The new (January) quarterly newsletter of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society is out. The big news is the annual one-day Michiana Genealogy Fair will be Saturday, March 14, at the Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library in downtown Mishawaka (SB's twin city to the east), featuring Jeff Bockman from Illinois on "Using Maps for Genealogical Research" and "No Birth Certificat, No Problem." Exhibitors (including my local society from the next county west) will be hawking our wares and talking with visitors.
Meanwhile here's the other stuff in the newsletter:
Minutes of the 27 October and 24 November 2008 programs: Don Litzer of the Allen County Public Library on "Networking Genealogically," and Garry Harrington of the Rum Village Nature Center on the topographical-geographical-ecological early history of St. Joseph County, respectively.
"World War I and World War II Draft Registration Cards: A Genealogical Treasure Trove," by Eric Craig
"George Milburn, Captain of Industry," by Ken Reising -- an active businessman who helped fossster Studebaker and Oliver manufactureres "during critical periods, when they expanded from job shops to major manufacturers," but who is little known locally in part because he moved his wagon firm to Toledo, Ohio, in 1874.
"Thomas McCartney 1809-1861 Biography," by John E. McCartney
"The Johnsons: The Swedish Connection," by Jack R. Newman
"New Books on the Shelf" at the St. Joseph County Public Library, including as well the bad news that the Indiana state legislature's ill-advised 2007 property tax cap will require the Local and Family History and microfilm rooms to close on Sundays when the rest of the library is open.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Genealogy in South Bend
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2 comments:
Hi, Harold--
Thanks for your blog post mentioning SJCPL's Local & Family History Services, as well as the sad news that we are now closed on Sundays. We're still raring to go the rest of the week, though, and people from out of the area can contact us for research help at local.history@sjcpl.org, http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/queryform.pdf, or 574-282-4621.
Best wishes,
Libby Feil
Manager, L&FH, SJCPL
P.S. Alan Taylor was my grad school advisor and his books are among my very favorites too!
Oh, wow. I am (momentarily) speechless!
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