GSWC -- The First 40 Years
1970s
1970s
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Ralph and Lydia Muncy, Harold Jones appointed to revise Washtenaw County Historical Society (WCHS) bylaws.
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1974
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First meeting to discuss formation of a genealogy group at Lydia and Ralph Muncy’s on February 24.
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Adoption of Genealogy Society Bylaws, submitted to WCHS in April.
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GSWC Charter Families
Leigh and Alloa Anderson
William and Polly Bender
Flora Burt
Harold Jones
Betty Knepper
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Marguerite Lambert
Kathryn Lohr
Richard Miller
Doris Milliman
Ethelyn Morton
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Ralph and Lydia Muncy
Dorothy Ouradnik
Patricia Shaneyfelt
Margaret Sias
James Wolf
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1974 |
GSWC joined the Michigan Genealogical Council in May
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Officers are elected, June : Ralph Muncy, president; Polly Bender, secretary-treasurer; Harold Jones, Margaret Sias and Marguerite Lambert, members-at-Iarge. Ralph Muncy and William Bender were chosen as delegates to the Michigan Council with Lydia Muncy and Polly Bender as alternate.
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Informal discussions and donations of materials to form a library. Society produces a mimeographed "Newsletter" occasionally. Later replaced by Tombstone Connections.
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Kenneth Coe was the first Librarian. Marquerite Lambert, first Research Chairman.
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1975
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Programs added to meetings. Issued first publication "Dating Old Photographs."
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1976 |
Continue meetings at members' homes. |
1977 |
Annual meeting: voted to withdraw from WCHS. Alloa Anderson is program Chaiman. |
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First meeting at Washtenaw County Community College (WCC) on the first floor of the LMC Building, March 27. The library also located at WCC.
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Meeting attendance averages 55 members per meeting.
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Annual meeting on June 26. Voted to withdraw from the Washtenaw Historical Society. |
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The Michigan Genealogical Council Seminar is hosted by GSWC at the EMU Hoyt Conference Center on September 11.
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Amended Bylaws are adopted on September 25.
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Began publication quarterly with Mary Lou Barry as editor. |
1978 |
Quarterly publication rename Tombstone Connections. |
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A Genealogy Workshop is held at the Ann Arbor Public Library in April.
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WCHS acknowledged withdrawal of the Genealogy Section in June.
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First edition of Directory of Cemeteries of Washtenaw County, Michigan published.
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Marguerite ("Peggy") is the first Research Chairman. She started the index file of Washtenaw queries which is in use today.
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Meeting held at WCC Liberal Arts & Science building in Lecture Hall #1 on Dec 3. |
1979 |
First Issue of Family History Capers published, April. Judy Punnett, editor. It replaced an earlier publication, Tombstone Connections, containing mostly society news and announcements. |
1980s
1981 |
Nancy Krohn elected Family History Capers editor. News included records of Washtenaw County, genealogical contributions from members, and queries. |
1982 |
Workshop held in October at the Holiday Inn on Jackson Rd on "Researching Ancestors in Germany" with Dr. Robert Ward. |
1983 |
Workshop held in October on the "British Isles," presented by Arlene Eakle. |
1984
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The library moved to the Latter Day Saints (LDS) Family History Center at Hill and Tappan in the in the fall.
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1984-5
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Meetings at Hale Auditorium, U of M Business School from January to May.
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1986-7 |
Meetings at Concordia College, room 109.
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1987 |
"Irish Workshop" in October with Donna Reid Hotaling. |
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Membership grown to 321 members and organizations.
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1990s
1990 |
Workshop in April with Everton Publishers. |
1991 |
Seminar with Wendy Elliot at WCC Lecture Hall 1 on November 10. |
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Reprints of Chapman's “History of Washtenaw County” go on sale, December 10. |
1992
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Continue to meet at WCC in Lecture Hall 2.
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Alloa Anderson receives the Lucy Mary Kellogg Award (Grand Traverse Genealogy Society). |
1993
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Marty Carr and Karen Walker resign as long time Cemetery Committee chairs.
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1994
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Workshop in January at WCC with Everton Publishers.
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Marcia McCrary becomes president of GSWC.
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1996
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Board discusses creating a web presence at January meeting.
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The New York Research Special Interest Group meets at Connie Olson’s on February 7.
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Dr. DeWitt Dykes receives the Lucy Mary Kellogg Award (Mid Michigan Gen Society). |
1997
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Membership at 378 in January.
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Sharon Brevoort takes over the fledgling website, reports it up and running in April.
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Washtenaw County, Michigan, Plat Maps 1856 and 1864 published, contract signed in September, to come out January 1998. Edited by Mary Liskow and Nancy Krohn.
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Second edition of Directory of Cemeteries of Washtenaw County, Michigan published.
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Workshop with Desmond Allen at the Morris Lawrence Building, WCC on November 7.
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1998
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Janet Rohrbacher receives the Lucy Mary Kellogg Award (also member of Livingston GS)
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1999
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25th Anniversary of GSWC celebrated at Cobblestone Farm in June. A joint meeting with Cobblestone Farm members featuring a potluck with ham and cake..Marcia McCrary speaks on the Campbell and Ticknor families. Silver stickers also purchased.
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GSWC WorkshopLeslie Smith Collier on Oct. 19. The workshop folder features 25th Anniversary stickers. Carolyn Griffin chair.
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2000s
2000
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Michigan Death Records (1889-1892) transcription project through MGC begins in February. Dick Miller coordinator for GSWC.
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Last meeting at the LS&A Building at WCC, May. |
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The Society contributes money and helps promote the Stockbridge Genealogical Society newspaper microfilming project in June.
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Meetings move to St Joe Hospital Patient Education Center in September.
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2002
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The Library moves from Hill Street to Huron Towers on January 24 to February 1 for building renovations at Hill Street.
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Membership at 410 in May.
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The GSWC Library moves back to Hill Street in September.
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GSWC Workshop with Sandra Luebking at WCC on October 26.
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2003 |
Mary Lou Duncan receives the Lucy Mary Kellogg Award (DSGR and Irish Gen Society). |
2004
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Hints of a library move to Saline emerge in March.
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Library moves to the new Saline LDS church in Saline in July.
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30th Anniversary cake at December meeting. Judy Chrisman and Marcia McCrary present histories of their respective organizations. Copies of Mary Liskow’s History of the GSWC are available.
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2010s
2011
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New website goes online in January, hosted by EasyNetSites.
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Nancy H. Krohn wins Michigan Genealogical Council's Lucy Mary Kellogg Award in September.
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2012 |
Collaboration with the Washtenaw County Vital Records Office to provide a genealogy volunteer every Thursday from 10-2 begins in April. Rob Steward volunteer coordinator. |
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Family History Capers index reaches 96,482 names in June.
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2014
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40th Anniversary celebration in May.
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Dick Eastman, nationally known speaker, presents three lectures as part of the 40th anniversary. |
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GSWC Bylaws revised. |
2015 |
Published an update to the 1990 History of the Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County, Michigan. |
2016 |
Connie Olson wins the Michigan Genealogical Council's Lucy Mary Kellogg award in November. |
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11-7-13 Marcia McCrary
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