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Bucks County
Genealogical Society
October 2016 Newsletter
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Join us at our meeting on
Saturday, November 5, 2016
10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
at the David Library of the American Revolution
1201 River Rd., Washington Crossing, PA
(Park behind the building and use the Conference Center entrance.)
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ANNUAL ELECTIONS AND POTLUCK BRUNCH
Our November program will begin with our annual business meeting, including elections for 2017 Executive Board positions.
Members and guests will then enjoy a Potluck Brunch of favorite family recipes, and will have the opportunity to participate in our
Show and Tell
session by sharing a story about an object relating to their family history.
Please bring a dish to share with the group, along with a recipe or a story that goes with it. We are offering $5 off admission to anyone bringing a
food item.
If you are planning to bring a dish for our Potluck, or to share a story in our Show and Tell session, please sign up at our Perfect Potluck site by clicking this link:
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Open to the public. $5 members/$10 non-members.
$5 off any member or guest with registered potluck food item.
Come early to browse the Bucksgen store!
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you are willing to get coffee at Dunkin' Donuts in Washington Crossing,
you will be reimbursed at the BCGS meeting. Please contact Marilyn Cook (so that we don't have too many folks getting coffee) to discuss quantity and to get directions.
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10th Annual
Bucks County Ancestry Fair
Saturday, November 12, 2016
This year the event will be held at Upper Bucks Campus of Bucks County Community College, One Hillendale Rd, Perkasie, PA.
Our Keynote speaker for this event will be
Judy Russell, the Legal Genealogist. Judy will provide two lectures in addition to the Keynote presentation. We have confirmed several additional presenters; the schedule is posted on the Ancestry Fair website soon.
New features this year include bigger classrooms, more time between lectures, longer lunch break, pre-registration, and lunch options for pre-registrants.
We need lots of help on the day of the event. I
f you think you can spare an hour or two to help at the November event, please contact Peg Felter at
[email protected]
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The next meeting of the Ancestry Fair Committee will be held on Saturday, October 29th, 10 AM in the 2nd floor Community Room at McCaffrey's Market, Yardley. If you would like to be part of the committee - or just want to find out what is going on, please join us at the meeting.
If you can't come to the meeting but would like to help, we can suggest an easy way for you to help. Just print out some copies of the Ancestry Fair poster, take them to your local stores, and ask that a poster be placed in the window.
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Election of Officers and Directors
Article IV of the BCGS bylaws states that the annual business meeting is to be held in November for the election of officers and directors for the next year. In addition to the nominees listed below, other nominations for officers and directors will be accepted at the November 5th meeting. The nominees are:
President - Mary Butash. Mary has served as president of BCGS during 2016 and as
secretary for three years before that. She lives in Jenkintown (Montgomery County) but joined BCGS because she was so impressed by the programs offered. Mary is retired from 45 years as a nurse, nurse practitioner and finally nursing educator at Roxborough Hospital School of Nursing. She is descended from a mechanical engineer and a registered nurse with Polish and Slovak ancestry.
VP Membership - Peg Felter.
Peg has served as Assistant VP Membership during
2016 and 2015, working with Pat Gessner, the current VP Membership. Peg lives in Bristol, is retired and spends some of her spare time singing with the Bucks County Women's Chorus. Peg has traced her mother's family as far back as the 17th century, but her German and Irish ancestors are her brick walls.
VP Programs & Education - Jeff Sipler.
Jeff has served in this office for four years and is a charter member of BCGS. He lives in Langhorne and is a social studies teacher at Council Rock High School North in Newtown and can trace his family roots to 18th century Bucks County.
VP Projects & Research - Connie Ace.
Connie has worked with Joann
Cosgrove, the current VP Projects, on several BCGS projects, staffs the Beginners Corner at our monthly meetings, and has been a speaker at one of our meetings. She lives in Warrington but is a native of California, where her wagon train pioneer ancestors sparked her interest in genealogy as a young girl. After moving to the east coast over 35 years ago, she was delighted to discover that her very early roots are from Pennsylvania! Connie holds a PhD in biophysics and spent over 25 years in biomedical research. Her retirement job is much more fun: she's a professional genealogist.
Treasurer - Marilyn Cook.
Marilyn is a charter member of BCGS and has served as
board secretary and hospitality coordinator. She lives in Doylestown and is happily retired.
She has been researching her family history since 1979. Her father was interested in genealogy and made some notes. After he passed away, Marilyn gathered his material and started working on it. It was grief therapy, she said, and it became more than that.
Director - Publicity - Cathy Ivins.
Cathy
has served in this position for four years and is also a charter member of BCGS. She is a resident of Levittown and works as an Instructional Assistant and Student Council Advisor for Bristol Township School District. Cathy has two adult "descendants". She is a coal-miner's granddaughter, with Polish, Italian and Irish roots, practicing genealogy without a license for 12 years! Cathy is now pursuing a "calling" in Genetic Genealogy.
Director - Website - Nancy Heath.
Nancy
has served in this position for four years
and is a charter member of BCGS. She operates her own software development business, Town Place Associates, out of her home in Thorofare, NJ. Nancy spends her spare time tracking down her ancestors in early Bucks County, as well as Hunterdon and Mercer counties in New Jersey.
The Nominating Committee is seeking someone for the position of
Secretary. If you would like additional information about the Secretary position, please contact one of the members of the Nominating Committee:
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COMPREHENSIVE CALENDAR OF EVENTS
The calendar is frequently updated and includes events from all over the country. Be sure to check it every month to see what is happening.
Here is the link:
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MORE ONTHE BCGS DATABASE!
Some new additions to the database as of 10/9/16:
Births, marriages, confirmations and death from the Evangelical Lutheran Congregations at Richlandtown, Trumbauersville, Zion Hill, and Franconia, 1887-1889.
Our database index now has a total of
341,211
Bucks County names, searchable by any combination of last name, first name, year, and location!
Check the site on a regular basis to see what is new; here is the link:
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RESEARCH TIP
Have you looked at the Genealogy Search Engine on
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Membership Fees for One Year Membership
Check out our membership prices for
October 2016 only.
Individual memberships are reduced from $20 to $10
Household memberships are reduced from $35 to $20
Our membership fees help to pay for speakers, facility rental, website costs, insurance and more. Membership in BCGS is on a rolling basis and lasts one year from the month you join.
You don't have to have Bucks County ancestors to enjoy the benefits of membership! Won't you join and help us continue to grow?
See a list of BCGS Member Benefits on our website:
Join or renew by mail using our membership application/renewal form , on line on the Society's website via PayPal or by paying with cash or check at our next meeting. And, we now have the ability to accept credit card payments at our monthly meetings!
If you have questions and to get access to the above discounts, contact Pat Gessner, VP-Membership at
[email protected]
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Bucks County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 826, Washington Crossing, PA 18977
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