting census record information about a particular family and asked for suggestions on how to get around it.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:37.	The next meeting is January 25,2021 at 1:00 P.M.

Submitted: Beth Jacobson, Secretary

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